Essays Tagged: "DSM-IV"
Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Gender: Why are girls less diagnosed than boys?
Disorder, more commonly known as ADD or ADHD, has become much more common recently. As of 1994 the DSM-IV stated that about 3%-5% of American school aged children have this disorder. While it is quit ... e implies, this sub-type needs to meet all criteria for both hyperactive-impulsive and inattention (DSM-IV, 1994).I am interested in this topic because I worked with children at a school in my hometow ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders
mental ilnesses (BPD)
ere developed from research done by Gunderson, Kolb, and Zanarini. Finally, there is the "official" DSM-IV definition.Some researchers, like Judith Herman, believe that BPD is a name given to a partic ... eatment regressions; and ability to arouse inappropriately close or hostile treatment relationships.DSM-IV criteriaThe DSM-IV gives these nine criteria; a diagnosis requires that the subject present w ...
Subjects: Science Essays
A basic overveiw of what Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)is and its effects.
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders
Decreasing Brain Matter in Schizophrenia! scientific tests and progress of testing and preventing the degeneration of gray matter.
nics, in contrast to comparative healthy test subjects.IntroductionSchizophrenia, as defined in the DSM-IV (American Psychiatric Association 1994), is classified as a serious psychotic disorder affect ... and 47 women with the psychiatric disorder (meeting the standards of schizophrenia set forth by the DSM-IV (American Psychiatric Association 1994)), and 106 men and 52 women were chosen as the control ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health
Classification of Personality Disorders in the DSM-IV
The classification of personality disorders is controversial. An example would be that the DSM-IV has disorders listed that have discrepancies with the book used in Europe, the ICD-10. Narcis ... ted that have discrepancies with the book used in Europe, the ICD-10. Narcissism is included in the DSM-IV, but not the ICD-10. Another example is that a person's culture plays a large role in diagnos ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders
What is a paraphilia?
tasies, urges, or behaviors must occur for no less than 6 months to meet diagnostic criteria in the DSM-IV and must interfere with either satisfactory sexual relations or everyday functioning.In perso ... of oneself or another personAdult sexual behavior that involves children or nonconsenting adultsThe DSM-IV lists 8 major paraphilias:1. Exhibitionism--focus on exposing oneself to an unsuspecting pers ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
Central features of paraphilias-an outline
The central features of all paraphilias, according to the DSM-IV, are:Sexual urges or sexual fantasies with non-human objects and/or sexual behaviors with non ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
Frotteurism and Pedophilia.
to decrease when the man reaches his late twenties. To be considered diagnosable, according to the DSM-IV, this behavior must be present over a period of at least 6 months, be recurrent, and the fant ... involving sexual activity with a prepubescent child (typically age 13 or younger). According to the DSM-IV, to be considered for this diagnosis, the individual must be at least 16 years old and at lea ...
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Major Depressive Disorder
"Major Depressive Disorder"DSM-IV 296Presented for Mental Health and IllnessTo Ms. ThurstonBy Vidushi SinghApril 25, 2004"An ol ... l and environmental factors are involved in the onset of depression.The simple diagnostic criteria (DSM-IV 296.3x) for major depressive disorder includes: 1) at least 2 major depressive episode (with ...
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Anorexia
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
Sexual Sadism and Masochism
achieve sexual excitement or gratification (American Psychiatric Association, 1994). Moreover, the DSM-IV requires that the patient in question must have for at least six months intense sexual desire ... partner so as to achieve sexual excitement (American Psychiatric Association, 1994). Likewise, the DSM-IV also have prerequisites for masochism which are the occurrence of intense sexual desires, fan ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sex & Sexuality
Personality Types and Negotiations Techniques
My Personality Types and Negotiations TechniquesThe DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) defines personality as:Enduring patte ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
Avoidant Personality Disorder
level, suicide.One of the most unique personality disorders is the AvoidantPersonality Disorder.The DSM-IV (American Psychiatric Association, 1994)describes Avoidant Personality Disorder as: a persuas ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
Discuss If an accurate DSM-IV diagnosis is made treatment is straight forward.
Even if an accurate early diagnosis using the DSM-IV has been made to confirm a childhood disorder, treatment is not necessarily guaranteed to be ... provider may be faced with in an effort to achieve the best course of treatment for the child .The DSM-IV is undoubtably a valuable tool for ensuring a fairly accurate diagnosis of a wide range of me ... y illness or disorder that it aids in diagnosing.An accurate diagnosis is vitally important and the DSM-IV is indispensable in assisting this, however it must not be assumed that treatment will always ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
Eating Disorders
4th Edition. It is important to mention that obesity is not classified as a mental disorder in the DSM-IV but it is rather a factor considered in binge eating disorder.Anorexia nervosa is a mental di ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases
Narcissistic Personality Disorder (Communications class research paper) A very understudied topic that was difficult to obtain information about.
NPD) is best defined via the Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) (1995) as one possessing such dominant characteristics as "pervasive patterns of grandiosity ... r 12, 2005, from InfoTrac Onefile databaseDiagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders: DSM-IV. (1995). Washington, DC:American Psychiatric Association.Fink, P. J. (2004, January). F ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies
The Validity and Etiology of Dissociative Identity Disorder
Formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder, Dissociative Identity Disorder is described by the DSM-IV as "a failure to integrate various aspects of identity, memory and consciousness" in which su ... ting (Elzinga; Phaf; Ardon; van Dyck, 2003).A more commonly practiced theory, also reflected in the DSM-IV states that memories are compartmentalized into the different personality states, where memor ...
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (Diagrams missing)
agnostic and Statistic Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (more commonly referred to as the DSM-IV), the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale, and the Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Screener ( ... Another tool used to judge how extensive OCD is in a patient is a checklist of common symptoms.The DSM-IV Diagnostic Criteria for OCD: (Anxiety and Stress NP)A. Either obsessions or compulsions:Obses ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders
Feminist Therapy And Anorexia Nervosa
and evaluated the condition of each woman in comparison with the diagnostic criteria listed in the DSM-IV. The results indicated that the women who participated in feminist therapy did not significan ... mia. This study will focus solely on anorexia nervosa in women and it's treatment. According to the DSM-IV (1994), a woman is diagnosed as having anorexia when she refuses to maintain even a minimal b ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays
War
ors of mental disturbances? -Perfectionist, seeing things, ect.Why do mental health workers use the DSM-IV? - to diagnose the correct disorder What is anxiety? What kind of relations do people experie ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology