Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and the Refugee
... anxiety, somatization problems, to name a few. For instance, Rousseau et al. (2011) highlights that “44% of individuals who develop PTSD are likely to simultaneously have other mental health related symptoms including depression” (p.7). We argue that this hidden comorbidity also can impact on claima ...
... anxiety, somatization problems, to name a few. For instance, Rousseau et al. (2011) highlights that “44% of individuals who develop PTSD are likely to simultaneously have other mental health related symptoms including depression” (p.7). We argue that this hidden comorbidity also can impact on claima ...
Abstract Book
... After the great success of the 1st Congress which took place in 2009, this second Congress aims again at being useful for the clinician who fights daily in the front line for the treatment of real-world patients. In this frame, our goal is to provide a global and comprehensive update of the newest d ...
... After the great success of the 1st Congress which took place in 2009, this second Congress aims again at being useful for the clinician who fights daily in the front line for the treatment of real-world patients. In this frame, our goal is to provide a global and comprehensive update of the newest d ...
Approach to Suicide Risk and Assessment in the ER Resident
... twin and adoption studies high concordance for suicide rates of 35 twins for whom 1 twin had committed suicide 10 of the 26 living monozygotic twin had attempted compared to 0 of the dizygotic twins significantly more of adopted children of biological parents who committed suicide themselves committ ...
... twin and adoption studies high concordance for suicide rates of 35 twins for whom 1 twin had committed suicide 10 of the 26 living monozygotic twin had attempted compared to 0 of the dizygotic twins significantly more of adopted children of biological parents who committed suicide themselves committ ...
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
... Long-term GAD treatment with BZs has not been systematically studied; far more opinion than fact is reported in the literature ...
... Long-term GAD treatment with BZs has not been systematically studied; far more opinion than fact is reported in the literature ...
Practice Parameter for the Assessment and Treatment Depressive Disorders
... Clinical depression manifests as a spectrum disorder with symptoms ranging from subsyndromal to syndromal. To be diagnosed with a syndromal disorder (MDD), a child or adolescent must have at least 2 weeks of persistent change in mood manifested by either depressed or irritable mood and/or loss of in ...
... Clinical depression manifests as a spectrum disorder with symptoms ranging from subsyndromal to syndromal. To be diagnosed with a syndromal disorder (MDD), a child or adolescent must have at least 2 weeks of persistent change in mood manifested by either depressed or irritable mood and/or loss of in ...
Antisocial Personality and Substance Abuse Disorders
... felons admitted to North Carolina prisons from the community. Interviews were conducted with consecutive new admissions at five different reception centers during the first days of the individual's incarceration. The five sites process all the male felons who enter the North Carolina prison system. ...
... felons admitted to North Carolina prisons from the community. Interviews were conducted with consecutive new admissions at five different reception centers during the first days of the individual's incarceration. The five sites process all the male felons who enter the North Carolina prison system. ...
Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
... There are two main groups of adults with ADHD: (1) those who were diagnosed as children and still have symptoms, and (2) those who were never diagnosed. The second group may be more likely to include females. When looking at childhood symptoms, it is important to consider that a highly organized hom ...
... There are two main groups of adults with ADHD: (1) those who were diagnosed as children and still have symptoms, and (2) those who were never diagnosed. The second group may be more likely to include females. When looking at childhood symptoms, it is important to consider that a highly organized hom ...
Schizoaffective Disorder in the DSM-5
... of the DSM, the category was used for those instances in which the clinician was unable to make a differential diagnosis with any degree of certainty between an Affective Disorder and either Schizophreniform Disorder or Schizophrenia. The concept again addressed the clinical need for a diagnostic te ...
... of the DSM, the category was used for those instances in which the clinician was unable to make a differential diagnosis with any degree of certainty between an Affective Disorder and either Schizophreniform Disorder or Schizophrenia. The concept again addressed the clinical need for a diagnostic te ...
