Essays Tagged: "American Psychiatric Association"
Tourette Syndrome: an overview
ill being refined, but the generally accepted diagnostic criteria found in the DSM - 111 - R of the American Psychiatric Association (1987) are as follows: a) Both multiple motor and one or more vocal ... S and their families it can be a life long companion with, as yet, no foreseeable cure.BIBLIOGRAPHY American Psychiatric Association (1980) Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. DSM ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health
Decreasing Brain Matter in Schizophrenia! scientific tests and progress of testing and preventing the degeneration of gray matter.
contrast to comparative healthy test subjects.IntroductionSchizophrenia, as defined in the DSM-IV (American Psychiatric Association 1994), is classified as a serious psychotic disorder affecting the ... omen 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 controlled grou ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health
Psychopaths.
PsychopathsThe term "psychopath" is used to describe a mental illness. In 1952, the American Psychiatric Association suggested using the term "sociopath" as a more acceptable alternati ... oral patterns, rather than a mental disease. The terms have been used interchangeably. In 1968, the American Psychiatric Association merged these two concepts together and labeled them as Antisocial P ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
Bulimia Nervosa. How can people become bulimic? When did it get started? How do people with Bulimia Nervosa keep weight off? What is Bulimia Nervosa?
entioned in the literature in the 18th century. However, it was not recognized as an illness by the American Psychiatric Association until 1979 and was not officially named Bulimia Nervosa until 1987 ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases
An Appeal for the Rights of Homosexuals
ng wrong with homosexuality and if we could find out what causes it, we could cure it. In 1973, the American Psychiatric Association determined that homosexuality is a way of life and not a mental or ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Homosexuality
Borderline Personality Disorder: History, Understanding and Treatment
Borderline Personality Disorder affects an estimated five million Americans. Patients with BPD make up 20 percent of psychiatric inpatients and 10 percent of psychiat ... ears to be at least as helpful in treating BPD as standard cognitive behavioral therapy.BibliographyAmerican Psychiatric Association (2000). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ... 00). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed. Text Revision). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association.Clum, G.A. & Weaver, T.L. (1993). Early Family Environments and ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders
Mothers with Borderline Personality Disorder & the Effects they have on their Children
illness that has been around for decades but unknown to most people. It was not until 1980 that the American Psychiatric Association formally recognized BPD in its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, a ... s have, such as eating disorders, AIDS, depression or breast cancer (Ibid). BPD affects six million Americans and women out number men two to one (Wirth-Cauchon, p.57), so it is reasonable to think th ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders
Multiple Personality Disorder - conflicting views regarding the controversy of the disorder.
t times, the personalities alternate in their control of the person's actions and general conduct. (American Psychiatric Association, 1994) Dissociation is a mental process, which produces a lack of ... 89). Multiple Personality: An exercise in deception. Hove, UK: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Ltd.American Psychiatric Association, (1994). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders. (4t ...
Subjects: Science Essays
Sexual Sadism and Masochism
lving the inflicting of pain and suffering on others to achieve sexual excitement or gratification (American Psychiatric Association, 1994). Moreover, the DSM-IV requires that the patient in question ... or personal functioning, or if the patient has acted on these desires with a non consenting person (American Psychiatric Association, 1994). Conversely, sexual masochism is characterized by persistent ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sex & Sexuality
Avoidant Personality Disorder
uicide.One of the most unique personality disorders is the AvoidantPersonality Disorder.The DSM-IV (American Psychiatric Association, 1994)describes Avoidant Personality Disorder as: a persuasive patt ... cause they may proveembarrassingAvoidant Personality Disorder usually starts at earlyadulthood. The American Psychiatric Association is convincedthat an equal amount of men and women experience this p ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
Misdiagnosed children with ADHD.
Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) as it appears in the Diagnostic and Statistical manual of the American Psychiatric Association is: ADHD is a disorder that can include a list of nine specific sym ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine
Antisocial Personality Disorder and Understanding Criminal Behavior
.D., 2005) and is also described as having a disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others (American Psychiatric Association: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 1994). This ... y linked to criminals because it is described or defined in part on the basis of violent behaviors (American Psychiatric Association, 1987). Indeed, in understanding criminal behavior, it is important ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders
Bi-Polar Disorder
Valon MelaBi-Polar disorder (BPD), also known as manic depression, is a disorder that effects many Americans. According to APA (American Psychiatric Association) it's a disorder which causes periods ... and the therapy helps you get everything of your chest and tells you how to deal with it.Work CitedAmerican Psychiatric Association. "Mental Disorders". Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental di ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
Canda At War
, a certain degree of misbehavior, experimentation, or independence seeking is common. In fact, the American Psychiatric Association (1994) indicates that "New onset of oppositional behaviors in adole ... sorder (ADHD), as defined in Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: Fourth Edition (American Psychiatric Association, 1994). The mother, teacher, and psychologist could all be speaking ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
Causes of ADHD
According to the American Psychiatric Association, symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) ?inclu ... agnostic tools are required. Until then, parents should be paying attention to their kid.Work Cited American Psychiatric Association. American Psychiatric Association. 07/11/04 .Gibbs, Nancy . "''The ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases
Reminiscence Therapy
ecessary as the needs of older people by mental health issues straddle a lot of service boundaries (American Psychiatric Association, 2004). The meaning of this strategy is to hold up the older people ... number of latest and ground-breaking posts will be careful as part of labor force growth.ReferencesAmerican Psychiatric Association. (2004). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (4th ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management
ADHD in Girls
als, limiting their potential, affecting their families and interfering with their daily lives. The American Psychiatric Association in 1994, as well as Goodyear & Hynd in 1992; Lahey,Applegate, M ... y to be misdiagnosed with depression.Dr. Joseph Biderman reported at the 2002 annual meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry that girls with ADHD are more likely to have the ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health
A Discussion on a Clinical Encounter Using the Principles of Therapeutic Engagement and Reflective Models
is a 36 year old, single, English white female. Her diagnosis is paranoid schizoaffective disorder (American Psychiatric Association, 2000), but she has little insight into her condition. Ms X is curr ... , but also to ensure that clients receive the best possible care by the healthcare worker.REFERENCESAmerican Psychiatric Association (2000) DSM-IV-TR: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disor ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health
Discussion of the documentary The Thin Blue Line by Errol Morris
ver examining the defendant. Although this kind of testimony is sometimes used in other states, the American Psychiatric Association has condemned it as unethical and untrustworthy. Through Grigson, M ... ascribe to our courts and legal systems. Nonetheless, for the immediate future it appears that most Americans will either ignore the risk of executing the innocent or simply accept its inevitability.W ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
us of considerable attention, and some controversy, since it was formally recognised in 1980 by the American Psychiatric Association. This essay will discuss the history of this relatively new diagnos ... the DSM-IV-TR. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is published by the American Psychiatric Association (AMA) and provides diagnostic criteria for disorders such as PTSD, ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders