Discuss the validity and reliability of diagnosis
... Szaz 1967: Many disorders may be culturally constructed. If the biological causes of the mental disorder are known, the individual may be diagnosed with mental disorder (the mental illness criterion). If there is no biologically underlying cause of the disorder, it is better to claim that the indivi ...
... Szaz 1967: Many disorders may be culturally constructed. If the biological causes of the mental disorder are known, the individual may be diagnosed with mental disorder (the mental illness criterion). If there is no biologically underlying cause of the disorder, it is better to claim that the indivi ...
validity_and_reliability_of_diagnosis
... Szaz 1967: Many disorders may be culturally constructed. If the biological causes of the mental disorder are known, the individual may be diagnosed with mental disorder (the mental illness criterion). If there is no biologically underlying cause of the disorder, it is better to claim that the indivi ...
... Szaz 1967: Many disorders may be culturally constructed. If the biological causes of the mental disorder are known, the individual may be diagnosed with mental disorder (the mental illness criterion). If there is no biologically underlying cause of the disorder, it is better to claim that the indivi ...
MCQ PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS
... 12.With regards to schizophrenia which is false? a) it affects 1% of the population b) it usually has a gradual onset over months c) there is up to a 25% incidence of secondary depression d) the diagnosis of schizophrenia can only be made after the illness has been going for 6 weeks e) the earlier ...
... 12.With regards to schizophrenia which is false? a) it affects 1% of the population b) it usually has a gradual onset over months c) there is up to a 25% incidence of secondary depression d) the diagnosis of schizophrenia can only be made after the illness has been going for 6 weeks e) the earlier ...
Challenging Behavior…Is It a Mental Illness or Learned
... Slower learning = Impaired ability to learn and use healthy coping skills. ...
... Slower learning = Impaired ability to learn and use healthy coping skills. ...
•In this issue•
... continually improving research methods in psychiatry, to promoting the use of evidence-based methods in the treatment of mental disorders, and to introducing novel methodological approaches to the psychiatric research community. To this end, with this issue we are inaugurating a new ‘Research Method ...
... continually improving research methods in psychiatry, to promoting the use of evidence-based methods in the treatment of mental disorders, and to introducing novel methodological approaches to the psychiatric research community. To this end, with this issue we are inaugurating a new ‘Research Method ...
Psychopathology and the DSM
... DSM-IV “The specific diagnostic criteria included in DSM-IV are meant to serve as guidelines to be informed by clinical judgement and are not meant to be used in a cookbook fashion.” (p. xxiii) “It is precisely because impairments, abilities, and disabilities vary widely within each diagnostic cat ...
... DSM-IV “The specific diagnostic criteria included in DSM-IV are meant to serve as guidelines to be informed by clinical judgement and are not meant to be used in a cookbook fashion.” (p. xxiii) “It is precisely because impairments, abilities, and disabilities vary widely within each diagnostic cat ...
See More - With Mona Reda
... The provision of a separate section for disorders that are usually first diagnosed in infancy , childhood, or adolescent is for convenience only and is not meant to suggest that there is any clear distinction between childhood and adult disorders for most ( but not all) DSM-IV disorder, a single cri ...
... The provision of a separate section for disorders that are usually first diagnosed in infancy , childhood, or adolescent is for convenience only and is not meant to suggest that there is any clear distinction between childhood and adult disorders for most ( but not all) DSM-IV disorder, a single cri ...
purpose of mental health psychiatric assessment.
... street corner and vows that she will keep on doing so until she has exhausted her entire fortune. Is she mentally ill? ...
... street corner and vows that she will keep on doing so until she has exhausted her entire fortune. Is she mentally ill? ...
Cultural Ethical Gender in Diagnosis
... Labeling Theory - Scheff's (1966) argues that if a person is diagnosed based on symptoms of "deviant behavior," society's reactions to this label will produce additional pathology or behavioral disturbance that causes mental illness or makes it worse. • Stigmatization: Extension of to Labeling theor ...
... Labeling Theory - Scheff's (1966) argues that if a person is diagnosed based on symptoms of "deviant behavior," society's reactions to this label will produce additional pathology or behavioral disturbance that causes mental illness or makes it worse. • Stigmatization: Extension of to Labeling theor ...
