It has been found that mental imagery exists very early on in childhood development, however it is not yet clear if and how mental imagery can play a causal role in mental disorders [16]. Research indicates though that distressing imagery may influence the maintenance of psychopath- ology [17...
(2007). Integration of Biological, Psychological and Social Aspects in Agent-Based Simulation of a Violent Psychopath. In: Shi, Y., Albada, G.D. van, Dongarra, J., and Sloot, P.M.A. (eds.), Computational Science II, Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Computational ...
However, as yet, there has been little research on whether preschool children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) symptoms, who do not meet the diagnostic criteria for ASD, are more likely to experience difficulties. To address this deficit this study examined whether young children with ...
As I write this and I consider the kinds of thoughts that Harm OCD sufferers find themselves stuck on, the following thought pops into my head:“I will go home and murder my family when this article is finished”.Now, I can try to justify my awareness of this thought by attending to ...
Growing recognition of the prevalence and impact of NSSI has led to its inclusion in Section 3 of the latest edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) [8], as a condition for further study. Proposed criteria include: NSSI on five or more days in the past ...
In addition, parents and caregivers independently provide information on eating behavior, intrafamily communication, stress experience and weight. The therapeutic process of the three treatments is to be measured and assessed among both participants and care providers. The ...
Conclusions: It is possible to identify distinct phenotypes depending on the preference of gambling. While these phenotypes differ in relation to the severity of the gambling disorder, psychopathology and personality traits, they can be useful from a clinical and therapeutic perspective in enabling risk...
This is an important component because families of CWE fare worse than other families on qual- ity of parent-child relationship, parenting confidence, family functioning and stress, and parental psychopath- ology [3]. Parents of CWE have poorer HRQOL, with up to 50% of mothers of CWE at ...
Someone Kind (e.g., a rich relative with a will) or Evil (e.g., a psychopath) locked you in a room with a test of wits. If you can escape, you will get Something Good (e.g., money) or will not be killed; Someone Friendly (e.g., a mentor) needs your help to do Somethin...