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Schizoaffective disorder
Schizoaffective disorder Definition One of the most challenging mental disorders to identify accurately and treat appropriately is schizoaffective disorder. This condition involves both psychotic symptoms and conspicuous, long-enduring, severe symptoms of mood disorder. The... Read more |
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Delusions
Delusions Description A delusion is a belief that is clearly false and that indicates an abnormality in the affected person's content of thought. The false belief is not accounted for by the person's cultural or religious background or his or her level of intelligence. The key feature of a delusion... Read more |
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manic-depressive disorder
MANIC-DEPRESSIVE DISORDER [manic-depressive disorder] or bipolar disorder, severe mental disorder involving manic episodes that are usually accompanied by episodes of depression . The term was introduced by the German psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin in 1896. The manic phase of the disorder is... Read more |
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Mentally ill persons
Mental DisordersGeneral considerations underlying the study of mental disorders are discussed in the articles under this heading. Concepts of direct relevance are also discussed in Anxiety; Defense mechanisms; Stress. General categories of mental disorders are reviewed in the articles Neurosis;... Read more |
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bipolar disorder
bipolar disorder formerly manic-depressive disorder or manic-depression, severe mental disorder involving manic episodes that are usually accompanied by episodes of depression . The term "manic-depression" was introduced by the German psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin in 1896. The manic... Read more |
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psychosis
psychosis , in psychiatry , a broad category of mental disorder encompassing the most serious emotional disturbances, often rendering the individual incapable of staying in contact with reality. Until recently, the term was used in contrast with neurosis , which denoted the "mild" mental... Read more |
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Conversion disorder
Conversion disorder Definition Conversion disorder is defined by Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition, Text Revision, also known as the DSM-IV-TR,as a mental disorder whose central feature is the appearance of symptoms affecting the patient's... Read more |
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Asperger syndrome
Asperger's disorder Definition Asperger's disorder, which is also called Asperger's syndrome (AS) or autistic psychopathy, belongs to a group of childhood disorders known as pervasive developmental disorders (PDDs) or autistic spectrum disorders. The essential features of Asperger's disorder are... Read more |
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Functional Disorder
Functional disorder A psychological disorder for which no organic cause can be found. Disorders traditionally classified as neuroses (including a variety of anxiety and mood disorders as well as psychosomatic illnesses) are generally regarded as functional disorders. While conditions... Read more |
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Prevalence of childhood and early adolescence mental disorders among children...
...Mental disorders are common...families. Mental disorders...in 1990, mental and neurological...substance abuse, schizophrenia, epilepsy, mental retardation...Many have nightmares, and ... |
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Transcending the mind-body dichotomy: schizophrenia reexamined.
...person with schizophrenia loses the...phenomenology of schizophrenia may be compared to living within the...someone with schizophrenia, all reality...of a vivid nightmare" (p. 243...predisposed to the disorder and ... |
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Calls to end stigma of schizophrenia 'label' MENTAL HEALTH: DIAGNOSIS MENTAL...
...cited his own nightmare experience...lived the schizophrenia label instead of living as a person...a way of living with them...number of mental health experts...the term schizophrenia, since it...integration ... |
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Nightmare of the invisible young
...adds to the nightmare. Carers and...Scotland Mental Health Project...In it, mental health project...surrounds mental health issues...wherever they are living. The report...including schizophrenia and depressive ... |
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Inside out: The last he lath taboo; One in four people have mental health...
...popular belief, schizophrenia is not a split...What causes schizophrenia is essentially...diagnosed with schizophrenia in 1996. Severely...seemed like a living nightmare. ``The older...majority of mental ... |
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WHO REALLY CARES?; RECORD INVESTIGATION : HOW SCOTLAND AVOIDED THE COMMUNITY...
...has become a nightmare,. More than...killed by ex-mental patients. And 1000 former mental patients have...deal with is mental illness. One...suffers from schizophrenia but one in five...form of mental ... |
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FULL COVERAGE; POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS SUFFERERS DESERVE BENEFIT.(Opinion)
...treat certain mental health disorders...for a group of mental health disorders including schizophrenia/psychotic...disruptive behavior disorders like the one...including the state mental health and ... |
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Taking on the mental illness challenge
...had been a nightmare since that...one of four mental health survivors...National Mental Health Week...Winnipeggers living with a mental...anxiety or schizophrenia isn't possible...compulsive disorder and ... |
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Mental patients find understanding in therapy led by peers
...the Pathways mental health program...had fought mental illness since...felt like a nightmare of chaos and...depths of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or depression...others with mental illness...shift back to ... |
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mental health treatment a challenge for families.(Front)
...ultimatum: Get a mental health evaluation...deteriorating mental condition...For those living with mentally...have a major mental illness face...never-ending nightmare. "I would...daughter with schizophrenia or bipolar ... |