Efficacy of Treatment for Somatoform Disorders: A Review of Randomized Controlled Trials
... Objective: To review the evidence from randomized clinical trials (RCTs) that have focused on the treatment of patients with Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition (DSM-IV) somatoform disorders. Although somatoform disorders are among the most common mental disorders pres ...
... Objective: To review the evidence from randomized clinical trials (RCTs) that have focused on the treatment of patients with Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition (DSM-IV) somatoform disorders. Although somatoform disorders are among the most common mental disorders pres ...
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... A PowerPoint presentation (no narration) containing much of this information is available here. Those without PowerPoint can view the information in pdf format here. Schizophrenia, a "psychotic" disorder, is characterized by severe disturbances in perception, thought, mood, and/or behavior. While th ...
... A PowerPoint presentation (no narration) containing much of this information is available here. Those without PowerPoint can view the information in pdf format here. Schizophrenia, a "psychotic" disorder, is characterized by severe disturbances in perception, thought, mood, and/or behavior. While th ...
Bipolar Disorder an Overview
... Individuals who experience manic episodes also commonly experience depressive episodes, or symptoms, or a mixed state in which features of both mania and depression are present at the same time. These events are usually separated by periods of "normal" mood; but, in some individuals, depression ...
... Individuals who experience manic episodes also commonly experience depressive episodes, or symptoms, or a mixed state in which features of both mania and depression are present at the same time. These events are usually separated by periods of "normal" mood; but, in some individuals, depression ...
Glossary Of Terms Related To The Psychological Evaluation Pain
... states. Alexithymic individuals are only aware of the physical correlates of their emotions, such as vegetative depression, autonomic anxiety, and the perception of pain, unwellness, and disability. Alexithymic patients may thus confuse emotional pain with physical pain. This condition is thought to ...
... states. Alexithymic individuals are only aware of the physical correlates of their emotions, such as vegetative depression, autonomic anxiety, and the perception of pain, unwellness, and disability. Alexithymic patients may thus confuse emotional pain with physical pain. This condition is thought to ...
Somatoform Disorder
... I feel that this topic is good to know about if you’re going through these problems. Remember if you’re feeling: chest pains, headaches, stomach aches, ect. It’s usually stress related and psychological. ...
... I feel that this topic is good to know about if you’re going through these problems. Remember if you’re feeling: chest pains, headaches, stomach aches, ect. It’s usually stress related and psychological. ...
Emotional Intelligence as a Factor in Mental Health
... wide range of emotional abilities such as using emotions to facilitate thought, understand emotion information, and regulating emotions. Those patients did not show particular problems in perceiving emotions. Again, different results may be obtained when speed is an issue. The results confirm the as ...
... wide range of emotional abilities such as using emotions to facilitate thought, understand emotion information, and regulating emotions. Those patients did not show particular problems in perceiving emotions. Again, different results may be obtained when speed is an issue. The results confirm the as ...
Basic Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences
... • Overview and defining features – Main etiologic characteristics – trauma exposure and response – Reexperiencing (e.g., memories, nightmares, flashbacks) – Avoidance – Emotional numbing and interpersonal problems – Markedly interferes with one's ability to function – PTSD diagnosis – only after one ...
... • Overview and defining features – Main etiologic characteristics – trauma exposure and response – Reexperiencing (e.g., memories, nightmares, flashbacks) – Avoidance – Emotional numbing and interpersonal problems – Markedly interferes with one's ability to function – PTSD diagnosis – only after one ...
phobias, other psychiatric comorbidities and chronic migraine
... impact) assessing the amount of disability caused by headaches along the month (global) and during the attack. Total headache frequency was also ascertained. Psychic profile was assessed by the SCID 1/P 16, a stru ct u red interview for psychiatric disorders based on the DSMIV diagnostic criteria10, ...
... impact) assessing the amount of disability caused by headaches along the month (global) and during the attack. Total headache frequency was also ascertained. Psychic profile was assessed by the SCID 1/P 16, a stru ct u red interview for psychiatric disorders based on the DSMIV diagnostic criteria10, ...
