States of Consciousness
... Sleep-wake cycles seem to be controlled by multiple brain areas acting in conjunction with one another. Some of these areas include the thalamus, the hypothalamus, and the pons. As already mentioned, the hypothalamus contains the SCN—the biological clock of the body—in addition to other nuclei that, ...
... Sleep-wake cycles seem to be controlled by multiple brain areas acting in conjunction with one another. Some of these areas include the thalamus, the hypothalamus, and the pons. As already mentioned, the hypothalamus contains the SCN—the biological clock of the body—in addition to other nuclei that, ...
EMDR – more than just a therapy for PTSD?
... among the various associations that arise internally during the sets of eye movements, which often leads to an increase in the sense of mastery in being able to go back and forth between experiencing the event and the ‘here and now’. This experience of mastery and efficacy may therefore become encod ...
... among the various associations that arise internally during the sets of eye movements, which often leads to an increase in the sense of mastery in being able to go back and forth between experiencing the event and the ‘here and now’. This experience of mastery and efficacy may therefore become encod ...
Unit 05
... (the subject) responds to another person’s (the hypnotist’s) suggestions that certain perceptions, feelings, thoughts, or behaviors will spontaneously occur. ...
... (the subject) responds to another person’s (the hypnotist’s) suggestions that certain perceptions, feelings, thoughts, or behaviors will spontaneously occur. ...
Consciousness - Gordon State College
... LO 4.10 What Are Hypnogogic and Hypnopompic Hallucinations?a type of hallucination that can occur just as a person is entering Stage 1 sleep • Hypnopompic Hallucination: a hallucination that happens just as a person is in the between-state of being in REM sleep (in which the voluntary muscles are pa ...
... LO 4.10 What Are Hypnogogic and Hypnopompic Hallucinations?a type of hallucination that can occur just as a person is entering Stage 1 sleep • Hypnopompic Hallucination: a hallucination that happens just as a person is in the between-state of being in REM sleep (in which the voluntary muscles are pa ...
Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures
... The proportion of patients with PNES who also have epilepsy has been reported to vary from 5% to 50%.18,22,26,38–41 Criteria for concomitant diagnosis of epilepsy have not been consistent in literature reports. Having interictal spikes, as most studies defined their epilepsy cases, does not necessar ...
... The proportion of patients with PNES who also have epilepsy has been reported to vary from 5% to 50%.18,22,26,38–41 Criteria for concomitant diagnosis of epilepsy have not been consistent in literature reports. Having interictal spikes, as most studies defined their epilepsy cases, does not necessar ...
Acute Dissociative Responses in Law Enforcement Officers Involved
... the usually integrated functions of consciousness, memory, identity, or perception of the environment.” This “dissociative” disruption may be sudden or gradual, transient or chronic. In this study, acute traumatic dissociation is operationally defined as a sudden, transient change in perception, ide ...
... the usually integrated functions of consciousness, memory, identity, or perception of the environment.” This “dissociative” disruption may be sudden or gradual, transient or chronic. In this study, acute traumatic dissociation is operationally defined as a sudden, transient change in perception, ide ...
Science Current Directions in Psychological
... propensity to fantasize, they may come to attribute distinctive memories and personality traits to one or more imaginary alters. A number of findings (e.g., Lilienfeld & Lynn, 2003; Lilienfeld et al., 1999; Piper, 1997; Spanos, 1994) are consistent with the sociocognitive model and present serious c ...
... propensity to fantasize, they may come to attribute distinctive memories and personality traits to one or more imaginary alters. A number of findings (e.g., Lilienfeld & Lynn, 2003; Lilienfeld et al., 1999; Piper, 1997; Spanos, 1994) are consistent with the sociocognitive model and present serious c ...
COMMON SLEEP CONDITIONS
... abnormal movements of the legs and/or arms. People with restless legs often experience: •A creeping, crawling, or tingling sensation in the legs •Difficulty getting to sleep at night •Irresistible urge to move the legs when watching television, riding in a car, or sitting quietly (especially in the ...
