Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

Autism Diagnostic Criteria: For autism, there are many different indicators that one may have this developmental disorder. If a child has repetitive and restricted patterns of behavior, activities and interests, impairments in communication or social interaction, it could be a sign that they are experiencing this developmental delay. According to information from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, a child must meet at least six of the characteristics…

themselves of Halloween goodies- in time to make room for the incoming holiday treats. Americans consume up to half a pound of sugar a day, according to James DiNicolantonio writer for the New York Times. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders state that substance use disorders are present when two symptoms, from a list of 11, exist. Withdrawal, tolerance, and cravings, are three of the 11- all of which are produced by sugar consistently. We are addicted. The food industries…

future I am going to be a psychiatrist for adolescents and children specifically in a mental hospital inpatient or outpatient. Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, study, and treatment of mental disorders.These include various abnormalities related to mood, behaviour, cognition, and perceptions. Initial psychiatric assessment of a person usually begins with a case history and mental status examination. Physical examinations and psychological tests may be…

A mental disorder, or psychiatric disorder is a diagnosis of a behaviour or mental pattern that causes suffering or a poor inability to function in everyday life. Such attributes may relapse, be persistent or can occur as a single episode (). Pedophilia is an example of a psychiatric disorder in which an older adolescent or adult experiences an exclusive sexual attraction to prepubescent children(). There is much discussion in the world in mental health and psychology of what actually constructs…

orientation is not a mental disorder, severe emotional effects experienced by patients who completed conversion therapy, and the lack of substantial evidence supporting it. I am writing this letter because I have friends who are LGBT, and the recent election results, mostly Mike Pence the vice president-elect, fanned the flames of activism in my heart. In 1973, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) withdrew homosexuality from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, also…

PC5002 - Case Study - DSM-V The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) has been created to facilitate mental health professionals to correspond in applying a common diagnostic language. The first precursor was published in 1917, followed by the first DSM in 1952. The first versions of the DSM had now questionable concepts and suggestions. To avoid these mistakes and because of a constant evolving of psychological concepts and the understanding of mental health, the DSM is…

identity disorder is listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the ‘bible’ of psychiatry” (Park). On the other side of the spectrum, some say the name itself “implies that gender identities held by a diagnosable people are not legitimate…, self-identified trans-women and trans-men lose any rightful claim to acceptance…” (Winters 314). If it has a set of symptoms and listed in the Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, than it is likely it is a genuine disorder.…

the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fifth Edition Gender Dysphoria is classified in the category Gender Dysphoria. It is defined as the disquietude that is associated with the incongruence between one’s natal gender and one’s favored gender. This better describes the disorder from its former name of gender identity disorder. Gender Dysphoria, whether specified or unspecified, has the similar correlation of conflict between expressed gender and assigned gender. A disorder of…

addressed; previously, homosexuality was considered a mental disorder, but we now recognize that it is not. Today, the debate has shifted away from homosexuality and towards gender dysphoria, previously gender identity disorder, and the transgender experience. There is significant debate inside and outside of the field regarding the validity of the gender dysphoria diagnosis, and there is also significant…

Exactly half of the prisoners in the U.S. have mental health issues, states a 2006 Justice Department Study. Through my research I have found that jails and prisons are without a doubt considered to be new mental health facilities for those with mental illnesses. There is a high percentage of people who suffer from mental illnesses in prisons and jails, which has caused a ripple effect in taxation. The problem that arises from incarcerating people with mental illness for petty crimes, is that…