Ecopsychiatry: A new horizon of Cultural Psychiatry
... Currently over 30 wars are ongoing in different parts of the world and one of the most unfortunate facts is that up to 90% casualties are civilians with increasing numbers of children and women. 28 WHO estimated the mental morbidity from armed conflict situations as: “10% of the people who experienc ...
... Currently over 30 wars are ongoing in different parts of the world and one of the most unfortunate facts is that up to 90% casualties are civilians with increasing numbers of children and women. 28 WHO estimated the mental morbidity from armed conflict situations as: “10% of the people who experienc ...
Changing Ideas of Normality and Abnormality Danish
... Blurring normality and abnormality? susceptibility, prevention and precaution States (disease) and traits (personality) in a single field of explanation ...
... Blurring normality and abnormality? susceptibility, prevention and precaution States (disease) and traits (personality) in a single field of explanation ...
Dual Diagnosis
... Detoxification. The first major hurdle that people with dual diagnosis will have to pass is detoxification. During inpatient detoxification, a person is monitored 24/7 by a trained medical staff for up to 7 days. Inpatient detoxification is generally more effective than outpatient for initial sobrie ...
... Detoxification. The first major hurdle that people with dual diagnosis will have to pass is detoxification. During inpatient detoxification, a person is monitored 24/7 by a trained medical staff for up to 7 days. Inpatient detoxification is generally more effective than outpatient for initial sobrie ...
Psychiatric complications in patients with severe acute respiratory
... Of the four patients with organic hallucinosis or organic manic disorder, three experienced increased mental symptoms when the steroid therapy was stepped down at the end of the acute treatment phase. The remaining patient had psychosis when massive doses of pulsed steroid treatment were first given ...
... Of the four patients with organic hallucinosis or organic manic disorder, three experienced increased mental symptoms when the steroid therapy was stepped down at the end of the acute treatment phase. The remaining patient had psychosis when massive doses of pulsed steroid treatment were first given ...
Progress Tracker
... References: 1. American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. 4th ed, text revision. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association; 2000. 2. American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. 5th ed. Washington, DC: A ...
... References: 1. American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. 4th ed, text revision. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association; 2000. 2. American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. 5th ed. Washington, DC: A ...
Depressed or Demoralized?
... In contrast, “demoralization” is generally defined as “persistent inability to cope, … [and] associated feelings of helplessness, hopelessness, … subjective incompetence, and diminished self-esteem”, which also involves a challenge to one’s sense of meaning or purpose, but is not more than would be ...
... In contrast, “demoralization” is generally defined as “persistent inability to cope, … [and] associated feelings of helplessness, hopelessness, … subjective incompetence, and diminished self-esteem”, which also involves a challenge to one’s sense of meaning or purpose, but is not more than would be ...
Case Report Red Bull and Mania
... A 32-year-old man was hospitalized involuntarily with a oneweek history of decreased sleep requirement, hyperactivity, pressured speech, racing thoughts, delusions of grandiosity and paranoia, risk-taking behavior, and lack of insight. For example, he had made an impulsive decision to sell his house ...
... A 32-year-old man was hospitalized involuntarily with a oneweek history of decreased sleep requirement, hyperactivity, pressured speech, racing thoughts, delusions of grandiosity and paranoia, risk-taking behavior, and lack of insight. For example, he had made an impulsive decision to sell his house ...
David Keegan Presentation 1.9MB - Multicultural Youth Advocacy Network
... Eating disorders – characterised by distorted view of self and control through food (includes Anorexia, Bulimia, Binge Eating disorder) Other disorders include personality disorders which are hard to understand and treat. ...
... Eating disorders – characterised by distorted view of self and control through food (includes Anorexia, Bulimia, Binge Eating disorder) Other disorders include personality disorders which are hard to understand and treat. ...
Slide 1
... 1. Realize that co-morbidity is the rule, not the exception, in bipolar disorder (BP) 2. Assess affective and co-morbid symptoms concurrently 3. Focus pharmacotherapy on achieving mood stabilization. Use psychological treatments–eg., patient education or illness management–to address comorbidity iss ...
... 1. Realize that co-morbidity is the rule, not the exception, in bipolar disorder (BP) 2. Assess affective and co-morbid symptoms concurrently 3. Focus pharmacotherapy on achieving mood stabilization. Use psychological treatments–eg., patient education or illness management–to address comorbidity iss ...
