Substance Abuse: Assessment and Treatment
... Remaining in treatment for an adequate period of time is critical for treatment effectiveness. (For most, the threshold of significant improvement is reached at about 3 months) Individual and/or group counseling and other behavioral therapies are critical components of effective treatment for addict ...
... Remaining in treatment for an adequate period of time is critical for treatment effectiveness. (For most, the threshold of significant improvement is reached at about 3 months) Individual and/or group counseling and other behavioral therapies are critical components of effective treatment for addict ...
May 2010 What is the CIMR?
... in depressed individuals will precede the clinical improvement in symptoms, but only in those individuals who eventually show a significant reduction in depression scores after the 6-week drug treatment period. If this is the case, then changes in selective visual attention could eventually be used ...
... in depressed individuals will precede the clinical improvement in symptoms, but only in those individuals who eventually show a significant reduction in depression scores after the 6-week drug treatment period. If this is the case, then changes in selective visual attention could eventually be used ...
psychiatric problems
... Schizophrenia • The behavior of children with schizophrenia may change slowly over time. • Children who used to enjoy relationships with others may start to become more shy or withdrawn and seem to be in their own world. • Talking about strange fears and ideas. • Cling to parents or say things whic ...
... Schizophrenia • The behavior of children with schizophrenia may change slowly over time. • Children who used to enjoy relationships with others may start to become more shy or withdrawn and seem to be in their own world. • Talking about strange fears and ideas. • Cling to parents or say things whic ...
Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders
... • Differentiate delirium tremens from other alcohol withdrawal syndromes. • Assess for common co-morbidities in patients with a history of alcohol and drug use. • Perform a rapid, efficient and targeted physical examination to assess alcohol or drug withdrawal and determine life-threatening co-morbi ...
... • Differentiate delirium tremens from other alcohol withdrawal syndromes. • Assess for common co-morbidities in patients with a history of alcohol and drug use. • Perform a rapid, efficient and targeted physical examination to assess alcohol or drug withdrawal and determine life-threatening co-morbi ...
Group treatment plus usual care decreased the risk of deliberate self
... usual care showed a decrease in repeat suicide attempts compared with usual care, despite the fact that these adolescents had a history of multiple suicide attempts and substantially higher levels of psychopathology and substance abuse than typically seen in first time attempters. These findings bod ...
... usual care showed a decrease in repeat suicide attempts compared with usual care, despite the fact that these adolescents had a history of multiple suicide attempts and substantially higher levels of psychopathology and substance abuse than typically seen in first time attempters. These findings bod ...
Mind Body Medicine and Women`s Health
... a. control utilizing randomized assignment, the investigational treatment is shown to be statistically significantly superior to the control condition, or the investigational treatment is equivalent to a treatment of established efficacy in a study with sufficient power to detect moderate difference ...
... a. control utilizing randomized assignment, the investigational treatment is shown to be statistically significantly superior to the control condition, or the investigational treatment is equivalent to a treatment of established efficacy in a study with sufficient power to detect moderate difference ...
Organic mental disorders
... kind of like being in a dream. It's as if I've lived through this exact moment many times before. I hear what people say, but they don't make sense. I know not to talk during the episode, since I just say foolish things. Sometimes I think I'm talking but later people tell me that I didn't say anythi ...
... kind of like being in a dream. It's as if I've lived through this exact moment many times before. I hear what people say, but they don't make sense. I know not to talk during the episode, since I just say foolish things. Sometimes I think I'm talking but later people tell me that I didn't say anythi ...
Mood disorders
... phenomenology, etiology, treatment Dept.of Psychiatry Univ.of Pecs http://psychiatry.pote.hu ...
... phenomenology, etiology, treatment Dept.of Psychiatry Univ.of Pecs http://psychiatry.pote.hu ...
Mental Health Needs Among Foster Children
... 3. Significant weight change (5%) or change in appetite 4. Change in sleep: Insomnia or hypersomnia 5. Change in activity: Psychomotor agitation or retardation 6. Fatigue or loss of energy 7. Guilt/worthlessness: Feelings of worthlessness or excessive or inappropriate guilt 8. Concentration: diminis ...
... 3. Significant weight change (5%) or change in appetite 4. Change in sleep: Insomnia or hypersomnia 5. Change in activity: Psychomotor agitation or retardation 6. Fatigue or loss of energy 7. Guilt/worthlessness: Feelings of worthlessness or excessive or inappropriate guilt 8. Concentration: diminis ...
Managing Mood Disorders In Primary Care
... Approaches: attend to thoughts and behaviors, practice to change them (in contrast to Interpersonal Therapy, which focuses primarily on improving ...
... Approaches: attend to thoughts and behaviors, practice to change them (in contrast to Interpersonal Therapy, which focuses primarily on improving ...
Mood Disorder
... Depressive Disorders (Depression) Postpartum depression Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) ...
... Depressive Disorders (Depression) Postpartum depression Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) ...
