Predictive factors for somatization in a trauma sample
... lifelong suffering. However, even trauma victims that have not been seriously injured often report more somatic symptoms than do control groups not exposed to trauma. Such symptoms may be extremely disabling and are often a great source of psychological distress – partly due to the inability of hea ...
... lifelong suffering. However, even trauma victims that have not been seriously injured often report more somatic symptoms than do control groups not exposed to trauma. Such symptoms may be extremely disabling and are often a great source of psychological distress – partly due to the inability of hea ...
Guidelines for all doctors in the diagnosis and management of
... • Affects nearly everyone occasionally • Is a problem for around 40% of people • Is one of the most frequent causes of consultation in both general practice and neurological clinics • Represents an immense socioeconomic burden ...
... • Affects nearly everyone occasionally • Is a problem for around 40% of people • Is one of the most frequent causes of consultation in both general practice and neurological clinics • Represents an immense socioeconomic burden ...
The Rationality of Psychological Disorders
... Wolpe & Rowan, 1988). These findings challenge the very foundations of learning theories of fear, and in turn the behavioral-cognitive view of psychopathology. It was this growing dissatisfaction with psychological theories that stimulated the development of biological models, such as the suffocatio ...
... Wolpe & Rowan, 1988). These findings challenge the very foundations of learning theories of fear, and in turn the behavioral-cognitive view of psychopathology. It was this growing dissatisfaction with psychological theories that stimulated the development of biological models, such as the suffocatio ...
Fear of anxiety or fear of emotions? Anxiety sensitivity is indirectly
... The fear of anxiety-related symptoms—anxiety sensitivity—stems from the belief that experiencing fear or anxiety will lead to harmful outcomes (Reiss & McNally, 1985). Individuals with high AS tend to perceive anxiety as harmful in more than one way (e.g. “anxiety causes embarrassment and it causes ...
... The fear of anxiety-related symptoms—anxiety sensitivity—stems from the belief that experiencing fear or anxiety will lead to harmful outcomes (Reiss & McNally, 1985). Individuals with high AS tend to perceive anxiety as harmful in more than one way (e.g. “anxiety causes embarrassment and it causes ...
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: An Information Guide
... occupy the entire day and result in profound disability. People with OCD often live with the disorder for many years before it is diagnosed and treated. Fortunately, treatment is now widely available and can be very effective in lifting the burden of this demanding and devastating illness. Everyone ...
... occupy the entire day and result in profound disability. People with OCD often live with the disorder for many years before it is diagnosed and treated. Fortunately, treatment is now widely available and can be very effective in lifting the burden of this demanding and devastating illness. Everyone ...
Concurrent Disorders - Canadian Centre of Substance Abuse
... share many features and are often closely tied to other issues such as stigma, discrimination, homelessness and poverty. Mental illness and addiction are not problems of moral weakness or personal failings: they are as much ‘real’ illnesses as heart disease, cancer and AIDS . The Standing Senate Com ...
... share many features and are often closely tied to other issues such as stigma, discrimination, homelessness and poverty. Mental illness and addiction are not problems of moral weakness or personal failings: they are as much ‘real’ illnesses as heart disease, cancer and AIDS . The Standing Senate Com ...
Using the Conners 3 and Conners CBRS
... • DSM-IV content: ADHD, ODD, and CD – DSM-IV symptom counts: Absolute levels – DSM-IV scales: Relative levels of symptoms • T scores compare the student to peers. • Helps determine if symptoms are atypical for particular age and gender. • High score means more symptoms than ...
... • DSM-IV content: ADHD, ODD, and CD – DSM-IV symptom counts: Absolute levels – DSM-IV scales: Relative levels of symptoms • T scores compare the student to peers. • Helps determine if symptoms are atypical for particular age and gender. • High score means more symptoms than ...
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... through somatic symptoms; a tendency to experience and communicate somatic distress and symptoms unaccounted for by pathological findings, to attribute them to physical illness and to seek medical help [1]. Murphy characterises somatisation as a variety of processes that lead patients to seek medica ...
... through somatic symptoms; a tendency to experience and communicate somatic distress and symptoms unaccounted for by pathological findings, to attribute them to physical illness and to seek medical help [1]. Murphy characterises somatisation as a variety of processes that lead patients to seek medica ...
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
... fear, guilt, and sadness are common. Some people who experience a traumatic event may have difficulty regulating these emotions or experience emotional numbness or detachment. It is also likely they will react physically. For example, they may have trouble sleeping. Behavioral reactions, such as avo ...
