Depressive Disorder According to the DSM -- IV -- TR (2000), Major Depressive Disorder is classified by the number of Major Depressive Episodes -- although only one is needed in order to diagnose Major Depressive Disorder -- and according to the se Continue Reading...
economic burden Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. The research arguable issue yield a 1000-1200 words. All work local (USA) global. The economic burden of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ha Continue Reading...
Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) is the name that the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders-IV-Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR) uses for the disorder previously known as Multiple Personality Disorder (American Psychiatric Association [ Continue Reading...
Bipolar Disorder Case Story Bipolar Disorder A girl suffering from Bipolar Disorder: Sarah I was working in the community health center as an intern, when I received a call from a woman desperately looking for assistance for her 17-years-old daugh Continue Reading...
Cognitive triad (Beck). Negative views of the self, environment, and the future. 14. Seligman's learned helplessness theory. Failure to respond to a threatening situation even if there is an obvious mode of escape due to past experiences of being u Continue Reading...
OCD is in many ways a homogeneous disorder. The disorder has a prevalence of around 2% to 3% of the population, and this prevalence is likely underestimated in many different countries / and descriptions of obsessions and compulsions have been rema Continue Reading...
The resulting anxiety then is managed by training children to use strategies that help them work with their anxiety in a more effective and less disruptive way. Anxiety management techniques may include relaxation training, distraction, or imagery. Continue Reading...
Treatment of Psychological Disorders The patient is a 46-year-old man who is experiencing difficulties at work to which he attributes the symptoms he is experiencing. Presenting symptoms include feelings of depression, difficulty sleeping, loss of Continue Reading...
Seriously, a reader cannot be certain that RAD is the key problem with T, who has had prenatal exposure to alcohol, marijuana and cocaine and has experienced "abuse and neglect" (Lyon p. 644). The article brings in the possibility that FASD or PTSD Continue Reading...
DIAGNOSIS, LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUESDeveloping Diagnoses for Clients Receiving PsychotherapyThis weeks practicum involves making a diagnosis for a presenting client using the DSM-5 criteria and explaining the legal and ethical implications associated Continue Reading...
NURSING Nursing: Therapy for Patients with Sleep-Wake DisordersDepression and stress disorder are some of the most prominent causes of sleep-wake disorders. Insomnia is one of the most commonly discussed problems, ad n sleep difficulties have caused Continue Reading...
Therapy for Patients with Major Depressive DisorderAccording to psychiatrist Fernando of Johns Hopkins Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, the prevalence of mood disorders in the United States is far higher than one can imagine. Irresp Continue Reading...
Overall Assessment Overall each of the articles contribute significantly to the study of PTSD. The impact of memory and learning issues for those that have the disorder should not be downplayed as such issues can negatively impact the quality of l Continue Reading...
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Techniques For Treating Sedative, Hypnotic or Anxiolytic use disorder Sedative-Hypnotic are a Class of Medications that Includes Barbiturates. Sedative hypnotic refers to the medication such as benzodiazepines, barbi Continue Reading...
Parents, Children and the Search for Identity Initial Responses Before engaging with the reading material and conducting some preliminary research, my knowledge of the autistic spectrum was definitely limited. I have never known anyone directly th Continue Reading...
Autism is a disorder that starts early in the childhood and stays until adulthood. It has now been known that many conditions are considered co morbid to autism spectrum disorders. These conditions are variable but some of the most common ones includ Continue Reading...
Studies conducted by Doughty et al. (2004) suggest that panic disorders, potentially exacerbated by the panic-inducing qualities of drug usage, are significantly associated with bi-polar disease, and Long finds that panic disorders are generationall Continue Reading...
A detailed review of his birth, early and late life, especially his progress as an artist has been discussed in the previous section. All this information is the basis on which a case was formulated and evaluated in the coming sections. Case Formu Continue Reading...
Diagnosis and Treatment Planning Contemporary Approaches Used for Assessment and Diagnosis The Center for Quality Assessment and Improvement in Mental Health relates screening tools used for screening for bipolar disorder to include the 'Mood Disor Continue Reading...
