Narcissistic Personality Disorder: Progress in Recognition and Treatment
... bypassing significant NPD traits. Fourth, the actual narcissistic pattern or potential for developing a personality disorder may not be manifest in higher functioning people until they face a corrosive life event, a personal crisis or failure, or an acute onset of a major mental illness (19, 20). Fif ...
... bypassing significant NPD traits. Fourth, the actual narcissistic pattern or potential for developing a personality disorder may not be manifest in higher functioning people until they face a corrosive life event, a personal crisis or failure, or an acute onset of a major mental illness (19, 20). Fif ...
Evidence-based approaches to psychiatry In this hierarchy
... concentration Attention and concentration may be impaired in a wide variety of psychiatric disorders including depression, mania, anxiety, schizophrenia and delirium. Therefore , the finding of abnormalities of attention and concentration does not assist in diagnosis. But these abnormalities a ...
... concentration Attention and concentration may be impaired in a wide variety of psychiatric disorders including depression, mania, anxiety, schizophrenia and delirium. Therefore , the finding of abnormalities of attention and concentration does not assist in diagnosis. But these abnormalities a ...
Dissociative Disorders: Between Neurosis and Psychosis
... His thymia is neutral and there are no elements of depressive symptomatology. His speech is coherent, fluid, and informative without delusional elements. His only “psychosis-like” symptomatology is the “voice hearings” in the form of voices that speak to him from within. He determines that these voi ...
... His thymia is neutral and there are no elements of depressive symptomatology. His speech is coherent, fluid, and informative without delusional elements. His only “psychosis-like” symptomatology is the “voice hearings” in the form of voices that speak to him from within. He determines that these voi ...
Psychogenic, somatoform and functional itch: heterogeneity or
... psoriasis in 87% of cases (Yosipovich G., 2000; Krueger G., 2001), herpetic infection in 58% cases (Oaklander A.L. et al., 2003) as well as systemic diseases (chronic renal or liver failure, lymphoproliferative diseases, oncological process) and psychiatric disorders. Itch unexplained by any dermato ...
... psoriasis in 87% of cases (Yosipovich G., 2000; Krueger G., 2001), herpetic infection in 58% cases (Oaklander A.L. et al., 2003) as well as systemic diseases (chronic renal or liver failure, lymphoproliferative diseases, oncological process) and psychiatric disorders. Itch unexplained by any dermato ...
A 35-Year-Old Woman with Somatic Symptoms
... the 1994 revised CDC case definition of chronic fatigue syndrome29 (Table 4). This screening battery helps to rule out possible occult organic diseases. Any abnormality among these laboratory data must be evaluated carefully. Finally, concurrent psychiatric disorders, especially depression and anxie ...
... the 1994 revised CDC case definition of chronic fatigue syndrome29 (Table 4). This screening battery helps to rule out possible occult organic diseases. Any abnormality among these laboratory data must be evaluated carefully. Finally, concurrent psychiatric disorders, especially depression and anxie ...
Comorbidity of chronic tinnitus and mental disorders
... were suffering from mental disorders for lifetime or currently in which depression and anxiety disorders were more common. In a Swedish study, the results showed that lifetime and current prevalence of major depression were 62% and 48% than the controls (21% and 7%, respectively)22. Using larger sam ...
... were suffering from mental disorders for lifetime or currently in which depression and anxiety disorders were more common. In a Swedish study, the results showed that lifetime and current prevalence of major depression were 62% and 48% than the controls (21% and 7%, respectively)22. Using larger sam ...
- Journal of Affective Disorders
... are assessing the same construct. Specifically, in a mixed sample of mood and non-mood disorder patients, Strong et al. (2007) found that the self-directedness, Dysthymia, and Cyclothymia scales all negatively loaded on a factor identified as “Neuroticism/Cyclothymia/Dysthymia” (which included a high ...
... are assessing the same construct. Specifically, in a mixed sample of mood and non-mood disorder patients, Strong et al. (2007) found that the self-directedness, Dysthymia, and Cyclothymia scales all negatively loaded on a factor identified as “Neuroticism/Cyclothymia/Dysthymia” (which included a high ...
Anxiety disorders and other psychiatric subgroups in patients
... 2.1.3. Psychometric assessment, questionnaires, and interview measures The psychometric assessment consisted of the following measures: the Symptom Check List (SCL-90-R) (Derogatis, 1986; Franke, 1995), STAI (Spielberger, Gorsuch, Lushene, Vagg, & Jacobs, 1983), a systematic evaluation of handicap ( ...
