Comorbidity With ADHD Decreases Response to Pharmacotherapy
... and prophylactic treatment studies. We selected the remaining 17 reports for inclusion in the metaanalysis. To be significant for the metaanalysis, trials had to report treatment response in samples of children and adolescents with BD where comorbidity with ADHD was systematically addressed. Clinica ...
... and prophylactic treatment studies. We selected the remaining 17 reports for inclusion in the metaanalysis. To be significant for the metaanalysis, trials had to report treatment response in samples of children and adolescents with BD where comorbidity with ADHD was systematically addressed. Clinica ...
Hypomania: A brief review of conceptual and diagnostic
... Ideas of hypomania have existed for over 2000 years1, while Hippocrates formed concepts of mania in the 5th century BC. In the 1st century, the Greek physician Aretaues classed ‘mania’ and ‘melancholia’ as two opposites on a spectrum of the same disease1. However, modern concepts of such a spectrum ...
... Ideas of hypomania have existed for over 2000 years1, while Hippocrates formed concepts of mania in the 5th century BC. In the 1st century, the Greek physician Aretaues classed ‘mania’ and ‘melancholia’ as two opposites on a spectrum of the same disease1. However, modern concepts of such a spectrum ...
isspd xiv proposed symposia
... psychopathy has received much interest in ASPD; the role of anxiety in motivating more impulsive violent and antisocial behaviour has been relatively neglected but characterises a large proportion of individuals ...
... psychopathy has received much interest in ASPD; the role of anxiety in motivating more impulsive violent and antisocial behaviour has been relatively neglected but characterises a large proportion of individuals ...
Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Girls | SpringerLink
... that often leads to confusion and uncertainty when considering the diagnosis in females. In the 1930s, the term “minimal brain dysfunction” was adopted to connote abnormal hyperactivity and impulsivity levels, based on a clinical assumption that there must be some brain damage to explain these sympt ...
... that often leads to confusion and uncertainty when considering the diagnosis in females. In the 1930s, the term “minimal brain dysfunction” was adopted to connote abnormal hyperactivity and impulsivity levels, based on a clinical assumption that there must be some brain damage to explain these sympt ...
Attention Deficit Disorder - ADD with hyperactivity
... particular, they are not adjusted for age, making them too stringent in their published form for diagnosis of adults, e.g. adults will be under diagnosed. Minor adjustments have been suggested in the professional literature, but nonetheless, it is strongly recommended that diagnosis be based primar ...
... particular, they are not adjusted for age, making them too stringent in their published form for diagnosis of adults, e.g. adults will be under diagnosed. Minor adjustments have been suggested in the professional literature, but nonetheless, it is strongly recommended that diagnosis be based primar ...
Chapter 7: Diagnosis of Methamphetamine Use
... The period following intoxication (“coming down” or “on the crash”) is characterized initially by restlessness, irritability, and a craving for the drug, along with fatigue and long periods of sleep. Confusion, disorientation, and hunger are common during this period. Chronic symptoms of methampheta ...
... The period following intoxication (“coming down” or “on the crash”) is characterized initially by restlessness, irritability, and a craving for the drug, along with fatigue and long periods of sleep. Confusion, disorientation, and hunger are common during this period. Chronic symptoms of methampheta ...
Substance Related Disorders in Children and Adolescents
... Older children -- interactions with family, school, and community (Robertson et. al, 2003). ...
... Older children -- interactions with family, school, and community (Robertson et. al, 2003). ...
Selective Mutism and Anxiety
... screening studies. These children are likely not identified in studies using clinical samples because children with SM are typically not a “behavior problem” (e.g., aggressive; defiant) in the classroom setting and, therefore, are often not referred for mental health services at the same rate as chi ...
... screening studies. These children are likely not identified in studies using clinical samples because children with SM are typically not a “behavior problem” (e.g., aggressive; defiant) in the classroom setting and, therefore, are often not referred for mental health services at the same rate as chi ...
Thieleman_Cacciatore_When a Child
... Lohan, 2003; Qin & Mortensen, 2003). However, these features are common for bereaved parents and not necessarily indicative of abnormity or psychopathology (Cacciatore, Lacasse, Lietz, & McPherson, in press; Wakefield, 2012). Bereaved mothers may be especially at risk of being diagnosed with depress ...
