Personality‚ and Eating Disorders Case Analysis Introduction Abnormal disorders diagnosed in the DSM-IV-TR‚ a multi-axial diagnostic tool‚ used by clinicians‚ psychologists‚ psychiatrists‚ and medical professionals for the classification of mental disorders (Hansell & Damour‚ 2008). Axis I and Axis II of the DSM-IV-TR covers classifications of mental disorders that include unwelcome types of distress and impairment‚ that constitutes mental disease‚ disorder‚ and or disability
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DSM-IV-TR vs. DSM-5 Debate on the Changes in Autism Diagnosis I. Introduction A. What is the DSM? According to the American Psychiatric Association the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is the standard classification of mental disorders used by mental health professionals in the United States. The DSM consists of three major components: 1. The diagnostic classification is the list of the mental disorders that are officially part of the DSM system. 2. A set of
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Dissociative Disorder I. What is dissociation? * Can be defined as a condition that involves disruptions or breakdowns of memory‚ awareness‚ identity or perception. * What causes dissociative disorder? * Psychological trauma * Sexual abuse * Stressful events * What are the effects of a dissociative disorder? * Automatic switching of personalities during moments of stress * Losing time‚ or dissociative amnesia
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DSM-IV Evaluation Sarah Blackerby Abnormal Psychology September 8‚ 2013 University of Phoenix Case Study 1 Josephine is a 47-year-old single woman. The hardest times of the year for Josephine ’s family are holidays and family gatherings; Josephine never seems to enjoy herself. She seldom smiles‚ laughs‚ or reacts to people and events around her. She remains detached and often goes into a room and plays video games or watches television
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Dissociative Disorders What are dissociative disorders? A dissociative disorder is the breakdown of one’s perception of his/her surroundings‚ memory‚ identity‚ or consciousness. There are four main kinds of dissociative disorders: 1. Dissociative amnesia 2. Dissociative fugue 3. Dissociative identity disorder (previously called multiple personality disorder) 4. Depersonalization disorder What are the main characteristics of each dissociative disorder? Dissociative amnesia: A
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Assignment-DSM-IV Evaluation Deborah L Higgins PSY 270 December 12‚ 2010 Miles Castle Assignment-DSM-IV Evaluation The purpose of this paper is to match the disorders in Appendix H to the appropriate case studies according to the DSM-IV. I will also discuss possible causes and treatments of the disorders that I successfully matched. There were five case studies and seven disorders so therefore there were two that were not used. The psychological disorders that were used were schizoid‚ narcissistic
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Somatoform Disorders PSY/410 Somatoform Disorders “Somatoform disorders are characterized by the presence of physical symptoms or concerns that are not due to a medical disorder” (Hansell & Damour‚ 2008‚ p. 224). Individuals who suffer from somatoform disorders experience symptoms of physical disease or defect when there is nothing wrong with their bodies medically. Factitious disorders are similar to somatoform disorder in that individual’s fake bodily symptoms to give others the perception
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DSM IV PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS DSM IV is the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. It is also known as DSM-IV-TR. It is a manual published by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) that includes all currently recognized mental health disorders. It is used in the United States and in varying countries around the world. It is used by clinicians‚ researchers‚ psychiatric drug regulation agencies‚ health insurance companies‚ phameceutical companies‚ and policy
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Sohaib Tahir (15-10118) Psychology Presentation Dissociative Amnesia and Fugue‚ Identity disorder Dissociative Amnesia: Dissociative amnesia‚ formerly called psychogenic amnesia‚ is one of a group of conditions called dissociative disorders. Dissociative disorders are mental illnesses that involve disruptions or breakdowns of memory‚ mental functions that normally operate smoothly. When one or more of these functions is disrupted‚ symptoms
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Essay‚ Question 1 Mental disorder can be classified in many ways. Earliest attempts can be traced back to the ancient Greece. In 5 B.C. Hippocrates tried to establish a classification system for mental disorder. He used words such as mania‚ hysteria to classify mental illness. In the course of time the vocabulary had been enhanced by word such as circular madness‚ paranoia etc. However‚ the first classification system with real scientific profile was provided by Emil Kreapelin (1856-1926). Nowadays
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