Mental Illness and Inherited Predisposition
... bipolar disorder for close blood relatives of an affected person (not related by marriage). [Second degree relatives: aunts, uncles, nephews, nieces or grandparents] However, it makes them more susceptible ie. at increased risk, for developing the condition later in life when particular environmenta ...
... bipolar disorder for close blood relatives of an affected person (not related by marriage). [Second degree relatives: aunts, uncles, nephews, nieces or grandparents] However, it makes them more susceptible ie. at increased risk, for developing the condition later in life when particular environmenta ...
Mood dysregulation R E V I E W Nina Mikita Argyris Stringaris
... hypomania if symptoms have been present for 4 days. In adults, shorter episodes (1–3 days) of hypomanic symptoms are thought to be manifestations of bipolar spectrum; individuals with such shorter episodes do not seem to differ from those with episodes of typical duration ([4 days) on a range of cli ...
... hypomania if symptoms have been present for 4 days. In adults, shorter episodes (1–3 days) of hypomanic symptoms are thought to be manifestations of bipolar spectrum; individuals with such shorter episodes do not seem to differ from those with episodes of typical duration ([4 days) on a range of cli ...
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and quality of life outcomes
... (WHO) has ranked OCD as the 10th leading cause of disability of all health conditions in the industrialized world [5]. Increasing evidence suggested that patients with OCD have worse QOL than healthy individuals [6]. For example, in a cross-sectional case-control study, Huppert et al. [7] found that ...
... (WHO) has ranked OCD as the 10th leading cause of disability of all health conditions in the industrialized world [5]. Increasing evidence suggested that patients with OCD have worse QOL than healthy individuals [6]. For example, in a cross-sectional case-control study, Huppert et al. [7] found that ...
DSM-5: Handout Packet # 1 Carlton Munson, PhD
... – Among competing or cross-cutting symptoms what diagnosis (es) appropriate? (E.g., MDD and/or Anx. Disorder) ...
... – Among competing or cross-cutting symptoms what diagnosis (es) appropriate? (E.g., MDD and/or Anx. Disorder) ...
Olfactory obsessions - Archives of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
... fish dishes, whereas Teresa’s leading symptom was precisely anxiety caused by fish. This rarely encountered “fish obsession” had numerous pathological consequences. For years, the family members were not allowed to eat fish-based meals (this rule applied also to the Christmas period, although the pa ...
... fish dishes, whereas Teresa’s leading symptom was precisely anxiety caused by fish. This rarely encountered “fish obsession” had numerous pathological consequences. For years, the family members were not allowed to eat fish-based meals (this rule applied also to the Christmas period, although the pa ...
Dissociative disorders
... Abnormal Behavior • The most commonly used criteria for distinguishing between normal and abnormal behaviors are statistical rarity, interference with normal functioning, personal distress, and deviance from social norms. • By the standard of statistical rarity, behavior is abnormal when it does no ...
... Abnormal Behavior • The most commonly used criteria for distinguishing between normal and abnormal behaviors are statistical rarity, interference with normal functioning, personal distress, and deviance from social norms. • By the standard of statistical rarity, behavior is abnormal when it does no ...
Here - Mind Your Head York
... 3) Aftercare—once an individual has successfully completed a rehab treatment program, various aftercare services may be available. These services include support groups, ongoing therapy and sober living arrangements, if needed. This depends on the specific rehab centre. Recovery time is different fo ...
... 3) Aftercare—once an individual has successfully completed a rehab treatment program, various aftercare services may be available. These services include support groups, ongoing therapy and sober living arrangements, if needed. This depends on the specific rehab centre. Recovery time is different fo ...
Slide 1
... • Assess: a) Patient’s motivation, b) symptom severity and type: anxiety/depression/ affective instability, impulse/anger and cognitive/perceptual, and c) current medications • If patient is severely distressed or insistent proceed as follows: - anxious/depressed/affectively unstable, start with moo ...
... • Assess: a) Patient’s motivation, b) symptom severity and type: anxiety/depression/ affective instability, impulse/anger and cognitive/perceptual, and c) current medications • If patient is severely distressed or insistent proceed as follows: - anxious/depressed/affectively unstable, start with moo ...
Psychopharmacology of Anxiety Disorders
... optimal to facilitate safe and effective drug therapy for anxiety optimal to facilitate safe and effective drug therapy for anxiety disorders. (DII) • Using practice guidelines, develop a pharmacotherapy plan, including dosing and duration of therapy, and nonpharmacologic treatments, for a patien ...