Psychiatry and the Skin - Oklahoma Osteopathic Association
... larger after the experiment, compared to that same person's response on the day when they were not stressed ...
... larger after the experiment, compared to that same person's response on the day when they were not stressed ...
Anorexia Nervosa
... 3. Tertiary (insula), Integration and meaning - Each homunculus provides "representational space" for each body part - These homuncular representations change throughout life due to ...
... 3. Tertiary (insula), Integration and meaning - Each homunculus provides "representational space" for each body part - These homuncular representations change throughout life due to ...
0-3 Diagnostic Classification System
... manual and casebook. There is, however, reference to these aspects of assessment and classification in both sources. For example, it is noted that “expert clinicians can reliably agree on primary diagnosis using the system proposed in DC: 0-3” (Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, 1994, p. 18 ...
... manual and casebook. There is, however, reference to these aspects of assessment and classification in both sources. For example, it is noted that “expert clinicians can reliably agree on primary diagnosis using the system proposed in DC: 0-3” (Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, 1994, p. 18 ...
EMOTIONAL/BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS EVALUATION
... the staff at Inova Kellar Center and as such, information is obtained from multiple sources including parents/guardians, teachers, and the child him or herself. What is the evaluation process? In order to make the most accurate diagnosis and to provide information to formulate a comprehensive treat ...
... the staff at Inova Kellar Center and as such, information is obtained from multiple sources including parents/guardians, teachers, and the child him or herself. What is the evaluation process? In order to make the most accurate diagnosis and to provide information to formulate a comprehensive treat ...
Article Plus Material for Psychometrics of Impulsive
... Latent class analyses were also performed on the 10 items from the CBCL. Based on the same decision rules, a three cluster solution provided the best fit for these data as well. The breakdown of IA levels across diagnostic groups is reported as Figure 2 in the main body of the manuscript. Impulsive ...
... Latent class analyses were also performed on the 10 items from the CBCL. Based on the same decision rules, a three cluster solution provided the best fit for these data as well. The breakdown of IA levels across diagnostic groups is reported as Figure 2 in the main body of the manuscript. Impulsive ...
Slide 1
... a)An inability to learn that cannot be explained by intellectual sensory, or health factors b)An inability to build or maintain satisfactory interpersonal relationships with peers and teachers ...
... a)An inability to learn that cannot be explained by intellectual sensory, or health factors b)An inability to build or maintain satisfactory interpersonal relationships with peers and teachers ...
Emotional Disorders
... and delusions, seeing things that aren't there and believing things that are clearly not true. For example, he may see demons sitting next to him at dinner or believe he is the son of God. A person with this condition also suffers from disordered thinking, decreased attention span, and problems with ...
... and delusions, seeing things that aren't there and believing things that are clearly not true. For example, he may see demons sitting next to him at dinner or believe he is the son of God. A person with this condition also suffers from disordered thinking, decreased attention span, and problems with ...
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
... Psychoanalytical theory proposes that anxiety arises from intrapsychic conflict when the ego is overwhelmed by :excitation from any of the following three sources the outside world (realistic anxiety) • the instinctual levels of the id, including love, anger, • and sex (neurotic anxiety) .the su ...
... Psychoanalytical theory proposes that anxiety arises from intrapsychic conflict when the ego is overwhelmed by :excitation from any of the following three sources the outside world (realistic anxiety) • the instinctual levels of the id, including love, anger, • and sex (neurotic anxiety) .the su ...
MOOD DISORDERS
... Symptoms less severe but chronic Criteria Depressed or irritable mood most of the day, occurring more days than not for at least 2 years No more than 2 months in which s/s not present No manic or depressive episode Important because of chronic nature ...
... Symptoms less severe but chronic Criteria Depressed or irritable mood most of the day, occurring more days than not for at least 2 years No more than 2 months in which s/s not present No manic or depressive episode Important because of chronic nature ...
February 2015 – What`s a Kid to Do?
... Up to about age 8 children tend to become anxious about specific, identifiable events, such as animals, the dark, imaginary figures (monsters under their beds), and of larger children and adults. ...
... Up to about age 8 children tend to become anxious about specific, identifiable events, such as animals, the dark, imaginary figures (monsters under their beds), and of larger children and adults. ...
