Eating Disorders
... Visiting the bathroom immediately after meals. This is often a sign that the person is planning to induce vomiting. Practicing strict weight-loss programs followed by eating binges. ...
... Visiting the bathroom immediately after meals. This is often a sign that the person is planning to induce vomiting. Practicing strict weight-loss programs followed by eating binges. ...
PSYCHOPATHOLOGY OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY
... - Shortness of breath or a feeling of being smothered - Heart palpitations – pounding heart or accelerated heart rate ...
... - Shortness of breath or a feeling of being smothered - Heart palpitations – pounding heart or accelerated heart rate ...
Psychological Disorders CHAPTER 12 CHAPTER 12
... worries with no real source that can be pinpointed as leading to the anxiety. The psychoanalytical model states that anxiety disorders are caused by repressed urges or conflicts that are threatening to surface, while the behaviorist model sees anxious behavior as learned or conditioned responses. Co ...
... worries with no real source that can be pinpointed as leading to the anxiety. The psychoanalytical model states that anxiety disorders are caused by repressed urges or conflicts that are threatening to surface, while the behaviorist model sees anxious behavior as learned or conditioned responses. Co ...
Dissociative identity disorder
... any apparent organic cause. – The person is not malingering. The physical symptoms usually come on suddenly in stressful situations. – A soldier’s hand may become “paralyzed” during intense combat, for example. – The fact that conversion symptoms first appear in the context of, or are aggravated by, ...
... any apparent organic cause. – The person is not malingering. The physical symptoms usually come on suddenly in stressful situations. – A soldier’s hand may become “paralyzed” during intense combat, for example. – The fact that conversion symptoms first appear in the context of, or are aggravated by, ...
DsM-5 - Northeast Iowa Family Practice Center
... family members for bizarre behavior including making threats of harm, muttering obscenities, and talking to himself. His bizarre behavior appears motivated by paranoid delusions. Family members report that he drinks nearly daily to intoxication and that he smokes cigarettes nearly nonstop. He has ha ...
... family members for bizarre behavior including making threats of harm, muttering obscenities, and talking to himself. His bizarre behavior appears motivated by paranoid delusions. Family members report that he drinks nearly daily to intoxication and that he smokes cigarettes nearly nonstop. He has ha ...
Other Conditions That May Be a Focus of Clinical Attention
... NOS is replace by either: Other specified disorder or Unspecified disorder type are to be used if the diagnosis of a client is too uncertain because of: 1. Behaviors which are associated with a classification are seen but there is uncertainty regarding the diagnostic category due to the fact that ...
... NOS is replace by either: Other specified disorder or Unspecified disorder type are to be used if the diagnosis of a client is too uncertain because of: 1. Behaviors which are associated with a classification are seen but there is uncertainty regarding the diagnostic category due to the fact that ...
Psychosomatic Diagnosis: a literature review
... the child's normal behavior is looked upon as a sign of illness, the child is prone to acquire anxieties with regard to the meaning and significance of these manifestations (p. 28). Zborowsky presents something of a caricature. However, his view of somatic complaints as inherent in the familial res ...
... the child's normal behavior is looked upon as a sign of illness, the child is prone to acquire anxieties with regard to the meaning and significance of these manifestations (p. 28). Zborowsky presents something of a caricature. However, his view of somatic complaints as inherent in the familial res ...
PSYC 100 Chapter 14
... thought to be the response of highly imaginative people to hypnosis and fishing by therapists. Evidence suggests DID is related to PTSD – many individuals with DID experienced severe physical, sexual, or emotional abuse as children ...
... thought to be the response of highly imaginative people to hypnosis and fishing by therapists. Evidence suggests DID is related to PTSD – many individuals with DID experienced severe physical, sexual, or emotional abuse as children ...
Mental Health and Substance Abuse
... – what services were rendered and what is the severity of illness ...
... – what services were rendered and what is the severity of illness ...
CONVERSION DISORDER - Association for Academic Psychiatry
... • One or more symptoms or deficits affecting voluntary motor or sensory function that suggest a neurological or other general medical condition. • Psychological factors are judged to be associated with the symptom or deficit because the initiation or exacerbation of the symptom or deficit is precede ...
... • One or more symptoms or deficits affecting voluntary motor or sensory function that suggest a neurological or other general medical condition. • Psychological factors are judged to be associated with the symptom or deficit because the initiation or exacerbation of the symptom or deficit is precede ...
CSD 5980 DIAGNOSING AND TREATMENT PLANNING Dr
... 1. Disorders due to general medical conditions, or cognitive disorders, pre-empt all other diagnoses that could produce the same symptoms. Many general medical conditions produce mental symptoms and require urgent evaluation and treatment to prevent serious medical complications. For example, a pati ...
... 1. Disorders due to general medical conditions, or cognitive disorders, pre-empt all other diagnoses that could produce the same symptoms. Many general medical conditions produce mental symptoms and require urgent evaluation and treatment to prevent serious medical complications. For example, a pati ...
dissociative identity disorder in childhood: five
... from the two men following her. In fact these two men were her father and brother, whom she did not recognize as such. She spent the night at the police station. The next morning, when she returned to her normal state, she did not remember anything of what had happened the day before. This was then ...
... from the two men following her. In fact these two men were her father and brother, whom she did not recognize as such. She spent the night at the police station. The next morning, when she returned to her normal state, she did not remember anything of what had happened the day before. This was then ...
