Diagnosis - Mental Exam, Tests, Symptoms: Psychological dysfunction and stress-related illness are a significant problem in today’s society. Anxiety and depression represent the two most common mental disorders and are responsible for a high degree of m
Several contributing factors were proven to be associated with developing mental distress among university students, including female gender, loneliness and not having close friends, a lack of religious belief, low income, an overload of university duties and exam stress and a lack of interest in ...
Physical exam.Sometimes a physical illness can cause symptoms that mimic those of a mental illness. A physical exam can help find if something else, such as athyroiddisorder or a neurologic problem, may be at play. Tell your doctor about any physical or mental health conditions that you alrea...
possess overwhelmingly negative attitudes and significantly lower rates of participation in medically recommended colo-rectal cancer screenings that include a digital rectal exam (Fernandez et al., 2008). The older male Latino participants in this study explained that they would not subject themselves to...
In Japan, as noted above, few studies have exam- ined the association between autistic adults and mental health. Among the few examples, the studies by Kamio et al. [15] and Iwasa [16] examined the quality of life of Japanese autistic adults but not their mental health. Moreover, ...
Mindfulness-based programs (MBPs) are widely used to prevent mental ill health. Evidence suggests beneficial average effects but wide variability. We aimed to confirm the effect of MBPs and to understand whether and how baseline distress, gender, age, ed
The HEADS-ED is a mental health screening tool used with children and adolescents ages 6–18 years who are presenting for primary care or for mental health crisis care. HEADS-ED can be completed within a few minutes by a healthcare practitioner or allied health professional (e.g., crisis ...
Criteria denotes the diagnostic criteria used to define IBS: RI, RII, and RIII denote Rome I–III criteria, respectively; phys = physician diagnosed; phys + = physician diagnosed including a physical exam. a The treatment protocol for this study did not specify a standard number of sessions;...
If symptoms are present, the doctor will begin an evaluation by performing a complete medical and developmental history andphysical exam. Although there are no lab tests to specifically diagnose mental disorders, the doctor might use various diagnostic tests, such as neuroimaging andbloodtests, to ru...
Depressive symptoms were assessed with the 2-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-2; Japanese version)30, which ascertains loss of interest or pleasure and depressive mood over the past 2 weeks. Positive depression screening was indicated by a “yes” response to either of the two questions. ...