Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a mental disorder characterized by disturbed and unstable interpersonal relationships and self-image, along with impulsive, reckless, and often self-destructive behavior. Description Individuals with BPD have a history of unstable interpersonal relationships. They ha...
Description In the United States alone, bipolar disorder afflicts an estimated three million people. According to a report by the National Institutes of Mental Health, the disorder costs over $45 billion annually. The average age of onset of bipolar disorder is from adolescence through the early...
Also, the patterns of comorbidities in both conditions are similar, involving depressive disorders, bipolar disorders, and ADHD. In terms of natural history, initial behavioral addictions’ and substance use disorders’ ego-syntonic features gradually become more habitual, automatic, compulsive and ego-...
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DSM criteria are largely developed by and for researchers. Prior to 1994 the categories were attention deficit disorder, either with hyperactivity or without hyperactivity. Those terms make more sense to parents. In particular, parents of daydreamers (ADHD, inattention) never understand why “hyperacti...
Parents and individuals who are evaluated should be asked for a detailed description of what they perceive the impairments to be. B. A thorough review of medical history should include an assessment of medical, behavioral, mental health, developmental, and academic problems. A history of injuries,...
44 Nor did most previous military surveys study bipolar disorder, GAD, PD, ADHD, or IED, despite 2 of these disorders (ADHD and IED) being among the most common disorders considered here. That most AAS 30-day DSM-IV disorders had pre-enlistment onsets should not be surprising given early ...
“neuroleptics … may result in … the anticholinergic intoxication syndrome … Central symptoms may include memory loss, disorientation, incoherence, hallucinations, psychosis, delirium, hyperactivity, twitching or jerking movements, stereotypy, and seizures.” These are an almost exact description of the...
The DSM-5 has included gambling disorder, along with substance use disorders, as forms of addictions in a new chapter named "Substance- related and addictive disorders", thus reflecting evidence that gambling behaviors activate reward systems similarly to drugs of abuse. However, there is still ...
Figure 1. NADA ear and description. Number 1, Sympathetic; Number 2, Shen Men; Number 3, Kidney; Number 4, Liver; Number 5, Lung. The arrangement of acupuncture points on the ear is similar to the arrangement of neurons in the motor cortex of the brain. The auricle is thus a “hu...