CHS284 Sociocultural Aspects of Mental Health
... • Primary Prevention: Prevent onset • Universal – the population as a whole regardless of risk • Selective – Individuals at high risk of developing disorder ...
... • Primary Prevention: Prevent onset • Universal – the population as a whole regardless of risk • Selective – Individuals at high risk of developing disorder ...
Abnormal Psychology
... What is the difference between neurotic disorders and psychotic disorders? The negative effects of diagnostic labels The relationship between psychological disorders and violence What would most mental health workers believe the influences are that lead to disordered behavior? What is the M’Naughton ...
... What is the difference between neurotic disorders and psychotic disorders? The negative effects of diagnostic labels The relationship between psychological disorders and violence What would most mental health workers believe the influences are that lead to disordered behavior? What is the M’Naughton ...
Hypochondria: hypochondriasis
... The patient is help to interpret the symptoms properly rather than focusing on the intensity of the pain or where he’s felling it. If the patient is administer medication it must be limited and the time the PA will spend with him too. The PA must be careful of how he gives the reassurance and kee ...
... The patient is help to interpret the symptoms properly rather than focusing on the intensity of the pain or where he’s felling it. If the patient is administer medication it must be limited and the time the PA will spend with him too. The PA must be careful of how he gives the reassurance and kee ...
Abnormal Psychology
... Seasonal Affective Disorder • Experience depression during the winter months. • Based not on temperature, but on amount of sunlight. • Treated with light therapy. ...
... Seasonal Affective Disorder • Experience depression during the winter months. • Based not on temperature, but on amount of sunlight. • Treated with light therapy. ...
Abnormal Psychology - AP Psychology Community
... Seasonal Affective Disorder • Experience depression during the winter months. • Based not on temperature, but on amount of sunlight. • Treated with light therapy. ...
... Seasonal Affective Disorder • Experience depression during the winter months. • Based not on temperature, but on amount of sunlight. • Treated with light therapy. ...
Psychological Disorders notes
... Major depressive disorder (unipolar depression), bipolar depression (mainic episodes followed by depressive ones), Seasonal affective disorder (SAD), disthymic depression (mild depression for 2 years straight.) a group of severe disorders characterized by disorganized and delusional thinking, distur ...
... Major depressive disorder (unipolar depression), bipolar depression (mainic episodes followed by depressive ones), Seasonal affective disorder (SAD), disthymic depression (mild depression for 2 years straight.) a group of severe disorders characterized by disorganized and delusional thinking, distur ...
Drug-Therapy
... treat mental disorders by 1. changing the brain’s chemistry with drugs, its 2. circuitry with surgery, or its 3. patterns of activity with pulses of electricity or powerful ...
... treat mental disorders by 1. changing the brain’s chemistry with drugs, its 2. circuitry with surgery, or its 3. patterns of activity with pulses of electricity or powerful ...
Reliability and Validity of diagnosis
... Reliability and validity of DSM-IV and ICD-10 • Diagnosing a mental disorder is almost always done using the DSM-IV and the ICD-10. • However, there is a risk of using this professional jargon. (Wording in the manuals is written for specialists to understand, not laymen). • The main issues surround ...
... Reliability and validity of DSM-IV and ICD-10 • Diagnosing a mental disorder is almost always done using the DSM-IV and the ICD-10. • However, there is a risk of using this professional jargon. (Wording in the manuals is written for specialists to understand, not laymen). • The main issues surround ...
Hysteria - Peninsula MRCPsych
... • Not all that rare • Common enough in neurology wards • 5-10% of neurology OPD patients, no neurological explanation for symptoms • Up to 33% of patient evaluated in specialist centres for treatment refractory epilepsy have non epileptic seizures • Younger patients 3:1 female to male as they get ol ...