... abnormal movements of the legs and/or arms. People with restless legs often experience: •A creeping, crawling, or tingling sensation in the legs •Difficulty getting to sleep at night •Irresistible urge to move the legs when watching television, riding in a car, or sitting quietly (especially in the ...
Parasomnias - MetroHealth
... or garage. The sleepwalker may return to bed or awaken in the morning in a different part of the house. Sleepwalkers might carry on conversations that are difficult to understand and make little or no sense. They are capable of acting out complicated behaviors (such as rearranging furniture), but t ...
... or garage. The sleepwalker may return to bed or awaken in the morning in a different part of the house. Sleepwalkers might carry on conversations that are difficult to understand and make little or no sense. They are capable of acting out complicated behaviors (such as rearranging furniture), but t ...
NEST Information Booklet for Professionals
... The diagnosis of NES and other seizure disorders is often a gradual process rather than a single event. The information available to clinicians about a first seizure is often limited. The diagnosis may become clearer as more events are observed and described. Most patients with NES are initially mis ...
... The diagnosis of NES and other seizure disorders is often a gradual process rather than a single event. The information available to clinicians about a first seizure is often limited. The diagnosis may become clearer as more events are observed and described. Most patients with NES are initially mis ...
dissociation - Info
... Dissociation has traditionally been conceptualized as lying on a continuum, ranging from normal to pathological. This view has been recently challenged. Analyses of questionnaires indexing dissociation have shown that certain types of dissociative experiences form a qualitatively different collectio ...
... Dissociation has traditionally been conceptualized as lying on a continuum, ranging from normal to pathological. This view has been recently challenged. Analyses of questionnaires indexing dissociation have shown that certain types of dissociative experiences form a qualitatively different collectio ...
Comer, Abnormal Psychology, 8th edition
... far from home, take a new name and establish new relationships, and even a new line of work; some display new personality characteristics ...
... far from home, take a new name and establish new relationships, and even a new line of work; some display new personality characteristics ...
Diagnosis and management of dissociative seizures
... to specialists but may easily mistaken for DS36. The highly stereotyped nature and very brief duration of the seizures are helpful features on video. If seizures occur in sleep, as they often do in frontal lobe epilepsy, the EEG will be helpful, demonstrating seizure onset during electrographically ...
... to specialists but may easily mistaken for DS36. The highly stereotyped nature and very brief duration of the seizures are helpful features on video. If seizures occur in sleep, as they often do in frontal lobe epilepsy, the EEG will be helpful, demonstrating seizure onset during electrographically ...
Diagnosis and management of dissociative seizures Chapter 19 JOHN D.C. MELLERS
... to specialists but may easily mistaken for DS36. The highly stereotyped nature and very brief duration of the seizures are helpful features on video. If seizures occur in sleep, as they often do in frontal lobe epilepsy, the EEG will be helpful, demonstrating seizure onset during electrographically ...
... to specialists but may easily mistaken for DS36. The highly stereotyped nature and very brief duration of the seizures are helpful features on video. If seizures occur in sleep, as they often do in frontal lobe epilepsy, the EEG will be helpful, demonstrating seizure onset during electrographically ...
SBS 04-19-05 - u.arizona.edu
... - sleeping disorders in which the difficulty is with the sleep itself - includes both dyssomnias and parasomnias Secondary - sleeping disorders resulting from some other medical or environmental situations 3. List and Define Sleep Disorders Under Each Major Category Dyssomnias Insomnia - difficulty ...
... - sleeping disorders in which the difficulty is with the sleep itself - includes both dyssomnias and parasomnias Secondary - sleeping disorders resulting from some other medical or environmental situations 3. List and Define Sleep Disorders Under Each Major Category Dyssomnias Insomnia - difficulty ...
The differential diagnosis of epilepsy: A critical review
... This often includes characteristics that are inconsistent with epileptic seizures. In particular, some characteristics of the motor (convulsive) phenomena are associated with PNEAs, but this is better assessed with video/EEG monitoring (see below). However, witnesses’ accounts are rarely detailed en ...
