What are Eating Disorders?
... Rapid or persistent decline or increase in food intake Excessive or compulsive exercise patterns Purging; restricting; binge eating; compulsive eating; abuse of diet pills, laxatives, diuretics, or emetics Denial of food and eating problems, despite the concerns of others Eating in secret, ...
... Rapid or persistent decline or increase in food intake Excessive or compulsive exercise patterns Purging; restricting; binge eating; compulsive eating; abuse of diet pills, laxatives, diuretics, or emetics Denial of food and eating problems, despite the concerns of others Eating in secret, ...
Advances in Environmental Biology
... illnesses. These diseases have long been a problem to human and there is no definite cure for them. Psychosomatic illnesses refer to physical diseases, which have mental factors as their cause or the thing that intensifies the problem. Still, this does not mean that only mental factors are to blame ...
... illnesses. These diseases have long been a problem to human and there is no definite cure for them. Psychosomatic illnesses refer to physical diseases, which have mental factors as their cause or the thing that intensifies the problem. Still, this does not mean that only mental factors are to blame ...
Mental Health Strategy for Corrections
... One in five Canadians will experience a mental illness (Health Canada, 2002). Among those, two out of every three adults who need mental health services/treatment do not receive it because of the stigma associated with mental illness (MHCC, 2009). Most people with a mental health problem and/or ment ...
... One in five Canadians will experience a mental illness (Health Canada, 2002). Among those, two out of every three adults who need mental health services/treatment do not receive it because of the stigma associated with mental illness (MHCC, 2009). Most people with a mental health problem and/or ment ...
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... Predict Eating Disorder Treatment Outcomes in a Residential and Partial Hospitalization Setting Laura Fewell, BA, McCallum Place Eating Disorder Centers, Cheri A. Levinson, PhD, University of Louisville, and Lynn Stark, DNP, McCallum Place Eating Disorder Centers ...
... Predict Eating Disorder Treatment Outcomes in a Residential and Partial Hospitalization Setting Laura Fewell, BA, McCallum Place Eating Disorder Centers, Cheri A. Levinson, PhD, University of Louisville, and Lynn Stark, DNP, McCallum Place Eating Disorder Centers ...
Cholinesterase Inhibitors for Alzheimer`s
... Canada for the symptomatic treatment of dementia, but studies suggest that only 20% of eligible patients are receiving trial treatment.1 Despite efforts to educate the public and physicians about the use of cholinesterase inhibitors, there appears to be uncertainty about their use, particularly in t ...
... Canada for the symptomatic treatment of dementia, but studies suggest that only 20% of eligible patients are receiving trial treatment.1 Despite efforts to educate the public and physicians about the use of cholinesterase inhibitors, there appears to be uncertainty about their use, particularly in t ...
Training for practitioners who work with people with severe mental
... become uncommunicative and introverted. He seems to care about nothing, has little emotional response to emotional stimuli and is showing a loss of initiative and vitality. His parents say that this situation started about two years ago, when he failed in his studies and stopped working and engaging ...
... become uncommunicative and introverted. He seems to care about nothing, has little emotional response to emotional stimuli and is showing a loss of initiative and vitality. His parents say that this situation started about two years ago, when he failed in his studies and stopped working and engaging ...
Prolonged Exposure vs Eye Movement Desensitization and
... reprocessing (EMDR) therapy in treating PTSD. 5,6 These treatments are recommended as first-choice therapy in PTSD guidelines worldwide.7,8 However, clinicians seem reluctant to treat PTSD in individuals with psychosis.9,10 Patients with psychotic disorders have been excluded from randomized clinica ...
... reprocessing (EMDR) therapy in treating PTSD. 5,6 These treatments are recommended as first-choice therapy in PTSD guidelines worldwide.7,8 However, clinicians seem reluctant to treat PTSD in individuals with psychosis.9,10 Patients with psychotic disorders have been excluded from randomized clinica ...
Depression in College Students
... getting treatment sooner rather than later can relieve symptoms quicker and reduce the length of time treatment is needed. Break up large tasks into small ones, and do what you can as you can. Try not to do too many things at once. Spend time with other people and talk to a friend or relative about ...
... getting treatment sooner rather than later can relieve symptoms quicker and reduce the length of time treatment is needed. Break up large tasks into small ones, and do what you can as you can. Try not to do too many things at once. Spend time with other people and talk to a friend or relative about ...
