bulimia nervosa
... mood disorders set the stage for eating disorders • Many more people with an eating disorder qualify for a clinical diagnosis of major depressive disorder than do people in the general population • Close relatives of those with eating disorders seem to have higher rates of mood disorders • People wi ...
... mood disorders set the stage for eating disorders • Many more people with an eating disorder qualify for a clinical diagnosis of major depressive disorder than do people in the general population • Close relatives of those with eating disorders seem to have higher rates of mood disorders • People wi ...
the presumed eggshell plaintiff rule: determining liability when
... explicitly stated whether Salas had no prior mental condition at all or had a latent mental condition.19 The court also failed to explain how it reached its conclusion.20 It did not list any factors or create a test that future courts could use to make this determination.21 Although the court acknow ...
... explicitly stated whether Salas had no prior mental condition at all or had a latent mental condition.19 The court also failed to explain how it reached its conclusion.20 It did not list any factors or create a test that future courts could use to make this determination.21 Although the court acknow ...
Suicide Prevention
... exam failure, relationship issues) particularly if the patient’s view of situation has changed since coming to the ed. • Plan/method and intent have low lethality. • Pt has stable and supportive living situation. • Patient is able to cooperate with follow-up, plan with treater contacted, if patient ...
... exam failure, relationship issues) particularly if the patient’s view of situation has changed since coming to the ed. • Plan/method and intent have low lethality. • Pt has stable and supportive living situation. • Patient is able to cooperate with follow-up, plan with treater contacted, if patient ...
OCD: Anxiety, rituals, co-morbidity or altered state? Treatment
... We are suggesting and discerning a new and more useful classification and more respectful means of conceptualizing obsessive compulsive behavior patterns (OCBP). In our experience, this reframing enables a more efficient and optimistic treatment plan. By doing this, the OCD sufferer can see that the ...
... We are suggesting and discerning a new and more useful classification and more respectful means of conceptualizing obsessive compulsive behavior patterns (OCBP). In our experience, this reframing enables a more efficient and optimistic treatment plan. By doing this, the OCD sufferer can see that the ...
Somatic distress as a distinct psychological dimension
... continuum between the disorders, and that any dierences are essentially quantitative not qualitative (Derogatis et al. 1972; Goldberg 1996). Critics of neurasthenia as an independent disorder base their objections on the co-morbidity of the syndrome with conventional measures of anxiety and depress ...
... continuum between the disorders, and that any dierences are essentially quantitative not qualitative (Derogatis et al. 1972; Goldberg 1996). Critics of neurasthenia as an independent disorder base their objections on the co-morbidity of the syndrome with conventional measures of anxiety and depress ...
406_2017_801_MOESM1_ESM - Springer Static Content Server
... not clear whether assessors were blinded No verification of self-report alcohol/drug use, no ratings of treatment adherence/fi delity. ...
... not clear whether assessors were blinded No verification of self-report alcohol/drug use, no ratings of treatment adherence/fi delity. ...
Anxiety Disorders and Aboriginal Peoples in Canada
... factors for anxiety have been drawn from studies that have been guided by the theoretical lens of the Western model of mental health and conducted with non-Aboriginal populations. As anxiety disorders often begin in childhood, the paper focuses on evidence for childhood risk factors that are known i ...
... factors for anxiety have been drawn from studies that have been guided by the theoretical lens of the Western model of mental health and conducted with non-Aboriginal populations. As anxiety disorders often begin in childhood, the paper focuses on evidence for childhood risk factors that are known i ...
Investigating risk factors for psychological morbidity three
... the months following intensive care [1-3]. It is not clear whether poor psychological outcomes are associated with the traumatic effects of critical illness, intensive care treatment and drugs (clinical risk factors), or mood and stress reactions in intensive care (acute psychological factors). Outc ...
... the months following intensive care [1-3]. It is not clear whether poor psychological outcomes are associated with the traumatic effects of critical illness, intensive care treatment and drugs (clinical risk factors), or mood and stress reactions in intensive care (acute psychological factors). Outc ...
Psychometric perspectives on diagnostic systems
... observational access to it, does exist as a phenomenon independent of any diagnostic activities. That is, there is such a thing as depression, in the sense that we could be objectively right or wrong in diagnosing people as depressed. This means that there is more to our being right or wrong than, s ...
... observational access to it, does exist as a phenomenon independent of any diagnostic activities. That is, there is such a thing as depression, in the sense that we could be objectively right or wrong in diagnosing people as depressed. This means that there is more to our being right or wrong than, s ...
