Ekbom Syndrome: A Delusional Condition of “Bugs in
... Curr Psychiatry Rep DOI 10.1007/s11920-011-0188-0 ...
... Curr Psychiatry Rep DOI 10.1007/s11920-011-0188-0 ...
Toward a Neuropsychological Theory of Antidepressant Drug Action
... ages of 20 and 47 years. Volunteers were screened to exclude current or previous history of psychiatric disorder, substance abuse, and serious physical and neurological problems. They were free of medication apart from contraceptive pills. ...
... ages of 20 and 47 years. Volunteers were screened to exclude current or previous history of psychiatric disorder, substance abuse, and serious physical and neurological problems. They were free of medication apart from contraceptive pills. ...
as presented by Emiliano Valles, MD
... • Divalproex has somewhat less evidence than lithium, but may also be considered ...
... • Divalproex has somewhat less evidence than lithium, but may also be considered ...
Forensic Services, Public Mental Health Policy, and Financing
... illness experience deeper penetration into the criminal justice system, over the years it has become common for police to be the first responders in crises involving such persons. The terms street corner psychiatrist14 and frontline mental health worker15 were used in the 1990s to characterize the r ...
... illness experience deeper penetration into the criminal justice system, over the years it has become common for police to be the first responders in crises involving such persons. The terms street corner psychiatrist14 and frontline mental health worker15 were used in the 1990s to characterize the r ...
Course Outline - Los Angeles Harbor College
... COLLEGE PROVIDED: Clinical history and assessment, clinical evaluation checklist, group paper guidelines, process recording, outside experience and care plan worksheet forms. In addition a required reading list, course outline and objectives. STUDENT PROVIDED: Students are required to have a persona ...
... COLLEGE PROVIDED: Clinical history and assessment, clinical evaluation checklist, group paper guidelines, process recording, outside experience and care plan worksheet forms. In addition a required reading list, course outline and objectives. STUDENT PROVIDED: Students are required to have a persona ...
Guide to Transitioning from Inpatient Care
... Health Care In America, President’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health, 2003) As your loved one transitions from McLean to the next step in the recovery process, it is important to remember that you are not alone. In any given year, one in four Americans age 18 or older suffers from a diagnosab ...
... Health Care In America, President’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health, 2003) As your loved one transitions from McLean to the next step in the recovery process, it is important to remember that you are not alone. In any given year, one in four Americans age 18 or older suffers from a diagnosab ...
Addressing the Mental Health Needs of Women Offenders
... often are used interchangeably. One way to clarify these terms is to think of trauma as a response to violence or some other overwhelmingly negative experience. Trauma is both an event and a particular response to an event. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (American Psychiat ...
... often are used interchangeably. One way to clarify these terms is to think of trauma as a response to violence or some other overwhelmingly negative experience. Trauma is both an event and a particular response to an event. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (American Psychiat ...
Medical Errors for Mental Health Professionals
... Anna is a 36-year-old morbidly obese female. Anna has been obese most of her life, and has consulted with a surgeon regarding gastric bypass surgery. The surgeon evaluates Anna, and feels that a gastric bypass would be an appropriate option for her. He asks Anna to have a series of tests, including ...
... Anna is a 36-year-old morbidly obese female. Anna has been obese most of her life, and has consulted with a surgeon regarding gastric bypass surgery. The surgeon evaluates Anna, and feels that a gastric bypass would be an appropriate option for her. He asks Anna to have a series of tests, including ...
Absence of personality changes
... THE TYPES OF PERSONALITY CHANGES Absence of personality changes States in which the clinical picture comprises only so-called positive symptoms, and no changes can be found in the premorbid properties of the personality, are included here. It must be recalled that when acute psychotic states arise i ...
... THE TYPES OF PERSONALITY CHANGES Absence of personality changes States in which the clinical picture comprises only so-called positive symptoms, and no changes can be found in the premorbid properties of the personality, are included here. It must be recalled that when acute psychotic states arise i ...
Chapter 7 in: Traumatic Stress. Rachel Yehuda, ed. American
... diagnoses. However, patients with a PTSD diagnosis spent 10 times as much time in the hospital than patients with the diagnosis of depression only. It is inconceivable that the 22,800 Medicaid recipients in Massachusetts who were hospitalized and diagnosed as suffering from PTSD between 1997 and 199 ...
... diagnoses. However, patients with a PTSD diagnosis spent 10 times as much time in the hospital than patients with the diagnosis of depression only. It is inconceivable that the 22,800 Medicaid recipients in Massachusetts who were hospitalized and diagnosed as suffering from PTSD between 1997 and 199 ...
Abnormal Psych (Ch 3..
... Critics challenge the utility of particular symptoms or features associated with particular syndromes or of specified diagnostic criteria. Another concern is that the medical model focuses on categorizing psychological (or mental) disorders rather than describing people’s behavioral strengths and we ...
... Critics challenge the utility of particular symptoms or features associated with particular syndromes or of specified diagnostic criteria. Another concern is that the medical model focuses on categorizing psychological (or mental) disorders rather than describing people’s behavioral strengths and we ...
PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE
... PARTICULAR DRUGS AND MEDICATIONS THAT POSSESS A POTENTIAL FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL AND/OR PHYSICAL ABUSE AND DEPENDENCE INTO FIVE (5) ...
... PARTICULAR DRUGS AND MEDICATIONS THAT POSSESS A POTENTIAL FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL AND/OR PHYSICAL ABUSE AND DEPENDENCE INTO FIVE (5) ...
Perinatal-Mood-Disorder-Research-Articles
... progestogens for preventing and treating postnatal depression. The Cochrane Library, 4. Available: www.cochranelibrary.com. Levinson-Castiel R, Merlob P, Linder N, et al. (2006). Neonatal abstinence syndrome after in utero exposure to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in term infants. Archives ...
... progestogens for preventing and treating postnatal depression. The Cochrane Library, 4. Available: www.cochranelibrary.com. Levinson-Castiel R, Merlob P, Linder N, et al. (2006). Neonatal abstinence syndrome after in utero exposure to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in term infants. Archives ...
mental illness
... REMEMBER: Mental illness and intellectual disability are not the same. Intellectual disability is a developmental disability that causes below-average mental functioning. It is not a type of mental illness. One common point, however, is that residents with both conditions will need emotional support ...
... REMEMBER: Mental illness and intellectual disability are not the same. Intellectual disability is a developmental disability that causes below-average mental functioning. It is not a type of mental illness. One common point, however, is that residents with both conditions will need emotional support ...
NYC Report on Mental Health Challenges | PDF
... and they are less likely to exercise or eat fruits or vegetables. It is therefore not surprising that they are twice as likely to have two or more chronic medical illnesses when ...
... and they are less likely to exercise or eat fruits or vegetables. It is therefore not surprising that they are twice as likely to have two or more chronic medical illnesses when ...
Using SAS® Text Miner 4.1 to create a term list for patients with
... the prevalence of PTSD among OEF/OIF veterans may be as high as 20%. PTSD is generally a lifetime disorder, and its clinical manifestations are diverse. A primary goal of clinical management is relief of symptoms, and the success of treatment methods is measured by changes in symptoms and functionin ...
... the prevalence of PTSD among OEF/OIF veterans may be as high as 20%. PTSD is generally a lifetime disorder, and its clinical manifestations are diverse. A primary goal of clinical management is relief of symptoms, and the success of treatment methods is measured by changes in symptoms and functionin ...
Post-Sroke Mania: A Case Series in a Rural, Community Hospital
... A 79-year-old female was calling 911 repeatedly from her hospital room, multiple local police departments with requests for action on their part, and multiple family members all night long. This was new behavior. The hospital operator had turned off her extension to prevent further calling. She had ...
... A 79-year-old female was calling 911 repeatedly from her hospital room, multiple local police departments with requests for action on their part, and multiple family members all night long. This was new behavior. The hospital operator had turned off her extension to prevent further calling. She had ...
Medicalizing Sadness - Student Pugwash USA
... the population at some point in their lives. The number of depressed persons also seems to be steadily growing: For the past several decades, each successive generation reports more depressive disorders than the previous one. These enormous numbers have mobilized psychiatry, general medical practice ...
