The classification of depression: are we still confused?
... criterion the rater had to ask ‘does the respondent exhibit this amount of (symptom) X?’ In terms of criteria for depression, this translates as ‘has the individual experienced at least 2 weeks of unremitting low mood?’ This imposes a severity threshold on a continuous variable: in this case, mood. ...
... criterion the rater had to ask ‘does the respondent exhibit this amount of (symptom) X?’ In terms of criteria for depression, this translates as ‘has the individual experienced at least 2 weeks of unremitting low mood?’ This imposes a severity threshold on a continuous variable: in this case, mood. ...
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at University of Miami
... psycho education groups as well as individual therapy sessions. The emphasis is on evidence based treatment modalities. In addition, our recreational therapist offers new therapeutic approaches that include creative writing and drawing, journalism and others. The unit promotes healing with an enviro ...
... psycho education groups as well as individual therapy sessions. The emphasis is on evidence based treatment modalities. In addition, our recreational therapist offers new therapeutic approaches that include creative writing and drawing, journalism and others. The unit promotes healing with an enviro ...
The puzzling symptom of paranoia - Sri Lanka Journal of Psychiatry
... and 8, the patients discontinued their medication with no adverse consequences which could not have occurred if the original diagnosis was correct. Case 9 could not be treated immediately as she came seeking help for her son. It is not possible to say that diagnostic errors are more likely in patien ...
... and 8, the patients discontinued their medication with no adverse consequences which could not have occurred if the original diagnosis was correct. Case 9 could not be treated immediately as she came seeking help for her son. It is not possible to say that diagnostic errors are more likely in patien ...
Gary Tollefson 1951-2009
... melancholia, agitated depression, obsessivecompulsive disorder, geriatric depression, and panic/anxiety disorder. Importantly, Gary and his colleagues systematically examined the purported relationship of treatment with antidepressants (including selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) and the emer ...
... melancholia, agitated depression, obsessivecompulsive disorder, geriatric depression, and panic/anxiety disorder. Importantly, Gary and his colleagues systematically examined the purported relationship of treatment with antidepressants (including selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) and the emer ...
March 2016, Pages S518 Abstracts of the 24rd European Congress
... http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.1915 Get rights and content ...
... http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.1915 Get rights and content ...
Henderson_NAMI_2013 - NAMI Massachusetts
... He recounted his mother’s struggle with alcoholism and his problems with addiction, as well as his Aunt Rosemary’s intellectual disability, within his own family mental illness and substance abuse were “the elephant in the living room that no one talked about.” And he recalled how during his politic ...
... He recounted his mother’s struggle with alcoholism and his problems with addiction, as well as his Aunt Rosemary’s intellectual disability, within his own family mental illness and substance abuse were “the elephant in the living room that no one talked about.” And he recalled how during his politic ...
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... • The investigators note that a sub-group of first-episode patients have ongoing psychotic symptoms. • Patients in the CAMH program followed a medication algorithm. Seventy-six percent of the 123 patients who agreed to try clozapine were compared to those who ...
... • The investigators note that a sub-group of first-episode patients have ongoing psychotic symptoms. • Patients in the CAMH program followed a medication algorithm. Seventy-six percent of the 123 patients who agreed to try clozapine were compared to those who ...
hypochondriasis
... Childhood sexual abuse and other emotional abuse or neglect are associated. In one etiological model, individuals with a combination of anxiety symptoms and predisposition to misattribute physical symptoms, seek medical advice. The resulting medical reassurance provides temporary relief of anxiety w ...
... Childhood sexual abuse and other emotional abuse or neglect are associated. In one etiological model, individuals with a combination of anxiety symptoms and predisposition to misattribute physical symptoms, seek medical advice. The resulting medical reassurance provides temporary relief of anxiety w ...
Vague Aches and pain - University of Michigan Depression Center
... Remitted patients virtually equaled healthy controls on functioning levels at endpoint of 12-week treatment trial (Responders & non-responders did not) ...
... Remitted patients virtually equaled healthy controls on functioning levels at endpoint of 12-week treatment trial (Responders & non-responders did not) ...
Co-Occurring Disorders
... • But DSM IV TR also uses co-morbidity to describe two mental disorders in the same person • And DSM IV TR does not define any of these terms • Here we use any of these terms in the original sense Mental DO + SADO ...
... • But DSM IV TR also uses co-morbidity to describe two mental disorders in the same person • And DSM IV TR does not define any of these terms • Here we use any of these terms in the original sense Mental DO + SADO ...
Pediatric psychopharmacology
... brain and, most of the time, for long periods. • In order to develop new drug targets, we need to expand our knowledge on the normal trajectories of brain development and how child mental disorders impact on it. • We need to pursue effective ways to interfere on these trajectories as early as possib ...
... brain and, most of the time, for long periods. • In order to develop new drug targets, we need to expand our knowledge on the normal trajectories of brain development and how child mental disorders impact on it. • We need to pursue effective ways to interfere on these trajectories as early as possib ...
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... stabilization. Use psychological treatments–eg., patient education or illness management–to address comorbidity issues. ...
... stabilization. Use psychological treatments–eg., patient education or illness management–to address comorbidity issues. ...
Medical Student Resident Orientation 2007
... which arise in the course of patient care. To assess for conditions that could threaten the safety of the patient or others. To perform a comprehensive history and mental status examination To generate broad-based differential diagnoses for psychiatric symptoms To identify the biological, psychologi ...
... which arise in the course of patient care. To assess for conditions that could threaten the safety of the patient or others. To perform a comprehensive history and mental status examination To generate broad-based differential diagnoses for psychiatric symptoms To identify the biological, psychologi ...
