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Tag Archives: Bipolar Disorder
Eating Disorders
“Eating disorders (EDs) are polysymptomatic syndromes, defined by maladaptive attitudes and behaviors around eating, weight, and body image.” (Blaney & Millon, 2009, p. 431) The primary disorders in this category are anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN), and eating disorders … Continue reading
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Tagged anorexia nervosa, anxiety, Binge Eating, Binge Eating Disorder, Binge-purge, Bipolar Disorder, body image, bulimia nervosa, eating, eating disorder, EDNOS, excitability, extroversion, Impulsive, impulsivity, Major Depression, mood disorders, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, panic disorder, perfectionism, personality disorder, PTSD, skinny, social phobia, substance abuse disorders, thin, undernourished, weight
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Comorbidity: Substance Abuse Disorders (SUDs)
Comorbid, or comorbidity, is literally defined as “recurring together.” (Shiel, Jr. & Stoppler, 2008, p. 94) For our purposes, comorbidity will refer to cases where two or more psychiatric conditions coexist, and where one of the conditions is a substance … Continue reading
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Tagged ADHD, affective flattening, alcoholic, alcoholism, amphetamine, amphnetamine abuse, antisocial personality disorder, anxiolytics, Bipolar, Bipolar Disorder, borderline personality, borderline personality disorder, caffeine, cannabis, cocaine, Comorbid, comorbidity, Conduct Disorder, death, Depression, eating disorder, gateway drug, hallucinogens, hypnotics, incarceration, inhalant, marijuana, nicotine, opiate, personality disorder, phencyclidine, quality of life, Schizophrenia, sedative, social anxiety disorder, Substance Abuse, substance abuse disorders, substance use, suicide, unemployment, victimization, violence
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Paranoid Schizophrenia vs Delusional Disorder
Analysis of the common psychopathological features in the various psychotic disorders suggest that symptoms can be clustered into five main categories: (Os & Kapur, 2009, p. 635) 1) Psychosis, encompassing positive symptoms of delusions and hallucinations. 2) Alterations in drive … Continue reading
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Tagged attention, auditory hallucinations, Bipolar, Bipolar Disorder, catatonic, delrealization, delusions, dementia praecox, depersonalization, Depression, dysphoric mood, dysregulation, executive functioning, hallucinations, Mania, Manic, memory, motivation, neurocognition, non-bizarre delusions, paranoid, persecutory delusions, Psychosis, Schizophrenia, social withdrawal, spontaneous speech
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