Bipolar Disorders: A Balanced Perspective
... clinical settings. Evidence is therefore biased toward only the half who are formally diagnosed. The prevalent message about BD is that it is a DSM Axis 1 ‘severe and enduring’ mental illness, characterised by periods of extreme high and low mood that are fairly unpredictable, requiring life-long me ...
... clinical settings. Evidence is therefore biased toward only the half who are formally diagnosed. The prevalent message about BD is that it is a DSM Axis 1 ‘severe and enduring’ mental illness, characterised by periods of extreme high and low mood that are fairly unpredictable, requiring life-long me ...
Tools for Identifying the Function of Behavior
... Must have 4 of 8 symptoms occurring frequently ...
... Must have 4 of 8 symptoms occurring frequently ...
16-‐04-‐25 1
... • Can be how the initial fear develops OR how other stimuli in the environment become associated with fear ...
... • Can be how the initial fear develops OR how other stimuli in the environment become associated with fear ...
Mental and substance use disorders in Canada
... rates of substance use disorders than all other age groups. Youth aged 15 to 24 had the highest rate of substance use disorder (11.9%), while the lowest rate, 1.9%, was among those aged 45 and older.14 Youth have also been found in other studies to have the highest rates of substance abuse or depe ...
... rates of substance use disorders than all other age groups. Youth aged 15 to 24 had the highest rate of substance use disorder (11.9%), while the lowest rate, 1.9%, was among those aged 45 and older.14 Youth have also been found in other studies to have the highest rates of substance abuse or depe ...
Disordered Eating
... Anorexia nervosa • Suite of unhealthful practices employed to reduce weight below 85% of normal (for height & weight) • 90-95% are young women • 0.5-1% of US females develop AN – 5 - 20 % of those diagnosed will die from ...
... Anorexia nervosa • Suite of unhealthful practices employed to reduce weight below 85% of normal (for height & weight) • 90-95% are young women • 0.5-1% of US females develop AN – 5 - 20 % of those diagnosed will die from ...
Chapter 1: Overview to Understanding Abnormal Behavior
... biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors play a role in the development of an individual’s symptoms. The biopsychosocial perspective incorporates a developmental viewpoint. This means that individuals must be seen as changing over time. Biopsychosocial factors interact to alter the indiv ...
... biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors play a role in the development of an individual’s symptoms. The biopsychosocial perspective incorporates a developmental viewpoint. This means that individuals must be seen as changing over time. Biopsychosocial factors interact to alter the indiv ...
What will we cover?
... The teacher says. “Randy you need to watch your language. You can not cuss in this classroom.” Randy says, “Don’t tell me what I can and can not do. You aren’t my boss!” The teacher says, “Randy, we have to all get along and do what is asked of us – otherwise the classroom just won’t work.” In a lou ...
... The teacher says. “Randy you need to watch your language. You can not cuss in this classroom.” Randy says, “Don’t tell me what I can and can not do. You aren’t my boss!” The teacher says, “Randy, we have to all get along and do what is asked of us – otherwise the classroom just won’t work.” In a lou ...
PowerPoint Lecture Notes Presentation Chapter 2
... » Culture may also influence how people seek treatment – Psychological distress presented in physical terms ...
... » Culture may also influence how people seek treatment – Psychological distress presented in physical terms ...
Axis I comorbidity in bipolar disorder with psychotic features.
... also assessed by the SCID-P. In completing the SCID-P, information was obtained from any source available in addition to the patient interview, including medical records, first-degree relatives and treating clinicians. Age at onset was investigated by the SCID-P. Comorbid diagnoses were defined as a ...
... also assessed by the SCID-P. In completing the SCID-P, information was obtained from any source available in addition to the patient interview, including medical records, first-degree relatives and treating clinicians. Age at onset was investigated by the SCID-P. Comorbid diagnoses were defined as a ...
Identity disorders and aggression
... Aggression can be classified, based on the objective, as aggression towards oneself (self-harming behavior), or others, based on the means, as physical or verbal, direct or indirect, based on whether they are impulsive or premeditated or based on the causation, due to neurological or psychiatric dis ...
... Aggression can be classified, based on the objective, as aggression towards oneself (self-harming behavior), or others, based on the means, as physical or verbal, direct or indirect, based on whether they are impulsive or premeditated or based on the causation, due to neurological or psychiatric dis ...
Zarate CINP 2002 - NC Psychiatric Association
... Rationale: The reduction in symptom threshold was for adults only and was made based on longitudinal studies showing that patients tend to have fewer symptoms in adulthood than in childhood. This should result in a minimal increase in the prevalence of adult ADHD. Copyright © 2013. American Psychiat ...
... Rationale: The reduction in symptom threshold was for adults only and was made based on longitudinal studies showing that patients tend to have fewer symptoms in adulthood than in childhood. This should result in a minimal increase in the prevalence of adult ADHD. Copyright © 2013. American Psychiat ...
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
... increase. This reaction may, for some reason, trigger the intrusive thoughts, rituals and emotional distress characteristic of obsessivecompulsive disorder. ...
... increase. This reaction may, for some reason, trigger the intrusive thoughts, rituals and emotional distress characteristic of obsessivecompulsive disorder. ...
Chapter 16
... Axis V: Global Assessment of Function (GAF) Scale: Has a rating of that ranges from 100 (Superior functioning in a wide range of activities) to 1 (Persistent danger of severely hurting self or others). Estimate are made of the individual’s current level of adaptive functioning as a whole and of the ...
... Axis V: Global Assessment of Function (GAF) Scale: Has a rating of that ranges from 100 (Superior functioning in a wide range of activities) to 1 (Persistent danger of severely hurting self or others). Estimate are made of the individual’s current level of adaptive functioning as a whole and of the ...
