Axis V – GAF 50 (meaning serious impairment in functioning with few friends) The following sections address normal responses to thecritical carearea and each of the relevant adult areas of the DSM-IV-TR, providing the diagnostic criteria, differential diagnoses, primary treatments, and other limit...
The power/threat/meaning: framework: beyond diagnosis to meaning-based patterns in emotional distress. In: Division of clinical psychology annual conference; 2017.89. Johnstone L, Boyle M, with Cromby J, Dillon J, Harper D, Kinderman P, Longden E, Pilgrim D, Read J. The power threat meanin...
Meaning DSM-5 generalized anxiety disorder is more prevalent than DSM-IV generalized anxiety disorder and is associated with considerable role impairment, especially in high-income countries, underscoring its public health significance. Abstract Importance Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is poorly understo...
DSM-IV-TR specifies six diagnostic criteria for PTSD: Traumatic stressor: The patient has been exposed to a catastrophic event involving actual or threatened death or injury, or a threat to the physical integrity of the self or others. During exposure to the trauma, the person's emotional re...
A variety of frequently overlapping or even contradictory definitions of function can be found in the literature.Footnote1The definitions not only vary in terminology but most importantly with respect to the specific notions of function they convey, i.e. the underlying perception and meaning given to...
Meaning Substantial increases in alcohol use, high-risk drinking, and DSM-IV alcohol use disorder constitute a public health crisis and portend increases in chronic disease comorbidities in the United States, especially among women, older adults, racial/ethnic minorities, and the socioeconomically disa...
Some writers have noted the common confusion between two different uses of the word “heritability.” The technical meaning of heritability refers to the proportion of individual differences in a population that can be attributed to genetic factors. In contrast, people commonly yet mistakenly use the...
the gradation used here can also be applied to therapeutic improvement. While the remission of the patient works to promote their integration, it is not sufficient for the patient’s well-being. Such an organization of meaning is possible only if we accept, under well-being, an entity that ...
“The experts are well-meaning — each suggestion made has the goal of identifying patients currently missed,’ Allen said. But, he added, ‘none of the changes can accurately identify patients who are in real need of help from normal people with everyday problems who would be better left ...
The local vali- dation pertains to the local meaning of health behaviours (for instance what is a healthy diet) but also to locally rele- vant modifying factors of behaviour (constraints for doing physical exercise). The participants allocated to the inter- vention group wi...