Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
... The diagnosis of ADHD is made by careful clinical history.15 A child with ADHD is characterized by a considerable degree of inattentiveness, distractibility, impulsivity, and often hyperactivity that is inappropriate for the developmental stage of the child. Although ADHD is often first observed in ...
... The diagnosis of ADHD is made by careful clinical history.15 A child with ADHD is characterized by a considerable degree of inattentiveness, distractibility, impulsivity, and often hyperactivity that is inappropriate for the developmental stage of the child. Although ADHD is often first observed in ...
Psychodynamic Treatment of Panic Disorder
... In response to perceived rejection or unavailability, and due to the narcissistic injury of dependency, the child becomes angry at his close attachment figures. This anger is experienced as dangerous, as the associated fantasies could potentially damage the relationship with the people upon whom the ...
... In response to perceived rejection or unavailability, and due to the narcissistic injury of dependency, the child becomes angry at his close attachment figures. This anger is experienced as dangerous, as the associated fantasies could potentially damage the relationship with the people upon whom the ...
Using the PTSD Checklist (PCL)
... of clinical and research purposes, including: • screening individuals for PTSD • aiding in diagnostic assessment of PTSD • monitoring change in PTSD symptoms There are three versions of the PCL: • The PCL-M (military) asks about symptoms in response to "stressful military experiences." It is oft ...
... of clinical and research purposes, including: • screening individuals for PTSD • aiding in diagnostic assessment of PTSD • monitoring change in PTSD symptoms There are three versions of the PCL: • The PCL-M (military) asks about symptoms in response to "stressful military experiences." It is oft ...
Narcissistic Personality Disorder – Has it Become an Epidemic?
... shows symptoms for at least one year. Minors cannot be diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder. ●● 35 percent of patients admitted to a methadone maintenance program have a personality disorder. (SAMHSA, 2009) The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Health Disorders, Fifth Edition (D ...
... shows symptoms for at least one year. Minors cannot be diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder. ●● 35 percent of patients admitted to a methadone maintenance program have a personality disorder. (SAMHSA, 2009) The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Health Disorders, Fifth Edition (D ...
Affect and Mood Related to School Aged Youth
... Many people think that adolescence is always a difficult time, and that all teenagers experience bad moods and exhibit challenging behaviours. In fact, only 5-15% of teenagers go through extreme emotional turmoil, become rebellious, or have major conflicts with their parents. Ups and downs are a nor ...
... Many people think that adolescence is always a difficult time, and that all teenagers experience bad moods and exhibit challenging behaviours. In fact, only 5-15% of teenagers go through extreme emotional turmoil, become rebellious, or have major conflicts with their parents. Ups and downs are a nor ...
Atypical Antipsychotics Induced Chronic Akathisia: A Case Report
... restlessness. The four subtypes of akathisia are as follows: acute, tardive, withdrawal and chronic akathisia. Standardized titration and use of second generation antipsychotics are successful approaches of prevention from drug-induced akathisia. On the other hand, it is possible that atypic antipsy ...
... restlessness. The four subtypes of akathisia are as follows: acute, tardive, withdrawal and chronic akathisia. Standardized titration and use of second generation antipsychotics are successful approaches of prevention from drug-induced akathisia. On the other hand, it is possible that atypic antipsy ...
Malingering of Psychiatric Disorders: A Review
... C) Criteria based DSM Concept: The DSM concept of malingering is in stark contrast to the other two models. It relies on specific objective criteria for its definition rather than theoretical constructs. Malingering is listed here as an additional condition that may be a focus of clinical attention. ...
... C) Criteria based DSM Concept: The DSM concept of malingering is in stark contrast to the other two models. It relies on specific objective criteria for its definition rather than theoretical constructs. Malingering is listed here as an additional condition that may be a focus of clinical attention. ...