Consultation Papers | BPS - British Psychological Society
... helping responses, but which do not reflect illnesses so much as normal individual variation. We therefore do welcome the proposal to include a profile of rating the severity of different symptoms over the preceding month. This is attractive, not only because it focuses on specific problems (see bel ...
... helping responses, but which do not reflect illnesses so much as normal individual variation. We therefore do welcome the proposal to include a profile of rating the severity of different symptoms over the preceding month. This is attractive, not only because it focuses on specific problems (see bel ...
the Presentation
... - lifetime prevalence of somatization disorder was 0.13% Escobar et al. (1987) used the Los Angeles ECA data - .03% of 3132 met DSM-III criteria for somatization disorder - 4.4% met criteria for “abridged somatization” - Changing the criteria slightly increased prevalence dramatically - Also, signif ...
... - lifetime prevalence of somatization disorder was 0.13% Escobar et al. (1987) used the Los Angeles ECA data - .03% of 3132 met DSM-III criteria for somatization disorder - 4.4% met criteria for “abridged somatization” - Changing the criteria slightly increased prevalence dramatically - Also, signif ...
Schizophrenia - Bakersfield College
... A mutation of the DISC1 gene is a known genetic cause of schizophrenia. Niwa et al. (2010) infused a small interfering RNA (siRNA) that targeted the DISC1 gene into progenitor cells of the ventricular zone of fetal mice. Abnormalities also began appearing in the mesocortical dopaminergic system that ...
... A mutation of the DISC1 gene is a known genetic cause of schizophrenia. Niwa et al. (2010) infused a small interfering RNA (siRNA) that targeted the DISC1 gene into progenitor cells of the ventricular zone of fetal mice. Abnormalities also began appearing in the mesocortical dopaminergic system that ...
1 CHAPTER 10 PERSONALITY AND PERSONALITY DISORDER
... Personality disorders are important form the perspective of prevalence and consequence. People with personality disorder may constitute up to 20% of the general population, 15% of psychiatric outpatients, and 10% of psychiatric inpatients. Students encounter people with personality disorder more fre ...
... Personality disorders are important form the perspective of prevalence and consequence. People with personality disorder may constitute up to 20% of the general population, 15% of psychiatric outpatients, and 10% of psychiatric inpatients. Students encounter people with personality disorder more fre ...
A Proposal for a Mindfulness-Based Trauma
... tragedy (Levy, Stewart, & Krown Buirski, 2003; McCann & Pearlman, 1990). Increases in suicide, burnout, heart disease, cancer, and even death are considerably higher among health professionals due to occupational hazards, whether emotional or physical (McCann & Pearlman, 1990). This article describe ...
... tragedy (Levy, Stewart, & Krown Buirski, 2003; McCann & Pearlman, 1990). Increases in suicide, burnout, heart disease, cancer, and even death are considerably higher among health professionals due to occupational hazards, whether emotional or physical (McCann & Pearlman, 1990). This article describe ...
The Barriers Latinos Have In Obtaining Mental Health Services
... be used to improve the quality of mental health services that are currently being provided. Agencies will be able to use this study as a format for discussion to address and improve on existing policies that may create barriers in obtaining services. In addition to analyzing barriers this research s ...
... be used to improve the quality of mental health services that are currently being provided. Agencies will be able to use this study as a format for discussion to address and improve on existing policies that may create barriers in obtaining services. In addition to analyzing barriers this research s ...
STR U CTU R E D AN D SEMISTRUCTURED INTERVIEWS
... clearly impacts the extent of clinical experience and judgment needed to administer the interview appropriately: Semistructured interviews require clinically experienced examiners to administer the interview and to make diagnoses, whereas fully structured interviews can be administered by nonclinici ...
... clearly impacts the extent of clinical experience and judgment needed to administer the interview appropriately: Semistructured interviews require clinically experienced examiners to administer the interview and to make diagnoses, whereas fully structured interviews can be administered by nonclinici ...
The Frontoparietal Control System: A Central Role in Mental Health
... of amygdala), such that an intact control system is protective against a variety of mental illnesses. Consistent with this possibility, recent results indicate that several major mental illnesses involve altered brain-wide connectivity of the control system, likely altering its ability to regulate s ...
... of amygdala), such that an intact control system is protective against a variety of mental illnesses. Consistent with this possibility, recent results indicate that several major mental illnesses involve altered brain-wide connectivity of the control system, likely altering its ability to regulate s ...