... This often includes characteristics that are inconsistent with epileptic seizures. In particular, some characteristics of the motor (convulsive) phenomena are associated with PNEAs, but this is better assessed with video/EEG monitoring (see below). However, witnesses’ accounts are rarely detailed en ...
Role of Secondary Gains and Psychological Management
... spike/ polyspike and wave discharges in response to photic stimulation but not necessarily accompanied by convulsive movements (Rittacio, 1994). Interictal EEG, mental status examination and neurological examination are typically normal. The initiation of these seizures may relate to the hyperexcita ...
... spike/ polyspike and wave discharges in response to photic stimulation but not necessarily accompanied by convulsive movements (Rittacio, 1994). Interictal EEG, mental status examination and neurological examination are typically normal. The initiation of these seizures may relate to the hyperexcita ...
Sleep Related Disorders
... refreshing sleep that occur daily over at leas a 3-month period. Client experiences episodes of cataplexy (brief episode of loss of muscle power) or recurrent intrusions of REM sleep in the transitions between being awake and sleeping (experienced as hallucinations or sleep paralysis). ...
... refreshing sleep that occur daily over at leas a 3-month period. Client experiences episodes of cataplexy (brief episode of loss of muscle power) or recurrent intrusions of REM sleep in the transitions between being awake and sleeping (experienced as hallucinations or sleep paralysis). ...
the relationship between autobiographical self
... a long time”). The same researchers who analyzed the AMT also coded 20% of the memories, with an excellent inter-rater agreement of .90. One of the researchers (the first author) then coded the remainder of the memories. Frequencies of categories of differentiation and integration in the participant ...
... a long time”). The same researchers who analyzed the AMT also coded 20% of the memories, with an excellent inter-rater agreement of .90. One of the researchers (the first author) then coded the remainder of the memories. Frequencies of categories of differentiation and integration in the participant ...
PSEUDOSEIZURES (PSYCHOGENIC NON
... It is observed that the common etiologies which drop or precipitates the pseudoseizures are most often related to personal emotional conflicts, which are usually parental misbehavior, personal strained relationships between couples, sudden death of a loved ones, school pressure in studies and exam p ...
... It is observed that the common etiologies which drop or precipitates the pseudoseizures are most often related to personal emotional conflicts, which are usually parental misbehavior, personal strained relationships between couples, sudden death of a loved ones, school pressure in studies and exam p ...
Disorders Pt. 2
... from the Freudian theory that anxiety has been “converted” into serious somatic symptoms in this condition rather than being directly experienced as anxiety. Individuals with these problems experience functional blindness, deafness, paralysis, fainting, seizures, inability to speak, or other serious ...
... from the Freudian theory that anxiety has been “converted” into serious somatic symptoms in this condition rather than being directly experienced as anxiety. Individuals with these problems experience functional blindness, deafness, paralysis, fainting, seizures, inability to speak, or other serious ...
Psychological disorders
... – Selective – loss of memory for some, but not all, events occurring within a period – Generalized – loss of memory beginning with an event, but extending back in time; may lose sense of identity; may fail to recognize family and friends – Continuous – forgetting continues into the future; quite rar ...
... – Selective – loss of memory for some, but not all, events occurring within a period – Generalized – loss of memory beginning with an event, but extending back in time; may lose sense of identity; may fail to recognize family and friends – Continuous – forgetting continues into the future; quite rar ...
Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental
... test of episodic memory for the film contents on session two. The questions predominantly related to gist, namely questions related to events unfolding over time, those related to reasons, motivations, causes, emotions or outcomes (17/25 questions) rather than perceptual, usually visual detail (8/25 ...
... test of episodic memory for the film contents on session two. The questions predominantly related to gist, namely questions related to events unfolding over time, those related to reasons, motivations, causes, emotions or outcomes (17/25 questions) rather than perceptual, usually visual detail (8/25 ...