There can not be a unified theory of mental disorder
... Description or Prescription?: Wakefield’s Unintentional Sleight of Hand and Other Conceptual Problems with the HDA Ultimately, it is unclear if Wakefield (1999a, 1999b) was arguing that the HDA was supposed to describe when and how people make disorder attributions or was instead intended to be a pr ...
... Description or Prescription?: Wakefield’s Unintentional Sleight of Hand and Other Conceptual Problems with the HDA Ultimately, it is unclear if Wakefield (1999a, 1999b) was arguing that the HDA was supposed to describe when and how people make disorder attributions or was instead intended to be a pr ...
Detecting Individuals with Borderline Personality Disorder in
... from person to person within a sample, the issue of diagnostic heterogeneity is not as important to consider for an individual study. This issue may be more salient, however, when different samples, particularly those drawn from different settings, are compared. Experimental psychopathologists often ...
... from person to person within a sample, the issue of diagnostic heterogeneity is not as important to consider for an individual study. This issue may be more salient, however, when different samples, particularly those drawn from different settings, are compared. Experimental psychopathologists often ...
2#3841 UNIT TWO Participant Handout
... diminished capacity and inability to tell right from wrong.” This is not a psychological term. The definition varies from state to state. It is generally used by the court with regard to an individual’s competency to stand trial. ...
... diminished capacity and inability to tell right from wrong.” This is not a psychological term. The definition varies from state to state. It is generally used by the court with regard to an individual’s competency to stand trial. ...
DSM-5 - Sacramento State
... Included information on cultural influences, diagnostic tests, and lab findings based on extensive field studies. Not enough to address reliability and validity issues ...
... Included information on cultural influences, diagnostic tests, and lab findings based on extensive field studies. Not enough to address reliability and validity issues ...
Personality Disorder? - Yorkshire and the Humber Deanery
... Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ‘Big 5’ personality test ...
... Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ‘Big 5’ personality test ...
Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
... Some hyperactive-impulsive or inattentive symptoms that caused impairment were present before 7 years of age. Some impairment from the symptoms is present in 2 or more settings (e.g., at school [or work] or at home). There must be clear evidence of clinically significant impairment in social, academ ...
... Some hyperactive-impulsive or inattentive symptoms that caused impairment were present before 7 years of age. Some impairment from the symptoms is present in 2 or more settings (e.g., at school [or work] or at home). There must be clear evidence of clinically significant impairment in social, academ ...
Causes
... • People with unipolar mood disorders typically have their first episode in middle age; the average age of onset is in the mid-forties. • DSM-IV-TR sets the minimum duration at 2 weeks, but they can last much longer. • In one large-scale follow-up study, 10 percent of the patients had depressive epi ...
... • People with unipolar mood disorders typically have their first episode in middle age; the average age of onset is in the mid-forties. • DSM-IV-TR sets the minimum duration at 2 weeks, but they can last much longer. • In one large-scale follow-up study, 10 percent of the patients had depressive epi ...
REVIEW The Case for Shifting Borderline Personality Disorder to Axis I
... The most common Axis II comorbidities of BPD were antisocial and dependent personality disorders (10). Two-year follow-up found a significant association between BPD and MDD as well as PTSD (11). The high rate of comorbid mood disorders in BPD has led some to argue that BPD is a bipolar spectrum ill ...
... The most common Axis II comorbidities of BPD were antisocial and dependent personality disorders (10). Two-year follow-up found a significant association between BPD and MDD as well as PTSD (11). The high rate of comorbid mood disorders in BPD has led some to argue that BPD is a bipolar spectrum ill ...
Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
... highly organized home life can mitigate the expression of ADHD symptoms. Pronounced difficulties may only emerge during higher education, or even later in the work world, when environmental demands become more complex. Often there is also a strong family history of ADHD, learning disabilities, or bo ...
... highly organized home life can mitigate the expression of ADHD symptoms. Pronounced difficulties may only emerge during higher education, or even later in the work world, when environmental demands become more complex. Often there is also a strong family history of ADHD, learning disabilities, or bo ...
