Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
... 6. Pessimistic, fatalistic attitude regarding the future 7. Sleep disturbance, irritability, or lack of concentration 8. Hypervigilance or exaggerated startle response 9. Symptoms have been present for more than a month 10. Physically violent threats or behavior Possible Causes 1. Exposure to, or th ...
... 6. Pessimistic, fatalistic attitude regarding the future 7. Sleep disturbance, irritability, or lack of concentration 8. Hypervigilance or exaggerated startle response 9. Symptoms have been present for more than a month 10. Physically violent threats or behavior Possible Causes 1. Exposure to, or th ...
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... experiences "highs" and "lows" in life, but people with mood disorders experience them with greater intensity and for longer periods of time than most people. Depression is the most common mood disorder; a person with depression feels "very low." Symptoms may include: feelings of hopelessness, chang ...
... experiences "highs" and "lows" in life, but people with mood disorders experience them with greater intensity and for longer periods of time than most people. Depression is the most common mood disorder; a person with depression feels "very low." Symptoms may include: feelings of hopelessness, chang ...
Childbirth at Risk - Denver School of Nursing
... 3. OCD 4. PTSD 5. Psychosis 6. Bipolar These disorders can affect people at any time during their lives. However, there is a marked increase in prevalence of these disorders during pregnancy and the postpartum period. ...
... 3. OCD 4. PTSD 5. Psychosis 6. Bipolar These disorders can affect people at any time during their lives. However, there is a marked increase in prevalence of these disorders during pregnancy and the postpartum period. ...
September - EMDR International Association
... study, followed by the clinician’s description of their own application of standard eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) procedures with the population or problem treated in the study. The column is edited by the EMDR Research Foundation with the goal of providing a link between rese ...
... study, followed by the clinician’s description of their own application of standard eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) procedures with the population or problem treated in the study. The column is edited by the EMDR Research Foundation with the goal of providing a link between rese ...
Child Sexual Abuse - International Society for the Prevention of
... • May include: – Immediate issues of isolation, fear and lack of trust – lifelong problems of depression, low selfesteem, relationship difficulties – Impaired cognitive development ...
... • May include: – Immediate issues of isolation, fear and lack of trust – lifelong problems of depression, low selfesteem, relationship difficulties – Impaired cognitive development ...
Chapter 12 Psychological Disorders
... physical complaints. Conversion disorder – A person experiences blindness, paralysis, or other nervous system symptoms that cannot be explained by medical evaluation Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2007 ...
... physical complaints. Conversion disorder – A person experiences blindness, paralysis, or other nervous system symptoms that cannot be explained by medical evaluation Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2007 ...
Expression of Depression in Bengali Language and Culture
... can have a negative consequence on that person’s/patient’s way of life. Social standing is cherished in Indian communities including among Bengali people. Some of the concerns are to do with the loss of status and respect in society as having depression is considered by many to be synonymous with di ...
... can have a negative consequence on that person’s/patient’s way of life. Social standing is cherished in Indian communities including among Bengali people. Some of the concerns are to do with the loss of status and respect in society as having depression is considered by many to be synonymous with di ...
Eating and Sexual Disorders
... Eating Disorders • There are basically two psychological or behavioral eating disorders: Anorexia Nervosa (AN), and Bulimia Nervosa (BN). • Obesity is not classified as a psychiatric problem in DSM-IV. • AN occurs more in females 12-30 years (approximately 90% vs. 10%); • BN is more prevalent than ...
... Eating Disorders • There are basically two psychological or behavioral eating disorders: Anorexia Nervosa (AN), and Bulimia Nervosa (BN). • Obesity is not classified as a psychiatric problem in DSM-IV. • AN occurs more in females 12-30 years (approximately 90% vs. 10%); • BN is more prevalent than ...
Facebook Role Play Addiction – A Comorbidity with Multiple
... process a perpetual, parallel, and interactional nature. Participants received praise or were trolled based on how they fare in the community and how well they emulate their character. Client enjoyed this “virtual world” and saw it as an escape from reality. However, this consumed increasing amounts ...
... process a perpetual, parallel, and interactional nature. Participants received praise or were trolled based on how they fare in the community and how well they emulate their character. Client enjoyed this “virtual world” and saw it as an escape from reality. However, this consumed increasing amounts ...
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Fact Sheet
... continue for at least six months.13 In children, these behaviors must be more frequent or severe than in other children the same age. In addition, the behaviors must interfere with at least two areas of a person’s life, such as paying attention in school, completing homework, or making friends. ADHD ...
... continue for at least six months.13 In children, these behaviors must be more frequent or severe than in other children the same age. In addition, the behaviors must interfere with at least two areas of a person’s life, such as paying attention in school, completing homework, or making friends. ADHD ...
Evidence Summary: Treating Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) in Adolescence:
... full-threshold BPD can be reliably diagnosed in adolescence (see 2). While they often go unrecognised, adolescents with BPD are commonly seen in outpatient mental health services (3-6). They typically report experiencing immense emotional distress and often suffer more impairment than peers diagnose ...
... full-threshold BPD can be reliably diagnosed in adolescence (see 2). While they often go unrecognised, adolescents with BPD are commonly seen in outpatient mental health services (3-6). They typically report experiencing immense emotional distress and often suffer more impairment than peers diagnose ...
Trauma and mental health
... experiencing trauma due sustained discrimination and abuse such as refugees, people whose first language is not English, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as well as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people. Trauma associated with war, torture and natural disasters have bee ...
... experiencing trauma due sustained discrimination and abuse such as refugees, people whose first language is not English, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as well as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people. Trauma associated with war, torture and natural disasters have bee ...
A Contemporary Learning Theory Perspective of the Etiology of
... VULNERABILITY FACTORS FOR PANIC DISORDER Baseline anxiety ...
... VULNERABILITY FACTORS FOR PANIC DISORDER Baseline anxiety ...
Anxiety
... Older adults and PTSD Older men: Ex-POWs of WWII and Korea (age = 71) • lifetime prevalence of PTSD - 53% • Current PTSD - 29% Older women - 72% experience interpersonal trauma (e.g., childhood physical or sexual abuse; rape) • higher rates of trauma are related to increased psychopathology • Middl ...
... Older adults and PTSD Older men: Ex-POWs of WWII and Korea (age = 71) • lifetime prevalence of PTSD - 53% • Current PTSD - 29% Older women - 72% experience interpersonal trauma (e.g., childhood physical or sexual abuse; rape) • higher rates of trauma are related to increased psychopathology • Middl ...
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
... indicate that GAD and panic disorder segregate independently. Over 80% of patients with GAD also suffer from major depression, dysthymia, or social phobia. Comorbid substance abuse is common in these patients, particularly alcohol and/or sedative/hypnotic abuse. Patients with GAD readily admit to wo ...
... indicate that GAD and panic disorder segregate independently. Over 80% of patients with GAD also suffer from major depression, dysthymia, or social phobia. Comorbid substance abuse is common in these patients, particularly alcohol and/or sedative/hypnotic abuse. Patients with GAD readily admit to wo ...
Bipolar disorder
... Manic depression; Bipolar affective disorder Causes, incidence, and risk factors: Bipolar disorder affects men and women equally. It usually appears between ages 15 - 25. The exact cause is unknown, but it occurs more often in relatives of people with bipolar disorder. Bipolar disorder results from ...
... Manic depression; Bipolar affective disorder Causes, incidence, and risk factors: Bipolar disorder affects men and women equally. It usually appears between ages 15 - 25. The exact cause is unknown, but it occurs more often in relatives of people with bipolar disorder. Bipolar disorder results from ...
