Mood Disorders
... pleasure in most activities Possibility of suicide is major concern If drugs & cognitive/behavioral therapy don’t work, this is 1 of few disorders Dr’s. may still use shock (ECTelectroconvulsive) therapy on b/c of fear of suicide ...
... pleasure in most activities Possibility of suicide is major concern If drugs & cognitive/behavioral therapy don’t work, this is 1 of few disorders Dr’s. may still use shock (ECTelectroconvulsive) therapy on b/c of fear of suicide ...
Introducing Schizophrenia - Intranet for MMHSCT SHOs
... statistical significant association is that children with rhesus incompatibility also show an increased risk ...
... statistical significant association is that children with rhesus incompatibility also show an increased risk ...
File
... • Bipolar disorder (sometimes called manicdepression) is an illness, a medical condition. It affects the normal functioning of the brain, so that the person experiences extreme moods — very high and over-excited or very low and depressed. The person may be affected so much that he or she experiences ...
... • Bipolar disorder (sometimes called manicdepression) is an illness, a medical condition. It affects the normal functioning of the brain, so that the person experiences extreme moods — very high and over-excited or very low and depressed. The person may be affected so much that he or she experiences ...
Mood Disorders, Dissociation, Schizophrenia, and Personality
... – children subjected to chronic physical, sexual or emotional abuse – a home environment that is otherwise frightening or highly unpredictable. – A child who learns to dissociate in order to endure an extended period of his or her youth may use this coping mechanism in response to stressful situatio ...
... – children subjected to chronic physical, sexual or emotional abuse – a home environment that is otherwise frightening or highly unpredictable. – A child who learns to dissociate in order to endure an extended period of his or her youth may use this coping mechanism in response to stressful situatio ...
Abnormal Psychology
... • Psychoanalysis (manifest and latent content through…. Hypnosis, free association, dream interpretation) • Resistance: blocking memories, experiences that cause anxiety • The analyst will interpret behaviors, dreams, events…in order to promote insight • Transference: patient transfers emotions link ...
... • Psychoanalysis (manifest and latent content through…. Hypnosis, free association, dream interpretation) • Resistance: blocking memories, experiences that cause anxiety • The analyst will interpret behaviors, dreams, events…in order to promote insight • Transference: patient transfers emotions link ...
Module 50 & 51
... Paranoid Personality Disorders Feel “everyone and everything is out to get them”. - misinterpret situations in line with this paranoia - intensifies under stress - May act on these feelings. Treatment - Cognitive Therapy to increase selfefficacy for dealing with problems. - does not challenge paran ...
... Paranoid Personality Disorders Feel “everyone and everything is out to get them”. - misinterpret situations in line with this paranoia - intensifies under stress - May act on these feelings. Treatment - Cognitive Therapy to increase selfefficacy for dealing with problems. - does not challenge paran ...
Psychopathology
... 3. Motivational - Tends to be passive & has difficulty initiating activities. 4. Physical - Fatigue, anorexia, sleep disturbances. ...
... 3. Motivational - Tends to be passive & has difficulty initiating activities. 4. Physical - Fatigue, anorexia, sleep disturbances. ...
Mental Health - Springboro Community Schools
... such as hand washing, counting, checking, or cleaning are often performed with the hope of lessening anxiety. Performing these so-called "rituals," however, provides only temporary relief, and not performing them markedly increases anxiety. 23. A disorder characterized by chronic anxiety, exaggerate ...
... such as hand washing, counting, checking, or cleaning are often performed with the hope of lessening anxiety. Performing these so-called "rituals," however, provides only temporary relief, and not performing them markedly increases anxiety. 23. A disorder characterized by chronic anxiety, exaggerate ...
Mood Stabilizers and Mood Swings: In Search of a Definition
... quite freely, especially with patients who have labile affect, and are basically making the diagnosis on a hunch. Although the considerations above regarding risk/benefit ratio still apply, ordinarily I would have no difficulty with a clinician following a clinical intuition and diagnosing atypical ...
... quite freely, especially with patients who have labile affect, and are basically making the diagnosis on a hunch. Although the considerations above regarding risk/benefit ratio still apply, ordinarily I would have no difficulty with a clinician following a clinical intuition and diagnosing atypical ...
Vignette-Based Psychiatry Review
... He says that he was always a “worrier,” but this has become worse since he retired. He finds it difficult to control his worries, and this in turns has led to insomnia. His wife, who is present, notes that seems to get upset much more easily. On MSE, he is restless and has a hard time sitting still; ...
... He says that he was always a “worrier,” but this has become worse since he retired. He finds it difficult to control his worries, and this in turns has led to insomnia. His wife, who is present, notes that seems to get upset much more easily. On MSE, he is restless and has a hard time sitting still; ...
Multiple Personality Disorder
... People seem to most often confuse someone who is suffering from schizophrenia with someone who has dissociative identity disorder. While both are chronic, serious mental health concerns, the differences between these two disorders are stark. People with schizophrenia hear or see things that aren’t t ...
... People seem to most often confuse someone who is suffering from schizophrenia with someone who has dissociative identity disorder. While both are chronic, serious mental health concerns, the differences between these two disorders are stark. People with schizophrenia hear or see things that aren’t t ...
Peer-reviewed Article PDF - e
... enrolled in the University of Munich, where he completed his thesis, ‘The Place of Psychology in Psychiatry’. Kraepelin resurrected Galen's two kinds of severe mental disorders. He thought patients whose most prominent symptoms were hallucinations and delusional thinking — madness — should be descri ...
... enrolled in the University of Munich, where he completed his thesis, ‘The Place of Psychology in Psychiatry’. Kraepelin resurrected Galen's two kinds of severe mental disorders. He thought patients whose most prominent symptoms were hallucinations and delusional thinking — madness — should be descri ...
