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Defining mental disorders is easy but to actually diagnose a patient needs a lot of hard work and proper information. You need to be able to classify the symptoms in order to narrow down to the right diagnosis. A wrong diagnosis could lead to more serious problems later on. This quick DSM-5 study guide helps you begin with the right treatment for the right patient.
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There are hundreds, if not thousands, of substances that are used to modify behavior. While different classes of substances have known effects, one has only to see a group of people drinking to excess to recognize that not everyone responds in the same way to a given substance. Why do substances have the behavioral effects they do, and why do individuals vary in their responses to them? This book provides a conceptual framework for answering such...
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An exposé of the current state of psychiatry that reveals how the pursuit of pharmaceutical riches has compromised patients' well-being In an effort to enlighten a new generation about its growing reliance on psychiatry, this illuminating volume investigates why psychiatry has become the fastest-growing medical field in history; why psychiatric drugs are now more widely prescribed than ever before; and why psychiatry, without solid scientific justification,...
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In his late teens, Henry Carmel was stricken with schizophrenia a life-altering mental illness characterized by tormenting voices, impaired judgment, and acute paranoia. In 1996, Henry was attacked by a huge dog. Fearing for his life, he panicked and killed the animal. Despite test results and reports supplied by an unbiased veterinary pathologist, the corrupt county veterinarian contradicted the pathologist and aggravated the incident with a false...
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Eating disorders are one of the most common but elusive conditions to treat in all of Psychiatry. While current treatments do help some patients with eating disorders, many individuals receive little to no benefit from treatment options, leading to a lifelong struggle with anxiety around eating and body image.
In this book, Michael Lutter, MD/PhD, presents the developement of his new program Gifted: Genetic Information for Treating Eating Disorders....
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For more than half a century Thomas Szasz has devoted much of his career to a radical critique of psychiatry. His latest work, Psychiatry: The Science of Lies, is a culmination of his life's work: to portray the integral role of deception in the history and practice of psychiatry. Szasz argues that the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness stands in the same relationship to the diagnosis and treatment of bodily illness that the forgery of a painting...
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Asylums were first, established to care for the unfortunates of society. It was only later they acquired a negative image. In Kentucky's First Asylum, author Alma Wynelle Deese explores this issue by dissecting the inner workings of the Eastern Kentucky Asylum, Kentucky's First Asylum and the second state-supported asylum to be, established in the United States. She describes the people, who were involved in the creation and maintenance of a medical...
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Nueva versión, revisada y ampliada, que enriquece el estudio de la entrevista y de los indicadores en psicoterapia y psicoanálisis, a la vez que los actualiza a la luz de nuevas reflexiones y los aportes.
Este libro trata básicamente de dos cuestiones: por una parte, de la comprensión de la dinámica y la técnica concomitante de la entrevista realizada a pacientes para valorar si son susceptibles de una ayuda psicoterapéutica o psicoanalítica;...
29) DSM-5 Principles
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Psychology, as a profession, is guided by several principles. Most of these principles are forgotten in the course of every work but they serve as the foundation for changes in criteria, as well as in adding and deleting diagnoses. Listed in this guide are the basic principles holding together the evolution of psychology as a branch of science.
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Este libro recopila una serie de artículos, debidamente revisados y actualizados, que fueron publicados en diversas revistas a lo largo de los últimos veinte años. Su denominador común es el intento de articular historia y clínica.
No una historia positivista, descriptiva, acumulativa, complaciente con el pasado y acrítica con el presente, sino otra historia, analítica, hermenéutica y crítica, que interpele al pasado para pensar el presente...
31) DSM-5 Overview
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Use this guide to distinguish the difference between seemingly similar disorders. All of the disorders mentioned in this guide have been migrated from the previous DMS-IV-TR into the DSM-5. You will find this guide extremely helpful because it provides basic definitions of the most common diagnoses included in DSM-5. This guide is perfect for students studying psychology.
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Anatomía de las emociones describe el recorrido de una sociedad autoritaria (anterior a 1968) a una sociedad más permisiva y al nacimiento de la cultura de lo políticamente correcto.
Carles Frigola, psiquiatra y discípulo de Wilhelm Reich, argumenta que la sociedad con la nueva normalidad ha enfermado, así como muchos actores de la nueva política. La gestión de la covid-19 está dando lugar a la Plaga Emocional, una enfermedad altamente infecciosa...
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El caso 'Nina', la enuresis infantil, la aplicación de la hipnosis para corregir la sordomudez. He allí algunas de las nuevas entradas que este libro impone al siempre incompleto tesauro freudiano.
Este volumen contiene la traducción al español de materiales autógrafos de Sigmund Freud que no figuran en ninguna de las ediciones de sus mal llamadas Obras Completas, con el agregado de algunas reseñas sobre conferencias que brindara en la Viena...
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Have you noticed the changes between DSM-4 and DMS-5? If not, this is the guide you need to read. Here, some of the major revisions from the two versions are briefly but sufficiently explained. Use this guide to become updated on the definitions of some of the most commonly diagnosed mental disorders.
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Different disorders warrant varying levels of attention and intervention. Diagnosis is, therefore, important to correct any problem as early as possible and avoid complications later on. This guide holds some of the most common disorders noticeable to both the young and the old.
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In what will be a tour de force in the field of psychiatry in all its complexity and depth, this important new volume explores the essential paradox of psychiatry-and offers a balanced understanding of its history and development in the medical world. Much is written about psychiatry, but very little that describes psychiatry itself. Why should there be such a need? For good or ill, psychiatry is a polemical battleground, criticized on the one hand...
37) Conquering PTSD
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Do you have PTSD, but therapy hasn't helped? Has it maybe even made it worse? This groundbreaking new PTSD book, written in plain english, will help you understand how PTSD forms in the first place, and how to finally conquer it.You'll walk through actual patient experiences as Dr. Hans Watson explains to his patient how the patient's PTSD was created, and helps him overcome it.Dr. Watson is not only a board-certified psychiatrist with extensive study...
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More of the changes you should need to take notice as DSM shifted from 4 to 5 are outlined in this quick study guide. This guide brings straightforward information, with the understanding of your probably hectic schedule and limited reading time. Perfect for busy professionals and students, this will surely keep you updated of the most important changes in your chosen field.
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Prozac and its chemical cousins, Paxil, Celexa, and Zoloft, are some of the most profitable and most widely used drugs in America. Their use in the treatment of a multitude of disorders--from generalized anxiety disorder and premenstrual syndrome to eating disorders and sexual compulsions--has provoked a whirlwind of public debate. Talk shows ask, Why is Prozac so popular? What, exactly, do these drugs treat? But sustained critical discussion among...
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Neuropsychiatry has a distinguished history, yet its ideals and principles fell out of fashion in the early twentieth century as neurology and psychiatry diverged into separate disciplines. Later, neuropsychiatry reemerged as the two disciplines moved closer again, accelerated by advances in neuroanatomy, neurochemistry, and drugs that alter the functioning of the central nervous system. But as neuropsychiatrist Michael R. Trimble explains in The...
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