Competency to Stand Trial Evaluations
... No longer identified as Mental Retardation in the DSM Main Criteria To receive diagnosis need to have significant impairment in Intellectual functioning Adaptive functioning No longer determined solely by IQ score Those w/ true serious impairment in intellectual & adaptive functioning ...
... No longer identified as Mental Retardation in the DSM Main Criteria To receive diagnosis need to have significant impairment in Intellectual functioning Adaptive functioning No longer determined solely by IQ score Those w/ true serious impairment in intellectual & adaptive functioning ...
a copy
... with colleagues in Boston and New York; and have also been working more widely with international researchers who are studying other important psychiatric illnesses, including schizophrenia, unipolar depression, autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). An important paper that got ...
... with colleagues in Boston and New York; and have also been working more widely with international researchers who are studying other important psychiatric illnesses, including schizophrenia, unipolar depression, autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). An important paper that got ...
Anorexia Nervosa
... 3. Non-normal interaction could lead to later inability to characterize hunger correctly, leading to disturbances in perception. ...
... 3. Non-normal interaction could lead to later inability to characterize hunger correctly, leading to disturbances in perception. ...
Discovering the individual behind the diagnosis of conduct disorder
... Supporting the suspected high risk of entering criminality if diagnosed with CD, a Scandinavian (Norwegian) study of adolescent psychiatric in-patients (diagnosed with DBD’s, substance abuse disorder (SUD), or a combination of both) showed a 70% risk of having been convicted of a crime at follow up ...
... Supporting the suspected high risk of entering criminality if diagnosed with CD, a Scandinavian (Norwegian) study of adolescent psychiatric in-patients (diagnosed with DBD’s, substance abuse disorder (SUD), or a combination of both) showed a 70% risk of having been convicted of a crime at follow up ...
Personality Disorders
... Difficulty making friends A need for instant gratification Poor impulse control Alcohol or substance abuse ...
... Difficulty making friends A need for instant gratification Poor impulse control Alcohol or substance abuse ...
No Slide Title
... The Self-Medication Hypothesis Intolerance of specific emotions The importance of a “drug of choice” More useful in describing substance use rather than dependence ...
... The Self-Medication Hypothesis Intolerance of specific emotions The importance of a “drug of choice” More useful in describing substance use rather than dependence ...
Conceptualizing PTSD and Addictions Treatment
... Is there really self-medication going on here? ...
... Is there really self-medication going on here? ...
Modernity Theories and Mental Illness
... number of the population suffering from these problems, additional mental health treatment care facilities are being created in the U.S. (Manderscheid, Henderson, Witkin, &Atay, 1999). Despite the growing number of care facilities servicing mental health patients, only very few patients actually rec ...
... number of the population suffering from these problems, additional mental health treatment care facilities are being created in the U.S. (Manderscheid, Henderson, Witkin, &Atay, 1999). Despite the growing number of care facilities servicing mental health patients, only very few patients actually rec ...
Depressive Symptoms in Children Depressive Symptoms in Childhood
... withdrawal, and obsessive‐compulsive disorder. Depression involves a child’s feelings, thoughts, and behaviours. It is characterized by persistent feelings of sadness, hopelessness, social withdrawal, lack of energy, and/or irritability. With internalizing disorders, children try to maintain ...
... withdrawal, and obsessive‐compulsive disorder. Depression involves a child’s feelings, thoughts, and behaviours. It is characterized by persistent feelings of sadness, hopelessness, social withdrawal, lack of energy, and/or irritability. With internalizing disorders, children try to maintain ...
Treatment of a Child with Nocturnal Panic Attacks
... and the existing data derives from adult literature (4). NP ...
... and the existing data derives from adult literature (4). NP ...
Adult Schizophrenia -- When Does It Start? Background: According
... study, subjects were divided into 2 cohorts (n=2000 and n=1869) to allow replication of univariate associations. Each week, patients were asked how many doses of their medication they missed, resulting in a percentage of nonadherence for each medication based on the number of milligrams missed. Poor ...
... study, subjects were divided into 2 cohorts (n=2000 and n=1869) to allow replication of univariate associations. Each week, patients were asked how many doses of their medication they missed, resulting in a percentage of nonadherence for each medication based on the number of milligrams missed. Poor ...
here
... Daniel J. Flannery, PhD Institute for the Study and Prevention of Violence Kent State University ...
... Daniel J. Flannery, PhD Institute for the Study and Prevention of Violence Kent State University ...
Improving Mental Health Services in Primary Care
... health risk assessment, etc). There is growing evidence that non–face-to-face services are not only are more cost-effective but also are preferred by families because of time constraints and convenience.11 They are also critical to care plan oversight (CPT codes 99339-99340), allowing the primary ca ...
... health risk assessment, etc). There is growing evidence that non–face-to-face services are not only are more cost-effective but also are preferred by families because of time constraints and convenience.11 They are also critical to care plan oversight (CPT codes 99339-99340), allowing the primary ca ...