the presumed eggshell plaintiff rule: determining liability when
... plaintiff’s mental harm.7 On the other hand, if a plaintiff had a preexisting mental condition, then the defendant is only liable for any aggravation of the condition.8 The difficulty in making the legal distinction between latent and preexisting mental conditions arises because the law in this area ...
... plaintiff’s mental harm.7 On the other hand, if a plaintiff had a preexisting mental condition, then the defendant is only liable for any aggravation of the condition.8 The difficulty in making the legal distinction between latent and preexisting mental conditions arises because the law in this area ...
The prevalence of mental disorders among convicted inmates in
... Since 1997, Norway has used ICD-10 (‘the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems’, WHO) as the mandatory classification system for diagnoses in mental health care. However, the research literature is increasingly based on the US classification system DSM-IV ( ...
... Since 1997, Norway has used ICD-10 (‘the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems’, WHO) as the mandatory classification system for diagnoses in mental health care. However, the research literature is increasingly based on the US classification system DSM-IV ( ...
World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP)
... (2002, updated in 2007) and embody important clinical and scientific advancements. The 2013 update was conducted by a systematic update literature search and appraisal. The guidelines also incorporate the opinions of scientifically respected experts and international representatives of the state-of- ...
... (2002, updated in 2007) and embody important clinical and scientific advancements. The 2013 update was conducted by a systematic update literature search and appraisal. The guidelines also incorporate the opinions of scientifically respected experts and international representatives of the state-of- ...
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
... including diagnosis, prevalence, developmental expression of symptoms, persistence, the heterogeneity of functional outcome, impairment in afflicted adults, psychiatric comorbidity, pathophysiology, genetics, psychosocial and biologic risk factors, and neurobiology. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity d ...
... including diagnosis, prevalence, developmental expression of symptoms, persistence, the heterogeneity of functional outcome, impairment in afflicted adults, psychiatric comorbidity, pathophysiology, genetics, psychosocial and biologic risk factors, and neurobiology. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity d ...
Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Girls | SpringerLink
... the impact of ADHD in girls is a major international health concern. In view of the substantial discrepancy between clinic-referred samples, where the prevalence ratio of females is low, and community-based samples, where prevalence rates are closer to those in males, questions arise regarding the g ...
... the impact of ADHD in girls is a major international health concern. In view of the substantial discrepancy between clinic-referred samples, where the prevalence ratio of females is low, and community-based samples, where prevalence rates are closer to those in males, questions arise regarding the g ...
Family Resource Kit - Children`s Mental Health Matters!
... Depending upon where you live, there may be alternatives to the emergency room, including: ...
... Depending upon where you live, there may be alternatives to the emergency room, including: ...
Persistent Depressive Disorder or Dysthymia
... persistent depressive disorder PDD, often still identified as dysthymia (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Dysthymia is diagnosed in adults when individuals have not been free of their depressive symptoms for longer than 2 months over a 2-year period and have not experienced an episode of maj ...
... persistent depressive disorder PDD, often still identified as dysthymia (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Dysthymia is diagnosed in adults when individuals have not been free of their depressive symptoms for longer than 2 months over a 2-year period and have not experienced an episode of maj ...
NIH Public Access
... anger and temper outbursts.1 Recent investigations of youth irritability1,3 indicate that chronic irritability, characterized by increased reactivity to negative emotional stimuli and irritability, anger, and/or sadness that is noticeable to others and present most of the time, is a common and impai ...
... anger and temper outbursts.1 Recent investigations of youth irritability1,3 indicate that chronic irritability, characterized by increased reactivity to negative emotional stimuli and irritability, anger, and/or sadness that is noticeable to others and present most of the time, is a common and impai ...
An examination of generalized anxiety disorder and dysthymic
... only a limited number of characteristics could be examined in the Triple study, consisting of gender, age and variables derived from the CIDI diagnostic interview [12-month diagnosis of GAD and/or DD and/or major depressive disorder (MDD), co-morbid 12-month anxiety disorders, number of depressive, ...
