Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents
... • 80-90% have more than one disorder • 75% have more than one anxiety disorder • 10-30% have additional mood disorder • 25% of the younger children have an additional behavioral disorder • Overlap with alcohol abuse appears later ...
... • 80-90% have more than one disorder • 75% have more than one anxiety disorder • 10-30% have additional mood disorder • 25% of the younger children have an additional behavioral disorder • Overlap with alcohol abuse appears later ...
Comer, Abnormal Psychology, 8th edition
... social, and work skills • In addition, greater numbers of group homes and sheltered workshops are available for teens and young adults with autism spectrum disorder • These programs help individuals become a part of their community and also reduce the concerns of aging parents ...
... social, and work skills • In addition, greater numbers of group homes and sheltered workshops are available for teens and young adults with autism spectrum disorder • These programs help individuals become a part of their community and also reduce the concerns of aging parents ...
National Eating Disorders Awareness Month
... Levine, M. P. & Harrison, K. (2004). The role of mass media in the perpetuation and prevention of negative body image and disordered eating. In J. K. Thompson (Ed.), Handbook of eating disorders & obesity (pp. 695-717). New York: Wiley. Levine, M. P., & Murnen, S. K. (2009). Everybody knows that mas ...
... Levine, M. P. & Harrison, K. (2004). The role of mass media in the perpetuation and prevention of negative body image and disordered eating. In J. K. Thompson (Ed.), Handbook of eating disorders & obesity (pp. 695-717). New York: Wiley. Levine, M. P., & Murnen, S. K. (2009). Everybody knows that mas ...
Psychopathy and the DSM—IV Criteria for Antisocial Personality
... (Positive correlations between the PCL—R and substance use have also been reported by Smith & Newman, 1990 .) Psychopaths were less likely than other patients to receive a DSM—III Axis I diagnosis (other than substance use disorder). PCL—R total and factor scores were either uncorrelated or negative ...
... (Positive correlations between the PCL—R and substance use have also been reported by Smith & Newman, 1990 .) Psychopaths were less likely than other patients to receive a DSM—III Axis I diagnosis (other than substance use disorder). PCL—R total and factor scores were either uncorrelated or negative ...
National Eating Disorder Awareness Week (PPT)
... Levine, M. P. & Harrison, K. (2004). The role of mass media in the perpetuation and prevention of negative body image and disordered eating. In J. K. Thompson (Ed.), Handbook of eating disorders & obesity (pp. 695-717). New York: Wiley. Levine, M. P., & Murnen, S. K. (2009). Everybody knows that mas ...
... Levine, M. P. & Harrison, K. (2004). The role of mass media in the perpetuation and prevention of negative body image and disordered eating. In J. K. Thompson (Ed.), Handbook of eating disorders & obesity (pp. 695-717). New York: Wiley. Levine, M. P., & Murnen, S. K. (2009). Everybody knows that mas ...
National Eating Disorders Awareness Month
... Levine, M. P. & Harrison, K. (2004). The role of mass media in the perpetuation and prevention of negative body image and disordered eating. In J. K. Thompson (Ed.), Handbook of eating disorders & obesity (pp. 695-717). New York: Wiley. Levine, M. P., & Murnen, S. K. (2009). Everybody knows that mas ...
... Levine, M. P. & Harrison, K. (2004). The role of mass media in the perpetuation and prevention of negative body image and disordered eating. In J. K. Thompson (Ed.), Handbook of eating disorders & obesity (pp. 695-717). New York: Wiley. Levine, M. P., & Murnen, S. K. (2009). Everybody knows that mas ...
Chronic complex dissociative disorders and borderline personality
... well as difficulties with attachment and parental unavailability [13,18,19]. The relationship between dissociation and many types of trauma is robust and has been validated across cultures in clinical and nonclinical samples using both cross-sectional and longitudinal methodologies as well as in lar ...
... well as difficulties with attachment and parental unavailability [13,18,19]. The relationship between dissociation and many types of trauma is robust and has been validated across cultures in clinical and nonclinical samples using both cross-sectional and longitudinal methodologies as well as in lar ...
From Pathological Gambling to Gambling Disorder
... Renaming: From PG to Gambling Disorder Officially changing the name to “Gambling Disorder” is a welcome revision for many researchers and clinicians who have expressed concern that the label “pathological” is a pejorative term that only reinforces the social stigma of being a problem gambler. 5, 7 R ...
