DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
... until one diagnosis remains. The diagnosis appears to be the most comparable to reflect the individual’s symptoms, behavior, presentation, and current functioning after the process of elimination has occurred that progressively weeds out the impossible and/or less probable diagnoses. ...
... until one diagnosis remains. The diagnosis appears to be the most comparable to reflect the individual’s symptoms, behavior, presentation, and current functioning after the process of elimination has occurred that progressively weeds out the impossible and/or less probable diagnoses. ...
abnormal anxiety and mood disorders
... – Difficulty concentrating/mind going blank – Irritability – Muscle Tension – Sleep Disturbance ...
... – Difficulty concentrating/mind going blank – Irritability – Muscle Tension – Sleep Disturbance ...
Abnormal Psychology - PAWS - Western Carolina University
... – What are the problems, what caused them, what are we going to do about them ...
... – What are the problems, what caused them, what are we going to do about them ...
Presentation
... Neurotics struggled with certain mental conditions, but still remained connected with reality. Psychotics referred to those who had lost touch with reality “Neurotics build dream castles in the air, the psychotics move in, and the psychiatrists collect the rent.” ...
... Neurotics struggled with certain mental conditions, but still remained connected with reality. Psychotics referred to those who had lost touch with reality “Neurotics build dream castles in the air, the psychotics move in, and the psychiatrists collect the rent.” ...
Detailed notes to help with LOQ`s
... • Also known as multiple personality disorder. • Additional Link: Click on the picture for a link to a great video on Dissociative Identity Disorder. ...
... • Also known as multiple personality disorder. • Additional Link: Click on the picture for a link to a great video on Dissociative Identity Disorder. ...
Personality Disorders - Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
... with everything seeming to go wrong all at once. Core symptoms are: • Strong emotional responses – emotions feel particularly strong, are hard to understand or explain. This often means people are more sensitive to how they perceive they are being treated. • Self-harming – the overwhelming feeling ...
... with everything seeming to go wrong all at once. Core symptoms are: • Strong emotional responses – emotions feel particularly strong, are hard to understand or explain. This often means people are more sensitive to how they perceive they are being treated. • Self-harming – the overwhelming feeling ...
Dissociative identity disorder: Time to remove it from DSM-V?
... criteria A and B show circularity and redundancy. If A is met, then B must be met because “a person’s behavior” is part of her or his identity and personality state, which was established in A. Tautology is a major shortcoming of the descriptive system for psychopathology in general. Of greater clin ...
... criteria A and B show circularity and redundancy. If A is met, then B must be met because “a person’s behavior” is part of her or his identity and personality state, which was established in A. Tautology is a major shortcoming of the descriptive system for psychopathology in general. Of greater clin ...
Figure 6-2 Multipath Model for Somatic Symptom Disorders
... concerning the self and the environment • Depersonalization is the most common dissociative disorder • Diagnosis given only when feelings of unreality and detachment cause major impairment in social or occupational functioning ...
... concerning the self and the environment • Depersonalization is the most common dissociative disorder • Diagnosis given only when feelings of unreality and detachment cause major impairment in social or occupational functioning ...
Types of Curriculum Modifications Used to Alter Instruction
... • Rearrange the schedule so that the learner with ASD gets free time after each work activity Materials are modified so that • Secure worksheet to a clipboard if the learner has difficulty learners can participate as stabilizing the paper and writing on it at the same time independently as possible ...
... • Rearrange the schedule so that the learner with ASD gets free time after each work activity Materials are modified so that • Secure worksheet to a clipboard if the learner has difficulty learners can participate as stabilizing the paper and writing on it at the same time independently as possible ...
Chapter 8
... • Panic disorder – CBT that incorporates psychoeducation, interoceptive and in vivo exposures, and cognitive restructuring have been very successful – Interoceptive exposure: Feared arousal-related sensations are provoked to facilitate habituation and allow for disconfirmation of feared catastrophes ...