... only a limited number of characteristics could be examined in the Triple study, consisting of gender, age and variables derived from the CIDI diagnostic interview [12-month diagnosis of GAD and/or DD and/or major depressive disorder (MDD), co-morbid 12-month anxiety disorders, number of depressive, ...
Prevention of Mental Disorders: Effective Interventions
... search for further scientific evidence on effectiveness and cost-effectiveness, however, should not be allowed to become an excuse for non-implementation of urgently needed social and health policies. Indeed, innovative methods need to be found to assess the evidence while these programmes are desig ...
... search for further scientific evidence on effectiveness and cost-effectiveness, however, should not be allowed to become an excuse for non-implementation of urgently needed social and health policies. Indeed, innovative methods need to be found to assess the evidence while these programmes are desig ...
The evidence on the costs and impacts on the economy and
... insurers on mental health services totalled $5.32 billion in 2007–2008 representing 7.5% of all government health spending. An additional $4.63 billion was spent by the Australian Government in providing other support services for people with mental illness, including income support, housing assista ...
... insurers on mental health services totalled $5.32 billion in 2007–2008 representing 7.5% of all government health spending. An additional $4.63 billion was spent by the Australian Government in providing other support services for people with mental illness, including income support, housing assista ...
Assessment and Treatment of Suicidal Patients in an Emergency Setting Chapter 3
... individual? From one perspective, the goal is to identify those at greatest risk in order to place them in secure environments and prevent them from acting on their impulses. This is an essentially linear view of the assessment process. Success is measured by the hospitalization of those at highest ...
... individual? From one perspective, the goal is to identify those at greatest risk in order to place them in secure environments and prevent them from acting on their impulses. This is an essentially linear view of the assessment process. Success is measured by the hospitalization of those at highest ...
NIH Public Access
... (SMD), designed to capture chronically irritable children whose diagnostic status is in doubt. This paper uses a longitudinal sample to investigate the extent to which subjects with SMD develop episodes of (hypo-)mania, compared to youth with narrowly defined BD. The criteria for SMD require a persi ...
... (SMD), designed to capture chronically irritable children whose diagnostic status is in doubt. This paper uses a longitudinal sample to investigate the extent to which subjects with SMD develop episodes of (hypo-)mania, compared to youth with narrowly defined BD. The criteria for SMD require a persi ...
The Mental Health of Young People in Ireland - e
... Government will continue to play its part in terms of promoting policies, services and investment for this important sector. Above all, no one should have to suffer a mental illness alone. I would appeal to any young person who thinks they may have a mental health issue not to suffer in silence and ...
... Government will continue to play its part in terms of promoting policies, services and investment for this important sector. Above all, no one should have to suffer a mental illness alone. I would appeal to any young person who thinks they may have a mental health issue not to suffer in silence and ...
Connecting Inflammation with Glutamate Agonism in Suicidality
... The NMDA-receptor antagonist ketamine has proven efficient in reducing symptoms of suicidality, although the mechanisms explaining this effect have not been detailed in psychiatric patients. Recent evidence points towards a low-grade inflammation in brains of suicide victims. Inflammation leads to p ...
... The NMDA-receptor antagonist ketamine has proven efficient in reducing symptoms of suicidality, although the mechanisms explaining this effect have not been detailed in psychiatric patients. Recent evidence points towards a low-grade inflammation in brains of suicide victims. Inflammation leads to p ...
Sleep & Psychiatr 2011 (Koranyi Lecture) 2011_compressed
... by measured elevations of the following in such patients: ...
... by measured elevations of the following in such patients: ...
Catatonia: a critical review and therapeutic recommendations
... in industrialized countries classic catatonic manifestations such as immobility or negativism have become less frequent, and catatonia often presents in other forms that require specialists with good clinical insight for correct diagnosis 36. Thus, it is believed that catatonia is not correctly reco ...
... in industrialized countries classic catatonic manifestations such as immobility or negativism have become less frequent, and catatonia often presents in other forms that require specialists with good clinical insight for correct diagnosis 36. Thus, it is believed that catatonia is not correctly reco ...
adhd - Alcohol and Alcoholism
... high percentage of these patients could be diagnosed as having had ADHD in childhood, which, in some cases, persisted into adulthood. 23.1% of the alcohol-dependent patients investigated in this study showed the diagnostic criteria for the presence of ADHD in childhood, and 33.3% (CAARS) of those fo ...
