Boundless Study Slides
... • personality The set of enduring behavioral and mental traits that distinguish an individual from other people. • personality disorder A state in which an individual displays patterns of cognition, behavior, and emotion that differ from cultural norms, cause distress and impairment, apply across ma ...
... • personality The set of enduring behavioral and mental traits that distinguish an individual from other people. • personality disorder A state in which an individual displays patterns of cognition, behavior, and emotion that differ from cultural norms, cause distress and impairment, apply across ma ...
Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders
... of hearing one's name called or experiences that lack the quality of an external percept (e.g., a humming in one's head) should also not be considered as symptomatic of Schizophrenia or any other Psychotic Disorder. Hallucinations may be a normal part of religious experience in certain cultural cont ...
... of hearing one's name called or experiences that lack the quality of an external percept (e.g., a humming in one's head) should also not be considered as symptomatic of Schizophrenia or any other Psychotic Disorder. Hallucinations may be a normal part of religious experience in certain cultural cont ...
psychological behaviorism theory of bipolar disorder
... three types of BBR processes. An individual's BBRs encompass the various forms and patterns of responding which make up an individual's personality (Staats, 1975). BBRs can be regarded as personality characteristics, insofar as they are viewed as having a causal role in determining current behavior. ...
... three types of BBR processes. An individual's BBRs encompass the various forms and patterns of responding which make up an individual's personality (Staats, 1975). BBRs can be regarded as personality characteristics, insofar as they are viewed as having a causal role in determining current behavior. ...
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... residents in assisted living centers display agitation at least once a week (Gruber-Baldini et ...
... residents in assisted living centers display agitation at least once a week (Gruber-Baldini et ...
complicated grief and the quest for meaning
... (Neimeyer, 2005b), a basic profile of complicated grief also can be compounded with symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. But in both instances, central attention to the unique features of complicated grief is called for if therapy is to be helpful, insofar as treatments tangential to the core ...
... (Neimeyer, 2005b), a basic profile of complicated grief also can be compounded with symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. But in both instances, central attention to the unique features of complicated grief is called for if therapy is to be helpful, insofar as treatments tangential to the core ...
Report of the Topic Group on Nomenclature
... Alzheimer’s disease is a brain neuropathology and not dementia and that dementia is an expression of Alzheimer’s disease. The appropriateness of the phrasing used, however, may also be reflective of the context – ‘dementia of the Alzheimer’s type’ might be more appropriate usage in social care, wher ...
... Alzheimer’s disease is a brain neuropathology and not dementia and that dementia is an expression of Alzheimer’s disease. The appropriateness of the phrasing used, however, may also be reflective of the context – ‘dementia of the Alzheimer’s type’ might be more appropriate usage in social care, wher ...
Atlas of Bipolar Disorders
... affective disorder. A goal of this book, however, is to illustrate that bipolar disorders affect multiple neurological and body systems, creating disabilities, pain, and grief that cannot be explained in simple descriptive terms about a person’s moods and emotions. This illness has biological, socia ...
... affective disorder. A goal of this book, however, is to illustrate that bipolar disorders affect multiple neurological and body systems, creating disabilities, pain, and grief that cannot be explained in simple descriptive terms about a person’s moods and emotions. This illness has biological, socia ...
Broadening the definition of generalized anxiety disorder: Effects on
... As expected, increasingly broader definitions of GAD are associated with increasing lifetime and 12-month prevalence of the disorder (Table 1). Prevalence increases by about 50–60% when the duration criterion is relaxed from 6 months to 1 month and by about 40% when the excessiveness requirement is ...
... As expected, increasingly broader definitions of GAD are associated with increasing lifetime and 12-month prevalence of the disorder (Table 1). Prevalence increases by about 50–60% when the duration criterion is relaxed from 6 months to 1 month and by about 40% when the excessiveness requirement is ...
Depersonalization: from disorder to the symptom REVIEW
... that this phenomenon would be a specific syndrome was not considered until the Second World War. More recently, depersonalization has had a site in the European and American psychiatric taxonomy6. It appeared as a differentiated syndrome for the first time in the DSM-III-R7. The DSM-IV-TR8, as the t ...