Delusional parasitosis or Ekbom syndrome: a case series To the
... Delusional parasitosis (DP) is a neuropsychiatric syndrome in which the patient has the fixed delusion of infestation by parasites such as lice and mites [1]. Although several cases have been recorded since the end of the 19th century, it was the Swedish psychiatrist Karl-Axel Ekbom who first studie ...
... Delusional parasitosis (DP) is a neuropsychiatric syndrome in which the patient has the fixed delusion of infestation by parasites such as lice and mites [1]. Although several cases have been recorded since the end of the 19th century, it was the Swedish psychiatrist Karl-Axel Ekbom who first studie ...
Peer-reviewed Article PDF - e
... Galen is believed to have adopted Hippocrates’ idea that there were four essential bodily humors that were related to the four elements of antiquity, the four seasons of the year, and the four ages of man. Humoral balance brought about health and disease was a result of imbalance. The humors were de ...
... Galen is believed to have adopted Hippocrates’ idea that there were four essential bodily humors that were related to the four elements of antiquity, the four seasons of the year, and the four ages of man. Humoral balance brought about health and disease was a result of imbalance. The humors were de ...
SSC Psychiatry Research
... which is explained by the higher incidence of neurodevelopmental trauma in this group. The same traumas constitute risk factors for personality disorder as well, but why do we then see an under-diagnosis, or is it a case of missed diagnosis? According to the only other systematic review available, t ...
... which is explained by the higher incidence of neurodevelopmental trauma in this group. The same traumas constitute risk factors for personality disorder as well, but why do we then see an under-diagnosis, or is it a case of missed diagnosis? According to the only other systematic review available, t ...
SFR20_01 Gordon and Redish
... These challenges, while not unique to psychiatric disorders, are driven by the complexity of the brain. This complexity is manifest at multiple levels. At the genetic level, the incredible diversity of cell types, gene expression profiles, and developmental progressions prevents simplistic genotype- ...
... These challenges, while not unique to psychiatric disorders, are driven by the complexity of the brain. This complexity is manifest at multiple levels. At the genetic level, the incredible diversity of cell types, gene expression profiles, and developmental progressions prevents simplistic genotype- ...
What are the diagnostic criteria for PTSD?
... involving feelings of helplessness, fear and dread that result in avoidance and isolation. The lifetime prevalence in the general population is 1 to 3percent. It can occur at any age, but it is more common in adults. Full recovery is the rule for acute PTSD, but chronic PTSD is much more difficult t ...
... involving feelings of helplessness, fear and dread that result in avoidance and isolation. The lifetime prevalence in the general population is 1 to 3percent. It can occur at any age, but it is more common in adults. Full recovery is the rule for acute PTSD, but chronic PTSD is much more difficult t ...
DBS IN TREATMENT RESISTANT SCHIZOPHRENIA
... auditory hallucinations and delusions of persecution as well as first rank symptoms of thought broadcasting have been significant on her functioning. She has been unable to keep employment. She seldom leaves the house. She takes clozapine and abilify as neuroleptics. Because of depression she is on ...
... auditory hallucinations and delusions of persecution as well as first rank symptoms of thought broadcasting have been significant on her functioning. She has been unable to keep employment. She seldom leaves the house. She takes clozapine and abilify as neuroleptics. Because of depression she is on ...
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
... individuals who continue to meet diagnostic criteria slowly decreases over the life span. Two to three years after index assessment, 60 to 70% of patients continued to meet criteria. 20 Other follow-up studies found little change in level of functioning and consistently high rates of psychiatric hos ...
... individuals who continue to meet diagnostic criteria slowly decreases over the life span. Two to three years after index assessment, 60 to 70% of patients continued to meet criteria. 20 Other follow-up studies found little change in level of functioning and consistently high rates of psychiatric hos ...
Specific Phobias
... the history of psychiatry and psychology. Indeed, Freud’s classic analytic case of “Little Hans” illustrated a common form of specific phobia (animal type).1 As opposed to psychodynamic theories or techniques, however, the behavioral concepts of conditioned response, operant learning, and exposure p ...
... the history of psychiatry and psychology. Indeed, Freud’s classic analytic case of “Little Hans” illustrated a common form of specific phobia (animal type).1 As opposed to psychodynamic theories or techniques, however, the behavioral concepts of conditioned response, operant learning, and exposure p ...
Culture and mental disorders Anna Grzywa1, Justyna Morylowska
... large groups of people. It is significantly influenced by cultural environment and beliefs. It can be assumed that there is a connection between feeling of sexual identity, problems of masculinity, feeling of guilt following masturbation, fear of sexual activeness and loss of a partner [3]. Koro pre ...
... large groups of people. It is significantly influenced by cultural environment and beliefs. It can be assumed that there is a connection between feeling of sexual identity, problems of masculinity, feeling of guilt following masturbation, fear of sexual activeness and loss of a partner [3]. Koro pre ...
Women*s mental health: Integrating body and mind
... evidence relating to the prevalence, course of the illness and impact on the unborn child of depression, anxiety disorders and eating disorders. She discussed the mechanisms leading to adverse outcomes in this group of women which included smoking, obesity, domestic violence, nutritional deficiencie ...
... evidence relating to the prevalence, course of the illness and impact on the unborn child of depression, anxiety disorders and eating disorders. She discussed the mechanisms leading to adverse outcomes in this group of women which included smoking, obesity, domestic violence, nutritional deficiencie ...
Volume 7, Issue 2 - Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral
... Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. It has encouraged an emphasis on population management through incentives (as well as disincentives) to improve outcomes and reduce readmissions to our hospital. For example, in a recent publication by Brian Ahmedani and colleagues, they showed that patien ...
... Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. It has encouraged an emphasis on population management through incentives (as well as disincentives) to improve outcomes and reduce readmissions to our hospital. For example, in a recent publication by Brian Ahmedani and colleagues, they showed that patien ...