... Renaming: From PG to Gambling Disorder Officially changing the name to “Gambling Disorder” is a welcome revision for many researchers and clinicians who have expressed concern that the label “pathological” is a pejorative term that only reinforces the social stigma of being a problem gambler. 5, 7 R ...
What is comorbidity and why does it matter
... psychosis, which differs from schizophrenia in having an acute onset, and paranoid symptoms that rapidly remit with abstinence from amphetamines and do not recur unless amphetamine use is resumed (Angrist, 1983). A similar case can be made for alcohol-induced depression in persons who are alcohol de ...
... psychosis, which differs from schizophrenia in having an acute onset, and paranoid symptoms that rapidly remit with abstinence from amphetamines and do not recur unless amphetamine use is resumed (Angrist, 1983). A similar case can be made for alcohol-induced depression in persons who are alcohol de ...
Dissociative Amnesia, Fugue, Identity Disorder
... – For instance, there's an average of two to four personalities present when the patient is initially diagnosed. Then there's an average of 13 to 15 personalities that can become known over the course of treatment. – While unusual, there have been instances of dissociative identity disorder with mor ...
... – For instance, there's an average of two to four personalities present when the patient is initially diagnosed. Then there's an average of 13 to 15 personalities that can become known over the course of treatment. – While unusual, there have been instances of dissociative identity disorder with mor ...
Anxiety Disorders
... in our environment. It is part of the signaling function of the brain. This normal kind of anxiety is always caused by an environmental change (for example: a test, going on a date, speaking out in class, playing an important game, etc.) When people become anxious they typically feel upset, uncomfor ...
... in our environment. It is part of the signaling function of the brain. This normal kind of anxiety is always caused by an environmental change (for example: a test, going on a date, speaking out in class, playing an important game, etc.) When people become anxious they typically feel upset, uncomfor ...
The Waxing and Waning of Mental Disorders
... resolution of lifetime course of syndromes) and design issues (retrospective studies) make it almost impossible to go beyond such fairly broad estimations about the persistence and stability of mental disorders. Thus, it is not possible at this point to characterize the various forms of mental disor ...
... resolution of lifetime course of syndromes) and design issues (retrospective studies) make it almost impossible to go beyond such fairly broad estimations about the persistence and stability of mental disorders. Thus, it is not possible at this point to characterize the various forms of mental disor ...
Borderline personality disorder
... This guideline makes recommendations for the treatment and management of borderline personality disorder 1 in adults and young people (under the age of 18) who meet criteria for the diagnosis in primary, secondary and tertiary care. Borderline personality disorder is characterised by significant ins ...
... This guideline makes recommendations for the treatment and management of borderline personality disorder 1 in adults and young people (under the age of 18) who meet criteria for the diagnosis in primary, secondary and tertiary care. Borderline personality disorder is characterised by significant ins ...
psychological disorders
... because not all infrequent conditions—such as extraordinary creativity—are pathological, and many mental illnesses—such as mild depression—are quite common (Kendell, 1975). ...
... because not all infrequent conditions—such as extraordinary creativity—are pathological, and many mental illnesses—such as mild depression—are quite common (Kendell, 1975). ...
... impulses (obsessions) along with repetitive behaviors or mental acts (compulsions) designed to reduce the distress caused by the obsessions (American Psychiatric Association [APA], 2013). The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition (DSM-5; APA, 2013) has described the emot ...
Narcissistic Personality Disorder
... This is consistent with the idea that nuclear narcissistic states are not limited to “being the one who sets people’s standards for the year to come,” as the disdainful protagonist of The Devil Wears Prada loved to say. NPD manifests as anger triggered by feelings of social rejection ...
... This is consistent with the idea that nuclear narcissistic states are not limited to “being the one who sets people’s standards for the year to come,” as the disdainful protagonist of The Devil Wears Prada loved to say. NPD manifests as anger triggered by feelings of social rejection ...
A Guide to Eating Disorders
... behaviors with more positive ones. The psychotherapist and patient, for example, might work together to focus on health rather than weight. Or, the patient might keep a food diary to help identify situations that trigger the disorder. Simply changing a patient’s thoughts and behaviors is not enough, ...
... behaviors with more positive ones. The psychotherapist and patient, for example, might work together to focus on health rather than weight. Or, the patient might keep a food diary to help identify situations that trigger the disorder. Simply changing a patient’s thoughts and behaviors is not enough, ...
View Full Page PDF - The Royal College of Psychiatrists
... symptoms could worsen asthma symptoms and the dramatic manifestation of asthma symptoms in difficult asthma could probably cause or worsen psychiatric symptoms. However, the impact of psychiatric symptoms on difficult asthma does not appear to be a straightforward one.11 Moreover, because by definit ...
... symptoms could worsen asthma symptoms and the dramatic manifestation of asthma symptoms in difficult asthma could probably cause or worsen psychiatric symptoms. However, the impact of psychiatric symptoms on difficult asthma does not appear to be a straightforward one.11 Moreover, because by definit ...
Psychiatric Disorders Following Traumatic Brain Injury: Their Nature
... Psychiatric Disorders Following Traumatic Brain Injury the likely presence of cognitive impairments. Arguably, significant others should be consulted to improve reliability, which these studies appear not to have done. The variability in reported frequencies of preinjury and postinjury disorders ma ...
... Psychiatric Disorders Following Traumatic Brain Injury the likely presence of cognitive impairments. Arguably, significant others should be consulted to improve reliability, which these studies appear not to have done. The variability in reported frequencies of preinjury and postinjury disorders ma ...
psychology: making connections
... Parents often need expert assistance in devising and carrying out special management and educational programs in the home and at school. Treatment may also include medication in some youngsters, such as those withdifficulty paying attention, impulse problems, or those with depression. Treatment is r ...
... Parents often need expert assistance in devising and carrying out special management and educational programs in the home and at school. Treatment may also include medication in some youngsters, such as those withdifficulty paying attention, impulse problems, or those with depression. Treatment is r ...
DSM-5
... Still 18 symptoms, cross-situational requirement strengthened to “several” symptoms in each setting 6 for children, 5 for adults, age 17+ (sufficient for a reliable diagnosis) This revision is based on nearly two decades of research showing that ADHD, although a disorder that begins in childhood ...
... Still 18 symptoms, cross-situational requirement strengthened to “several” symptoms in each setting 6 for children, 5 for adults, age 17+ (sufficient for a reliable diagnosis) This revision is based on nearly two decades of research showing that ADHD, although a disorder that begins in childhood ...
644.3 Bipolar Disorder
... Dyskinesia – an extrapyramidal effect characterized by unusual movements such as facial grimacing, tongue protrusion, and other non-cramping abnormal muscle movements. Dysphoria - a state of feeling unwell or unhappy. Dystonia – an extrapyramidal effect characterized by muscle cramping which may pro ...
... Dyskinesia – an extrapyramidal effect characterized by unusual movements such as facial grimacing, tongue protrusion, and other non-cramping abnormal muscle movements. Dysphoria - a state of feeling unwell or unhappy. Dystonia – an extrapyramidal effect characterized by muscle cramping which may pro ...
Results from the CAN-SAD study
... Early studies of personality factors in SAD suggested that patients with SAD were characterized by relatively normal personality structure (e.g. Schulz et al., 1988; Schuller et al., 1993). However, over the last ten years preliminary evidence has accumulated to suggest that personality factors play ...
... Early studies of personality factors in SAD suggested that patients with SAD were characterized by relatively normal personality structure (e.g. Schulz et al., 1988; Schuller et al., 1993). However, over the last ten years preliminary evidence has accumulated to suggest that personality factors play ...
Deconstructing the DSM-5 By Jason H. King The DSM
... DSM-IV-TR. An individual can no longer meet Criterion A for psychosis with a single bizarre delusion, but must have a minimum of two symptoms — one of which must be one of the core psychotic symptoms of “delusions, hallucinations or disorganized thinking.” Regarding the diagnosis of intellectual dis ...
... DSM-IV-TR. An individual can no longer meet Criterion A for psychosis with a single bizarre delusion, but must have a minimum of two symptoms — one of which must be one of the core psychotic symptoms of “delusions, hallucinations or disorganized thinking.” Regarding the diagnosis of intellectual dis ...