NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell
... committed to ensuring that patients and their families receive compassionate care and exceptional services from every staff and faculty member. Patient-centered practices have been instituted to promote a Hospital-wide standard of quality care and patient safety – key components of effective treatme ...
... committed to ensuring that patients and their families receive compassionate care and exceptional services from every staff and faculty member. Patient-centered practices have been instituted to promote a Hospital-wide standard of quality care and patient safety – key components of effective treatme ...
Psychiatric Emergencies
... The differential diagnoses for emergent psychiatric evaluations includes mood disorders, adjustment disorders, primary thought disorders such as schizophrenia and reactive psychoses, anxiety disorders, substance intoxication or withdrawal, and organic disorders which are not primarily psychiatric, b ...
... The differential diagnoses for emergent psychiatric evaluations includes mood disorders, adjustment disorders, primary thought disorders such as schizophrenia and reactive psychoses, anxiety disorders, substance intoxication or withdrawal, and organic disorders which are not primarily psychiatric, b ...
"Chronic non-malignant pain - Psychological Interventions
... Explain those commonly found in Claimants Comment on how DSM-5 has affected things Give some candid insights into treatment Perhaps mention some common pitfalls ...
... Explain those commonly found in Claimants Comment on how DSM-5 has affected things Give some candid insights into treatment Perhaps mention some common pitfalls ...
On the different connotations of social psychiatry
... However, it has not died out completely. The German Society for Social Psychiatry is still the strongest multi-disciplinary society in mental health care in that country with more than 2,200 members.Its political commitment appears undiminished, and its members have helped to initiate and support in ...
... However, it has not died out completely. The German Society for Social Psychiatry is still the strongest multi-disciplinary society in mental health care in that country with more than 2,200 members.Its political commitment appears undiminished, and its members have helped to initiate and support in ...
The Possible Threats of Labeling in a Psychiatric Context
... uninformed public use the terminology (labels) of psychiatry, especially in combination with a cost-benefit approach solely relying on evidence-based standardized treatments, this could scare away potential clients who are in dire need of personalized treatments. In the previous section I have provi ...
... uninformed public use the terminology (labels) of psychiatry, especially in combination with a cost-benefit approach solely relying on evidence-based standardized treatments, this could scare away potential clients who are in dire need of personalized treatments. In the previous section I have provi ...
Dissociative identity disorder: Time to remove it from DSM-V?
... but it is valid for other belief systems relying on faith. Here is the celestial teapot analogy: “If I were to suggest that between Earth and Mars there is a china teapot revolving about the Sun in an elliptical orbit, nobody would be able to disprove my assertion provided I were careful to add that ...
... but it is valid for other belief systems relying on faith. Here is the celestial teapot analogy: “If I were to suggest that between Earth and Mars there is a china teapot revolving about the Sun in an elliptical orbit, nobody would be able to disprove my assertion provided I were careful to add that ...
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... events on symptoms within the community. Impressed with the possibilities for collaboration, I went to see Myers, and we agreed a joint inventory covering the main life events was likely to be of importance. Ultimately this was administered to 185 depressed patients and to 938 subjects within the co ...
... events on symptoms within the community. Impressed with the possibilities for collaboration, I went to see Myers, and we agreed a joint inventory covering the main life events was likely to be of importance. Ultimately this was administered to 185 depressed patients and to 938 subjects within the co ...
Evidence-Based Psychiatry: An Introduction
... Partly a philosophy, partly a skill, partly the application of a set of tools “The conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients…involving the integration of best research evidence with clinical expertise and patient va ...
... Partly a philosophy, partly a skill, partly the application of a set of tools “The conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients…involving the integration of best research evidence with clinical expertise and patient va ...
Full Text
... prof itable to the publisher. This book is indeed very appealing to house officers. The pocket size of the publication makes it easy to carry around. It is written in simple English, making it easy to comprehend and very useful to house officers, who have limited time in which to make decisions. In ...
... prof itable to the publisher. This book is indeed very appealing to house officers. The pocket size of the publication makes it easy to carry around. It is written in simple English, making it easy to comprehend and very useful to house officers, who have limited time in which to make decisions. In ...
Mental Illness — Comprehensive Evaluation or Checklist?
... exception. The diagnostic approach based on clinical appearances, one akin to using a naturalist’s field guide, proved to be a tactical success in that it stilled sectarian conflict, but a strategic failure in that it offered no way of making sense of mental disorders — that is, no better answer to ...
... exception. The diagnostic approach based on clinical appearances, one akin to using a naturalist’s field guide, proved to be a tactical success in that it stilled sectarian conflict, but a strategic failure in that it offered no way of making sense of mental disorders — that is, no better answer to ...
editorial disaster, mental health and rescuing medical professionals
... coming to terms with the consequences of the disaster but the important issue which needs attention here is about the direct care givers, many of whom were affectees and at the same time were required to attend to the medical needs of thousands and thousands of victims. As an individual, the doctors ...
... coming to terms with the consequences of the disaster but the important issue which needs attention here is about the direct care givers, many of whom were affectees and at the same time were required to attend to the medical needs of thousands and thousands of victims. As an individual, the doctors ...
WPA forensic slides short - World Psychiatric Association
... accordance with guidelines and ethical principles enunciated by the profession of psychiatry.” (American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Ethical Guidelines) ...
... accordance with guidelines and ethical principles enunciated by the profession of psychiatry.” (American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Ethical Guidelines) ...
Editorial 3
... understanding and treatment of depressive illness. In some cases a condition where mood is presently low but does not fulfill criteria for depression is known as ‘dysthymia’. Depression may come as an ‘emotional experience’, as a ‘symptom of other diseases’ and as a separate entity ‘syndrome’ (Depre ...