Glossary
... Incongruity of affect - Emotional responses which seem grossly out of tune with the situation or subject being discussed. ...
... Incongruity of affect - Emotional responses which seem grossly out of tune with the situation or subject being discussed. ...
Mood Stabilizers: The facts about the effects
... Putting a foreign substance such as a psychotropic drug into your body disrupts the body’s normal biochemistry. Sometimes this disruption creates a false and temporary feeling of euphoria (being “high”), short-lived bursts of increased energy or an abnormal sense of heightened alertness. However, it ...
... Putting a foreign substance such as a psychotropic drug into your body disrupts the body’s normal biochemistry. Sometimes this disruption creates a false and temporary feeling of euphoria (being “high”), short-lived bursts of increased energy or an abnormal sense of heightened alertness. However, it ...
General Psychology
... do not realize they are affected and will therefore resist any medical treatment attempt. Close friends will recognize the mood and behavior patterns as being excessive, while the casual observer may not see anything disturbing. The patient may become frankly psychotic with delusions and hallucinati ...
... do not realize they are affected and will therefore resist any medical treatment attempt. Close friends will recognize the mood and behavior patterns as being excessive, while the casual observer may not see anything disturbing. The patient may become frankly psychotic with delusions and hallucinati ...
Impulse-Control Disorders
... – 3 years old: dismissed from daycare for aggressive behavior – 4 years old: times where that although he did not have any hearing problems, “the lights were on but nobody was home”. – Kindergarten: episodes of throwing head back, eyes blinking, rolling, mouth chattering but aware of his environment ...
... – 3 years old: dismissed from daycare for aggressive behavior – 4 years old: times where that although he did not have any hearing problems, “the lights were on but nobody was home”. – Kindergarten: episodes of throwing head back, eyes blinking, rolling, mouth chattering but aware of his environment ...
Test 3
... A) suicide only occurs frequently with unipolar depressions B) suicide only occurs frequently with bipolar II depressions C) over 90% of people with any mood disorder commit suicide D) depressive episodes are the most common predisposing factor for suicide 3) Jasmine is constantly tired, low in self ...
... A) suicide only occurs frequently with unipolar depressions B) suicide only occurs frequently with bipolar II depressions C) over 90% of people with any mood disorder commit suicide D) depressive episodes are the most common predisposing factor for suicide 3) Jasmine is constantly tired, low in self ...
023_W2006_Treatment
... • Why is it that SSRIs affect serotonin levels almost immediately but don’t have much of an effect on depression for several weeks? • Why do drugs that work on serotonin and norepinephrine -- two very different brain systems -have similar effects? ...
... • Why is it that SSRIs affect serotonin levels almost immediately but don’t have much of an effect on depression for several weeks? • Why do drugs that work on serotonin and norepinephrine -- two very different brain systems -have similar effects? ...
PHQ-9 AND GAD-7: Measuring Vital Signs in Mental Health
... both anxiety and depression. In fact anxiety has a key role to play in the development of these illness’s and in subsequent relapse. Depression, like other non-psychotic illness, appears to be the result of failed attempts to fix the cause or causes of anxiety. ...
... both anxiety and depression. In fact anxiety has a key role to play in the development of these illness’s and in subsequent relapse. Depression, like other non-psychotic illness, appears to be the result of failed attempts to fix the cause or causes of anxiety. ...
Durand and Barlow Chapter 6: Mood Disorders and Suicide
... – Disturbed physical functioning – Anhedonia – Loss of pleasure/interest in usual activities ...
... – Disturbed physical functioning – Anhedonia – Loss of pleasure/interest in usual activities ...
Memory
... The American Psychiatric Association rendered a Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) to describe psychological disorders. The most recent edition, DSM-IV-TR (Text ...
... The American Psychiatric Association rendered a Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) to describe psychological disorders. The most recent edition, DSM-IV-TR (Text ...
Ignored Complication of Steroids in an Ankylosing Spondylitis Case
... of borderline intelligence who had been receiving steroid treatment due to AS. The common psychiatric side effects of steroid therapy are agitation, anxiety, hypomania, insomnia, irritability, labile mood, and uneasiness. In addition to these, steroid use may cause a wide range of clinical manifesta ...
... of borderline intelligence who had been receiving steroid treatment due to AS. The common psychiatric side effects of steroid therapy are agitation, anxiety, hypomania, insomnia, irritability, labile mood, and uneasiness. In addition to these, steroid use may cause a wide range of clinical manifesta ...
Abnormal Psychology
... Conversion Disorder • Anxiety/stressful experience is converted into a physical problem • Often related to the stress they are under -Ex: blindness, loss of sensation... -Ex: you fall off a horse & you become paralyzed even though you are not physically injured ...
... Conversion Disorder • Anxiety/stressful experience is converted into a physical problem • Often related to the stress they are under -Ex: blindness, loss of sensation... -Ex: you fall off a horse & you become paralyzed even though you are not physically injured ...
Memory
... The American Psychiatric Association rendered a Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) to describe psychological disorders. The most recent edition, DSM-IV-TR (Text ...
... The American Psychiatric Association rendered a Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) to describe psychological disorders. The most recent edition, DSM-IV-TR (Text ...
The Storm in my Brain - Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
... What if I feel like hurting or killing myself? These thoughts or feelings are caused by the illness, and will go away when you feel better. Be sure to tell your parents and your doctor when you have these feelings. • Tell an adult right away. If you don’t want to talk to your mom or dad, tell an au ...
... What if I feel like hurting or killing myself? These thoughts or feelings are caused by the illness, and will go away when you feel better. Be sure to tell your parents and your doctor when you have these feelings. • Tell an adult right away. If you don’t want to talk to your mom or dad, tell an au ...