Essays Tagged: "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders"
ADHD.
ed will continue to have some difficulties with ADHD during their adulthood.(NIMH) According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders there are three different types of ADHD; ADHD ... d in road rash.People who are consistently inattentive may have predominantly inattentive ADHD. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental disorders states characteristics of this group of predom ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases
Examples of Diagnostic Criterion for Unipolar Depression, as defined in The DSM-IV , in William Styron's Darkness Visible: a Memoir of Madness
often subjectively describe the disorder as a feeling of drowning or suffocation.B. Application of Diagnostic (DSM-IV) CriteriaThe Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV (DSM-IV) li ... sane" (pg. 26), and, "The disorder gradually took full possession of my system" (pg. 47).The second diagnostic criterion listed in the DSM-IV is markedly diminished interest or pleasure in all, or alm ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Depression, Stress & Suicide
Asperger's Syndrome
accurately described children with this syndrome in the 1940's and was officially recognized in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders for the first time in the fourth edition publi ... ren with AS generally have milder problems through their lifespan compared to those with Autism.The diagnostic criteria for Asperger syndrome have a wide range of characteristics. The impairment of so ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders
Personality Types and Negotiations Techniques
My Personality Types and Negotiations TechniquesThe DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) defines personality as:Enduring patterns of p ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
bsessions are recurrent, persistent ideas or thoughts that involuntarily enter one=s consciousness (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders [DSM-III], 1980). As an attempt to ignore or s ... n be related to OCD if extreme (Storch, 2005), this psychological disorder is rare according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (1980). In addition, again according to the DS ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders
Eating Disorders
a and Binge eating disorder. These eating disorders are all identified and classified by DSM- IV or Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition. It is important to mention that ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases
Abnormal psych
"The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders", better know as the DSM series, categorizes m ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
Narcissistic Personality Disorder (Communications class research paper) A very understudied topic that was difficult to obtain information about.
o an obscured personality disorder. Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) is best defined via the Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) (1995) as one possess ... If and when NPD is included into transcripts, we need to fathom the claim as it is declared in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (1995),A pervasive pattern of grandiosity.. ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies
Autism
ir "social interaction, language as used in social communication, or symbolic or imaginative play" (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders).[4]Autism, and the other four pervasive devel ... henomenon include better diagnosis, wider public awareness of the condition, regional variations in diagnostic criteria, or simply an increase in the occurrence of ASD (autism spectrum disorders). The ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health
Antisocial Personality Disorder and Understanding Criminal Behavior
s having a disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others (American Psychiatric Association: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 1994). This definition as well as the statist ... ention of crime and the treatment of individuals.ReferencesAmerican Psychiatric Association (1987). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of MentalDisorders 3rd revised ed. Washington: APA.American Psychi ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders
I Can't Stop Fucking Copulating
nty years now. However, the DSM IIIr does not have a listing for Sexual Addiction (DSM IIIr "“ Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders III revised edition) Sexual Addition is probab ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
Autism: an observation of an autistic child and the creation of learning environment.
erger's syndrome is unlikely to manifest itself until the child is much older.Section 299.80 of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) defines Asperger's Syndrome as the di ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
Eating Disorders
Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa. These eating disorders are all identified and classified by DSM- IV or Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition. It is important to mention that ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
Fetishism- A Paraphilia
on of paraphilias. A paraphilia is the modern day psychiatric term for perversion. According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, paraphilias refer to intense repetitive sexua ... Fetishism". Encyclopedia of Psychoanalysis. Ludwig Eidelberg, MD 1968, The Free Press, New York.5) "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition". 1994. American Psychiatric Association. Washington DC
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sex & Sexuality
Alcoholism
at this behavior interferes with the alcoholic's normal personal, family, social, or work life. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) defines alcoholism as a maladaptive alco ... alcoholism but not for diagnosing it. The Alcohol Dependence Data Questionnaire is a more sensitive diagnostic test than the CAGE test. It helps distinguish a diagnosis of alcohol dependence from one ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) has come a long way since 1952. The firs ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Depression, Stress & Suicide
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is the official manual used in diagnosing ment ... l for professionals in the field of Psychiatry.The Danger of Over-diagnosis and Misuse of LabelsThe diagnostic labels in the DSM are used like the Dewey decimal system to catalog disorders. For exampl ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
e of the disorder can be ascertained by several questions which are based around the DSM-IV-TR. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is published by the American Psychiatric ... TSD traumas has increased and one study suggests that the increase is around 50% (APA 2002, p. 4467)Diagnostic criteria for PTSD include a history of exposure to a traumatic event meeting two criteria ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders
DSM categories of alcohol dependence, abuse, intoxication and withdrawal.
According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV-TR (American Psychiatric Association, 2000) ... use of drinking. These are all key criteria in the diagnosis of alcohol dependence.According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV-TR (American Psychiatric Association, 2000) ... nd 3 % of women may suffer from persistent problems related to the use of alcohol. According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV-TR (American Psychiatric Association, 2000) ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health
Summary of the Chapters of "Crimes of the Internet"
ternet addiction and information on different treatments regarding pornography are derived from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. The social bond theory can be used for the st ...
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