How does a healthcare provider diagnose fibromyalgia? Fibromyalgia is diagnosed based on the widespread pain index (WPI) and the symptom severity scale (SS). WPI identifies pain locations while SS evaluates other symptoms including fatigue, sleep quality, cognitive difficulties, and somatic symptoms in...
What Does Phasmophobia Mean? Phasmophobia is an intense, persistent fear of ghosts. According to the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders" (DSM-5), phasmophobia is classified as aspecific phobia. These phobias fall under the broader category ofanxiety disorders.1 A specific p...
The depression "black dog" is often used as a metaphor to describe how depression might feel to someone with the condition. However, the black dog does not necessarily need to be feared, pushed away, or admonished. Instead, the black dog gives you and those around you a name an...
Focussing on static and risk factors, however, is only half the story, as it fails to address factors that are amenable and promote mental health. The resilience literature has already identified various factors that are associated with improved subsequent mental health10,11,12,13,14, which seem...
the recently introduced framework of the AMPD in DSM-5, operationalized by the LPFS, and (b) based on the psychodynamic concept of personality organization (PO; [55]). The model of PO also assesses personality impairment through a dimensional model but derives its dimensions from the ...
Differences in help-seeking behaviour were found, but only among those with mental illness and those at risk of mental illness. However, no changes in help-seeking behaviour were found among the general public or among children or adolescents. This is important because they will often experience ...
The authors declare that this proposal was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as potential conflicts of interest. References Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: DSM-5, 5th ed.; American Psychiatric Association; American Psychia...
While FA is not recognized by the DSM, the term diagnosis is used loosely throughout this manuscript. A common criticism of the YFAS in clinical applications is that the measure itself does not detect restrained eating (tendency to restrict food intake for weight control). The Disordered Eating...
from both the hospital and the unemployment office, were interviewed using the German version of the European Addiction Severity Index (EuropASI) [11], and the German version of the M.I.N.I.-SKID-I for the diagnosis of mental disorders (apart from personality disorders) according to DSM-IV...
Thailand. The diagnosis of schizophrenia was made using criteria of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), Fourth Edition Text Revision. They were all in a stable phase of illness and did not show psychotic flare-ups for at least one year prior to the study. Further...