Effects of the Label “Schizophrenia” on Causal Attributions of Violence
... auditory hallucinations are experienced more often by people with schizophrenia than by members of the general population. Thus, one might well be justified in making internal causal attributions for this behavior (i.e., attributing the voices to the schizophrenia). However, if someone with schizoph ...
... auditory hallucinations are experienced more often by people with schizophrenia than by members of the general population. Thus, one might well be justified in making internal causal attributions for this behavior (i.e., attributing the voices to the schizophrenia). However, if someone with schizoph ...
Oppositional Defiant Disorder: A Guide for Families
... Some parents have trouble seeing defiant behaviors as a symptom of a mental disorder. They may want to wait to start treatment until the child matures to see if he or she will “grow out of it.”Also, it is sometimes difficult to distinguish between ODD and normal, independence-seeking behavior that s ...
... Some parents have trouble seeing defiant behaviors as a symptom of a mental disorder. They may want to wait to start treatment until the child matures to see if he or she will “grow out of it.”Also, it is sometimes difficult to distinguish between ODD and normal, independence-seeking behavior that s ...
overcrowding on the ship of fools: health care reform, psychiatry
... 297 diagnoses, nearly three times the number of disorders listed in the first manual when it was published almost sixty years ago.17 The proposals for the next edition indicate further expansion is planned for the future.18 A growing number of critics from both within and outside of psychiatry conte ...
... 297 diagnoses, nearly three times the number of disorders listed in the first manual when it was published almost sixty years ago.17 The proposals for the next edition indicate further expansion is planned for the future.18 A growing number of critics from both within and outside of psychiatry conte ...
NAMI SWI Resource Guide NAMI SWI Resource Guide 2016
... pinpoint the problem because the individual has more than one disorder; for example schizophrenia with an affective disorder, or an anxiety disorder such as obsessive compulsive disorder with schizophrenia or a personality disorder. It is important for the psychiatrist to reevaluate the diagnosis fr ...
... pinpoint the problem because the individual has more than one disorder; for example schizophrenia with an affective disorder, or an anxiety disorder such as obsessive compulsive disorder with schizophrenia or a personality disorder. It is important for the psychiatrist to reevaluate the diagnosis fr ...
Dimensions and Latent Classes of Episodic Mania-Like Argyris Stringaris Daniel Stahl
... al. 2010a). In light of the current state of evidence, this study anchors its examination of mania-like symptoms on the a priori assumption that bipolar illness is characterized by episodicity (APA 2000). The first question we address is whether children screening positive for episodic changes in mo ...
... al. 2010a). In light of the current state of evidence, this study anchors its examination of mania-like symptoms on the a priori assumption that bipolar illness is characterized by episodicity (APA 2000). The first question we address is whether children screening positive for episodic changes in mo ...
Complex_trauma_papers
... As the prevalence of homelessness among men increases, the impact of trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder in the lives of homeless men warrants attention. We will review research and clinical reports on the impact of traumatic event exposure, the antecedents and consequences of traumatic events, ...
... As the prevalence of homelessness among men increases, the impact of trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder in the lives of homeless men warrants attention. We will review research and clinical reports on the impact of traumatic event exposure, the antecedents and consequences of traumatic events, ...
A modern conceptualization of phobia in al
... Penned in the Arabic language, his manuscript, “Masalih alAbdan wa al-Anfus,” translates into “Sustenance of the Body and Soul.” The word “Abdan” in Arabic is the plural of the word “Badn” which means body. The word “Anfus” is the plural of the word “Nafs” and means soul. Our analysis of al-Balkhi’s ...
... Penned in the Arabic language, his manuscript, “Masalih alAbdan wa al-Anfus,” translates into “Sustenance of the Body and Soul.” The word “Abdan” in Arabic is the plural of the word “Badn” which means body. The word “Anfus” is the plural of the word “Nafs” and means soul. Our analysis of al-Balkhi’s ...