Print this article - South African Journal of Psychiatry
... event-free periods than unmarried patients, the severity of depressive symptoms is similar between married and unmarried patients.[21] Low social support causes more stress and can accelerate or worsen the progression from HIV to AIDS.[22,23] Both men and women in the first marriages fare better in ...
... event-free periods than unmarried patients, the severity of depressive symptoms is similar between married and unmarried patients.[21] Low social support causes more stress and can accelerate or worsen the progression from HIV to AIDS.[22,23] Both men and women in the first marriages fare better in ...
NIH Public Access
... schizoid PD have been shown to be phenomenologically similar to autistic-spectrum disorders, especially Asperger’s disorder (Gillberg 1989; Tantam 1988; Wing 1981). For example, both Asperger’s disorder and SPD involve social deficits and odd behaviors, as well as difficulties with emotional functio ...
... schizoid PD have been shown to be phenomenologically similar to autistic-spectrum disorders, especially Asperger’s disorder (Gillberg 1989; Tantam 1988; Wing 1981). For example, both Asperger’s disorder and SPD involve social deficits and odd behaviors, as well as difficulties with emotional functio ...
Psychological and Neurobehavioral Comparisons of Children with
... and because of the historical confusion over the validity of HFA and Asperger’s Disorder as separate diagnostic entities. It is estimated that 75% of individuals diagnosed with Autistic Disorder will have IQ’s below 70, and up to 50% of them are mute or severely lacking in communication skills (Penn ...
... and because of the historical confusion over the validity of HFA and Asperger’s Disorder as separate diagnostic entities. It is estimated that 75% of individuals diagnosed with Autistic Disorder will have IQ’s below 70, and up to 50% of them are mute or severely lacking in communication skills (Penn ...
Slide 1
... information processing, the cognitive perspective) and trough our own brain processing we give a behavioral response to this (the behavioral perspective, some stimulus form the outside changes our behavior). And this behavioral response, backed dup by the cognitive processes of the brain, gives as a ...
... information processing, the cognitive perspective) and trough our own brain processing we give a behavioral response to this (the behavioral perspective, some stimulus form the outside changes our behavior). And this behavioral response, backed dup by the cognitive processes of the brain, gives as a ...
Definition from DSM-5 ®—Understanding Mental Disorders What is
... areas to the extent that their intended use is no longer possible (Criterion C). For example, the individual may not be able to cook in the kitchen, sleep in his or her bed, or sit in a chair. If the space can be used, it is only with great difficulty. Clutter is defined as a large group of usually ...
... areas to the extent that their intended use is no longer possible (Criterion C). For example, the individual may not be able to cook in the kitchen, sleep in his or her bed, or sit in a chair. If the space can be used, it is only with great difficulty. Clutter is defined as a large group of usually ...
My Health: An Outcomes Approach Psychological Health 1) Which
... B) Intentionally injured themselves C) Had difficulty functioning because of depression D) Seriously considered suicide Answer: A Page Ref: 34 Learning Outcome: 2.8.1 ...
... B) Intentionally injured themselves C) Had difficulty functioning because of depression D) Seriously considered suicide Answer: A Page Ref: 34 Learning Outcome: 2.8.1 ...
You Can Help Prevent or Reduce Anxiety in Students! What is
... and treatments as well. The above link will route the individual to statistical information regarding anxiety disorders. Barrett, P.M., Farrell, L.J., Ollendick, T.H., & Dadds, M. (2006). Long-term outcomes of an Australian universal prevention trial of anxiety and depression symptoms in children an ...
... and treatments as well. The above link will route the individual to statistical information regarding anxiety disorders. Barrett, P.M., Farrell, L.J., Ollendick, T.H., & Dadds, M. (2006). Long-term outcomes of an Australian universal prevention trial of anxiety and depression symptoms in children an ...
Screening and Assessment of Co-Occurring Disorders in the Justice System Roger H. Peters
... & Ortiz, 1998). Persons with co-occurring disorders present numerous challenges within the justice system. These individuals exhibit greater impairment in psychosocial skills, are less likely to enter and successfully complete treatment, and are at greater risk for criminal recidivism and relapse. T ...
... & Ortiz, 1998). Persons with co-occurring disorders present numerous challenges within the justice system. These individuals exhibit greater impairment in psychosocial skills, are less likely to enter and successfully complete treatment, and are at greater risk for criminal recidivism and relapse. T ...