... Lohan, 2003; Qin & Mortensen, 2003). However, these features are common for bereaved parents and not necessarily indicative of abnormity or psychopathology (Cacciatore, Lacasse, Lietz, & McPherson, in press; Wakefield, 2012). Bereaved mothers may be especially at risk of being diagnosed with depress ...
psychometric properties of the depression - Site BU
... toms of anxiety and depression while providing maximum discrimination between the scales of anxiety and depression. Although the authors intended to develop a measure consisting of two scales (i.e. anxiety and depression), a third factor emerged from their analyses of scale structure consisting of i ...
... toms of anxiety and depression while providing maximum discrimination between the scales of anxiety and depression. Although the authors intended to develop a measure consisting of two scales (i.e. anxiety and depression), a third factor emerged from their analyses of scale structure consisting of i ...
Borderline Personality Disorder EXPLAINED
... it. Borderline personality disorder is more prevalent in females (75 percent of diagnoses made are in females) but many men suffer from it as well and in men it is often underdiagnosed. It is thought that borderline personality disorder affects approximately 5.9% percent of the general population (G ...
... it. Borderline personality disorder is more prevalent in females (75 percent of diagnoses made are in females) but many men suffer from it as well and in men it is often underdiagnosed. It is thought that borderline personality disorder affects approximately 5.9% percent of the general population (G ...
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
... gene have thinner brain tissue in the areas of the brain associated with attention. This NIMH research showed that the difference was not permanent, however, and as children with this gene grew up, the brain developed to a normal level of thickness. Their ADHD symptoms also improved.4 Environmental ...
... gene have thinner brain tissue in the areas of the brain associated with attention. This NIMH research showed that the difference was not permanent, however, and as children with this gene grew up, the brain developed to a normal level of thickness. Their ADHD symptoms also improved.4 Environmental ...
NIMH Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Publication
... gene have thinner brain tissue in the areas of the brain associated with attention. This NIMH research showed that the difference was not permanent, however, and as children with this gene grew up, the brain developed to a normal level of thickness. Their ADHD symptoms also improved.4 Environmental ...
... gene have thinner brain tissue in the areas of the brain associated with attention. This NIMH research showed that the difference was not permanent, however, and as children with this gene grew up, the brain developed to a normal level of thickness. Their ADHD symptoms also improved.4 Environmental ...
Psychopathology and Creativity Among Creative and Non
... psychopathology remain unclear. This is, in part, because psychopathology is difficult to objectively assess (Barron, 1963). The most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed.), otherwise known as the DSM-5, requires that diagnoses concerning psychopatholog ...
... psychopathology remain unclear. This is, in part, because psychopathology is difficult to objectively assess (Barron, 1963). The most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed.), otherwise known as the DSM-5, requires that diagnoses concerning psychopatholog ...
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Childhood Obesity
... Deficiency, which has been reported to disrupt the pathway of hunger/ satiety and result in abnormal eating behaviors. Agranat-Meged et al.37 analysed 29 subjects (19 males and 10 females) from five ‘‘proband nuclear families” with morbid obese children (BMI percentile>97%), and reported that the pr ...
... Deficiency, which has been reported to disrupt the pathway of hunger/ satiety and result in abnormal eating behaviors. Agranat-Meged et al.37 analysed 29 subjects (19 males and 10 females) from five ‘‘proband nuclear families” with morbid obese children (BMI percentile>97%), and reported that the pr ...
Rapid Review in Personality Disorders
... Finding a lack of specialist personality disorder services in Northern Ireland, the Bamford Review of Mental Health and Learning Disability Strategic Framework for Mental Health Services report (DHSSPS, 2005) recommended the development of specialist services in Northern Ireland that should include ...
... Finding a lack of specialist personality disorder services in Northern Ireland, the Bamford Review of Mental Health and Learning Disability Strategic Framework for Mental Health Services report (DHSSPS, 2005) recommended the development of specialist services in Northern Ireland that should include ...