Challenges and Clinical Aspects of Diagnosing Bipolar Depression
... • Boundaries of bipolarity have expanded over the past decade • Suggest that the diagnostic criteria for hypomania need revision • Further study is needed to evaluate the ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ definitions of bipolar II, minor bipolar disorder, and hypomania • A more expansive definition of bipolar II yi ...
... • Boundaries of bipolarity have expanded over the past decade • Suggest that the diagnostic criteria for hypomania need revision • Further study is needed to evaluate the ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ definitions of bipolar II, minor bipolar disorder, and hypomania • A more expansive definition of bipolar II yi ...
Psychoses induced by exceptional states of consciousness
... motions and affects. The synesthesias also former a part of this list. Based on this, many definitions of consciousness have been given from very different perspectives: psychological (including psychology of development), neurobiological, evolutive, phenomenological, philosophical and theological. ...
... motions and affects. The synesthesias also former a part of this list. Based on this, many definitions of consciousness have been given from very different perspectives: psychological (including psychology of development), neurobiological, evolutive, phenomenological, philosophical and theological. ...
Past, present and future of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS
... used as a research tool in neurophysiology, TMS has been subsequently extended to the therapeutic area of depressive disorders and approved in many countries for this purpose. TMS uses magnetic fields to deliver electricity into specific areas of the cerebral cortex, mainly the dorso-lateral prefron ...
... used as a research tool in neurophysiology, TMS has been subsequently extended to the therapeutic area of depressive disorders and approved in many countries for this purpose. TMS uses magnetic fields to deliver electricity into specific areas of the cerebral cortex, mainly the dorso-lateral prefron ...
Should Borderline Personality Disorder be added to the MA Parity
... seem so serious, that with a few stitches I could go home and calm down. I tried to tell him that for me there was no such option. If I went home then, I would never leave home again alive. I explained that I could not sleep, had no interest in doing anything, couldn't concentrate, and was binging a ...
... seem so serious, that with a few stitches I could go home and calm down. I tried to tell him that for me there was no such option. If I went home then, I would never leave home again alive. I explained that I could not sleep, had no interest in doing anything, couldn't concentrate, and was binging a ...
Trauma and Dissociation: Implications for Borderline Personality
... the etiology of BPD and is also associated with many other mental disorders, it may not seem justified to categorize BPD as a trauma spectrum disorder. At the same time it is important to emphasize recognition of the role of early trauma in the assessment of mental health problems, and therefore als ...
... the etiology of BPD and is also associated with many other mental disorders, it may not seem justified to categorize BPD as a trauma spectrum disorder. At the same time it is important to emphasize recognition of the role of early trauma in the assessment of mental health problems, and therefore als ...
Hypothesis: Grandiosity and Guilt Cause Paranoia
... selected literature is reviewed and 11 cases are summarized. Comparative clinical and recent molecular genetic data find phenotypic and genotypic commonalities between patients diagnosed with schizophrenia and psychotic bipolar disorder lending support to the idea that paranoid schizophrenia could b ...
... selected literature is reviewed and 11 cases are summarized. Comparative clinical and recent molecular genetic data find phenotypic and genotypic commonalities between patients diagnosed with schizophrenia and psychotic bipolar disorder lending support to the idea that paranoid schizophrenia could b ...
The empirical foundation of a complex adaptation to trauma
... members. Studies of physically and sexually abused children, as well as of women who are exposed to prolonged interpersonal violence consistently report a range of psychological sequelae that are not captured in the PTSD diagnostic criteria. Developmental and Relational Issues Abuse and neglect of c ...
... members. Studies of physically and sexually abused children, as well as of women who are exposed to prolonged interpersonal violence consistently report a range of psychological sequelae that are not captured in the PTSD diagnostic criteria. Developmental and Relational Issues Abuse and neglect of c ...
3841 CIT - The Justice Academy
... important to the law enforcement community. Importance of crisis intervention training: Program inception in Memphis TN., after shooting of a 26-year-old mentally ill person. o “In September 1987, white Memphis police officers answered a 911 call. A young African-American man with a history of men ...