... that this phenomenon would be a specific syndrome was not considered until the Second World War. More recently, depersonalization has had a site in the European and American psychiatric taxonomy6. It appeared as a differentiated syndrome for the first time in the DSM-III-R7. The DSM-IV-TR8, as the t ...
Dementia with Lewy Bodies - American Academy of Family Physicians
... are purely visual, vivid, colorful, 3-dimensional hallucinations of humans or animals.3,4 Although these hallucinations may upset the family and caretakers, they often are not particularly distressing to the patient.4 Nevertheless, because patients who have dementia with Lewy bodies can experience s ...
... are purely visual, vivid, colorful, 3-dimensional hallucinations of humans or animals.3,4 Although these hallucinations may upset the family and caretakers, they often are not particularly distressing to the patient.4 Nevertheless, because patients who have dementia with Lewy bodies can experience s ...
Comorbidity: A network perspective
... Initiating such an endeavor is a major goal of this article. As a starting point, we propose to use the theory of complex networks. This theory has provided major contributions to current knowledge about the structure of the World Wide Web, power grids, and neural systems (e.g., see Albert & Barabá ...
... Initiating such an endeavor is a major goal of this article. As a starting point, we propose to use the theory of complex networks. This theory has provided major contributions to current knowledge about the structure of the World Wide Web, power grids, and neural systems (e.g., see Albert & Barabá ...
Comorbidity: A network perspective
... Initiating such an endeavor is a major goal of this article. As a starting point, we propose to use the theory of complex networks. This theory has provided major contributions to current knowledge about the structure of the World Wide Web, power grids, and neural systems (e.g., see Albert & Barabá ...
... Initiating such an endeavor is a major goal of this article. As a starting point, we propose to use the theory of complex networks. This theory has provided major contributions to current knowledge about the structure of the World Wide Web, power grids, and neural systems (e.g., see Albert & Barabá ...
A New Model of Dissociative Identity Disorder
... schizophrenia, these intrusions take a psychotic form. That is, the patient gives the intrusion a delusional explanation (eg, ‘‘Marilyn Monroe is controlling my thoughts’’). In DID, these intrusions take a nonpsychotic form; they are noted and described by the patient, but they are not given a delus ...
... schizophrenia, these intrusions take a psychotic form. That is, the patient gives the intrusion a delusional explanation (eg, ‘‘Marilyn Monroe is controlling my thoughts’’). In DID, these intrusions take a nonpsychotic form; they are noted and described by the patient, but they are not given a delus ...
psychological evaluation of torture allegations
... among health, legal and human rights experts as well as relevant international bodies, awareness of the Istanbul Protocol is still relatively low. Only a limited number of professionals in few countries use the Istanbul Protocol on a systematic basis. For this reason further training and development ...
... among health, legal and human rights experts as well as relevant international bodies, awareness of the Istanbul Protocol is still relatively low. Only a limited number of professionals in few countries use the Istanbul Protocol on a systematic basis. For this reason further training and development ...
The Assessment of Malingering Within Forensic Populations
... According to the Department of Justice (2004), approximately 56% percent of inmates in state prisons, 44.8 % of federal inmates, and 64.2% of local jail inmates are diagnosed with a mental illness and/or receiving mental health treatment. These numbers are alarming, considering that Substance Abuse ...
... According to the Department of Justice (2004), approximately 56% percent of inmates in state prisons, 44.8 % of federal inmates, and 64.2% of local jail inmates are diagnosed with a mental illness and/or receiving mental health treatment. These numbers are alarming, considering that Substance Abuse ...
Relations between Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, Dissociation and
... and ADHD. Famularo, Fenton (6) examined the comorbidity of PTSD among 117 children who experienced severe child maltreatment and psychological trauma and found that 41 of these children (35%) met the criteria for PTSD. ADHD was a comorbid condition for 15 (37%) of the 41 children with PTSD, whereas ...
... and ADHD. Famularo, Fenton (6) examined the comorbidity of PTSD among 117 children who experienced severe child maltreatment and psychological trauma and found that 41 of these children (35%) met the criteria for PTSD. ADHD was a comorbid condition for 15 (37%) of the 41 children with PTSD, whereas ...
