Posts Tagged ‘statistical manual of mental disorders’

Selfie craze? Doctors link smartphone snaps with mental illness
Experts have linked taking selfies with mental illness, claiming that some people who obsessively take pictures of themselves may have a form of Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD). Those with BDD typically have a preoccupation with one or more perceived …
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How TV is changing perceptions of mental disorders
While portrayals of mental illness in the media have become more accurate in recent years with shows like "Homeland" and "Elementary," some films and TV shows continue to form and spread damaging views of mental disorders and treatment methods.
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Violence Is Not a Product of Mental Illness. Violence Is a Product of Anger.
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, the reference book used by mental health professionals to assign diagnoses of mental illness, does very little to address anger. The one relevant diagnosis is intermittent …
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Psychiatrists From Another Dimension (Part 1)
After all the criticisms, the street protests and the scholarly debates, the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders was finally published by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) in May 2013. And then… well …
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Study Reveals About Half of Country's Psychiatrists Don't Accept Health Insurance
Just as more and more attention is being paid to the importance of mental health care, a new study reveals that access to psychiatrists is decreasing. Erin Billups takes a closer look at what could grow to be a major issue as millions more Americans …
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Question by Killer: my brother is addicted to weed?
I’ve been smoking weed every day for 2 years now, and I’m not addicted. but brother started last week and now he’s addicted! what should I do?

Best answer:

Answer by The Big E
If you have smoked weed every day for the last two years, you too are addicted whether you admit it to yourself and others or not. Insofar as your review of your brother’s weed smoking habit, that is especially not for you to be judging in light of the example you set for him. The blind are enviably not in a credible position to adequately lead the blind as both suffer the same impaired judgment before the process even begins. The greatest lies that hurt us most are the ones we tell ourselves.

 

Mental Health Legislation in the Emergency Room; a Presentation by The Royal Part One.wmv – Mental Health Legislation in the Emergency Room, a presentation by Dr. Alison Freeland, Associate Chief at The Royal and Associate Professor, University of O…

 

Creigh Deeds 'Close With Son Who Stabbed Him'

Filed under: elder mental health

The 24-year-old, one of the senator's four adult children, left college to participate in his father's 2009 campaign for governor. One of the senator's colleagues said the elder Deeds had made "herculean efforts" to help his son over the years. … A …
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Judge seeks to help hoarders

Filed under: elder mental health

Hoarding once was considered a form of obsessive-compulsive behavior, but this year was defined as its own distinct disorder in the update of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, considered the bible for psychiatry. According to …
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Psychiatric Drugs and Mass Shootings ?? – Fact: At least fourteen recent school shootings were committed by those taking or withdrawing from psychiatric drugs resulting in 109 wounded and 58 killed (…

 

Gunman in California rampage once held for psychiatric evaluation

Filed under: psychiatric

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The slain California gunman who killed five people in a rampage through Santa Monica was a onetime digital-media student who endured a troubled home life and spent several days as a teen in the psychiatric unit of a hospital, …
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Santa Monica College Shooter Spent Time In UCLA's Psychiatric Ward

Filed under: psychiatric

More details have emerged about John Zawahri, the Santa Monica College shooter whose shooting rampage Friday left five people dead. Reports have painted a dark past for the 23-year-old, including a history of mental issues and a bitter family dispute.
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For two Army vets, Dallas urban farming offers purpose and therapeutic value

Filed under: therapy eating disorders

For former soldiers Steve Smith and James Jeffers, it was just another mission in their quest to change Dallas' eating habits through an urban farming enterprise they call Eat The Yard. With the aid of a winch, a scissor lift and a … We're doing …
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Eating Disorders

Filed under: therapy eating disorders

Treatment teams should include your primary care physician (who is comfortable treating eating disorders), a psychiatrist and/or psychologist, and a nutritionist. It takes a team to treat these issues. It also takes a great deal of family involvement …
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