... important to the law enforcement community. Importance of crisis intervention training: Program inception in Memphis TN., after shooting of a 26-year-old mentally ill person. o “In September 1987, white Memphis police officers answered a 911 call. A young African-American man with a history of men ...
Assessment of Malingering in a Jail Setting
... Malingering Assessment: (M-FAST) Sample questions (“Rare combinations” & “Extreme symptoms”: “The times when you can’t go to sleep, do you often smell strange odors that are not really there?” “When I hear voices, my hands begin to sweat” “Often, I get the strange feeling that I am from another pla ...
... Malingering Assessment: (M-FAST) Sample questions (“Rare combinations” & “Extreme symptoms”: “The times when you can’t go to sleep, do you often smell strange odors that are not really there?” “When I hear voices, my hands begin to sweat” “Often, I get the strange feeling that I am from another pla ...
final program
... Diagnosis: The NIMH Research Domain Criteria Project While major revisions are underway to the two major psychiatric manuals (DSM and ICD), the fundamental nature of these nosologies remains based upon presenting signs and symptoms. Research increasingly reveals that current definitions do not refle ...
... Diagnosis: The NIMH Research Domain Criteria Project While major revisions are underway to the two major psychiatric manuals (DSM and ICD), the fundamental nature of these nosologies remains based upon presenting signs and symptoms. Research increasingly reveals that current definitions do not refle ...
Cases of political abuse of psychiatry in the Soviet Union
In the Soviet Union, a systematic political abuse of psychiatry took place and was based on the interpretation of political dissent as a psychiatric problem. It was called ""psychopathological mechanisms"" of dissent.During the leadership of General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev, psychiatry was used as a tool to eliminate political opponents (""dissidents"") who openly expressed beliefs that contradicted official dogma. The term ""philosophical intoxication"" was widely used to diagnose mental disorders in cases where people disagreed with leaders and made them the target of criticism that used the writings by Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, and Vladimir Lenin. Article 58-10 of the Stalin Criminal Code—which as Article 70 had been shifted into the RSFSR Criminal Code of 1962—and Article 190-1 of the RSFSR Criminal Code along with the system of diagnosing mental illness, developed by academician Andrei Snezhnevsky, created the very preconditions under which non-standard beliefs could easily be transformed into a criminal case, and it, in its turn, into a psychiatric diagnosis. Anti-Soviet political behavior, in particular, being outspoken in opposition to the authorities, demonstrating for reform, writing books were defined in some persons as being simultaneously a criminal act (e.g., violation of Articles 70 or 190-1), a symptom (e.g., ""delusion of reformism""), and a diagnosis (e.g., ""sluggish schizophrenia""). Within the boundaries of the diagnostic category, the symptoms of pessimism, poor social adaptation and conflict with authorities were themselves sufficient for a formal diagnosis of ""sluggish schizophrenia.""The process of psychiatric incarceration was instigated by attempts to emigrate; distribution or possession of prohibited documents or books; participation in civil rights actions and demonstrations, and involvement in forbidden religious activity. The religious faith of prisoners, including well-educated former atheists who adopted a religion, was determined to be a form of mental illness that needed to be cured. The KGB routinely sent dissenters to psychiatrists for diagnosing to avoid embarrassing publiс trials and to discredit dissidence as the product of ill minds. Formerly highly classified government documents published after the dissolution of the Soviet Union demonstrate that the authorities used psychiatry as a tool to suppress dissent.According to the Commentary on the Russian Federation Law on Psychiatric Care, persons who were subjected to repressions in the form of commitment for compulsory treatment to psychiatric medical institutions and were rehabilitated in accordance with the established procedure receive compensation. The Russian Federation acknowledged that psychiatry was used for political purposes and took responsibility for the victims of ""political psychiatry.""Political abuse of psychiatry in Russia continues after the fall of the Soviet Union and threatens human rights activists with a psychiatric diagnosis.