DSM-5 Overview
... Psychiatric Association (APA), a society of psychiatric physicians. • Who writes it? • The APA created the DSM, which contains sets of diagnostic criteria (symptoms being experienced) grouped into categories (disorders) to assist clinicians with effective diagnoses and care of people with mental hea ...
... Psychiatric Association (APA), a society of psychiatric physicians. • Who writes it? • The APA created the DSM, which contains sets of diagnostic criteria (symptoms being experienced) grouped into categories (disorders) to assist clinicians with effective diagnoses and care of people with mental hea ...
Prototype for a Scientific Classification of Mental Disorders – website
... form of dementia - which most experts today would regard as completely wrong. It is said that he based his classification on evidence about many patients, compiled in a complex ‘diagnostic card system’ (Zählkarten). The most important distinction we owe to Kraepelin is that between manic depressive ...
... form of dementia - which most experts today would regard as completely wrong. It is said that he based his classification on evidence about many patients, compiled in a complex ‘diagnostic card system’ (Zählkarten). The most important distinction we owe to Kraepelin is that between manic depressive ...
Maternal Mental Health Screening and Referral
... Although the incidence of mental illness is not greater for women in the perinatal period than for the adult population the nature and treatment of mental disorders differs in a number of important respects: ...
... Although the incidence of mental illness is not greater for women in the perinatal period than for the adult population the nature and treatment of mental disorders differs in a number of important respects: ...
Units 12-13 Guide
... These do not represent the entirety of what students must understand. They do, however, point people in the correct direction. Use these questions to see where the concepts above “fit.” Also, use the questions listed as a guide in your reading. 1. What is the difference between normality and disorde ...
... These do not represent the entirety of what students must understand. They do, however, point people in the correct direction. Use these questions to see where the concepts above “fit.” Also, use the questions listed as a guide in your reading. 1. What is the difference between normality and disorde ...
Labeling Psychological Disorders
... 1. Deviant behavior (going naked) in one culture may be considered normal, while in others it may lead to arrest. 2. Deviant behavior must accompany distress. 3. If a behavior is dysfunctional it is clearly a disorder. ...
... 1. Deviant behavior (going naked) in one culture may be considered normal, while in others it may lead to arrest. 2. Deviant behavior must accompany distress. 3. If a behavior is dysfunctional it is clearly a disorder. ...
Document
... Women in the United States have a higher rate of depression than do men. Which kind of psychologist would be most likely to explain this higher incidence in terms of the pressures and prejudices that women suffer? ...
... Women in the United States have a higher rate of depression than do men. Which kind of psychologist would be most likely to explain this higher incidence in terms of the pressures and prejudices that women suffer? ...
Abnormal Psychology
... • Dissociative identity disorder is characterized by the presence of two or more distinct or split identities or personality states that continually have power over the person's behavior. • With dissociative identity disorder, there's also an inability to recall key personal information that is too ...
... • Dissociative identity disorder is characterized by the presence of two or more distinct or split identities or personality states that continually have power over the person's behavior. • With dissociative identity disorder, there's also an inability to recall key personal information that is too ...
Psychological Disorders
... 2. Hypochondriasis: Less unusual. Overly concerned about their health. A slight headache is interpreted as brain cancer, or the sniffles as pneumonia. Often, when children only got attention and support from other people when they were sick. ...
... 2. Hypochondriasis: Less unusual. Overly concerned about their health. A slight headache is interpreted as brain cancer, or the sniffles as pneumonia. Often, when children only got attention and support from other people when they were sick. ...
MHMD PowerPoint presentation
... Katie A./Pathways to Well-Being: Child welfare staff haven’t historically screened all children & youth coming into care, and some of them have had significant needs for support – we need to craft case plans that include support for mental health needs. Trauma Informed Practice: A different way ...
... Katie A./Pathways to Well-Being: Child welfare staff haven’t historically screened all children & youth coming into care, and some of them have had significant needs for support – we need to craft case plans that include support for mental health needs. Trauma Informed Practice: A different way ...
Psychological disorder
... symptoms •Drugs that increase dopamine produce symptoms even in people without the disorder •Theory: Schizophrenia is caused by excess dopamine •Dopamine theory not enough; other neurotransmitters involved as well ...
... symptoms •Drugs that increase dopamine produce symptoms even in people without the disorder •Theory: Schizophrenia is caused by excess dopamine •Dopamine theory not enough; other neurotransmitters involved as well ...
A discussion about depression and suicide
... • Illness that is life threatening, chronic or associated with pain • Medical conditions • Side effects of medications • Recent childbirth • Premenstrual changes in hormone levels • Lack of exposure to bright light in winter • Chemical (neurotransmitter) imbalance • Substance misuse From the Mental ...
... • Illness that is life threatening, chronic or associated with pain • Medical conditions • Side effects of medications • Recent childbirth • Premenstrual changes in hormone levels • Lack of exposure to bright light in winter • Chemical (neurotransmitter) imbalance • Substance misuse From the Mental ...
Psyc 303_Assessment and Diagnosis_class Spring 2014
... Commonly used to screen for dementia, to estimate the severity of cognitive impairment, and to follow the course of cognitive changes in an individual over time. It is also used by mental health clinicians at intake, in order to test how oriented or disoriented a patient is, and how their cognit ...
