11 days ago by Steven Mandzik

Amy and I had a strong debate today about the difference between addiction and dependence. Both of us were using different explanations, so we resorted to the official definitions in the DSM-IV, the American Psychiatric Associations big book of disorders and definitions. As you will read below their ...

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22 days ago by DawnieSparkles

If you have a child on the spectrum, or with ADHD, or any of the acronyms associated with behavioral and/or psychological disorders then you are quite familiar with the DSM-IV. Right now, the DSM-IV criteria for Autistic Disorder is as follows: A. A total of six (or more) items from (1), (2), and (3 ...

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60 days ago by Bryan Mars

Since the mid-90s, ADHD (Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder) has been diagnosed in thousands of children all over the world. Doctors have been doing a great deal of research, trying to find how to deal with children all over the world being suddenly diagnosed with this problem. Children are us ...

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61 days ago by liz

Over at Huffington Post (I know; clearly you can tell what I’ve been reading lately), Cara Santa Maria is doing a series called “DSM Diagnosis: How Do You Know If You Have Mental... [...]

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75 days ago by POAC of Central Maryland

This is the second of three reports from the 2011 annual meeting of the Maryland Association for Behavior Analysis (MABA). As higher functioning children with ASD progress and succeed, their diagnosis may be questioned. In my son’s case, he was diagnosed in Infants and Toddlers days as having Asperg ...

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89 days ago by little I

Svar till Jossie: när fick du reda på att du hade borderline? och vad ska man göra om man misstänker att man har någon diagnos? jag har väldigt svårt att lita på folk och släppa in dom på livet. speciellt läkare. jag vet inte varför. tycker det är jobbigt att prata om mig själv. tänkte om du visste ...

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89 days ago by Kellen

Mental health professionals from around the world are signing a petition contesting the proposed changes to the DSM-5, as the medical model of mental illness continues to have its validity challenged.

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93 days ago by korespondenci

When the DSM-IV was released, involved Personality Disorder (MPD) was renamed Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). The adapt was intended to convey the mental community’s belief that rather than housing multiple... No related posts.

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102 days ago by anguishedrepose

Anguished Repose generally tries to avoid the annoying Celebrity news, because… Well, it bores the HECATE out of me. I do not care, Hollywood, sorry… I just don’t! However I came across a nifty little article and as soon as I read it? I knew I simply had to NewsMash it to the best of [...]

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110 days ago by All

So, while researching schizophrenia for my screenplay-thing (still haven’t decided on a name), I came across this schizoid personality disorder on Wikipedia, and found that it described me fairly well. (Okay, this is self-diagnosed. Actually, I don’t even know if it’s a diagnosis yet. I just think I ...

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