Millon Clinical Multiaxial InventoryâIII
... The original version of this instrument, the MCMI-I (Millon, 1983a), was developed to operationalize the theory of psychopathology introduced by Millon (1969 / 1983b) in Modern Psychopatholog y. In that text he proposed three axes—active–passive, pleasure–pain, self– ...
... The original version of this instrument, the MCMI-I (Millon, 1983a), was developed to operationalize the theory of psychopathology introduced by Millon (1969 / 1983b) in Modern Psychopatholog y. In that text he proposed three axes—active–passive, pleasure–pain, self– ...
Generalized Anxiety Disorder in Patients With Major Depression: Is
... the features of the disorder that had just been described so the patient understood to which symptoms the question referred. During the first year of the MIDAS project, we had observed that many depressed patients had high levels of chronic anxiety characterized by excessive worrying and other featu ...
... the features of the disorder that had just been described so the patient understood to which symptoms the question referred. During the first year of the MIDAS project, we had observed that many depressed patients had high levels of chronic anxiety characterized by excessive worrying and other featu ...
CME Body Dysmorphic Disorder and Cosmetic Surgery
... Body dysmorphic disorder is currently categorized as a somatoform disorder.45 This classification has been criticized, with some researchers asserting that body dysmorphic disorder should be considered an obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorder47,48 or an affective spectrum disorder.48 Three diagnost ...
... Body dysmorphic disorder is currently categorized as a somatoform disorder.45 This classification has been criticized, with some researchers asserting that body dysmorphic disorder should be considered an obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorder47,48 or an affective spectrum disorder.48 Three diagnost ...
(g) Adult Bipolar Disorder
... • Typical BPD patient averages 8-10 manic or depressive episodes over a lifetime, though some may have many more or fewer episodes • Even when optimally treated, the BPD symptoms may wax and wane significantly • BPD diagnoses can change (i.e. patients with one type of bipolar diagnosis and go on to ...
... • Typical BPD patient averages 8-10 manic or depressive episodes over a lifetime, though some may have many more or fewer episodes • Even when optimally treated, the BPD symptoms may wax and wane significantly • BPD diagnoses can change (i.e. patients with one type of bipolar diagnosis and go on to ...
Somatoform Dissociation in Traumatized World War I Combat Soldiers
... personality associated with partial or complete amnesia of the trauma, detachment, and numbing. This alternating pattern has been noted for more than a century by students of psychotraumatology, but has usually been described in different terms (e.g., APA, 1994; Janet, 1889; Kardiner, 1941; Horowitz ...
... personality associated with partial or complete amnesia of the trauma, detachment, and numbing. This alternating pattern has been noted for more than a century by students of psychotraumatology, but has usually been described in different terms (e.g., APA, 1994; Janet, 1889; Kardiner, 1941; Horowitz ...
Guidelines for all doctors in the diagnosis and management of
... • Both TTH and migraine are aggravated by stress (so can be hard to differentiate) • Headache more often than once a week may be a mixture of TTH and migraine • Successful management is dependent on recognition and management of each ...
... • Both TTH and migraine are aggravated by stress (so can be hard to differentiate) • Headache more often than once a week may be a mixture of TTH and migraine • Successful management is dependent on recognition and management of each ...
Bipolar_Child_2009 - Research Repository UCD
... diagnosis, two episodes of mood disorder are required involving either elevated or depressed mood. In DSM IV TR a distinction is made between cases characterized by at least one manic or mixed episode (bipolar I) and cases characterized by both depressive and hypomanic episodes, but without manic or ...
... diagnosis, two episodes of mood disorder are required involving either elevated or depressed mood. In DSM IV TR a distinction is made between cases characterized by at least one manic or mixed episode (bipolar I) and cases characterized by both depressive and hypomanic episodes, but without manic or ...
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... peers. Furthermore, teens that start to use alcohol or tobacco or to experiment with certain types of drugs are at higher risk of moving on to other drugs and further increasing their risks of addiction. Unfortunately, adolescents often engage in potentially harmful behavior before considering the c ...
... peers. Furthermore, teens that start to use alcohol or tobacco or to experiment with certain types of drugs are at higher risk of moving on to other drugs and further increasing their risks of addiction. Unfortunately, adolescents often engage in potentially harmful behavior before considering the c ...