... optimal to facilitate safe and effective drug therapy for anxiety optimal to facilitate safe and effective drug therapy for anxiety disorders. (DII) • Using practice guidelines, develop a pharmacotherapy plan, including dosing and duration of therapy, and nonpharmacologic treatments, for a patien ...
Tailoring a cognitive behavioural model for unexplained
... 33% (Kroenke, 2003). For UPS, cognitive behavioural therapy has shown to be most effective in secondary care, while evidence for its effectiveness in primary care is less distinct (Kroenke, 2007; Raine et al., 2002; Sumathipala, 2007). Within cognitive behavioural therapy for UPS, three models can b ...
... 33% (Kroenke, 2003). For UPS, cognitive behavioural therapy has shown to be most effective in secondary care, while evidence for its effectiveness in primary care is less distinct (Kroenke, 2007; Raine et al., 2002; Sumathipala, 2007). Within cognitive behavioural therapy for UPS, three models can b ...
Bulimia Nervosa
... at least a medical doctor, psychologist, psychopharmacologist (if drug therapy is planned), and nutritionist. The patient’s family doctor should be consulted, and both the family doctor and patient’s dentist should be informed of the plan as well. Treatment can reduce and even halt the behavior in m ...
... at least a medical doctor, psychologist, psychopharmacologist (if drug therapy is planned), and nutritionist. The patient’s family doctor should be consulted, and both the family doctor and patient’s dentist should be informed of the plan as well. Treatment can reduce and even halt the behavior in m ...
substance abuse final - Community
... Best practices for treating substance use disorders remain a challenge for mental health practitioners. The identification of such practices for clients who present dually with substance abuse and a mental illness has undergone much iteration in the substance abuse and mental health communities. Suc ...
... Best practices for treating substance use disorders remain a challenge for mental health practitioners. The identification of such practices for clients who present dually with substance abuse and a mental illness has undergone much iteration in the substance abuse and mental health communities. Suc ...
Central Sensitization Syndrome and the Initial Evaluation
... considerable psychological work in efforts to address these issues and quite reasonably balk at the idea of resurrecting these memories and feelings with a newly encountered clinician. Even if no such treatment has yet been undertaken, an initial visit is usually not the time to search fully for thi ...
... considerable psychological work in efforts to address these issues and quite reasonably balk at the idea of resurrecting these memories and feelings with a newly encountered clinician. Even if no such treatment has yet been undertaken, an initial visit is usually not the time to search fully for thi ...
Cerebral calcifications as a differential diagnosis of
... Radiological investigations are useful tools to exclude organic pathology in patients presenting with psychiatric symptoms. One of the possible radiological findings that can indicate presence of current or previous organic pathology contributing to the clinical psychiatric presentation is the prese ...
... Radiological investigations are useful tools to exclude organic pathology in patients presenting with psychiatric symptoms. One of the possible radiological findings that can indicate presence of current or previous organic pathology contributing to the clinical psychiatric presentation is the prese ...
Separation-Anxiety-Disorder-2013-Maddy-num2
... separation in psychotic disorders; refusal to go outside without a trusted companion in agoraphobia; worries about ill health or other harm befalling significant others in generalized anxiety disorder; or concerns about having an illness in illness anxiety disorder Specify if: Early Onset: if onse ...
... separation in psychotic disorders; refusal to go outside without a trusted companion in agoraphobia; worries about ill health or other harm befalling significant others in generalized anxiety disorder; or concerns about having an illness in illness anxiety disorder Specify if: Early Onset: if onse ...
DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS
... The symptoms are not due to the direct physiological effects of a substance (e.g., a drug of abuse, a medication) or a general medical condition (e.g., hypothyroidism). Criterion H The symptoms cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of f ...
... The symptoms are not due to the direct physiological effects of a substance (e.g., a drug of abuse, a medication) or a general medical condition (e.g., hypothyroidism). Criterion H The symptoms cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of f ...
Title
... Depression - a condition of general emotional unhappiness and withdrawal; sadness greater and more extended than necessary given the reason Dissociative flashback episodes - This is when a person with PTSD experiences the trauma like it was happening all over again. This is usually caused by a trigg ...
... Depression - a condition of general emotional unhappiness and withdrawal; sadness greater and more extended than necessary given the reason Dissociative flashback episodes - This is when a person with PTSD experiences the trauma like it was happening all over again. This is usually caused by a trigg ...
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.