March 2016, Pages S518 Abstracts of the 24rd European Congress
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Mental Illness as a Socially Constructed Disease
... examinations have shown excessive receptors for dopamine, which may explain the hallucinations and paranoia often experienced by schizophrenics. Abnormal brain structures have also been speculated to play a role in many of the symptoms of schizophrenics. If a person has an immediate family member wi ...
... examinations have shown excessive receptors for dopamine, which may explain the hallucinations and paranoia often experienced by schizophrenics. Abnormal brain structures have also been speculated to play a role in many of the symptoms of schizophrenics. If a person has an immediate family member wi ...
psychiatric emergencies - Accra Psychiatric Hospital
... Personal Trauma is defined as an individual’s experience of a situation or event in which he/she perceives to have exhausted his/her coping skill, self-esteem, social support and power. These can be situations where a person is making suicidal threats, experiencing threat, witnessing homicide or sui ...
... Personal Trauma is defined as an individual’s experience of a situation or event in which he/she perceives to have exhausted his/her coping skill, self-esteem, social support and power. These can be situations where a person is making suicidal threats, experiencing threat, witnessing homicide or sui ...
Ethical Issues in Psychiatry
... property of which he is disposing; and shall be able to comprehend and appreciate the claims to which he ought to give effect, and, with a view to the latter object, that no disorder of mind shall poison his affections, pervert his sense of right, or his will in disposing of his property and bring a ...
... property of which he is disposing; and shall be able to comprehend and appreciate the claims to which he ought to give effect, and, with a view to the latter object, that no disorder of mind shall poison his affections, pervert his sense of right, or his will in disposing of his property and bring a ...
Abnormal Psychology
... • Patients may start to act according to the label they were given because they think they should act that way. • Demonstrated in Scheff’s Labeling theory. • “Scheff (1966) argued that receiving a psychiatric diagnosis creates a stigma or mark of social disgrace.” (Turner, 77) • Showed criticism to ...
... • Patients may start to act according to the label they were given because they think they should act that way. • Demonstrated in Scheff’s Labeling theory. • “Scheff (1966) argued that receiving a psychiatric diagnosis creates a stigma or mark of social disgrace.” (Turner, 77) • Showed criticism to ...
Mental Health and Juvenile Justice
... Source: National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice, 2005 ...
... Source: National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice, 2005 ...
Mental Health and Juvenile Justice
... Source: National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice, 2005 ...
... Source: National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice, 2005 ...
Anti-psychiatry
Anti-psychiatry is the view that psychiatric treatments are often more damaging than helpful to patients, and a movement opposing such treatments for almost two centuries. It considers psychiatry a coercive instrument of oppression due to an unequal power relationship between doctor and patient, and a highly subjective diagnostic process.Anti-psychiatry originates in an objection to what some view as dangerous treatments. Examples include electroconvulsive therapy, insulin shock therapy, brain lobotomy, and the over-prescription of potentially dangerous pharmaceutical drugs. An immediate concern is the significant increase in prescribing psychiatric drugs for children. There were also concerns about mental health institutions. Every society, including liberal Western society, permits involuntary treatment or involuntary commitment of mental patients.In the 1960s, there were many challenges to psychoanalysis and mainstream psychiatry, where the very basis of psychiatric practice was characterized as repressive and controlling. Psychiatrists involved in this challenge included Jacques Lacan, Thomas Szasz, Giorgio Antonucci, R. D. Laing, Franco Basaglia, Theodore Lidz, Silvano Arieti, and David Cooper. Others involved were Michel Foucault and Erving Goffman. Cooper coined the term ""anti-psychiatry"" in 1967, and wrote the book Psychiatry and Anti-psychiatry in 1971. Thomas Szasz introduced the definition of mental illness as a myth in the book The Myth of Mental Illness (1961), Giorgio Antonucci introduced the definition of psychiatry as a prejudice in the book I pregiudizi e la conoscenza critica alla psichiatria (1986).Contemporary issues of anti-psychiatry include freedom versus coercion, mind versus brain, nature versus nurture, and the right to be different. Some ex-patient groups have become anti-psychiatric, often referring to themselves as ""survivors"" rather than patients.