... • Not all that rare • Common enough in neurology wards • 5-10% of neurology OPD patients, no neurological explanation for symptoms • Up to 33% of patient evaluated in specialist centres for treatment refractory epilepsy have non epileptic seizures • Younger patients 3:1 female to male as they get ol ...
Personality disorder
... Commonly adults (16 to 65 years old) with severe mental illness (e.g. schizophrenia, manic depressive disorders, severe depressive disorder) with an acute psychiatric crisis of such severity that, without the involvement of a crisis resolution/home treatment team, hospitalisation would be necessary. ...
... Commonly adults (16 to 65 years old) with severe mental illness (e.g. schizophrenia, manic depressive disorders, severe depressive disorder) with an acute psychiatric crisis of such severity that, without the involvement of a crisis resolution/home treatment team, hospitalisation would be necessary. ...
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... B. Each of the following criteria must have been met: 1. Four pain symptoms 2. Two gastrointestinal symptoms 3. One sexual or reproductive symptom 4. One neurological symptom ...
... B. Each of the following criteria must have been met: 1. Four pain symptoms 2. Two gastrointestinal symptoms 3. One sexual or reproductive symptom 4. One neurological symptom ...
An Overview of Somatoform Disorders
... Overview and Defining Features Previously known as dysmorphophobia Preoccupation with imagined defect in appearance Either fixation or avoidance of mirrors Suicidal ideation and behavior are common Often display ideas of reference for imagined defect Facts and Statistics More common ...
... Overview and Defining Features Previously known as dysmorphophobia Preoccupation with imagined defect in appearance Either fixation or avoidance of mirrors Suicidal ideation and behavior are common Often display ideas of reference for imagined defect Facts and Statistics More common ...
Module 22 Assessment & Anxiety Disorders
... • Kind of social phobia characterized by a terrible fear of offending others through awkward social or physical behavior ...
... • Kind of social phobia characterized by a terrible fear of offending others through awkward social or physical behavior ...
Mood Disorders for MRCPsych Part I
... medication for at least 4 weeks and, when possible, for 68 weeks, provided that side effects can be tolerated • Patient education is important -- information on side effects, time frame for medication effect, and (when possible) material to take home • If patients have support available to them when ...
... medication for at least 4 weeks and, when possible, for 68 weeks, provided that side effects can be tolerated • Patient education is important -- information on side effects, time frame for medication effect, and (when possible) material to take home • If patients have support available to them when ...
Chapter 16
... societal norms or the usual minimum standards for social conduct, culturally specific. 2. Mood disorder is a major disturbance in mood or emotion, such as depression or mania or bipolarity. 3. Schizophrenia means having a split personality 4. Everyone who experiences the same traumatic event will ex ...
... societal norms or the usual minimum standards for social conduct, culturally specific. 2. Mood disorder is a major disturbance in mood or emotion, such as depression or mania or bipolarity. 3. Schizophrenia means having a split personality 4. Everyone who experiences the same traumatic event will ex ...
Turning Bipolar Disorder on its Head
... Throughout this process Marcia is physically and mentally burdened by her medications, her body, and her family. At the end of Marcia Purse’s blog, she notes that even nine years later, she is still struggling with her illness. Reading through her blog is like reading through a personal diary, it al ...
... Throughout this process Marcia is physically and mentally burdened by her medications, her body, and her family. At the end of Marcia Purse’s blog, she notes that even nine years later, she is still struggling with her illness. Reading through her blog is like reading through a personal diary, it al ...
Dissociative Identity Disorder
... entities or mental states which eventually take on identities of their own. ♦ Certain personalities are created to cope with different life experiences/responsibilities/roles and come in and out when the issue at hand changes or is modified (switching). Terms used to describe the ‘identities’; - alt ...
... entities or mental states which eventually take on identities of their own. ♦ Certain personalities are created to cope with different life experiences/responsibilities/roles and come in and out when the issue at hand changes or is modified (switching). Terms used to describe the ‘identities’; - alt ...