... the population at some point in their lives. The number of depressed persons also seems to be steadily growing: For the past several decades, each successive generation reports more depressive disorders than the previous one. These enormous numbers have mobilized psychiatry, general medical practice ...
When Professional Burnout Syndrome Leads to Dysthymia
... Dysthymia is a chronic, pervasive mood disorder characterized by long periods of low mood and impaired functioning. Like professional burnout syndrome, additional symptoms of dysthymia may include feelings of inadequacy, despair, irritability or excessive anger, guilt, generalized loss of interest o ...
... Dysthymia is a chronic, pervasive mood disorder characterized by long periods of low mood and impaired functioning. Like professional burnout syndrome, additional symptoms of dysthymia may include feelings of inadequacy, despair, irritability or excessive anger, guilt, generalized loss of interest o ...
domestic violence, abuse and trauma
... A. “I’m wondering why you took off your top if you didn’t want to have sex.” B. “I can see you are very upset, but I have to go over this information sheet or we can’t start the assessment process.” C. “You love him, but that does not mean he didn’t hurt you.” D. “You took a shower, so we do not hav ...
... A. “I’m wondering why you took off your top if you didn’t want to have sex.” B. “I can see you are very upset, but I have to go over this information sheet or we can’t start the assessment process.” C. “You love him, but that does not mean he didn’t hurt you.” D. “You took a shower, so we do not hav ...
Mental Illness: A Smoking Gun for Firearms Restrictions or a Missed
... 12. 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(4) (prohibiting these individuals from possession firearms). See also 18 U.S.C. § 922(d)(4) (criminalizing the sale or transfer of firearms to these persons). 13. See Anthony P. Dunbar, Torts—Liability of A Gun Dealer for Selling to a “Mental Incompetent”, 58 TUL. L. REV. 1263 ...
... 12. 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(4) (prohibiting these individuals from possession firearms). See also 18 U.S.C. § 922(d)(4) (criminalizing the sale or transfer of firearms to these persons). 13. See Anthony P. Dunbar, Torts—Liability of A Gun Dealer for Selling to a “Mental Incompetent”, 58 TUL. L. REV. 1263 ...
Anorexia Nervosa: From Latency to Geriatrics
... Family feel they are “losing control” as patient enters treatment19 Improvement during inpatient hospitalization may emphasize to family they were not able to help patient, reinforcing sense of parental failure19 19 McMaster R, Beale B, Hillege S, Nagy S. The parent experience of eating disorder ...
... Family feel they are “losing control” as patient enters treatment19 Improvement during inpatient hospitalization may emphasize to family they were not able to help patient, reinforcing sense of parental failure19 19 McMaster R, Beale B, Hillege S, Nagy S. The parent experience of eating disorder ...
Clinical Scholar Sample Packet
... Atypical Antipsychotics: Therapeutics and Ethics (CME activity) The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds: “Antipsychotic Medication Adherence in Schizophrenia.” (CME activity) ...
... Atypical Antipsychotics: Therapeutics and Ethics (CME activity) The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds: “Antipsychotic Medication Adherence in Schizophrenia.” (CME activity) ...
RSAT Training Tool: Co-occurring Disorders and Integrated
... disorders; changes over time ► Baseline: current symptoms and functioning ► Readiness for change; client’s perception of need for change, ability to change- care preferences. ► Builds rapport- asks about client strengths, background, supports, limitations and cultural ...
... disorders; changes over time ► Baseline: current symptoms and functioning ► Readiness for change; client’s perception of need for change, ability to change- care preferences. ► Builds rapport- asks about client strengths, background, supports, limitations and cultural ...
At Issue: Hierarchical Diagnosis in Chronic
... et al. 1995a). This is the first wholly clinical study of these phenomena that we are aware of. Several studies of psychosis with comorbid anxiety disorders included schizophrenia spectrum patients in their samples and so are included in table 1 (Garvey et al. 1991; Strakowski et al. 1993; Cassano e ...
... et al. 1995a). This is the first wholly clinical study of these phenomena that we are aware of. Several studies of psychosis with comorbid anxiety disorders included schizophrenia spectrum patients in their samples and so are included in table 1 (Garvey et al. 1991; Strakowski et al. 1993; Cassano e ...