Is there a significant interaction between life adversity and the brain
... Neustadt, Alejandre et al. 2004). Thirdly, BDNF protein injections into the midbrain, hippocampus and lateral ventricles of mice showed an antidepressant effect that is equal to antidepressants (Siuciak, Lewis et al. 1997; Shirayama, Chen et al. 2002; Hoshaw, Malberg et al. 2005). Furthermore this ...
... Neustadt, Alejandre et al. 2004). Thirdly, BDNF protein injections into the midbrain, hippocampus and lateral ventricles of mice showed an antidepressant effect that is equal to antidepressants (Siuciak, Lewis et al. 1997; Shirayama, Chen et al. 2002; Hoshaw, Malberg et al. 2005). Furthermore this ...
Bipolar_Child_2009 - Research Repository UCD
... depression, anxiety and disruptive behaviour disorders because symptomatology typical of these conditions is often present in paediatric bipolar cases. In recent years the rate of diagnosis of bipolar disorder in children and adolescents has increased dramatically [8]. This increase is due to a shif ...
... depression, anxiety and disruptive behaviour disorders because symptomatology typical of these conditions is often present in paediatric bipolar cases. In recent years the rate of diagnosis of bipolar disorder in children and adolescents has increased dramatically [8]. This increase is due to a shif ...
My Experience with OCD
... Interference can be confused for laziness, apathy Constant process, constant decision ...
... Interference can be confused for laziness, apathy Constant process, constant decision ...
criteria of mental health
... Psychiatrist: The psychiatrist is a physician certified in psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, which requires 3-year residency, 2-years of clinical practice, and completion of an examination. The primary function of the psychiatrist is diagnosis of, mental disorders and pre ...
... Psychiatrist: The psychiatrist is a physician certified in psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, which requires 3-year residency, 2-years of clinical practice, and completion of an examination. The primary function of the psychiatrist is diagnosis of, mental disorders and pre ...
factitious or malingered multiple personality disorder
... priate symptoms and learn how to blink and roll their eyes as if they were dissociating from one personality state to another. Although some simulated cases of MPD may be quite obvious, other cases may are extremely difficult to discern, even for an experienced clinician. It is apparent from the da ...
... priate symptoms and learn how to blink and roll their eyes as if they were dissociating from one personality state to another. Although some simulated cases of MPD may be quite obvious, other cases may are extremely difficult to discern, even for an experienced clinician. It is apparent from the da ...
Guideline on the treatment of premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD)
... work/school/social activity” (criterion B). Criterion A symptoms must be “present for most of the time during the last week of the luteal phase” and must be “absent in the week post menses”, while the criterion B symptom must “markedly interfere with work or school or with usual social activities an ...
... work/school/social activity” (criterion B). Criterion A symptoms must be “present for most of the time during the last week of the luteal phase” and must be “absent in the week post menses”, while the criterion B symptom must “markedly interfere with work or school or with usual social activities an ...
comer9e_handoutslides_ch06
... events occurring within a limited period – 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 – forget ...
... events occurring within a limited period – 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 – forget ...
Differential Diagnosis and Therapeutic Management of Schizoaffective Disorder Introduction
... and affective symptoms, the inter-relationships of which vary considerably between and within individuals, presenting formidable challenges even to experienced psychiatrists.3,4 The bipolar and depressive subtypes of SAD exert different influences on perception, cognition, affect, mood, and physiolo ...
... and affective symptoms, the inter-relationships of which vary considerably between and within individuals, presenting formidable challenges even to experienced psychiatrists.3,4 The bipolar and depressive subtypes of SAD exert different influences on perception, cognition, affect, mood, and physiolo ...
ADHD: Fact, Fiction, or Somewhere In Between
... become synonymous with the whole family of ADHD stimulant drugs. Other stimulant ADHD drugs include Adderall, Dexedrine, Focalin, Adderall XR, Ritalin LA, and Concerta. As popular as Ritalin has been in treating ADHD, Adderall is increasingly becoming the ADHD drug of choice. In 1961, the Federal Dr ...
... become synonymous with the whole family of ADHD stimulant drugs. Other stimulant ADHD drugs include Adderall, Dexedrine, Focalin, Adderall XR, Ritalin LA, and Concerta. As popular as Ritalin has been in treating ADHD, Adderall is increasingly becoming the ADHD drug of choice. In 1961, the Federal Dr ...