Psychopharmacology of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.1998
... • The opioid antagonists have been suggested to counteract the stress release of endogenous opiates, which result in psychic numbing and stress-induced analgesia. There is a literature which supports the use of naltrexone as a treatment for self-mutilation; two reports suggest improvement in PTSD sy ...
... • The opioid antagonists have been suggested to counteract the stress release of endogenous opiates, which result in psychic numbing and stress-induced analgesia. There is a literature which supports the use of naltrexone as a treatment for self-mutilation; two reports suggest improvement in PTSD sy ...
What Causes Mental Illness?
... anxiety and fear with physical symptoms like increased heart rate, shortness of breath, perspiration, shaking, and diarrhea Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Persistent recurring thoughts accompanied with the need to repeatedly perform some action, such as repeatedly washing one’s hands. ...
... anxiety and fear with physical symptoms like increased heart rate, shortness of breath, perspiration, shaking, and diarrhea Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Persistent recurring thoughts accompanied with the need to repeatedly perform some action, such as repeatedly washing one’s hands. ...
Notes_14 abnormal - Biloxi Public Schools
... - aka: multiple personality disorder -rare condition involving existence of 2+ separate personalities housed in one body -identities may or may not be aware of each other -sufferer is essentially converting psychological stress to physical symptoms -involves a preoccupation with the fear that one ha ...
... - aka: multiple personality disorder -rare condition involving existence of 2+ separate personalities housed in one body -identities may or may not be aware of each other -sufferer is essentially converting psychological stress to physical symptoms -involves a preoccupation with the fear that one ha ...
Special Circumstances - Mustang Medical Home
... medical, behavioral health, dental, surgical, and laboratory services, or whether other environmental and operational factors may be hazardous to the deploying person’s health because of a known physical condition.” Medical clearance to deploy for civilians with any of the following documented medic ...
... medical, behavioral health, dental, surgical, and laboratory services, or whether other environmental and operational factors may be hazardous to the deploying person’s health because of a known physical condition.” Medical clearance to deploy for civilians with any of the following documented medic ...
Major Mental Illnesses
... loss of contact with reality. When someone experiences the symptoms of psychosis, their condition is referred to as a psychotic episode. It affects an individual’s thoughts, feelings and behaviours. Some people experience psychosis as a part of their mental illness or as a result of using or withdra ...
... loss of contact with reality. When someone experiences the symptoms of psychosis, their condition is referred to as a psychotic episode. It affects an individual’s thoughts, feelings and behaviours. Some people experience psychosis as a part of their mental illness or as a result of using or withdra ...
Somatoform and Dissociative Disorders
... symptoms may or may not be associated with another medical condition. DSM-5 narrative text description that accompanies the criteria for SSD cautions that it is not appropriate to diagnose individuals with a mental disorder solely because a medical cause cannot be demonstrated. Furthermore, whether ...
... symptoms may or may not be associated with another medical condition. DSM-5 narrative text description that accompanies the criteria for SSD cautions that it is not appropriate to diagnose individuals with a mental disorder solely because a medical cause cannot be demonstrated. Furthermore, whether ...
Mental and Emotional Disorders 1
... People with schizophrenia may have hallucinations in which they see or hear things that are not actually there. schizophrenia A severe mental disorder in which people lose contact with reality ...
... People with schizophrenia may have hallucinations in which they see or hear things that are not actually there. schizophrenia A severe mental disorder in which people lose contact with reality ...
L6_Disorders of Mood..
... either mania or depression, the easier it becomes to have another episode. There now is evidence that many psychiatric disorders, not just bipolar disorder, are subject to this phenomenon. The better the control of the illness and the fewer cycles an individual has, the better his or her quality of ...
... either mania or depression, the easier it becomes to have another episode. There now is evidence that many psychiatric disorders, not just bipolar disorder, are subject to this phenomenon. The better the control of the illness and the fewer cycles an individual has, the better his or her quality of ...