... Commonly used to screen for dementia, to estimate the severity of cognitive impairment, and to follow the course of cognitive changes in an individual over time. It is also used by mental health clinicians at intake, in order to test how oriented or disoriented a patient is, and how their cognit ...
Connecting Care to Recovery
... Queensland Health across non-government and community managed mental health organisations. 4. The Queensland Government is committed to responding more effectively to individuals with the most severe mental illness or substance misuse, either episodic or persistent. The Plan recognises the capacity ...
... Queensland Health across non-government and community managed mental health organisations. 4. The Queensland Government is committed to responding more effectively to individuals with the most severe mental illness or substance misuse, either episodic or persistent. The Plan recognises the capacity ...
Writing 101 assignment 9/19/09 Jason Grossman Anxiety disorders
... (1987), and DSM-IV (1994) introduced and refined a new classification that took into consideration recent discoveries about the biochemical and post-traumatic origins of some types of anxiety. The present definitions are based on the external and reported symptom patterns of the disorders rather tha ...
... (1987), and DSM-IV (1994) introduced and refined a new classification that took into consideration recent discoveries about the biochemical and post-traumatic origins of some types of anxiety. The present definitions are based on the external and reported symptom patterns of the disorders rather tha ...
Chapter 16 Psychological Disorders
... accident and since then Dwayne has been lethargic and has lost all interest in family and friends. This behavior has lasted for more than two weeks, suggesting that he is suffering from (1) major depressive disorder, which is more common in (2) women than in (3) men. Isabel and Max think there may b ...
... accident and since then Dwayne has been lethargic and has lost all interest in family and friends. This behavior has lasted for more than two weeks, suggesting that he is suffering from (1) major depressive disorder, which is more common in (2) women than in (3) men. Isabel and Max think there may b ...
SAFE-‐SPOTTER PROGRAMME Tutorial 2/3 – Second Year `Stigma
... There are lots of reasons why an individual participates in this behaviour. Sometimes people may not even realise they are doing it. By ‘liking’ a post on Facebook, re-‐tweeting a Twitter co ...
... There are lots of reasons why an individual participates in this behaviour. Sometimes people may not even realise they are doing it. By ‘liking’ a post on Facebook, re-‐tweeting a Twitter co ...
DSM-5
... One of the most important changes in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) is to autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The revised diagnosis represents a new, more accurate, and medically and scientifically useful way of diagnosing individuals with autism-r ...
... One of the most important changes in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) is to autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The revised diagnosis represents a new, more accurate, and medically and scientifically useful way of diagnosing individuals with autism-r ...
Psychological Disorders PPT
... • Medical test results are either normal or do not explain the person’s symptoms. • One type of somatoform disorder is conversion disorder in which very specific genuine physical symptoms exist for which no physiological basis can be found. • Hypochondriasis is a somatoform disorder in which a perso ...
... • Medical test results are either normal or do not explain the person’s symptoms. • One type of somatoform disorder is conversion disorder in which very specific genuine physical symptoms exist for which no physiological basis can be found. • Hypochondriasis is a somatoform disorder in which a perso ...
Unit 12: Abnormal Psychology
... • The biological perspective emphasizes the importance of genetic, neural, and biochemical influences. • Mood disorders run in families, and linkage analysis is being used to search for genes that put people at risk. In addition, the brains of depressed people have been found to be less active. • T ...
... • The biological perspective emphasizes the importance of genetic, neural, and biochemical influences. • Mood disorders run in families, and linkage analysis is being used to search for genes that put people at risk. In addition, the brains of depressed people have been found to be less active. • T ...
Liz Myers 24th Oct 2014 - the Peninsula MRCPsych Course
... • Resilient people don’t go it alone, when bad things happens they reach out to the people who care about them and they ask for help The importance of our own personal qualities, attributes and skills • The capacity to make realistic plans and take steps to carry them out; • Having a positive view o ...
... • Resilient people don’t go it alone, when bad things happens they reach out to the people who care about them and they ask for help The importance of our own personal qualities, attributes and skills • The capacity to make realistic plans and take steps to carry them out; • Having a positive view o ...
Mental Health First Aid
... Do not express a negative judgment Appear confident, as this can be reassuring ...
... Do not express a negative judgment Appear confident, as this can be reassuring ...
PSYC230- Abnormal Psychology Course Information
... categories of mental disorders, and how the DSM-IV-TR places diagnosis in a cultural context. Understand the process by which disorders are included and described in the DSM Discuss the objections to the DSM classification system and the arguments supporting its use. Describe the principal methods u ...
... categories of mental disorders, and how the DSM-IV-TR places diagnosis in a cultural context. Understand the process by which disorders are included and described in the DSM Discuss the objections to the DSM classification system and the arguments supporting its use. Describe the principal methods u ...
MPHLECTURE6 - health and wellness
... About 3.6% of adult Americans -- about 5.2 million people - suffer from PTSD during the course of a year, and an estimated 7.8 million Americans will experience PTSD at some point in their lives. PTSD can develop at any age, including childhood. Women are more likely to develop PTSD than are men. ...
... About 3.6% of adult Americans -- about 5.2 million people - suffer from PTSD during the course of a year, and an estimated 7.8 million Americans will experience PTSD at some point in their lives. PTSD can develop at any age, including childhood. Women are more likely to develop PTSD than are men. ...