Depression Rough Draft Depression is an illness that can be either clinical or regular depression. If you are feeling down or sad for two or more weeks without improvement, it is likely you have clinical depression. Clinical depression is treatable with both medication and counseling. A lot of people suffer from depression ( about 20% of people). That 20% of people could have a different serotonin and norepinephrine.…
Is DSM-5 an improvement over DSM-IV in the area of PTSD? The publication of the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5; American Psychiatric Association, 2013) introduces a number of significant changes to the criteria of post-traumatic stress disorder, including the revision to the A trauma criterion, three additional symptoms (increasing the symptom total from 17 to 20), and a division of the avoidance cluster into avoidance and negative alterations in cognitions and mood. The main purpose of revising any psychiatric definition is to enhance diagnostic accuracy and clinical utility. There are many researches investigating on whether the DSM-5 model of PTSD is an improvement over the previous DSM-IV model…
After many sit down sessions, this was one 27 hour speaking with Holden Caulfield. This far in the 3 week session applied,I understand that this patient had been suffering from Clinical Depression. Clinical Depression is a medical illness that causes you to consistently feel down and have loss in interests, causing you to feel, think, and behave differently which can lead to a variety of physical and emotional changes or problems. Holden’s depression all started when his brother Allie passed away to cancer. Ever since Allie’s passing, Holden has been incapable of being happy and has been dealing with severe guilt.…
Postpartum mood disorders can be defined as a mental health disorder occurring within the first year of giving birth and can happen to any woman, regardless of age or number of pregnancies (Josefson, 2007). Postpartum depression occurs in approximately 13% of postpartum mothers, but nearly half of women go undiagnosed (Gale and Harlow, 2003). Unfortunately, the postpartum period is a time of risk for mood disturbances. Many women are adjusting to life as a new mother, and the new demands that this calls for, as well as, adjusting to new hormone levels and changes within her body. There are three diverse levels of postpartum mood disorders: postpartum blues, postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis.…
According to the article titled “Perceived Discrimination and DSM-IV–Based Alcohol and Illicit Drug Use Disorders” by Haslyn Hunte and Adam Barry, three criteria has been established as must be present to identify substance dependence according to the DSS-IV criteria. First, is tolerance. For example, tolerance is described as a need for increased amounts of a substance to achieve intoxication or the desired effect. If a drug is continually used at the same dose, then, there is a diminished effect, which requires an increased quantity to achieve the desired effect (Hunte & Barry, 2012). The second pattern of substance abuse is withdrawal.…
Assessment Considerations what does the client want? •What is the treatment contract? •What are the immediate needs? •What are the multiaxial DSM-IV diagnoses?…
DSM IV Diagnosis Using the DSM IV diagnostic tool, Elizabeth’s substance use would be diagnosed as Alcohol dependence (AD). She has more than the minimum three required criteria to meet the DSM IV diagnosis of alcohol dependence. A study by Pabst, Kraus, Piontek & Baumeister (2012) shows that to be classified as alcohol-dependent, a person has to meet at least three of the seven DSM IV criteria of AD in the previous 12 months. She has tolerance, as she has markedly increased amounts of alcohol intake up to 2 litres a day as she rarely feels intoxicated. There is manifestation of withdrawal symptoms characterised by feeling nauseous which is relieved by alcohol and tremors that are decreased by taking diazepam.…
Patients with postpartum depression that are given help have progressed extremely. Before the help of Progesterone therapy, mothers where trapped in a rough place mentally and physically. Some mothers are never treated for postpartum depression. Key findings proved that help is provided to mothers, but fifth teen thousand mothers are unable to financially afford help, so the mother is left untreated. For the mothers that are able to receive help, the numbers of complications for the mother has dropped drastically.…
This was one of the more noble goals, but it was skewed as well. There are now too many mental disorders to shuffle through in the books, and the symptoms drag on and on. It’s almost impossible for a psychiatrist to scan the manuals to help diagnose a patient in a meeting. The DSMs never take into account an individual; it’s always a group. The people in charge of creating the DSMs did it this way because it is easier to publish, but it leads to more problems about grouping people until everyone loses touch with their own piece of normal.…
The DSM is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. This is used to help clinicians and other health care professionals with their line of work and diagnosis. In 2013 the DSM-IV has changed over to the DSM-5. With this there have been changes in the groupings of disorders, new disorders added, and some completely different. With these changes has come a lot controversy.…
Dual Diagnosis Akron A dual diagnosis is the manifestation of two mental diseases in an individual. A dual diagnosis is seen in drug treatment when a patient has a diagnosed psychological disorder in addition to their addiction. This claim of dual diagnosis is prefaced by the fact that addiction is a mental disease.…
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder or better known as PTSD, is a disorder in which a person experiences a scary or traumatizing incident that often leads to flashbacks to that same traumatizing event. If a person has developed PTSD, this disorder can very much interrupt the basic functioning of one’s life, and be very hard to cope with. Many times if someone is experiencing symptoms of PTSD then they may not be able to hold down a job or even keep a good steady relationship. PTSD is most prevalent in our soldiers that come home from war, because traumatizing experiences and death happen far more in war then in a regular jobs. Luckily, doctors have developed innovative and enhanced treatments to help resolve some cases of PTSD, but it is still…
Examples of treatment options include support groups (which aides in decreasing depression symptoms), interpersonal psychotherapy, pharmacotherapy (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) are the most common), and even lose dose Estrogen treatment (which, if provided prior to delivery, reduces the chance of PPD within the 1st year after delivery) (Beacham, et al., 2008). A more natural treatment, in more recent studies, the NURSE approach (nutrition and needs, understanding, rest, spirituality,…
Nowadays, clinicians and psychologists are not using anymore the word "addiction". DSM-5 diagnostic criteria uses the word "Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders" or 'Substance Use Disorders". According with DSM-5, substance use disorders is defined as a chronic, relapsing brain disease which characteristics are compulsive seeking and drug use, despite its harmful consequences. It is considered a brain disease because drugs change this body: its structure and operation are affected. These brain changes can be for long-term, and can lead to dangerous behaviors.…
Psychological disorders and mental health issues in today’s society affect many people in a variety of ways. Many people in society are often stigmatized and labeled because of a psychological disorder shunning them from society, the work place, schools, friends, and more. However, recently through my research I see how many people are working their jobs, handling their careers, never stop working and aspiring with their goals, and face varied challenges at home, work, and out socially using a variety of therapies from medications, to psychologist visits, and even psychotherapy. There are over four hundred types of psychological disorders.…