Posts Tagged ‘statistical manual of mental disorders’

Question by Skydog70: How many cups of coffee constitute Caffeine Abuse?
I once took advantage of an ‘all you can drink’ deal offered every morning at a local cafe, and the owner looked at me after I had four or five cups and told me, “That’s caffeine abuse!”, which I thought was meant as a joke, but when I looked him in the eye he was dead serious. Was I really abusing caffeine, and what would that do to me if I was?

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Answer by succubus
you would be talking really really fast but you wouldn’t realize it just like me now bye

Answer by memshelly8
i don’t know about abuse, but i think he was just mad cause you were drinking all of his coffee…. anyways, it takes 100 cups of coffee at one sitting for the caffine to kill you.

Question by paladin: Does Collins project start to make sense, when you read this : ?
Definition of Personality
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision [Washington DC, American Psychiatric Association, 2000] defines “personality” as:

“…enduring patterns of perceiving, relating to, and thinking about the environment and oneself … exhibited in a wide range of important social and personal contexts.”

Characteristics common to all personality disorders
Patients with personality disorders share certain characteristics:

1. Except those suffering from the Schizoid or the Avoidant Personality Disorders, they are insistent and demand preferential and privileged treatment. They complain about numerous symptoms, though they frequently second guess the diagnosis and disobey the physician, his treatment recommendations and instructions.

2. They feel unique, are affected with grandiosity and a diminished capacity for empathy. Consequently, they regard the physician as inferior to them, alienate him and bore him with their self-preoccupation.

Question by Stephanie: psychology question..?
okay so i have this project on substance abuse n my psychology class and i need to know who when and how substance abuse was diagnosed as a mental disease

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Dr. Leslie Baugh-Robinson – Child Psychiatrist – A child psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders in children and adolescents.

 

Psychiatrist: I did everything I can do

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CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — A Lowcountry psychiatrist revealed Wednesday that there are child patients who are being put at risk. The doctor, a child psychiatrist at Medical University Hospital, said child patients are being returned to homes where …
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Ashley Smith a 'large tyrannical child,' psychiatrist tells inquest

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TORONTO — A teenaged girl who killed herself in her prison segregation cell was one of the most difficult cases he had ever encountered, a psychiatrist testified Monday. Dr. Jeffrey Penn told the inquest into her death that only the best quality …
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Question by misskrisq2: What does it mean by examining the classifications?
I am doing a paper for abnormal psychology. I am unsure on what the instructions mean by examining the classifications of certain disorders. The instructions state, “Examine the various classifications of eating, substance abuse, sex/gender/sexual, and personality disorders.” These are the classifications. Because they are categories within the DSM-IV. Can someone explain to me what to do? Sorry this is probably a dumb question, but I appreciate the help.

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Answer by Kristal [Ward 7 Resident]
Generally speaking, the classifications can be found in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) ~ which is a reference book used in the mental health field.

The DSM
Psychologists and psychiatrists use a reference book called the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) to diagnose psychological disorders. The American Psychiatric Association published the first version of the DSM in 1952. It has been revised several times, and the newest version is commonly referred to as the DSM-IV.

 

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The Silver Lining of Mental Illness

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When I attended the candlelight vigil memorializing the shooting victims of the Newtown Massacre, I talked with people in the community who kept trying to understand the complex machinations in a sick mind that commits such a senseless act. The Newtown …
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Internet addiction officially named as a mental disorder

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Following its first review in two decades, the American Psychiatric Association will add "internet use disorder" to the research appendix of its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) in May. University of the Sunshine Coast …
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