Articles in the Mental Disorders Category
Sexual Orientation versus Age of Onset as Bases for Typologies (Subtypes) for Gender Identity Disorder in Adolescents and Adults
Abstract The most widely used and influential typologies for transsexualism and gender identity disorder (GID) in adolescents and adults
employ either sexual orientation or age of onset of GID-related symptoms as bases for categorization. This review compares
these two typological approaches, with the goal of determining which one should be employed for the diagnosis of GID in Adolescents
or Adults (or its successor diagnosis) in the forthcoming revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). Typologie [...]
Abstract The most widely used and influential typologies for transsexualism and gender identity disorder (GID) in adolescents and adults
employ either sexual orientation or age of onset of GID-related symptoms as bases for categorization. This review compares
these two typological approaches, with the goal of determining which one should be employed for the diagnosis of GID in Adolescents
or Adults (or its successor diagnosis) in the forthcoming revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). Typologie [...]
Is there a need for Psychiatry? (please read on, I am NOT Anti-Psychology)?
Jason asked: Clinical Psychologists study the diagnosis of mental disorders they study for 10 years on psychology alone. Psychiatrist on the other hand go to medical school study general medicine for 4 years then 3 ... [...]
Jason asked: Clinical Psychologists study the diagnosis of mental disorders they study for 10 years on psychology alone. Psychiatrist on the other hand go to medical school study general medicine for 4 years then 3 ... [...]
From Mental Disorder to Iatrogenic Hypogonadism: Dilemmas in Conceptualizing Gender Identity Variants as Psychiatric Conditions
Abstract The categorization of gender identity variants (GIVs) as “mental disorders” in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) of the American Psychiatric Association is highly controversial among professionals as well as among persons with GIV.
After providing a brief history of GIV categorizations in the DSM, this paper presents some of the major issues of the ongoing
debate: GIV as psychopathology versus natural variation; definition of “impairment” and “distress” for GID; associated psycho [...]
Abstract The categorization of gender identity variants (GIVs) as “mental disorders” in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) of the American Psychiatric Association is highly controversial among professionals as well as among persons with GIV.
After providing a brief history of GIV categorizations in the DSM, this paper presents some of the major issues of the ongoing
debate: GIV as psychopathology versus natural variation; definition of “impairment” and “distress” for GID; associated psycho [...]
Coping Strategies of Hospitalized People with Psychiatric Disabilities in Taiwan
Abstract Research has found that people with psychiatric disabilities Taiwan tended to utilize passive and emotional-focused strategies
to cope with their illness unlike Western studies. A self-reported questionnaire that incorporated categories: socio-demographic
characteristics, the self-impact of illness, illness adaptation, and coping strategy scale was administrated to 140 persons
with psychiatric disabilities routinely hospitalized over a long period of time to explore the strategies of coping with their
mental disorders. A [...]
ADHD
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD or ADHD) is a neurobehavioral developmental disorder. It affects about 3 to 5% of children with symptoms starting before seven years of age. Global prevalence for children is approximately 5%, with wide variability dependent on research methodologies utilized in studies. It is characterized by a persistent pattern of impulsiveness and inattention, with or without a component of hyperactivity. ADHD is twice as common in boys as in girls, though studies suggest this discrepancy may be due to subject [...]
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD or ADHD) is a neurobehavioral developmental disorder. It affects about 3 to 5% of children with symptoms starting before seven years of age. Global prevalence for children is approximately 5%, with wide variability dependent on research methodologies utilized in studies. It is characterized by a persistent pattern of impulsiveness and inattention, with or without a component of hyperactivity. ADHD is twice as common in boys as in girls, though studies suggest this discrepancy may be due to subject [...]
Social construct theory of ADHD
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is listed as a developmental, neurobehavioural disorder, widely recognized[citation needed] by the medical and scientific community as causing impairment, especially in children. Still, scientists can't conclusively state what causes ADHD. Social critics question whether ADHD is wholly or even predominantly a biological illness. Critics outside of majority or minority opinion on this topic, maintain that ADHD and ADD "were invented and not discovered," saying that the symptoms associated with ADHD [...]
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is listed as a developmental, neurobehavioural disorder, widely recognized[citation needed] by the medical and scientific community as causing impairment, especially in children. Still, scientists can't conclusively state what causes ADHD. Social critics question whether ADHD is wholly or even predominantly a biological illness. Critics outside of majority or minority opinion on this topic, maintain that ADHD and ADD "were invented and not discovered," saying that the symptoms associated with ADHD [...]
Obsessive–compulsive disorder
Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) is an anxiety mental disorder characterized by involuntary intrusive thoughts and compulsive behaviors. When a sufferer begins to acknowledge these intrusive thoughts instead of dismissing them, which is voluntary, the sufferer then develops a great degree of anxiety based on the doubt that something has happened or will happen. The sufferer feels compelled to voluntarily perform irrational, time-consuming, and distressing physical behaviors. [...]
Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) is an anxiety mental disorder characterized by involuntary intrusive thoughts and compulsive behaviors. When a sufferer begins to acknowledge these intrusive thoughts instead of dismissing them, which is voluntary, the sufferer then develops a great degree of anxiety based on the doubt that something has happened or will happen. The sufferer feels compelled to voluntarily perform irrational, time-consuming, and distressing physical behaviors. [...]
Psychoanalysis: Psychopathology (mental disturbances)
The various psychoses involve deficits in the autonomous ego functions (see above) of integration (organization) of thought, in abstraction ability, in relationship to reality and in reality testing. In depressions with psychotic features, the self-preservation function may also be damaged (sometimes by overwhelming depressive affect). Because of the integrative deficits (often causing what general psychiatrists call "loose associations," "blocking," "flight of ideas," "verbigeration," and "thought withdrawal"), the development of self and obje [...]
The various psychoses involve deficits in the autonomous ego functions (see above) of integration (organization) of thought, in abstraction ability, in relationship to reality and in reality testing. In depressions with psychotic features, the self-preservation function may also be damaged (sometimes by overwhelming depressive affect). Because of the integrative deficits (often causing what general psychiatrists call "loose associations," "blocking," "flight of ideas," "verbigeration," and "thought withdrawal"), the development of self and obje [...]
History of depression
What was previously known as melancholia and is now known as clinical depression, major depression, or simply depression and commonly referred to as major depressive disorder by many health care professionals, has a long history, with similar conditions being described at least as far back as classical times. [...]
What was previously known as melancholia and is now known as clinical depression, major depression, or simply depression and commonly referred to as major depressive disorder by many health care professionals, has a long history, with similar conditions being described at least as far back as classical times. [...]
Classification of mental disorders
A mental disorder or mental illness is a psychological or behavioral pattern that occurs in an individual and is thought to cause distress or disability that is not expected as part of normal development or culture. The recognition and understanding of mental disorders has changed over time and across cultures. Definitions, assessments, and classifications of mental disorders can vary, but guideline criteria listed in the ICD, DSM and other manuals are widely accepted by mental health professionals. Categories of diagnoses in these schemes may [...]
A mental disorder or mental illness is a psychological or behavioral pattern that occurs in an individual and is thought to cause distress or disability that is not expected as part of normal development or culture. The recognition and understanding of mental disorders has changed over time and across cultures. Definitions, assessments, and classifications of mental disorders can vary, but guideline criteria listed in the ICD, DSM and other manuals are widely accepted by mental health professionals. Categories of diagnoses in these schemes may [...] 