... high percentage of these patients could be diagnosed as having had ADHD in childhood, which, in some cases, persisted into adulthood. 23.1% of the alcohol-dependent patients investigated in this study showed the diagnostic criteria for the presence of ADHD in childhood, and 33.3% (CAARS) of those fo ...
Risk Factors for PTSD 1 Obstacles to the Study of Risk
... Breslau et al.’s (2008) findings dovetail with Koenen et al.’s (2008) prospective, longitudinal study of subjects in Dunedin, New Zealand. Koenen’s research group found that trauma victims in this civilian cohort almost never succumbed ...
... Breslau et al.’s (2008) findings dovetail with Koenen et al.’s (2008) prospective, longitudinal study of subjects in Dunedin, New Zealand. Koenen’s research group found that trauma victims in this civilian cohort almost never succumbed ...
Suicidal Behaviour in Children and Adolescents. Part 1
... use was documented in the United States during this time, so this putative reason for the decline is considered unlikely.'"''•'"'^ An examination ofthe proportion of suicides committed with firearms over a long period of time (1926 to 1996) has shown that access to firearms is only slightly related ...
... use was documented in the United States during this time, so this putative reason for the decline is considered unlikely.'"''•'"'^ An examination ofthe proportion of suicides committed with firearms over a long period of time (1926 to 1996) has shown that access to firearms is only slightly related ...
Most people print off a copy of the post test and circle the answers as
... common. While there are differing views on how and why they occur, there is consensus regarding the fact that comorbidity is a significant problem in both groups. The following data shows the significance and prevalence between substance abuse and psychiatric disorders. In the National Comorbidity S ...
... common. While there are differing views on how and why they occur, there is consensus regarding the fact that comorbidity is a significant problem in both groups. The following data shows the significance and prevalence between substance abuse and psychiatric disorders. In the National Comorbidity S ...
Catatonia: a critical review and therapeutic
... also demonstrated that there was higher prevalence of catatonia in patients with bipolar disorder compared to those with schizophrenia. Recent studies have confirmed the heterogeneity of clinical conditions associated with catatonia. In a cohort of psychiatric inpatients, catatonia was observed in 7 ...
... also demonstrated that there was higher prevalence of catatonia in patients with bipolar disorder compared to those with schizophrenia. Recent studies have confirmed the heterogeneity of clinical conditions associated with catatonia. In a cohort of psychiatric inpatients, catatonia was observed in 7 ...
NADA Acupuncture Prospective Trial in Patients with Substance Use
... element of NADA acupuncture specifies qualities of behavior and attitude on the part of the clinician consistent with what is known as the "Spirit ofNADA" NADA acupuncture is not dependent on Traditional Chinese Medicine theory but, rather, can be used in the acute and chronic phases of medical and ...
... element of NADA acupuncture specifies qualities of behavior and attitude on the part of the clinician consistent with what is known as the "Spirit ofNADA" NADA acupuncture is not dependent on Traditional Chinese Medicine theory but, rather, can be used in the acute and chronic phases of medical and ...
Dissociative Disorders
... this disorder assume new identities; most in a fugue state have no idea who they really are. They may give approximately inaccurate answers to questions, similar to patients with Ganser syndrome. While in a state of fugue, the patient typically has no insight into the fact that a large period or per ...
... this disorder assume new identities; most in a fugue state have no idea who they really are. They may give approximately inaccurate answers to questions, similar to patients with Ganser syndrome. While in a state of fugue, the patient typically has no insight into the fact that a large period or per ...
Research Quarterly
... Conclusions There is a tremendous need for research to find new medications to manage PTSD. The two currently recommended first-line agents both work on the same serotonin neurotransmitter system and are estimated to help only about half the people who take them. Practical problems have existed with ...
... Conclusions There is a tremendous need for research to find new medications to manage PTSD. The two currently recommended first-line agents both work on the same serotonin neurotransmitter system and are estimated to help only about half the people who take them. Practical problems have existed with ...