Research into EMDR Efficacy
... Research into the efficacy of EMDR Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) EMDR has been well established as an effective treatment for PTSD. A recent survey of 38 randomised clinical trials (RCT) established that EMDR and Trauma Focussed Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (TFCBT) are the two most effective t ...
... Research into the efficacy of EMDR Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) EMDR has been well established as an effective treatment for PTSD. A recent survey of 38 randomised clinical trials (RCT) established that EMDR and Trauma Focussed Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (TFCBT) are the two most effective t ...
Child and Adolescent Psychopathology
... B. Recurrent inappropriate compensatory behavior in order to prevent weight gain (e.g. self-induced vomiting, misuse of laxatives/diuretics/enemas/other medications) C. Binge eating and inappropriate compensatory behaviors both occur, on average, at least once a week for three months D. Self-evaluat ...
... B. Recurrent inappropriate compensatory behavior in order to prevent weight gain (e.g. self-induced vomiting, misuse of laxatives/diuretics/enemas/other medications) C. Binge eating and inappropriate compensatory behaviors both occur, on average, at least once a week for three months D. Self-evaluat ...
Understanding agitation - Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
... Everyone feels antsy, fidgety, or restless from time to time. But some people develop a more severe form of uneasiness called agitation. They may pace, wring their hands, or feel that they can’t sit still or focus. Agitation can cause extreme discomfort and distress, interfere with work and social i ...
... Everyone feels antsy, fidgety, or restless from time to time. But some people develop a more severe form of uneasiness called agitation. They may pace, wring their hands, or feel that they can’t sit still or focus. Agitation can cause extreme discomfort and distress, interfere with work and social i ...
Anxiety: An unpleasant emotional state characterized
... Anxiety Disorders Anxiety disorders: Disorders characterized by excessive anxiety in the absence of true danger. It is normal to be anxious in stressful or threatening situations. It is abnormal to feel strong chronic anxiety without cause. People often experience more than one type of anxiety disor ...
... Anxiety Disorders Anxiety disorders: Disorders characterized by excessive anxiety in the absence of true danger. It is normal to be anxious in stressful or threatening situations. It is abnormal to feel strong chronic anxiety without cause. People often experience more than one type of anxiety disor ...
Drug/How Supplied - Office of Continuous Professional Development
... Some hyperactive-impulsive or inattentive symptoms that caused impairment were present before 7 years of age. Some impairment from the symptoms is present in 2 or more settings (e.g., at school [or work] or at home). There must be clear evidence of clinically significant impairment in social, academ ...
... Some hyperactive-impulsive or inattentive symptoms that caused impairment were present before 7 years of age. Some impairment from the symptoms is present in 2 or more settings (e.g., at school [or work] or at home). There must be clear evidence of clinically significant impairment in social, academ ...
Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders: A Critical Review of
... As we have discussed, obsessions and compulsions are functionally related, which is another way of saying that rituals (and avoidance and neutralizing behaviors) are attempts to reduce obsessional distress (e.g., Rachman et al. 1976). Unfortunately, this functional relationship is not reflected well ...
... As we have discussed, obsessions and compulsions are functionally related, which is another way of saying that rituals (and avoidance and neutralizing behaviors) are attempts to reduce obsessional distress (e.g., Rachman et al. 1976). Unfortunately, this functional relationship is not reflected well ...
Two-year course of depressive and anxiety disorders: results
... Primary care patients were identified through a 3- stage screening procedure (involving the K10 and the CIDI short form (Donker et al., 2010)), among patients of 65 General Practitioners consulting for any reason in a 4-month period. In secondary care, patients were recruited when newly enrolled for ...
... Primary care patients were identified through a 3- stage screening procedure (involving the K10 and the CIDI short form (Donker et al., 2010)), among patients of 65 General Practitioners consulting for any reason in a 4-month period. In secondary care, patients were recruited when newly enrolled for ...