... • Panic disorder – CBT that incorporates psychoeducation, interoceptive and in vivo exposures, and cognitive restructuring have been very successful – Interoceptive exposure: Feared arousal-related sensations are provoked to facilitate habituation and allow for disconfirmation of feared catastrophes ...
1 Unit 1 Which of the following is NOT one of the considerations we
... B. He has used the wrong cutoff; intellectual disability requires an IQ score below 60. C. He has based his diagnosis entirely on an IQ test score. D. He has used the term intellectual disability, but the correct term is mental deficiency. [This question has multiple correct answers] DSM-5 identifie ...
... B. He has used the wrong cutoff; intellectual disability requires an IQ score below 60. C. He has based his diagnosis entirely on an IQ test score. D. He has used the term intellectual disability, but the correct term is mental deficiency. [This question has multiple correct answers] DSM-5 identifie ...
Psychological Disorders
... Cognition and Anxiety Cognition includes worried thoughts, as well as interpretations, appraisals, beliefs, predictions, and ruminations. Cognition includes mental habits such as hypervigilance (persistently watching out for danger). This accompanies anxiety in PTSD. In anxiety disorders, suc ...
... Cognition and Anxiety Cognition includes worried thoughts, as well as interpretations, appraisals, beliefs, predictions, and ruminations. Cognition includes mental habits such as hypervigilance (persistently watching out for danger). This accompanies anxiety in PTSD. In anxiety disorders, suc ...
Diagnosing Using DSM 5 - The media library @ uofthenet.info
... • New language: “All drugs that are taken in excess have in common direct activation of the brain reward system…. Individuals with lower levels of self-control, which may reflect impairments of brain inhibitory mechanisms, may be particularly predisposed to develop substance use disorders, suggestin ...
... • New language: “All drugs that are taken in excess have in common direct activation of the brain reward system…. Individuals with lower levels of self-control, which may reflect impairments of brain inhibitory mechanisms, may be particularly predisposed to develop substance use disorders, suggestin ...
Psychological Disorders
... Depressive Disorders: includes disorders that have the presence of sad, empty, or irritable mood, accompanied by somatic and cognitive changes that significantly affect the individual’s capacity to function. Types of Depressive Disorders: • Major depressive disorder • Persistent depressive disorder ...
... Depressive Disorders: includes disorders that have the presence of sad, empty, or irritable mood, accompanied by somatic and cognitive changes that significantly affect the individual’s capacity to function. Types of Depressive Disorders: • Major depressive disorder • Persistent depressive disorder ...
MH Listings Section A
... 12.10 Autism spectrum disorder (formerly Autistic disorder and other pervasive developmental disorder) Characterized by: qualitative deficits in the development of reciprocal social interaction, verbal and nonverbal communication skills, and symbolic or imaginative activity; restricted repetitive ...
... 12.10 Autism spectrum disorder (formerly Autistic disorder and other pervasive developmental disorder) Characterized by: qualitative deficits in the development of reciprocal social interaction, verbal and nonverbal communication skills, and symbolic or imaginative activity; restricted repetitive ...
Multi-impulsive Eating Disorders
... overdosing etc. Body image gratification may then ensue and become a perpetuating factor ED as primary? Others resort to these other forms of self-harm for the first time if their anorexia is ‘taken away from them’ or if they ‘break the rules’ themselves. For some patients this is ‘neutralising’ beh ...
... overdosing etc. Body image gratification may then ensue and become a perpetuating factor ED as primary? Others resort to these other forms of self-harm for the first time if their anorexia is ‘taken away from them’ or if they ‘break the rules’ themselves. For some patients this is ‘neutralising’ beh ...
Psychological Disorder
... some point of time in our life many of us behave irrationally or away from normal behaviour. Does it mean that we have become abnormal? Perhaps not. So what is the definition of abnormal behaviour, what are the factors which cause abnormal behaviour and many such other questions arise in our mind. T ...