Disordered Eating
... inhibition, compliance, emotional restraint • Do these traits predispose one to the disease, or are they side-effects of starvation? ...
... inhibition, compliance, emotional restraint • Do these traits predispose one to the disease, or are they side-effects of starvation? ...
Ch. 18 Section 4: Somatoform Disorders
... psychological factors such as learned helplessness. This has been demonstrated with laboratory animals. Seligman and Weiss found that dogs that learned they were helpless to escape electric shocks also had less noradrenaline activity in their brains. Helplessness is thus linked to specific neurotran ...
... psychological factors such as learned helplessness. This has been demonstrated with laboratory animals. Seligman and Weiss found that dogs that learned they were helpless to escape electric shocks also had less noradrenaline activity in their brains. Helplessness is thus linked to specific neurotran ...
69/2009 - Repatriation Medical Authority
... in the presence of a substance use disorder; preoccupation with having a serious illness in the presence of hypochondriasis; preoccupation with sexual urges or fantasies in the presence of a paraphilia; or guilty ruminations in the presence of major depressive disorder). ...
... in the presence of a substance use disorder; preoccupation with having a serious illness in the presence of hypochondriasis; preoccupation with sexual urges or fantasies in the presence of a paraphilia; or guilty ruminations in the presence of major depressive disorder). ...
Dissociative identity disorder
Dissociative identity disorder (DID), previously known as multiple personality disorder (MPD), is a mental disorder on the dissociative spectrum characterized by the appearance of at least two distinct and relatively enduring identities or dissociated personality states that alternately control a person's behavior, accompanied by memory impairment for important information not explained by ordinary forgetfulness. These symptoms are not accounted for by substance abuse, seizures, other medical conditions, nor by imaginative play in children. Diagnosis is often difficult as there is considerable comorbidity with other mental disorders. Malingering should be considered if there is possible financial or forensic gain, as well as factitious disorder if help-seeking behavior is prominent.DID is one of the most controversial psychiatric disorders, with no clear consensus on diagnostic criteria or treatment. Research on treatment efficacy has been concerned primarily with clinical approaches and case studies. Dissociative symptoms range from common lapses in attention, becoming distracted by something else, and daydreaming, to pathological dissociative disorders. No systematic, empirically-supported definition of ""dissociation"" exists. It is not the same as schizophrenia.Although neither epidemiological surveys nor longitudinal studies have been conducted, it is generally believed that DID rarely resolves spontaneously. Symptoms are said to vary over time. In general, the prognosis is poor, especially for those with comorbid disorders. There are few systematic data on the prevalence of DID. The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation states that the prevalence is between 1 and 3% in the general population, and between 1 and 5% in inpatient groups in Europe and North America. DID is diagnosed more frequently in North America than in the rest of the world, and is diagnosed three to nine times more often in females than in males. The prevalence of DID diagnoses increased greatly in the latter half of the 20th century, along with the number of identities (often referred to as ""alters"") claimed by patients (increasing from an average of two or three to approximately 16). DID is also controversial within the legal system, where it has been used as a rarely successful form of the insanity defense. The 1990s showed a parallel increase in the number of court cases involving the diagnosis.Dissociative disorders including DID have been attributed to disruptions in memory caused by trauma and other forms of stress, but research on this hypothesis has been characterized by poor methodology. So far, scientific studies, usually focusing on memory, have been few and the results have been inconclusive. An alternative hypothesis for the etiology of DID is as a by-product of techniques employed by some therapists, especially those using hypnosis, and disagreement between the two positions is characterized by intense debate. DID became a popular diagnosis in the 1970s, 80s and 90s, but it is unclear if the actual rate of the disorder increased, if it was more recognized by health care providers, or if sociocultural factors caused an increase in therapy-induced (iatrogenic) presentations. The unusual number of diagnoses after 1980, clustered around a small number of clinicians and the suggestibility characteristic of those with DID, support the hypothesis that DID is therapist-induced. The unusual clustering of diagnoses has also been explained as due to a lack of awareness and training among clinicians to recognize cases of DID.