Psychiatry

diagnosis. “An important contributor to the expanding definition of ADHD — and the subsequent rise in the prevalence of the condition — has been the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), sometimes referred to as the “bible” of psychiatry” (Perry 2013). The changes that have been made in the DSM, have made the diagnosis criteria broader and some experts say that this will cause an increase in diagnosis, and the symptoms could be confused with normal development and pubertal…

adverse affects. As a final point, technology has become another platform for bullying as the online community allows the harassment to continue after school hours; as long as children have access to the internet. What used to be a school yard crisis has spread globally with the eruption of a technological Western society. Nowadays victims can be targeted through social media platforms such as Facebook. This website in specific contains over 5.5 million Facebook users under the age of 13.…

system; seeing the inside of what the patients suffer through. We often view life through what society shows us and we do not question; this website is an eye opener to me because I could only imagine the pain each patient goes through. The Anti-psychiatry coalition certainly challenged my view on mental health because I always assumed that the answer to all their problems was spending time in the psychiatric ward to "heal". The poem "To be a mental patient" has a clear description of the world…

Review, 32, 251-262. doi: 10.1016/j.cpr.2012.01.005 Van der Bruggen, C.O., Stams, G.J.M., & Bögels, S.M. (2008). The relationship between child and parent anxiety and parental control: A meta-analytic review. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 49, 1257-1269. doi:…

Impact of Child Psychiatrist Shortage Maintaining good grades, balancing work, keeping up with a social and family life are examples of the types of pressures today’s society puts on teens and children. There has been a rise in mental health disorders in teens and children but the numbers of psychiatrists haven’t been keeping up with this increase. Given these circumstances, it is important that children and teens have local access to psychiatrists because it would significantly help children…

Anxiety disorders are not uncommon in late life. These disorders are often under diagnosed or misdiagnosed in late life due to their symptomatic overlap with medical conditions, drug effects and the lack of standard diagnostic criteria developed specifically for detecting anxiety disorders in older individuals.( (Rajesh & Deena,2014). Another reason for poor recognition of anxiety disorders in the elderly is that the physical symptoms associated with anxiety especially sleep disturbances,…

The article Meaning or Medicine: The Future of Psychoanalysis in the Professional Schools by Gary Walls, addressed the decreased presences of psychoanalysis in predoctoral education. The author defined psychoanalysis as a theory that elucidates issues by using human meaning. Wall’s relied heavily on the American Psychological Association (APA) promotion of “evidence-based treatment” and the commitment to the medical model as the rationale of the decreased psychoanalysis presence in predoctoral…

Depression is a psychological disorder where the person feels multiple emotions such as guilt, worthlessness, and hopelessness for a period of time exceeding 6 months (Barlow). People who suffer from depression develop an unhealthy thinking process. Some thinking processes that tend to alternate includes difficulty focusing on a task, concentrating, inefficiency in memory, and in extreme cases suicidal thoughts. Depression can also affect your physical health such as trouble sleeping, lack of…

15, 1926 in Poitiers, France. He finished his studies from Ecole Normale Superieure (ENS) in Paris from 1946 to 1950, where he examined brain research and logic. Foucault is known for his evaluates of different social establishments, similar to psychiatry, solution and the jail system. Moreover for his theories on the historical backdrop of sexuality. His general theories concerning force and the association in the middle of force and learning, and likewise his considerations concerning…

Reading Assignment 1: Biomedical Model and Chemical Imbalance For the first article, “The Biomedical Model of Mental Disorder: A critical analysis of its validity, utility, and effects on psychotherapy research”, by Brett Deacon, looks at the biomedical model and the effects it has in the psychiatric field. The author writes that the biomedical model, mental disorders originate in the brain, has been the accepted model for cause and treatments of mental disorders for the past three decades.…