... 2.1.3. Psychometric assessment, questionnaires, and interview measures The psychometric assessment consisted of the following measures: the Symptom Check List (SCL-90-R) (Derogatis, 1986; Franke, 1995), STAI (Spielberger, Gorsuch, Lushene, Vagg, & Jacobs, 1983), a systematic evaluation of handicap ( ...
Requirements for Clinical Skills Evaluation in Neurology and Child
... the history. While the history should emphasize the patient’s neurological illness, relevant components of other aspects should be mentioned. For example, if the patient has had a stroke, it is relevant to ask about hypertension, heart disease, family history of stroke, smoking, and recent cardiac c ...
... the history. While the history should emphasize the patient’s neurological illness, relevant components of other aspects should be mentioned. For example, if the patient has had a stroke, it is relevant to ask about hypertension, heart disease, family history of stroke, smoking, and recent cardiac c ...
Enlargement of salivary glands in bulimia
... responding to stimuli. Recent studies suggest that the development of sialadenosis in bulimia is related to enzymatic secretory disturbances due to autonomic nerve dysfunction (Riad et al., ...
... responding to stimuli. Recent studies suggest that the development of sialadenosis in bulimia is related to enzymatic secretory disturbances due to autonomic nerve dysfunction (Riad et al., ...
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Clinical
... the pattern of positive signs and symptoms of ME/CFS, was developed. The objective was to provide a flexible conceptual framework for clinical diagnoses that would be inclusive enough to be useful to clinicians who are dealing with the unique symptomatic expression of individual patients and the uni ...
... the pattern of positive signs and symptoms of ME/CFS, was developed. The objective was to provide a flexible conceptual framework for clinical diagnoses that would be inclusive enough to be useful to clinicians who are dealing with the unique symptomatic expression of individual patients and the uni ...
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
... • The fatigue waxes and wanes in intensity but is always there. It is worse after physical activity; she had to stop her part time job as a bookkeeper. She states that prior to the onset of her illness she used to go the gym 3 times a week but has had to give that up. ...
... • The fatigue waxes and wanes in intensity but is always there. It is worse after physical activity; she had to stop her part time job as a bookkeeper. She states that prior to the onset of her illness she used to go the gym 3 times a week but has had to give that up. ...
Functional disorders - Funktionelle lidelser
... varied a lot throughout history, strongly affected by the socio-cultural context and the diagnoses which are “popular at the moment”. It is therefore uncertain if functional disorders have become more frequent over time since what may appear as differences in occurrence may be caused by changes in t ...
... varied a lot throughout history, strongly affected by the socio-cultural context and the diagnoses which are “popular at the moment”. It is therefore uncertain if functional disorders have become more frequent over time since what may appear as differences in occurrence may be caused by changes in t ...
Managing Personality Disorders in Primary Care
... need for data more than emotional support, be quantitative, allow them control over treatment options where safe ...
... need for data more than emotional support, be quantitative, allow them control over treatment options where safe ...
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in the
... referred for group psychotherapy. The authors reported that each patient was in an unacceptable or intolerable adult situation for which she perceived no solution. Harden (1997) notes that traumatic experiences such as a history of sexual or physical abuse may underlie both PNES and dissociative dis ...
... referred for group psychotherapy. The authors reported that each patient was in an unacceptable or intolerable adult situation for which she perceived no solution. Harden (1997) notes that traumatic experiences such as a history of sexual or physical abuse may underlie both PNES and dissociative dis ...
THE PSYCHOSOMATIC PATIENT
... situation are often obtained in the early phase of the interview. Most patients are accepting of such structural questions as long as they conform to their expectations of a medical interview. Long silences can increase patient discomfort and erode the budding alliance, so the interviewer should rem ...
... situation are often obtained in the early phase of the interview. Most patients are accepting of such structural questions as long as they conform to their expectations of a medical interview. Long silences can increase patient discomfort and erode the budding alliance, so the interviewer should rem ...
Psychogenic movement disorders
... psychiatric illnesses. Eliciting the potential coexisting psychiatric disorders is of great importance given that proper treatment of masked depression can improve physical symptoms.2 There have been several case reports of treatment for psychogenic movement disorders, but clinical trials specific to ...