... fear, guilt, and sadness are common. Some people who experience a traumatic event may have difficulty regulating these emotions or experience emotional numbness or detachment. It is also likely they will react physically. For example, they may have trouble sleeping. Behavioral reactions, such as avo ...
The Impact of Event Scale-Revised: Psychometric properties in
... This study examined the factor structure, internal consistency, concurrent validity, and discriminative validity of the Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R, [Weiss, D. S. & Marmar, C. R. (1997). The Impact of Event Scale-Revised. In: J. P. Wilson & T. M. Keane (Eds.). Assessing psychological trauma ...
... This study examined the factor structure, internal consistency, concurrent validity, and discriminative validity of the Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R, [Weiss, D. S. & Marmar, C. R. (1997). The Impact of Event Scale-Revised. In: J. P. Wilson & T. M. Keane (Eds.). Assessing psychological trauma ...
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 ...
Evidence-based guidelines for treating bipolar disorder: revised second —recommendations edition
... In fact, diagnosis can only be reliable after a clear-cut episode of hypomania, mania or a mixed episode. In the presence of mood elevation, disturbed behaviour should not be attributed solely to personality problems or situational disturbance (B). A dual diagnosis of bipolar-I or -II and a personal ...
... In fact, diagnosis can only be reliable after a clear-cut episode of hypomania, mania or a mixed episode. In the presence of mood elevation, disturbed behaviour should not be attributed solely to personality problems or situational disturbance (B). A dual diagnosis of bipolar-I or -II and a personal ...
Concussion Management and Diagnosis Best Practices
... 4. A policy that requires medical clearance for a student-athlete diagnosed with a concussion to return to athletics activity as determined by a physician or the physician’s designee. ...
... 4. A policy that requires medical clearance for a student-athlete diagnosed with a concussion to return to athletics activity as determined by a physician or the physician’s designee. ...
ADHD: From Stereotype to Science
... chronic and impairing difficulty with these problems. ADHD isn’t an allor-nothing situation like pregnancy, where one either is or isn’t pregnant. ADHD is more like depression—it comes in small, medium, and large levels of severity. Everyone feels down ...
... chronic and impairing difficulty with these problems. ADHD isn’t an allor-nothing situation like pregnancy, where one either is or isn’t pregnant. ADHD is more like depression—it comes in small, medium, and large levels of severity. Everyone feels down ...
Pediatric-Onset Bipolar Disorder - Foundation for Excellence in
... ity may be greater in adolescents than in prepubertal chilonly two cases of type I disorder were identified (apparent dren, especially given information on family history and morbid risk < 0.2%). Although the reported risk for adolescent bipolar I disorder is low, this level of risk of conditions lo ...
... ity may be greater in adolescents than in prepubertal chilonly two cases of type I disorder were identified (apparent dren, especially given information on family history and morbid risk < 0.2%). Although the reported risk for adolescent bipolar I disorder is low, this level of risk of conditions lo ...
Psychological Disorders File - Dallastown Area School District Moodle
... Understanding Psychological Disorders • Psychological disorders are behavior patterns or mental processes that cause serious personal suffering or interfere with a person’s ability to cope with everyday life. • Psychological disorders are classified in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental ...
... Understanding Psychological Disorders • Psychological disorders are behavior patterns or mental processes that cause serious personal suffering or interfere with a person’s ability to cope with everyday life. • Psychological disorders are classified in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental ...
ADHD Lectures Online
... • 1798 – Alexander Crichton describes disorders of attention in his medical textbook. One is inattentive and distractible, the other is low power of attention and lethargy. Blames them both on medical/neurological disorders and child upbringing • 1968 – Hyperkinetic Reaction of Childhood becomes the ...
... • 1798 – Alexander Crichton describes disorders of attention in his medical textbook. One is inattentive and distractible, the other is low power of attention and lethargy. Blames them both on medical/neurological disorders and child upbringing • 1968 – Hyperkinetic Reaction of Childhood becomes the ...
Ch. 18: Psychological Disorders
... Understanding Psychological Disorders • Psychological disorders are behavior patterns or mental processes that cause serious personal suffering or interfere with a person’s ability to cope with everyday life. • Psychological disorders are classified in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental ...
... Understanding Psychological Disorders • Psychological disorders are behavior patterns or mental processes that cause serious personal suffering or interfere with a person’s ability to cope with everyday life. • Psychological disorders are classified in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental ...