... understanding and treatment of depressive illness. In some cases a condition where mood is presently low but does not fulfill criteria for depression is known as ‘dysthymia’. Depression may come as an ‘emotional experience’, as a ‘symptom of other diseases’ and as a separate entity ‘syndrome’ (Depre ...
futurePsych - Royal College of Psychiatrists
... disease or lesion is to be found. Research using fMRIs and PET scanners has produced evidence that conversion disorder is associated with “impairment of cortical and subcortical functioning”.[7] Studies by Flor-Henri et al (1981), Marshall et al (1997) and Vuilleumier et al (2001) have suggested tha ...
... disease or lesion is to be found. Research using fMRIs and PET scanners has produced evidence that conversion disorder is associated with “impairment of cortical and subcortical functioning”.[7] Studies by Flor-Henri et al (1981), Marshall et al (1997) and Vuilleumier et al (2001) have suggested tha ...
HISTORY OF PSYCHIATRY SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP
... emotional aspects of learning) programme, designed to encourage the development of psychological skills such as empathy and anger management among Britain’s primary school children - a programme which appears to be being resurrected in a government’s call this month (March 2017) for a series of tria ...
... emotional aspects of learning) programme, designed to encourage the development of psychological skills such as empathy and anger management among Britain’s primary school children - a programme which appears to be being resurrected in a government’s call this month (March 2017) for a series of tria ...
The historical evolution and future of neurology and psychiatry Neuroscience
... the main interest of brain anatomy, and the importance of the basal ganglia and cortex for human activities did not emerge until the Romantic era. At that time some neuroscientists, eg Gall, or poets, eg Coleridge, or both, eg Erasmus, Darwin, were interested in the active creative brain, and challe ...
... the main interest of brain anatomy, and the importance of the basal ganglia and cortex for human activities did not emerge until the Romantic era. At that time some neuroscientists, eg Gall, or poets, eg Coleridge, or both, eg Erasmus, Darwin, were interested in the active creative brain, and challe ...
Mental Health Revolution
... if we say that we are working to develop user-centred services, training and research programmes then it is simply unethical to carry on as if the user movement did not exist. ...
... if we say that we are working to develop user-centred services, training and research programmes then it is simply unethical to carry on as if the user movement did not exist. ...
implementing critical psychiatry in practice: positive and negative
... Spitzer “…assuredly an unreliable system must be invalid” Operational diagnostic criteria for psychiatric disorders, initially for research, and then for psychiatric classifications, such as DSM-III ...
... Spitzer “…assuredly an unreliable system must be invalid” Operational diagnostic criteria for psychiatric disorders, initially for research, and then for psychiatric classifications, such as DSM-III ...
Word
... The RANZCP welcomes the release of the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care’s (ACSQHC) Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation (the Atlas) and the insight this significant body of work offers. We have reviewed the mental health chapter of the Atlas with great interest, and we ...
... The RANZCP welcomes the release of the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care’s (ACSQHC) Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation (the Atlas) and the insight this significant body of work offers. We have reviewed the mental health chapter of the Atlas with great interest, and we ...
War, empire and the psychological subject
... Psychiatry in Italian Colonies In recent years the question of colonial psychiatry has received a growing attention (Mahone & Vaughan 2007; Keller 2007; Benevelli 2009; Ernst & Muller 2010); the history of psychiatry and the history of colonialism have intertwined and a new subject has entered the f ...
... Psychiatry in Italian Colonies In recent years the question of colonial psychiatry has received a growing attention (Mahone & Vaughan 2007; Keller 2007; Benevelli 2009; Ernst & Muller 2010); the history of psychiatry and the history of colonialism have intertwined and a new subject has entered the f ...
Dr. Hyla Cass: First Do No Harm
... mentally ill based solely on symptoms and put them on dangerous and addictive drugs, instead of doing complete physical examinations to find and treat underlying medical conditions which can manifest as psychiatric symptoms. There are numerous non-harmful medical solutions that patients are not bein ...
... mentally ill based solely on symptoms and put them on dangerous and addictive drugs, instead of doing complete physical examinations to find and treat underlying medical conditions which can manifest as psychiatric symptoms. There are numerous non-harmful medical solutions that patients are not bein ...
Monthly News - February 2012 - Department of Psychiatry, Case
... Substance Abuse and Mental Illness Coordinating Center of Excellence (SAMI CCOE) initiative presented the "IDDT Champion Award" to Southeast Human Service Center in Fargo, North Dakota for its commitment to implementing Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment (IDDT) in the communities it serves. IDDT is ...
... Substance Abuse and Mental Illness Coordinating Center of Excellence (SAMI CCOE) initiative presented the "IDDT Champion Award" to Southeast Human Service Center in Fargo, North Dakota for its commitment to implementing Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment (IDDT) in the communities it serves. IDDT is ...
A Brief History of Psychiatry: Evolving Paradigms
... Why care about the history of psychiatry? Our discipline is controversial We are relatively young and rapidly evolving We have many critics with disparate points of view. Why don’t they like us? We need to be able to critically view ourselves Historical perspective locally as well as globally An out ...
... Why care about the history of psychiatry? Our discipline is controversial We are relatively young and rapidly evolving We have many critics with disparate points of view. Why don’t they like us? We need to be able to critically view ourselves Historical perspective locally as well as globally An out ...
An Introduction to Psychiatry
... Psychoses (for example, schizophrenia, bipolar affective disorder) Psychoses are characterized by the following: Severe illness Symptoms outside normal experience, such as delusions and hallucinations Loss of insight; subjective experience mistaken for external reality ...
... Psychoses (for example, schizophrenia, bipolar affective disorder) Psychoses are characterized by the following: Severe illness Symptoms outside normal experience, such as delusions and hallucinations Loss of insight; subjective experience mistaken for external reality ...