(AIMS) for Children Report: The Co
... The most critical conclusion that can be drawn from the evidence assembled is that some families, already burdened in extraordinary ways with children whose behavioral problems are onerous and overwhelming (often accepting this responsibility voluntarily by adopting children that others would not), ...
... The most critical conclusion that can be drawn from the evidence assembled is that some families, already burdened in extraordinary ways with children whose behavioral problems are onerous and overwhelming (often accepting this responsibility voluntarily by adopting children that others would not), ...
Workplace Mental Health Indicators: An EAP`s Perspective
... Treatment for Emotional Problems The treatment regimes for emotional problems are many and varied. Most of them involve drug therapy, psychotherapy, or a combination of both. Stand-alone psychotherapy is effective for mild cases of depression. Even for severe depression, psychotherapy is still advis ...
... Treatment for Emotional Problems The treatment regimes for emotional problems are many and varied. Most of them involve drug therapy, psychotherapy, or a combination of both. Stand-alone psychotherapy is effective for mild cases of depression. Even for severe depression, psychotherapy is still advis ...
Child and Adolescent Psychopathology
... manic-depression occurred among youth but was rare. 1950s Lithium's efficacy for the treatment of acute mania ...
... manic-depression occurred among youth but was rare. 1950s Lithium's efficacy for the treatment of acute mania ...
Presence of psychological distress symptoms associated
... bipolar spectrum and bipolarity specifier which suggests that depressive patients with subthreshold hypomanic episodes or characteristics of bipolar disorder should be considered closer to bipolar depression rather than unipolar depression, has been of importance in terms of assessing the clinical ...
... bipolar spectrum and bipolarity specifier which suggests that depressive patients with subthreshold hypomanic episodes or characteristics of bipolar disorder should be considered closer to bipolar depression rather than unipolar depression, has been of importance in terms of assessing the clinical ...
Part 2
... weight went back to “normal” after Zyprexa was stopped. Jason was on Risperdal for several years without any noticeable benefit. He became more irritable while he was on Adderall and Cylert. He developed side effects of low blood count while he was on Depakote. ...
... weight went back to “normal” after Zyprexa was stopped. Jason was on Risperdal for several years without any noticeable benefit. He became more irritable while he was on Adderall and Cylert. He developed side effects of low blood count while he was on Depakote. ...
7. Mental Illness in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
... and the disempowerment of Aboriginal patients, compliance issues and an overwhelming high burden of disease.4(p204) In addition, mental illness issues are often compounded by issues of stigma where the term: mentally ill … causes a variety of reactions when used with Aboriginal people, depending on ...
... and the disempowerment of Aboriginal patients, compliance issues and an overwhelming high burden of disease.4(p204) In addition, mental illness issues are often compounded by issues of stigma where the term: mentally ill … causes a variety of reactions when used with Aboriginal people, depending on ...
PPT_Diagnosis_Stu..
... abnormality yet? No definitive agreement between practitioners weakens the credibility of the subject. Ethnocentricism: is abnormality as we know it a westernised idea? Are mentally ill people seen differently in other parts of the world? Usefulness: there are problems with every definition and s ...
... abnormality yet? No definitive agreement between practitioners weakens the credibility of the subject. Ethnocentricism: is abnormality as we know it a westernised idea? Are mentally ill people seen differently in other parts of the world? Usefulness: there are problems with every definition and s ...
Evidence and implications for early intervention in bipolar disorder
... Felder, & Lohmeyer, 1980; Kessing, Andersen, & Mortensen, 1998; Kraepelin, 2002; RoyByrne, Post, Uhde, Porcu, & Davis, 1985; Zis et al., 1980). This suggests that episodes of illness further modify the mechanisms responsible for cycling. Delayed treatment initiation is linked with an impact on many ...
... Felder, & Lohmeyer, 1980; Kessing, Andersen, & Mortensen, 1998; Kraepelin, 2002; RoyByrne, Post, Uhde, Porcu, & Davis, 1985; Zis et al., 1980). This suggests that episodes of illness further modify the mechanisms responsible for cycling. Delayed treatment initiation is linked with an impact on many ...
Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder
... as having Bipolar I/II Disorder. The longitudinal stability of MDEs with mixed features has been established with longitudinal, phenomenological studies. The impetus for identifying mixed features within individuals with MDD is the observation that a MDE with mixed features as part of MDD is associa ...