Depression There is a stark and medical difference between feelings of sadness and clinical mood disorders such as unipolar depression and bipolar disorders. Both disorders can have a profound on the quality of life of an individual. Often times the Continue Reading...
Incarcerated Mentally Ill Patients It may sound unbelievable, but on any given day, scholars estimate that almost 70,000 inmates in U.S. prisons are psychotic; and up to 300,000 suffer from mental disorders like depression, schizophrenia, and bipola Continue Reading...
" Done, D.J. Crow, T.J. Johnstone, E.C. Sacker, a. (September 1994) Childhood Antecedents of Schizophrenia and Affective Illness: Social Adjustment at ages 7 to 11.BMJ, 309:699-703. Teacher appraisal using the national child development study was u Continue Reading...
e., unreasonable expectations of especially favorable treatment or automatic compliance with his or her expectations" (DSM-IV, 2000)); d) has no empathy for those he has taken advantage of, such as family members (asking for a loan), landlords (fail Continue Reading...
It seems sound to recommend that Adam stop taking Concerta, because it might aggravate underlying bipolar symptoms. Strattera not stimulating, but it can have side effects, like prolonged erections, and it is also a fairly new drug. It should be pr Continue Reading...
When he was a child he also had to be careful about bathing in special soaps and applying special creams to his skin. I recall there being times when his skin was tremendously dry and it would scale so badly that my brother didn't want to leave the Continue Reading...
Yellow Wallpaper portrays that the protagonist in the story, Jane is mentally disturbed. Due to various factors and social pressures, Jane is affected with a mental condition that causes her to lose her mind and be out of touch with reality. The diag Continue Reading...
Jane appears to be suffering from dissociative identity disorder based on the first three diagnostic criteria for this condition (American Psychiatric Association [APA], 2000). A person with dissociative identity disorder maintains multiple mutually- Continue Reading...
Schizophrenia, Dissociative Disorder and Bipolar Disorder While some symptoms of schizophrenia, dissociative disorder and bipolar disorder might seem similar, prompting individuals to suspect that the three different mental health disorders are inter Continue Reading...
client is a never married 27-year-old African-American lady who has completed 12 years of formal education. She is currently employed as a retail salesperson in the clothing section at a local department store. Her parents died in an automobile cras Continue Reading...
Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Evidence-Based Concepts, Skills, and Practices would prove an excellent and exhaustive source. Essentially a handbook that will be of value not just to a student in the field but also to a practicing professional, t Continue Reading...
Consistent with this, other findings propose that women are more likely than men to take part in violence in the home whereas men are more likely than women to take part in violence in public places. Even though there is some evidence that mental i Continue Reading...
Lazowski, L., Koller, M., Stuart, H., & Milev, R. (2012). Stigma and Discrimination in People Suffering with a Mood Disorder: A Cross-Sectional Study. Depression Research and Treatment, 9. Lazowski, Koller, Stuart, and Milev (2012), examined the Continue Reading...
These values can be as operational for the parent/child association as it is for the owner/pet relationship. Strategy for communication The objective of any family is for all members to live in agreement with each other. It is the first basis of a Continue Reading...
Week 1 The field of neuroscience that interests me most is a research position at a hospital or university. I believe that being attached to a research facility within the medical community has the potential for high demand in the future, as a growin Continue Reading...
Participants were included if they had experienced sexual or physical assault in childhood or adulthood and met criteria for PTSD at the time of the initial assessment, were at least 3 months posttrauma (no upper limit), and if on medication, were s Continue Reading...
A diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder is usually determined through the observation and evaluation of the person's own self-reported experiences. No form of testing, including laboratory tests can determine if a person has this kind of disorder. Continue Reading...
In the STAI, the researcher asks the subjects how they feel at the moment and in the recent past, and how they anticipate feeling in the future (Benazon & Coyne, 2000). This test is designed to overlap between depression and anxiety scales by me Continue Reading...
Cognitive Behavior Therapy Psychology is consistently evolving in new and interesting ways. Old therapies are tweaked, making new or altered versions of the original. Cognitive behavior therapy is an example of an evolved form of therapy. The roots Continue Reading...