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... The results were telling. Carrying the abnormal gene had little effect on the mice unless they were also stressed. Then they became more readily hyperactive or displayed other behaviors that signal brain disorder. On a biological level, there was more. The stress-plus mutation mice showed high corti ...
... The results were telling. Carrying the abnormal gene had little effect on the mice unless they were also stressed. Then they became more readily hyperactive or displayed other behaviors that signal brain disorder. On a biological level, there was more. The stress-plus mutation mice showed high corti ...
The psychopathology of James Bond and its implications for the
... professional practice needs has also been raised.4 The American Psychiatric Association (APA) should be commended for providing the first thorough revision of the DSM in more than 30 years.5 However, the resulting document is now a more complicated, thicker tome than the original version published in ...
... professional practice needs has also been raised.4 The American Psychiatric Association (APA) should be commended for providing the first thorough revision of the DSM in more than 30 years.5 However, the resulting document is now a more complicated, thicker tome than the original version published in ...
Bipolar Disorder: Causes, Effects, and Possibilities
... by two alternating poles in behavior—mania and depression—which express themselves in four types of episodes—manic, hypomanic, depressive, and mixed—each lasting a week or more in duration. At the onslaught of a manic episode, a sufferer of bipolar disorder may experience a burst of energy, creativi ...
... by two alternating poles in behavior—mania and depression—which express themselves in four types of episodes—manic, hypomanic, depressive, and mixed—each lasting a week or more in duration. At the onslaught of a manic episode, a sufferer of bipolar disorder may experience a burst of energy, creativi ...
the Slides
... Despite the tendency to treat mental illness with drugs, a number of mental illnesses respond better to therapy At the very least, therapy should be considered in addition to medication Never tell a patient he doesn’t need ...
... Despite the tendency to treat mental illness with drugs, a number of mental illnesses respond better to therapy At the very least, therapy should be considered in addition to medication Never tell a patient he doesn’t need ...
Chapter 16
... – A maladaptive pattern of substance use leading to clinically significant impairment or distress ...
... – A maladaptive pattern of substance use leading to clinically significant impairment or distress ...
Chapter 16
... – A maladaptive pattern of substance use leading to clinically significant impairment or distress ...
... – A maladaptive pattern of substance use leading to clinically significant impairment or distress ...
1. Excessive Exercise 2. Overtraining 3. Exercise Dependence 4
... These disorders (alone or in combination) obviously impact negatively on physical and mental health; they can also result in deterioration in athletic performance. Health consequences become more serious, potentially life threatening, when the three disorders occur simultaneously. Amenorrhoea can be ...
... These disorders (alone or in combination) obviously impact negatively on physical and mental health; they can also result in deterioration in athletic performance. Health consequences become more serious, potentially life threatening, when the three disorders occur simultaneously. Amenorrhoea can be ...
Practice Parameter for the Assessment and Treatment Defiant Disorder
... Youth with ODD appear to have significantly higher rates of comorbid psychiatric disorders and significantly greater family and social dysfunction relative to psychiatric comparison subjects. Angold and colleagues (1999), in a population-based study, reported that in cases of ODD, 14% of children ha ...
... Youth with ODD appear to have significantly higher rates of comorbid psychiatric disorders and significantly greater family and social dysfunction relative to psychiatric comparison subjects. Angold and colleagues (1999), in a population-based study, reported that in cases of ODD, 14% of children ha ...
Parasomnia NOS - Psychiatry Lectures
... Sleep paralysis: an inability to perform voluntary movement during the transition between wakefulness and sleep. The episodes may occur at sleep onset (hypnagogic) or with awakening (hypnopompic). The episodes are usually associated with extreme anxiety and, in some cases, fear of impending death. S ...
... Sleep paralysis: an inability to perform voluntary movement during the transition between wakefulness and sleep. The episodes may occur at sleep onset (hypnagogic) or with awakening (hypnopompic). The episodes are usually associated with extreme anxiety and, in some cases, fear of impending death. S ...