Psychometric perspectives on diagnostic systems
... Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV; American Psychiatric Association, 1994): A constructivist perspective, which holds that disorders are conveniently grouped sets of symptoms; a diagnostic perspective, which holds that disorders are latent classes underlyi ...
... Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV; American Psychiatric Association, 1994): A constructivist perspective, which holds that disorders are conveniently grouped sets of symptoms; a diagnostic perspective, which holds that disorders are latent classes underlyi ...
Depressive disorders include disruptive mood
... between biology, genetics, environment, and personality. In simpler terms, someone is born with a susceptibility to major depressive disorder or dysthymia and the disease develops because that individual is exposed to specific risk factors. Genetics and Biology Major depressive disorder and dysthymi ...
... between biology, genetics, environment, and personality. In simpler terms, someone is born with a susceptibility to major depressive disorder or dysthymia and the disease develops because that individual is exposed to specific risk factors. Genetics and Biology Major depressive disorder and dysthymi ...
Schizoaffective disorder
Schizoaffective disorder (abbreviated as SZA or SAD) is a mental disorder characterized by abnormal thought processes and deregulated emotions. The diagnosis is made when the patient has features of both schizophrenia and a mood disorder—either bipolar disorder or depression—but does not strictly meet diagnostic criteria for either alone. The bipolar type is distinguished by symptoms of mania, hypomania, or mixed episode; the depressive type by symptoms of depression only. Common symptoms of the disorder include hallucinations, paranoid delusions, and disorganized speech and thinking. The onset of symptoms usually begins in young adulthood, currently with an uncertain lifetime prevalence because the disorder was redefined, but DSM-IV prevalence estimates were less than 1 percent of the population, in the range of 0.5 to 0.8 percent. Diagnosis is based on observed behavior and the patient's reported experiences.Genetics, neurobiology, early and current environment, behavioral, social, and experiential components appear to be important contributory factors; some recreational and prescription drugs may cause or worsen symptoms. No single isolated organic cause has been found, but extensive evidence exists for abnormalities in the metabolism of tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4), dopamine, and glutamic acid in people with schizophrenia, psychotic mood disorders, and schizoaffective disorder. People with schizoaffective disorder are likely to have co-occurring conditions, including anxiety disorders and substance use disorder. Social problems such as long-term unemployment, poverty and homelessness are common. The average life expectancy of people with the disorder is shorter than those without it, due to increased physical health problems from an absence of health promoting behaviors including a sedentary lifestyle, and a higher suicide rate.The mainstay of current treatment is antipsychotic medication combined with mood stabilizer medication or antidepressant medication, or both. There is growing concern by some researchers that antidepressants may increase psychosis, mania, and long-term mood episode cycling in the disorder. When there is risk to self or others, usually early in treatment, brief hospitalization may be necessary. Psychiatric rehabilitation, psychotherapy, and vocational rehabilitation are very important for recovery of higher psychosocial function. As a group, people with schizoaffective disorder diagnosed using DSM-IV and ICD-10 criteria have a better outcome than people with schizophrenia, but have variable individual psychosocial functional outcomes compared to people with mood disorders, from worse to the same. Outcomes for people with DSM-5 diagnosed schizoaffective disorder depend on data from prospective cohort studies, which haven't been completed yet.In DSM-5 and ICD-9 (which is being revised to ICD-10, to be published in 2015), schizoaffective disorder is in the same diagnostic class as schizophrenia, but not in the same class as mood disorders. The diagnosis was introduced in 1933, and its definition was slightly changed in the DSM-5, published in May 2013, because the DSM-IV schizoaffective disorder definition leads to excessive misdiagnosis. The changes made to the schizoaffective disorder definition were intended to make the DSM-5 diagnosis more consistent (or reliable), and to substantially reduce the use of the diagnosis. Additionally, the DSM-5 schizoaffective disorder diagnosis can no longer be used for first episode psychosis.