2010). Bipolar Disorder Mood disorders are characterized by extreme disturbances in emotional states. Some people experience extreme elation and hyperactivity; also‚ sadness‚ and depression. Bi-polar disorder is a diagnostic term in the DSM-IV-TR‚ for individuals who experience episodes of manic or of both mania and depression; excessive and unreasonable elation and hyperactivity characterize
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Problems related to identifying‚ diagnosing and assessing depression in adolescents when taking into account gender and other contextual factors. Table of Contents Introduction Developmental stage of adolescence Defining mood disorders Mood disorders in adolescents Diagnosing and classifying depression in adolescents Assessment and treatment of depression in adolescents How gender influences depression in adolescents Contextual factors related to depression in adolescents Other factors
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Unit 12 Outline Introduction: 1. List reasons from the text why people are fascinated by the exceptional‚ the unusual‚ and the abnormal. 2. Are there any countries free of psychological disorders? I. Perspectives on Psychological Disorders A. Defining Psychological Disorders 3. Identify the criteria for judging whether behavior is psychologically disordered. 4. Explain the controversy over the diagnosis of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. Present both sides of
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fully clarified. The aim of the present study was to analyze DSM-IV OCPD prevalence rates in OCD and panic disorder (PD) patients to test for the specificity of the OCPD-OCD link‚ and to compare them to OCPD prevalence in a control group of subjects without any psychiatric disorder. A total of 109 patients with a principal diagnosis of DSM-IV (SCID-I) OCD and 82 with PD were interviewed using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis II Disorders (SCID-II) in order to assess the prevalence
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Gender dysphoria From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Gender identity disorder) Jump to: navigation‚ search Gender Dysphoria Classification and external resources ICD-10 F64.9‚ F64.8 ICD-9 302.85 MedlinePlus 001527 MeSH D005783 Transgender topics Identities Agender • Androgyne • Bigender Cisgender and cissexual Genderqueer • Hijra Sex and/or gender diverse Third gender / Third sex Trans man • Trans woman Trigender • Two-Spirit Queer heterosexuality
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best approach a group of women at the bar. This concept leads John to develop and publish his theories and concepts and to a job he has been seeking. John presents with Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD)‚ an Axis II disorder according to the DSM-IV-TR. Narcissistic Personality Disorder is a cluster B disorder that is involves three elements: an inflated view of oneself‚ a lack of warmth of empathy for relationships with others‚ and using a variety of strategies to help maintain this inflated self-view
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husband and one daughter. Agnes believed that she suffered from “heart disease”‚ but her physician reassured her that it may be anxiety and tension. Agnes may have being suffering from anxiety disorder known as Agoraphobia‚ which is classified in the DSM-IV-TR as a fear of being left alone or finding oneself in public places in which one could be embarrassed and unable to find help in case of sudden panic attacks (Meyer‚ Chapman & Weaver‚ 2009). The biological‚ emotional‚ cognitive and behavioral components
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Sciences‚ National University San Bernardino Campus‚ 804 East Brier Drive‚ San Bernardino‚ CA 92408. E-mail: sehamsaba@hotmail.com Abstract This paper reviews the DSM-IV TR diagnostic of major depressive disorder and its psychotherapeutic treatment options. The author will first describe and explain depression and its DSM-IV criteria. Then the author will analyze the different psychological approaches use in the treatment of major depressive disorder which includes interpersonal psychotherapy
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Disorder Impulse-Control Disorders Impulse-Control Disorder (ICD) is a repeated impulsive action that results in negative consequences. The DSM-IV distinguish five particular impulse-Control Disorder such as: kleptomania‚ pyromania‚ pathological‚ trichotillomania‚ and intermittent explosive disorder. The DSM-IV-TR named these five disorders “Not Elsewhere Classified” and names them separately because they do not qualify in any other kind of disorders talked about in the manual
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recent addition of the DSM-IV-TR. ADHD is usually first diagnosed in infancy‚ childhood‚ or adolescence. ADHD is characterized by prominent symptoms of inattention‚ hyperactivity-impulsivity‚ or a combination. The prevalence rate is 3% to 7% in school-age children(Erk‚ 2002). Once a technical diagnosis is made‚ the medical model would recommend giving the child drugs to
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