Gastro oesophageal reflux disease (GORD)-related anxiety disorders and psychological
... oesophagus, laboratory and clinical investigations have indicated that serotonin, the main target of both depression and anxiety treatment, plays a role in oesophageal motility [29,30], leading to neurohormonal interaction between the CNS and the gastrointestinal system. On the other hand, it is pla ...
... oesophagus, laboratory and clinical investigations have indicated that serotonin, the main target of both depression and anxiety treatment, plays a role in oesophageal motility [29,30], leading to neurohormonal interaction between the CNS and the gastrointestinal system. On the other hand, it is pla ...
Psychiatric Issues and the Criminal Justice System
... Persistent use despite knowledge of physical or psychiatric problems related to use Great deal of time is spent in activities necessary to obtain, use, or recover from the effects of the substance ...
... Persistent use despite knowledge of physical or psychiatric problems related to use Great deal of time is spent in activities necessary to obtain, use, or recover from the effects of the substance ...
Psychological Disorders - Purdue - Psychological Sciences
... Genetic Influences: Mood disorders run in families. The rate of depression is higher in identical (50%) than fraternal twins (20%). ...
... Genetic Influences: Mood disorders run in families. The rate of depression is higher in identical (50%) than fraternal twins (20%). ...
Depression and anxiety in dissociative (conversion) disorder
... Foundation Hospital, Rawalpindi a tertiary care facility. 100 consecutive patients (both inpatients and out-patients) of both sexes between ages of 13-60 years, diagnosed as conversion disorder from December 2009 to May 2010 were included in the study. The diagnosis was based on the criteria laid do ...
... Foundation Hospital, Rawalpindi a tertiary care facility. 100 consecutive patients (both inpatients and out-patients) of both sexes between ages of 13-60 years, diagnosed as conversion disorder from December 2009 to May 2010 were included in the study. The diagnosis was based on the criteria laid do ...
Abnormal Behavior - Binus Repository
... Psychological Disorders that involve excessive levels of negative emotions, such as nervousness, tension, worry, fright, and anxiety ...
... Psychological Disorders that involve excessive levels of negative emotions, such as nervousness, tension, worry, fright, and anxiety ...
Mental Disorders - University of Alberta
... Sufferers experience persistent feelings of fear and dread in everyday circumstances GAD – free floating anxiety, no specific focus Simple Phobia – focused, irrational anxiety Social Phobia – fear of negative appraisal Agoraphobia – fear of the marketplace PTSD – fear resulting from traumatic events ...
... Sufferers experience persistent feelings of fear and dread in everyday circumstances GAD – free floating anxiety, no specific focus Simple Phobia – focused, irrational anxiety Social Phobia – fear of negative appraisal Agoraphobia – fear of the marketplace PTSD – fear resulting from traumatic events ...
Chapter 18 - PsychChapter18Psych
... caused by experience so traumatic that it produces stress in almost everyone ...
... caused by experience so traumatic that it produces stress in almost everyone ...
Psychological Disorders
... Somatoform disorder is a condition in which the physical pain and symptoms a person feels are related to psychological factors. These symptoms can not be traced to a specific physical cause. Their symptoms are similar to the symptoms of other illnesses and may last for several years. People who have ...
... Somatoform disorder is a condition in which the physical pain and symptoms a person feels are related to psychological factors. These symptoms can not be traced to a specific physical cause. Their symptoms are similar to the symptoms of other illnesses and may last for several years. People who have ...
Functional illness in elderly
... At least 30% of elderly patients- do not respond to antidepressenat If little or no response within the first 4 weeks at therapeutic dosages - change to an antidepressant of a different class. ...
... At least 30% of elderly patients- do not respond to antidepressenat If little or no response within the first 4 weeks at therapeutic dosages - change to an antidepressant of a different class. ...
Culture and Personality
... Bipolar disorder, like depression, is a mood disorder. It is a new name for what used to be called manic depression. Bipolar disorder affects the functioning of the brain, causing exaggerated swings of mood from being high, over-excited and self-important to feeling extremely low and helpless, and ...
... Bipolar disorder, like depression, is a mood disorder. It is a new name for what used to be called manic depression. Bipolar disorder affects the functioning of the brain, causing exaggerated swings of mood from being high, over-excited and self-important to feeling extremely low and helpless, and ...
Psychological Disorders
... • Their normal actions were taken to be abnormal once they were labeled schizophrenic. ...
... • Their normal actions were taken to be abnormal once they were labeled schizophrenic. ...
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
... – Our categorical classification system does not consider the continuity of behavior from “normal” to “abnormal” – Subjective factors still play a role in making diagnoses (what is included in the DSM and what a clinician labels a person) – Day-to-day interrater reliability is probably lower than fi ...
... – Our categorical classification system does not consider the continuity of behavior from “normal” to “abnormal” – Subjective factors still play a role in making diagnoses (what is included in the DSM and what a clinician labels a person) – Day-to-day interrater reliability is probably lower than fi ...
A paradigm shift in the conceptualization of
... Before the 1970s, anyone who suffered long-term psychiatric effects after a frightening event was considered constitutionally predisposed to mental illness or subject to a repressed childhood trauma; in either case, responsibility lay with the individual. The event itself served merely as a trigger. ...
... Before the 1970s, anyone who suffered long-term psychiatric effects after a frightening event was considered constitutionally predisposed to mental illness or subject to a repressed childhood trauma; in either case, responsibility lay with the individual. The event itself served merely as a trigger. ...
DSM-5 - Wiley
... distress and mood changes. For children and adolescents, mood may be reported as irritable. Presentation may differ from what is seen in an adult. May be confused with DMDD where the mood is consistently agitated for at least a year and does not take on a cyclic pattern in which the individual seems ...
... distress and mood changes. For children and adolescents, mood may be reported as irritable. Presentation may differ from what is seen in an adult. May be confused with DMDD where the mood is consistently agitated for at least a year and does not take on a cyclic pattern in which the individual seems ...
Adult ADHD: The Problems, the Tests, the Treatments, the Challenges
... 9. Often interrupts or intrudes on others (e.g., butts into conversations or games). ...
... 9. Often interrupts or intrudes on others (e.g., butts into conversations or games). ...
Adult ADHD: The Problems, the Tests, the Treatments, the
... 9. Often interrupts or intrudes on others (e.g., butts into conversations or games). ...
... 9. Often interrupts or intrudes on others (e.g., butts into conversations or games). ...
Managing “The Why & When”
... The cause of the psychosis indicates the treatment duration: – For psychosis as a symptom of dementia, stabilizing behavior may take as long as 12 weeks and may require treatment for at least several months and up to a year – For Schizophrenia, antipsychotic treatment is lifelong although the dose m ...
... The cause of the psychosis indicates the treatment duration: – For psychosis as a symptom of dementia, stabilizing behavior may take as long as 12 weeks and may require treatment for at least several months and up to a year – For Schizophrenia, antipsychotic treatment is lifelong although the dose m ...