... as having Bipolar I/II Disorder. The longitudinal stability of MDEs with mixed features has been established with longitudinal, phenomenological studies. The impetus for identifying mixed features within individuals with MDD is the observation that a MDE with mixed features as part of MDD is associa ...
The restrictive concept of good health in patients with hypochondriasis
... clinical controls by using the Cognitions About Body and Health Questionnaire (CABH; Hiller et al., 1997). Therefore, the study demonstrated that dysfunctional interpretations of bodily symptoms are specific for hypochondriasis and not a characteristic of other mental disorders as well. Many studies ...
... clinical controls by using the Cognitions About Body and Health Questionnaire (CABH; Hiller et al., 1997). Therefore, the study demonstrated that dysfunctional interpretations of bodily symptoms are specific for hypochondriasis and not a characteristic of other mental disorders as well. Many studies ...
Antisocial Personality Disorder and Substance Abuse
... There is a lot of debate among social scientists and clinicians over the accurate measurement of ASPD. Social scientists mostly use DSM criteria to assess ASPD, but many of them have raised concerns about possible limitations. Some argue that the DSM overemphasizes observable behavioral criteria ins ...
... There is a lot of debate among social scientists and clinicians over the accurate measurement of ASPD. Social scientists mostly use DSM criteria to assess ASPD, but many of them have raised concerns about possible limitations. Some argue that the DSM overemphasizes observable behavioral criteria ins ...
Psychological Disorders - Ashton Southard
... › It may be seen as something inherited and, therefore, something that would hurt the marriage chances of other family members, or may be seen as stemming from something the family’s ancestors did wrong in the past › This leads many Asian people suffering from disorders that would be labeled as depr ...
... › It may be seen as something inherited and, therefore, something that would hurt the marriage chances of other family members, or may be seen as stemming from something the family’s ancestors did wrong in the past › This leads many Asian people suffering from disorders that would be labeled as depr ...
v-codes relational problems
... diagnosis, the effectiveness of the treatment/intervention, and the best possible outcomes for the participant and the family and the extended family where culturally appropriate. Diagnostic Guidelines: Establish diagnostic accuracy as defined in DSM-IV-TR. The distinguishing feature of these Vcodes ...
... diagnosis, the effectiveness of the treatment/intervention, and the best possible outcomes for the participant and the family and the extended family where culturally appropriate. Diagnostic Guidelines: Establish diagnostic accuracy as defined in DSM-IV-TR. The distinguishing feature of these Vcodes ...
introducing the dsm-5 diagnostic criteria
... The DSM-5 manual states that individuals with a well-established diagnosis of autistic disorder, Asperger’s disorder, or pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified should be given the diagnosis of ASD. What if the person has marked social and communication difficulties, but not other s ...
... The DSM-5 manual states that individuals with a well-established diagnosis of autistic disorder, Asperger’s disorder, or pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified should be given the diagnosis of ASD. What if the person has marked social and communication difficulties, but not other s ...
Phaeochromocytoma - a classic (but easily forgotten) cause of anxiety
... result of sympathetic nervous system hyperactivity. They are many and variable and include abnormal skin sensations, flank and abdominal pain, (occasionally so severe that it may mimick an acute abdomen), tachycardia, arrhythmias, palpitations, pallor, weight loss, hypertension, excessive sweating, ...
... result of sympathetic nervous system hyperactivity. They are many and variable and include abnormal skin sensations, flank and abdominal pain, (occasionally so severe that it may mimick an acute abdomen), tachycardia, arrhythmias, palpitations, pallor, weight loss, hypertension, excessive sweating, ...
Development of a Mobile Application for People with
... While mobile devices can be used to access an IBI on the go, screen size and unstable internet-connections often impose problems. In addition, entering text on a mobile device can be cumbersome as most of them do not have a dedicated keyboard [20]. As a result, IBIs are limited when it comes to supp ...
... While mobile devices can be used to access an IBI on the go, screen size and unstable internet-connections often impose problems. In addition, entering text on a mobile device can be cumbersome as most of them do not have a dedicated keyboard [20]. As a result, IBIs are limited when it comes to supp ...
Phase II Treatment of Complex Trauma
... from the trauma In time clients can often see that God was there, and is currently involved in their healing process In highly dissociative clients, some parts of self may have a relationship with Christ, while others may not – E.g., internal Bible study ...
... from the trauma In time clients can often see that God was there, and is currently involved in their healing process In highly dissociative clients, some parts of self may have a relationship with Christ, while others may not – E.g., internal Bible study ...