Mind, meaning, and mental disorder: the nature of causal explanation in psychology and psychiatry. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 1996.12. Borsboom D, Rhemtulla M, Cramer A, Van der Maas H, Scheffer M, Dolan C. Kinds versus continua: a review of psychometric approaches to uncover the st...
This dominance is maintained not only by powerful corporate interests such as the pharmaceutical industry, but also through the everyday talk of people as they attempt to make meaning of themselves and their experiences. This paper explores how and why the DSM holds such cultural currency for ...
Yet perhaps he overlooks the difference between 'valid' distinctions and the meaning of 'heterogeneous', i.e., nothing in common. Dr. Kinderman said he could - and briefly did - go on about the many ways that this document enshrines is like 'Jumping the shark', though some aspects are ...
These results suggest that the face validity of many of the -III-R criteria is low. Moreover, it appears that there are high levels of overlap in meaning among the criteria for the histrionic/narcissistic, avoidant/dependent, and schizotypal/paranoid pairs of . 展开 关键词:...
B.Cultural explanations of the individual's illness.Identify (1) the predominant idioms of distress through which symptoms are communicated (e.g., such as the case of Carlos”nerves,” possessing spirits, somatic complaints, inexplicable misfortune); (2) the meaning and perceived severity of the...
In hoarders, he says, “the emotional attachments to objects are much more powerful than the attachments most of us have with our possessions ... Possessions have a magical quality for all of us. And by magical quality, what I mean is that the meaning an object has frequently goes we...
Meaning The new scale is short, easily scored, and can detect the vast majority of adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder cases in the general population with high sensitivity and specificity, discriminating well among patients presenting for evaluation and specialty treatment. Abstract Importance ...
Anxiety disorders: similarities and differences of comorbidity in treated and untreated groups. Br J Psychiatry Suppl. 1991;159(12):23-33.PubMedGoogle Scholar 6. Persons JB, Mennin DS, Tucker DE. Common misconceptions about the nature and treatment of generalized anxiety ...
Another explanation of this difference might be based on subtle semantic differences in wording that occurred in the translations and tended to result in a meaning that implied a more severe presentation of symptoms in the screening. While, based on the data, we can only speculate about the ...
Constructivism's premises, which emphasize culture, history, meaning and the constructed nature of medical phenomena, serve as the framework for the analysis. The paper shows that professional psychiatric classification expresses an underlying cultural psychology which encompasses four phenomenological domains ...