... psychiatric illnesses. Eliciting the potential coexisting psychiatric disorders is of great importance given that proper treatment of masked depression can improve physical symptoms.2 There have been several case reports of treatment for psychogenic movement disorders, but clinical trials specific to ...
Chronic Subjective Dizziness (CSD) vs. Conversion Disorder
... Case 1 (CSD). Ms. A. is a 48-year-old, white female administrative assistant who developed an episode of subjective imbalance after a dental procedure in August of 2007. This resolved initially, but returned as a constant sensation of imbalance without vertigo. Ms. A reported increased symptoms in v ...
... Case 1 (CSD). Ms. A. is a 48-year-old, white female administrative assistant who developed an episode of subjective imbalance after a dental procedure in August of 2007. This resolved initially, but returned as a constant sensation of imbalance without vertigo. Ms. A reported increased symptoms in v ...
Mauro Giovanni Carta*, Andrea Murru, Maria* Carolina Hardoy*, Matteo Balestrieri°
... difficulties and severe life events arising out of these difficulties. combine with individual response, ‘negative’ psychosocial factors (such as low self-esteem, inferred denial, self-blame and pessimism.) of particular importance in the development of depression. On the contrary, ‘positive’ cognit ...
... difficulties and severe life events arising out of these difficulties. combine with individual response, ‘negative’ psychosocial factors (such as low self-esteem, inferred denial, self-blame and pessimism.) of particular importance in the development of depression. On the contrary, ‘positive’ cognit ...
Association between diabetes and mental disorders
... type 2), and definition of the mental disorders. The prevalence of depression varies systematically as a function of the assessment method. The prevalence rates are two to three times higher in studies that use self-report measures versus diagnostic interviews (4). Substantially higher prevalence ra ...
... type 2), and definition of the mental disorders. The prevalence of depression varies systematically as a function of the assessment method. The prevalence rates are two to three times higher in studies that use self-report measures versus diagnostic interviews (4). Substantially higher prevalence ra ...
Vocal cord dysfunction: A case report
... the symptoms found in patients with only asthma, it often is overlooked and can remain undiagnosed for 5 to 10 years.8 In the previously mentioned study at the National Jewish Center, in the year before their diagnostic admissions, the group of 95 patients diagnosed with VCD had an average of 9.7 em ...
... the symptoms found in patients with only asthma, it often is overlooked and can remain undiagnosed for 5 to 10 years.8 In the previously mentioned study at the National Jewish Center, in the year before their diagnostic admissions, the group of 95 patients diagnosed with VCD had an average of 9.7 em ...
Somatization and the Difficult Patient
... Somatization: When Symptom Becomes Disease. Lanham, MD: Jason Aronson, 43. ...
... Somatization: When Symptom Becomes Disease. Lanham, MD: Jason Aronson, 43. ...
1 - U-System
... f. Terminate her care as soon as possible 38. A 35-year old single woman who has been smoking three packs of cigarettes a day for the last 15 years asks the doctor to help her stop smoking. The doctor asks the patient why she smokes so much. The patient responds, “All my life I have always felt very ...
... f. Terminate her care as soon as possible 38. A 35-year old single woman who has been smoking three packs of cigarettes a day for the last 15 years asks the doctor to help her stop smoking. The doctor asks the patient why she smokes so much. The patient responds, “All my life I have always felt very ...
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... be expected, assuming no difference by IQ. In general, there was a consistent doseresponse relation, such that the admissions rate for each type of disorder was highest in those with the lowest IQ and fell with each one-point increment in IQ category. The steepest gradients in rate of admissions acr ...
... be expected, assuming no difference by IQ. In general, there was a consistent doseresponse relation, such that the admissions rate for each type of disorder was highest in those with the lowest IQ and fell with each one-point increment in IQ category. The steepest gradients in rate of admissions acr ...
S3-Guideline/National Disease Management
... 1 Goals and Purpose of the Guideline Depressive disorders are among the most common diseases and most common reasons for medical consultation in health care. Although the research into treatment options has advanced considerably in the past years, there is room for improvement in all the areas of ca ...
... 1 Goals and Purpose of the Guideline Depressive disorders are among the most common diseases and most common reasons for medical consultation in health care. Although the research into treatment options has advanced considerably in the past years, there is room for improvement in all the areas of ca ...