... some point of time in our life many of us behave irrationally or away from normal behaviour. Does it mean that we have become abnormal? Perhaps not. So what is the definition of abnormal behaviour, what are the factors which cause abnormal behaviour and many such other questions arise in our mind. T ...
DsM-5 - Northeast Iowa Family Practice Center
... to be rarely used in most clinics and across numerous countries, due in part to criteria and terminology that are confusing, unreliable, and not valid. SSD is projected to cover the majority of patients previously diagnosed with these disorders. ...
... to be rarely used in most clinics and across numerous countries, due in part to criteria and terminology that are confusing, unreliable, and not valid. SSD is projected to cover the majority of patients previously diagnosed with these disorders. ...
abnormal psychology - Oxford University Press
... Explanation It can be described as sorcery/witchcraft or use of superpower to harm or even kill someone, usually an enemy. A widow has to wear black clothes for 12 months to show that she is mourning for her husband. This only applies to wives, not husbands. If this practice is not properly followed ...
... Explanation It can be described as sorcery/witchcraft or use of superpower to harm or even kill someone, usually an enemy. A widow has to wear black clothes for 12 months to show that she is mourning for her husband. This only applies to wives, not husbands. If this practice is not properly followed ...
dsm 5 major changes from dsm iv - Stanford Geriatric Education
... The new term is simpler and encompasses a range of disorders in which the primary/principal manifestation is an acquired loss of cognitive ability attributable to known or assumed brain damage/ disease. The disorders span all age groups, as long as there is a decline from a previously higher lev ...
... The new term is simpler and encompasses a range of disorders in which the primary/principal manifestation is an acquired loss of cognitive ability attributable to known or assumed brain damage/ disease. The disorders span all age groups, as long as there is a decline from a previously higher lev ...
Psychological Disorders
... memory of specific events that took place, usually traumatic. The loss of memory is localized with a specific window of time. For example, a survivor of a car wreck who has no memory of the experience until two days later is experiencing localized amnesia. • Selective amnesia happens when a person c ...
... memory of specific events that took place, usually traumatic. The loss of memory is localized with a specific window of time. For example, a survivor of a car wreck who has no memory of the experience until two days later is experiencing localized amnesia. • Selective amnesia happens when a person c ...
Personality Disorders
... Personality disorder - - DSM - long term, stable pattern of unusual and inflexible personality traits that lead to functional impairment or distress ...
... Personality disorder - - DSM - long term, stable pattern of unusual and inflexible personality traits that lead to functional impairment or distress ...
Practice Questions
... c. biasing power of diagnostic labels d. dangers of the biopsychosocial approach e. impact of expectations on another’s behavior 20. Alexis is socially withdrawn and has few close friends. This behavior is most likely to be diagnosed as a symptom of psychological disorder if it is a. also noticeable ...
... c. biasing power of diagnostic labels d. dangers of the biopsychosocial approach e. impact of expectations on another’s behavior 20. Alexis is socially withdrawn and has few close friends. This behavior is most likely to be diagnosed as a symptom of psychological disorder if it is a. also noticeable ...
Psychosis Dr T Rogers 2014
... The presence of one or more delusions with a duration of 1 month or longer Never met criteria for SCZ. If hallucinations are present they are not prominent and are related to the delusional theme. Other than delusion, function generally unimpaired. If mood symptoms, these have been brief in ...
... The presence of one or more delusions with a duration of 1 month or longer Never met criteria for SCZ. If hallucinations are present they are not prominent and are related to the delusional theme. Other than delusion, function generally unimpaired. If mood symptoms, these have been brief in ...
Young Adults with Bipolar Disorder
... It is important to equip individuals with knowledge and a good understanding of how their diagnosis may affect their everyday life. By changing how they respond, their family, community, and society may learn that the stereotypical view of someone with bipolar is not the norm. By being open-minded ...
... It is important to equip individuals with knowledge and a good understanding of how their diagnosis may affect their everyday life. By changing how they respond, their family, community, and society may learn that the stereotypical view of someone with bipolar is not the norm. By being open-minded ...