Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

personal communication, October 17, 2014), Bulimics blame themselves for the problems associated with their eating disorder; they pinpoint the cause onto themselves as an inability to cope. Bulimia Nervosa affects females and males equally; although the rate at which males seek treatment is much lower than women, there is no reason to believe one gender group is more subjective to the disorder. Bulimia is commonly known as the purging of food, through literal purging; however, Bulimia is much…

Bereavement, grief, and mourning are terms applied to the psychological reactions of those who survive a significant loss. Bereavement means the state of being deprived of someone by death. Grief described as the subjective feeling precipitated by the death of a loved one. Mourning defined as the process by which grief resolves; it is the expression of post bereavement behavior and practices that are socially sanctioned(1). A deceased loved one thus bequeaths an array of emotional problems that…

Bipolar Disorder Bipolar disorder (PBD) is a serious, disabling, and potentially life-threatening mental illness. The defining characteristics of the condition are alternating phases of depression and manic or hypomanic episodes. Mania is exclusive to bipolar I, while hypomania is associated with bipolar II. Description Statistics The most frequently used and widely accepted reference for classifying symptoms and diagnostic criteria of mental disorders is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of…

Treatments for Depressive Disorders Throughout the graphic novel, This One Summer, an underlying theme exists as a result of the interactions Rose has with her mother, Alice. Despite not being as pervasive in the beginning of the story, the onset of a potential depressive disorder gradually becomes apparent as the story shifts focus from Rose and her relationship with her friend, Windy, to a more obvious focus on the health of the relationship Rose and Alice, and the mental health of Alice,…

Clinicians use the most recent diagnostic criteria published in scientific journal to diagnose media screen addiction.” Objective criteria are based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR), which lists the symptoms of addiction for substance and gambling addictions. “The most commonly accepted current modern system of diagnosis is that published by the American Psychiatric Association, in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) This…

an emotional disorder that are ascertained to be as sexually arousing fantasies, recurrent behaviors that interferes with social function and other important daily functioning. Regarded as a sexual dysfunction, people with paraphilic condition have intense sexual fantasies and they find it difficult to control sexual urges. Statistical quantity of individuals who experience such paraphilias is impossible to quantify for various reasons. Many individuals with such experience or disorder choose to…

According to the National Resources on ADHD, ADHD stands for attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder defined as “a common behavioral condition affecting 11 percent of school age children” (CHADD). For a diagnosis of ADHD, “clinical guidelines provided by the American Psychiatric Association are found in the diagnostic manual titled Diagnostics and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders known as the DSM5 book” (CHADD). As I gain a better understanding of ADHD, I have learned three ways to…

focus specifically on mental health conditions, this essay will examine the theoretical and practice-based features of the ICF model in comparison to medical explanatory models. The World Health Organisation (2001),…

The classification system of mental disorders can affect the study of mental illnesses because each mental disorder is categorized differently, leading patients to receive different diagnoses. Two widely enacted systems for classifying mental disorders are Chapter V of the International Classification of Disease (ICD-10) produced by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) produced by the American Psychiatric Association. These…

government wanted to collect data on mental illnesses in America. They included categories in the census such as “insanity, mania, melancholia, monomania, paresis, dementia, dipsomania, and epilepsy.” In 1917 the Committee on Statistics of the American Medico-Psychological Association, or the American Psychiatric Association as it is known today, published the Statistical Manual for the use of Institutions for the Insane. The manual contained twenty-two groups of mental illnesses and had ten…