The Post-Traumatic Stress Trap
... significant impairment”— the level generally required for diagnosis and insurance compensation in most mental illness — the rates fell yet further, to 5.4 percent at the time of the survey and 11 percent lifetime. It was not one in three veterans who eventually developed PTSD, but one in nine — and ...
... significant impairment”— the level generally required for diagnosis and insurance compensation in most mental illness — the rates fell yet further, to 5.4 percent at the time of the survey and 11 percent lifetime. It was not one in three veterans who eventually developed PTSD, but one in nine — and ...
If Your Adolescent Has Depression or Bipolar Disorder An Essential
... with bipolar disorder, depression often appears first, only to be followed later by mania. The result can be a wild emotional ride, as the teen’s rollercoaster moods fluctuate between extreme lows and extreme highs. During a bout of depression or mania, teenagers can wreak havoc on the lives of thos ...
... with bipolar disorder, depression often appears first, only to be followed later by mania. The result can be a wild emotional ride, as the teen’s rollercoaster moods fluctuate between extreme lows and extreme highs. During a bout of depression or mania, teenagers can wreak havoc on the lives of thos ...
Hoarding Disorder: It`s More Than Just an
... collecting. It has been suggested that several types of deficits are contributors to hoarding; information processing, beliefs about emotional attachment to possessions, emotional distress, and avoidance behaviors (Grisham et al., 2006). Neziroglu, Bubrick, and YaryuraTobias (2004) identified fear o ...
... collecting. It has been suggested that several types of deficits are contributors to hoarding; information processing, beliefs about emotional attachment to possessions, emotional distress, and avoidance behaviors (Grisham et al., 2006). Neziroglu, Bubrick, and YaryuraTobias (2004) identified fear o ...
Running Head: IMPLICATIONS OF COMORBIDITY THE DEMANDS
... experience multiple mental disorders, comorbidity acts as a marker of poorer prognosis and poorer treatment outcomes. For clinicians and researchers its high prevalence is as an indicator that psychiatric nosology could be improved. One strategy to improve nosology, and the practice of diagnosis whi ...
... experience multiple mental disorders, comorbidity acts as a marker of poorer prognosis and poorer treatment outcomes. For clinicians and researchers its high prevalence is as an indicator that psychiatric nosology could be improved. One strategy to improve nosology, and the practice of diagnosis whi ...
Attachment and personality disorders
... Neurobiological correlates of attachment and personality disorders New technologies in human and animal neurosciences have enabled the investigation of both attachment and PDs from an enriching and novel perspective. A seminal discovery has been the identification of neural correlates of the innate ...
... Neurobiological correlates of attachment and personality disorders New technologies in human and animal neurosciences have enabled the investigation of both attachment and PDs from an enriching and novel perspective. A seminal discovery has been the identification of neural correlates of the innate ...
Asperger syndrome
Asperger syndrome (AS), also known as Asperger's syndrome, Asperger disorder (AD) or simply Asperger's, is an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) that is characterized by significant difficulties in social interaction and nonverbal communication, alongside restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior and interests. It differs from other autism spectrum disorders by its relative preservation of linguistic and cognitive development. Although not required for diagnosis, physical clumsiness and atypical (peculiar or odd) use of language are frequently reported. The diagnosis of Asperger's was eliminated in the 2013 fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) and replaced by a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder on a severity scale.The syndrome is named after the Austrian pediatrician Hans Asperger who, in 1944, studied and described children in his practice who lacked nonverbal communication skills, demonstrated limited empathy with their peers, and were physically clumsy. The modern conception of Asperger syndrome came into existence in 1981 and went through a period of popularization, becoming standardized as a diagnosis in the early 1990s. Many questions and controversies remain about aspects of the disorder. There is doubt about whether it is distinct from high-functioning autism (HFA); partly because of this, its prevalence is not firmly established.The exact cause of Asperger's is unknown. Although research suggests the likelihood of a genetic basis, there is no known genetic cause, and brain imaging techniques have not identified a clear common pathology. There is no single treatment, and the effectiveness of particular interventions is supported by only limited data. Intervention is aimed at improving symptoms and function. The mainstay of management is behavioral therapy, focusing on specific deficits to address poor communication skills, obsessive or repetitive routines, and physical clumsiness. Most children improve as they mature to adulthood, but social and communication difficulties may persist. Some researchers and people with Asperger's have advocated a shift in attitudes toward the view that it is a difference, rather than a disease that must be treated or cured. Globally Asperger's is estimated to affect 31 million people as of 2013.