Best Practices for adolescent girls with conversion disorder
... physiotherapy plays a role in facilitating recovery from the conversion symptoms while the underlying mental health issue is addressed. Family therapy is often necessary because families invest heavily in patient symptoms and devote considerable time and resources to helping patients deal with their ...
... physiotherapy plays a role in facilitating recovery from the conversion symptoms while the underlying mental health issue is addressed. Family therapy is often necessary because families invest heavily in patient symptoms and devote considerable time and resources to helping patients deal with their ...
Introduction To DSM-5- Part II
... – Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia are now separate diagnoses with distinct criteria – A significant number of individuals with agoraphobia do not experience panic symptoms • Panic Attack Specifier – Can be listed as a specifier that is applicable to all DSM-5 disorders – Modifications include • Crite ...
... – Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia are now separate diagnoses with distinct criteria – A significant number of individuals with agoraphobia do not experience panic symptoms • Panic Attack Specifier – Can be listed as a specifier that is applicable to all DSM-5 disorders – Modifications include • Crite ...
August 2014
... weight. Although eating disorders are a mental/behavioral health concern, if left untreated, they can have serious physical health consequences. At this point, experts do not know the exact cause of eating disorders, and in fact, there may be many causes that contribute to the development of an eati ...
... weight. Although eating disorders are a mental/behavioral health concern, if left untreated, they can have serious physical health consequences. At this point, experts do not know the exact cause of eating disorders, and in fact, there may be many causes that contribute to the development of an eati ...
Neurotic disorders
... In agoraphobia, social and specific phobias, anxiety is evoked predominantly by certain well-defined situations or objects, which are external to the individual and are not currently dangerous. As a result, these situations or objects are characteristically avoided or endured with dread. Phobic anxi ...
... In agoraphobia, social and specific phobias, anxiety is evoked predominantly by certain well-defined situations or objects, which are external to the individual and are not currently dangerous. As a result, these situations or objects are characteristically avoided or endured with dread. Phobic anxi ...
Clinical Pearls on Best Approaches to Psychogenic Movement
... Jankovic reported that he will sometimes use the power of suggestion to check for a PMD. For example, he might tell a patient with intermittent tremor that vibration can trigger the tremor in some patients and then apply a tuning fork to the affected part of the body. "In most cases, the patient sud ...
... Jankovic reported that he will sometimes use the power of suggestion to check for a PMD. For example, he might tell a patient with intermittent tremor that vibration can trigger the tremor in some patients and then apply a tuning fork to the affected part of the body. "In most cases, the patient sud ...
Taking control of Bipolar disorder
... • Get on a sleep schedule…my gosh this helped me! • Take your prescribed medications on a regular basis, talk to your doctor, but a multivitamin and fish oil have helped me. ...
... • Get on a sleep schedule…my gosh this helped me! • Take your prescribed medications on a regular basis, talk to your doctor, but a multivitamin and fish oil have helped me. ...
6 Emotional stress and psychical trauma
... In agoraphobia, social and specific phobias, anxiety is evoked predominantly by certain well-defined situations or objects, which are external to the individual and are not currently dangerous. As a result, these situations or objects are characteristically avoided or endured with dread. Phobic anxi ...
... In agoraphobia, social and specific phobias, anxiety is evoked predominantly by certain well-defined situations or objects, which are external to the individual and are not currently dangerous. As a result, these situations or objects are characteristically avoided or endured with dread. Phobic anxi ...
Mental Disorders in Litigation - The Continuing Legal Education
... and more value statements. In particular, philosophers of science have noted that it is difficult at times to distinguish what is a value or moral value from what is a “fact” or sign of biological dysfunction. It is noted that some of the actual criteria we employ in coming to diagnoses are in fact ...
... and more value statements. In particular, philosophers of science have noted that it is difficult at times to distinguish what is a value or moral value from what is a “fact” or sign of biological dysfunction. It is noted that some of the actual criteria we employ in coming to diagnoses are in fact ...
210_-_Lesson_8_-_Mental_Disorder 1.4 MB
... specific number of symptoms – Encourages psychiatrists to eliminate symptoms, not causes – Promotes biological causes over environmental problems – Defines too many ordinary problems as mental disorders ...
... specific number of symptoms – Encourages psychiatrists to eliminate symptoms, not causes – Promotes biological causes over environmental problems – Defines too many ordinary problems as mental disorders ...
DSM 5 Changes that May Affect Adolescents
... May make it easier to diagnose traditional childhood disorders like ADHD and even separation anxiety disorder in adults. Conversely, it may also make it easier to diagnose disorders typically seen in adults, like bipolar disorder, in children. The new category of Neurodevelopmental Disorders include ...
... May make it easier to diagnose traditional childhood disorders like ADHD and even separation anxiety disorder in adults. Conversely, it may also make it easier to diagnose disorders typically seen in adults, like bipolar disorder, in children. The new category of Neurodevelopmental Disorders include ...
Durand and Barlow Chapter 4: Anxiety Disorders
... • AXIS IV is gone. Instead of writing out social problems, environmental problems, etc., the list of V codes (p. 715) has been expanded significantly to cover anything that would have gone under AXIS IV –Very important to have a solid working knowledge of V codes ...
... • AXIS IV is gone. Instead of writing out social problems, environmental problems, etc., the list of V codes (p. 715) has been expanded significantly to cover anything that would have gone under AXIS IV –Very important to have a solid working knowledge of V codes ...