Examining Hoarding and Cluttering Behavior
... Persistent difficulty discarding or parting with possessions, regardless of their actual value. This difficulty is due to a perceived need to save the items and distress associated with discarding them. The symptoms result in the accumulation of possessions that congest and clutter active livi ...
... Persistent difficulty discarding or parting with possessions, regardless of their actual value. This difficulty is due to a perceived need to save the items and distress associated with discarding them. The symptoms result in the accumulation of possessions that congest and clutter active livi ...
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) R E V I E W Søren Dalsgaard
... on others), the proposal adds the example ‘‘may start using other people’s things without asking or receiving permission, adolescents or adults may intrude into or take over what others are doing’’. This addition specifies two things, one is how adolescents or adults may act to fulfill this criteria ...
... on others), the proposal adds the example ‘‘may start using other people’s things without asking or receiving permission, adolescents or adults may intrude into or take over what others are doing’’. This addition specifies two things, one is how adolescents or adults may act to fulfill this criteria ...
237. The concept of alternative strategies
... The intent of this article is to introduce the evolutionary concept of alternative strategies into the fields of psychiatry and clinical psychology. In behavioral ecology, the term alternative strategies refers to the presence of two or more discrete behavioral variants among adults of one sex and o ...
... The intent of this article is to introduce the evolutionary concept of alternative strategies into the fields of psychiatry and clinical psychology. In behavioral ecology, the term alternative strategies refers to the presence of two or more discrete behavioral variants among adults of one sex and o ...
Mauro Giovanni Carta*, Andrea Murru, Maria* Carolina Hardoy*, Matteo Balestrieri°
... Disorder other, more specific diagnoses may be given: this purely reflects DSM criteria to which SCID [11] strictly adheres. Casey [4] states that a conceptual problem lies in the following statement: ‘the border between adjustment disorder and ordinary problems of life may be clarified by the notio ...
... Disorder other, more specific diagnoses may be given: this purely reflects DSM criteria to which SCID [11] strictly adheres. Casey [4] states that a conceptual problem lies in the following statement: ‘the border between adjustment disorder and ordinary problems of life may be clarified by the notio ...
Axis I Dissociative Disorder Comorbidity in Borderline Personality
... disorder, and childhood trauma history. The elimination of the ancient term hysteria from psychiatric terminology17 may have led contemporary researchers to overlook this historical continuity, although the term has been replaced with the modern concept of dissociative disorders. Similar to patients ...
... disorder, and childhood trauma history. The elimination of the ancient term hysteria from psychiatric terminology17 may have led contemporary researchers to overlook this historical continuity, although the term has been replaced with the modern concept of dissociative disorders. Similar to patients ...
Serious Mental Illness (SMI)
... Serious impairment in concentration, persistence, and pace. Frequent or consistent interference with daily life due to impaired thinking. Presence of delusions and/or hallucinations. Frequent substitution of fantasy for reality. ...
... Serious impairment in concentration, persistence, and pace. Frequent or consistent interference with daily life due to impaired thinking. Presence of delusions and/or hallucinations. Frequent substitution of fantasy for reality. ...
Forty lives in the bebop business: mental health in a group of
... and Ludwig (1995) points to a connection between creativity and affective disorders, but there is also evidence of other psychopathology. As just one example of this, Post (1994) found that 40.4% of his sample of eminent composers exhibited DSM cluster C (anxious type) personality disorder traits. J ...
... and Ludwig (1995) points to a connection between creativity and affective disorders, but there is also evidence of other psychopathology. As just one example of this, Post (1994) found that 40.4% of his sample of eminent composers exhibited DSM cluster C (anxious type) personality disorder traits. J ...
Sleep Related Disorders
... A persistent or recurrent pattern of sleep disruption due to disruptions in the normal sleep-wake schedule. Origin(s) of this problem is made clearer by the specifiers used: – Shift work type – Jet lag type – Delayed Sleep Phase type ...
... A persistent or recurrent pattern of sleep disruption due to disruptions in the normal sleep-wake schedule. Origin(s) of this problem is made clearer by the specifiers used: – Shift work type – Jet lag type – Delayed Sleep Phase type ...
Tough Kids: Practical Behavior Management
... + DSM-IV-TR Diagnostic Criteria for 300.02 General Anxiety Disorder (Includes Overanxious Disorder of Childhood) A. Excessive anxiety and worry (apprehensive expectation), occurring more days than not for at least 6 months, about a number of events or activities (such as work or school performance) ...
... + DSM-IV-TR Diagnostic Criteria for 300.02 General Anxiety Disorder (Includes Overanxious Disorder of Childhood) A. Excessive anxiety and worry (apprehensive expectation), occurring more days than not for at least 6 months, about a number of events or activities (such as work or school performance) ...
Somatoform Disorders
... According to the fourth edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV), the somatoform disorders are distinguished by physical symptoms suggesting a medical condition, yet the symptoms are not fully explained by the medical condition, by substance use, or by another mental ...
... According to the fourth edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV), the somatoform disorders are distinguished by physical symptoms suggesting a medical condition, yet the symptoms are not fully explained by the medical condition, by substance use, or by another mental ...
Introducing a New Product - Wales Counseling Center,PLLC
... • Individuals who have at least one mental disorder as well as an alcohol or drug use disorder. While these disorders may interact differently in any one person (e.g., an episode of depression may trigger a relapse into alcohol abuse, or cocaine use may exacerbate schizophrenic symptoms), at least o ...
... • Individuals who have at least one mental disorder as well as an alcohol or drug use disorder. While these disorders may interact differently in any one person (e.g., an episode of depression may trigger a relapse into alcohol abuse, or cocaine use may exacerbate schizophrenic symptoms), at least o ...