Mood swings – we all experience them, right? One day you’re feeling on top of the world, the next day you’re irritable and yelling at drivers while in traffic. Some attribute the shift to bad days, hormones, or just feeling a little bit funky. For others, these mood swings are persistent and unpredictable, causing problems with work, friends, and family. Bipolar…
Request for Information (RFI): NIMH Request for Brief Perspectives on the State of Mental Illness Research Notice Number: NOT-MH-16-015 National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Purpose Background This Request for Information (RFI) invites brief perspectives on the state of mental illness research and the National Institute of Mental Health s role in the development…
Targeted to help adolescents, teens, and young adults gain insight into and basic skills to manage their symptoms of anxiety disorders, including GAD, social anxiety, specific phobias, and panic attacks. It’s also useful for managing worry, performance anxiety, test anxiety, and perfectionism. The skills taught may be applied to individuals with physical, emotional…
The Mental Health in Complex Emergencies (MHCE) course is a week-long training course for mental health professionals and program staff who wish to establish mental health or psychosocial programs in a humanitarian context within conflict and post-conflict areas.The course will aim to provide a practical orientation and training, including how to conduct rapid…
There have been recent calls to abandon the distinction between neurological and psychiatric disorders on philosophical and moral grounds. Crossley and colleagues, in this issue, meta-analyse published structural brain imaging data and prove that they are different after all – or do they? Background The study by Crossley and colleagues, in this issue of the BJPsych…
Unusual or strange behavior is behavior that is not appropriate to the circumstances. It occurs when a person is unnaturally moody, aggressive, euphoric, or mild-tempered. Fluctuations in mood from time to time are normal. However, unusual reactions to events may be a sign of a medical or mental disorder. Some examples are being happy to hear tragic news or being…
Ted Bundy may be the most known sexual psychopath in history. Although he had a good life ahead of him, some issues in his life still affected his entire being. Thus, the murders he committed. Who is Ted Bundy? In the Ted Bundy psychological profile, Bundy is described as a serial killer who has killed 30 women in five years. The last of the murders he committed…
Your asking for a very small citation from the DSM 5. I believe it falls under fair use. I d be glad to add this to the internet for scholarship and research with another citations about Cluster A because it makes no changes to the value of DSM-5. Paranoid Personality Disorder Diagnostic Criteria 301.0 (F60.0) A. A pervasive distrust and suspiciousness of others…
It is difficult to diagnose accurately borderline disorder in children because similar symptoms may evolve into one of several disorders as the child develops. However, the disorder can be diagnosed in adolescence or early adulthood. that are very similar to borderline disorder in adolescents and adults. Parents of some borderline patients report they detected…
Demi Lovato is never one to keep quiet about issues of body shaming in Hollywood, having been a victim herself for years. And when she appeared on the February cover of Allure magazine, she touched on the topic once again. Yet, this time, she was even more candid about the way the industry attempted to mould her into the superstar it wanted her to be. In particular…
Many people are interested in ways to predict whether they are about to become involved with someone who might be abusive. Abuse can occur in any type of relationship whether it is a heterosexual, lesbian, bisexual, pansexual, queer, or gay relationship. Women, men, transgendered people, and gender queer people all have the potential to be abusers or victims…
Eating disorders - such as anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating disorder – include extreme emotions, attitudes, and behaviors surrounding weight and food issues. Eating disorders are serious emotional and physical problems that can have life-threatening consequences for females and males. The following information is a brief summary of the Feeding and Eating Disorders…
Researchers in the field of psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) study the ways in which the immune system and the nervous system communicate with each other and impact people s mental and emotional health. Even though the field is relatively new, many studies have been designed to examine the influence of immune and nervous systems on the psychological consequences of…
Several studies have linked marijuana use to increased risk for psychiatric disorders, including psychosis (schizophrenia), depression, anxiety, and substance use disorders, but whether and to what extent it actually causes these conditions is not always easy to determine.32 The amount of drug used, the age at first use, and genetic vulnerability have all been…
What Are the Different Types of Personality Disorders? There are numerous different types of personality disorders. They are grouped into three clusters based on similar characteristics and symptoms. Some people may have signs and symptoms of multiple personality disorders. Cluster A: Suspicious Paranoid personality disorder: People with paranoid personality…
I often remind the readers of this blog that eating disorders are complex illnesses with physical, psychological and sociocultural roots and implications. Yet another reason supporting this complexity is the elevated incidence of eating disorder comorbidities. In other words, other psychiatric and medical conditions often present alongside anorexia nervosa, bulimia…
Open access Abstract Personality disorder is associated with self-harm and suicide, as well as criminal offending and violence towards others. These behaviours overlap when the means chosen to self-harm or attempt suicide put others at risk. In such circumstances, an individual s mental state at one and the same time may be deemed to meet the conditions for criminal…
CT scans of a human brain. Credit: Dreamstime The latest neuroscience research is presenting intriguing evidence that the brains of certain kinds of criminals are different from those of the rest of the population. While these findings could improve our understanding of criminal behavior, they also raise moral quandaries about whether and how society should use…
KEEP IN MIND: It s always easier to write about a topic that interests you in some way. 1. Write down one or two specific topics of interest to you in your discipline (e.g. in P.T., Nursing, O.T., Athletic Training, Mental Health, etc.). Examples: In medicine, there may be discrepancies about the best practices for reducing X condition in a certain type of patients…
As someone who works for the Alzheimer’s Association with support programs for caregivers, I decided to do a little research today on our Message Boards, where Alzheimer’s caregivers are able to communicate with each other about their concerns and get information and support from peers. For those who have been providing care to someone with Alzheimer’s disease…
Flare-ups can happen at any time. Adopting relaxation strategies will help you keep them under control. Here are some methods for managing stress: Breath Deeply Concentrate on breathing in and breathing out. Your deliberate pace will gradually help you slow down and be calm. Buddhist meditation involves breathing slowly while being mindful of your breath as it…
Below are brief descriptions of some common psychiatric conditions. These descriptions are based on current psychiatric thought and are used by many mental health professionals as a framework to apply the explosion of new knowledge concerning brain function and mental illness. These descriptions are provided as a starting point for the layperson to better understand…
When a person chooses suicide, it’s hard to accept that choice. Comedian and award-winning actor Robin Williams apparently made that choice earlier this morning. Robin Williams has long suspected to be a sufferer of either depression or bipolar disorder. Bipolar disorder is a mental illness where the person fluctuates between episodes of extreme energy, focus…
I received my B.A. in Sociology from the University of Florida in Gainesville FL, and my M.A. and doctoral degrees from the University of California, Santa Barbara, CA. I have been a member of the Counselor Education Faculty at Boston University School of Medicine for over 20 years. For the past 12 years I have served as Director of the Mental Health Counseling…
