Depersonalization disorder Depersonalization disorder (DPD) is a mental disorder in which the sufferer is affected by persistent or recurrent feelings of depersonalization and/or derealization. In the DSM-IV-TR it is classified as a dissociative disorder, while in the ICD-10 it is called depersonalization-derealization syndrome and is classified as an independent neurotic disorder.[1] Common descriptions of symptoms from sufferers include feeling disconnected from one's physicality or body, feeling detached from one's own thoughts or emotions, and a sense of feeling as if one is dreaming or in a dreamlike state. In some cases, a person may feel an inability to accept their reflection as their own, or they may even have out-of-body experiences.[2] The disorder can also be described as suffering from recurrent episodes of surreal experiences, which may in some cases be reminiscent of panic attacks. Symptoms[edit] Assessment[edit] The diagnosis of DPD can be made with the use of the following interviews and scales:
Neurological Disorders Neurological Disorder Resources This site is maintained by Eric H. Chudler, Ph.D.. Send questions and comments to chudler@u.washington.edu[Return to Neuroscience for Kids] | [Return to Eric H. Borderline Personality Disorder Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is one of the most controversial diagnoses in psychology today. Since it was first introduced in the DSM, psychologists and psychiatrists have been trying to give the somewhat amorphous concepts behind BPD a concrete form. Kernberg's explication of what he calls Borderline Personality Organization is the most general, while Gunderson, though a psychoanalyst, is considered by many to have taken the most scientific approach to defining BPD. The Diagnostic Interview for Borderlines and the DIB-Revised were developed from research done by Gunderson, Kolb, and Zanarini. What causes Borderline Personality Disorder? It would be remiss to discuss BPD without including a comment about Linehan's work. Linehan theorizes that borderlines are born with an innate biological tendency to react more intensely to lower levels of stress than others and to take longer to recover. vulnerability vs invalidation unremitting crises vs inhibited grief. Affect helplessness guilt
Psychiatry’s New Guide Falls Short, Experts Say Just weeks before the long-awaited publication of a new edition of the so-called bible of mental disorders, the federal government’s most prominent psychiatric expert has said the book suffers from a scientific “lack of validity.” The expert, Dr. Thomas R. Insel, director of the National Institute of Mental Health, said in an interview Monday that his goal was to reshape the direction of psychiatric research to focus on biology, genetics and neuroscience so that scientists can define disorders by their causes, rather than their symptoms. While the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or D.S.M., is the best tool now available for clinicians treating patients and should not be tossed out, he said, it does not reflect the complexity of many disorders, and its way of categorizing mental illnesses should not guide research. “As long as the research community takes the D.S.M. to be a bible, we’ll never make progress,” Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. “They didn’t get it,” Dr. Dr. Dr.
News and Research This is a graphic depiction of a mitochondrion which are found in great numbers in every cell. These little organelles provide cellular energy to each cell by converting foodstuffs into energy (adenosine triphosphate - commonly known as ATP). This ATP cellular energy is needed for every cell to do its job. Diabetic people typically do not properly metabolize carbohydrates well and thus are relegated to abnormally high lipid and free fatty acid uses, including triglycerides (another form of fat). Lipid metabolism produces one tenth the cellular energy as carbohydrate metabolism. The mitochondria of diabetic people are not deficient, they are merely not receiving the signals and enzymes from the liver necessary to allow them to properly burn carbohydrates. The good news is that mitochondria have their own DNA, and so once they are provided the necessary signals and enzymes, they can provide cellular energy to their host cell.
DSM: Diagnosing for Money and Power, Summary of the Critique of the DSM, offered by Zur Institute for Psychologists, MFTs, SWs, Nurses and Counselors Introduction Because most undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate courses relatively uncritically present the DSM as an objective scientific document, this summary focuses exclusively on the critical view. It neither provides a complete analysis of psychiatric diagnosis nor denies that the DSM, if used cautiously and appropriately, can be useful, nor does it advocate against psychiatric diagnostic. The primary goal of this web page is to promote critical thinking in psychology and psychiatry by presenting a controversial critique of psychiatric diagnosis. The DSM has undergone a sociopolitical, economically driven evolution since its inception in 1952 when it emerged as a diagnostic tool for physicians who framed it in the medical model. Overview of Critique of the DSM-5 This is the saddest moment in my 45-year career of studying, practicing, and teaching psychiatry. Brief background. These were vigorously opposed. Director of the National Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH), Dr.
The Overrated Writers of 2006 Here they are, the Literary Kicks Overrated Writers of 2006: Philip Roth, Joan Didion, William Vollmann, Cormac McCarthy and Jonathan Lethem. What these writers all have in common is that I once cared about each one of them. You don't get on my Worst Five list unless I once had high hopes for you. Each of these five writers seemed to be right up my alley when I first heard of them. My fateful Cormac McCarthy encounter came on an airplane to California, after I'd excitedly purchased Blood Meridien for a gripping read. I had very, very high hopes when I first heard of William T. What I'm trying to say here is -- you can't really hate a writer unless you also love something about them. My week-long rant is now hereby over, and I have to tell you I feel about fifty pounds lighter after getting all of this off my chest. This is your chance to let it all out, and I'd really like to hear what you have to say.
When You Think It's Alzheimer's But It's Not When Alzheimer’s is suspected, he noted, patients need a full work-up for other possible causes of their symptoms, checking everything from their sodium levels to their thyroid function, as well as an MRI scan of the brain. Other tests may also cast light on the patient’s condition, including a look at the spinal fluid, but in his experience, neuropsychological testing remains the gold standard for the diagnosis at this point. [module align="right" width="half" type="pull-quote"]"So instead of saying 'shoe,' he might say 'flubscum.'"[/module] So if a patient seems to have Alzheimer’s, with all the confusion and memory loss we’ve heard about so vividly this week, what else might it be? Dr. Depression There is something called “pseudo-dementia of depression.” You can often distinguish that from dementia because there’s a sleep disorder, insomnia, and lack of motivation, preference to stay in the house, loss of appetite, a facial expression which is sad. Alcoholism Metabolic abnormalities
Greatest Poets of All Time - best, most ranked User Contributed Rankings - ShareRanks.com Hafiz Hafiz (1325? – 1389) wrote poetry in the form of ghazal, a short traditional Persian form that he perfected. The lines of a ghazal are written in rhyme in such order: 1 – 2 – 4 – 6 – 8 - … Hafiz is greatly admired both in Iran and, in translation, in the West. Especially appealing are his love for the common person and his relation of daily life to the search of humanity for the eternal. The 10 Greatest Poets: My List | City Brights: Dean Rader Who would have thought so many people would have so many strong opinions about poetic greatness? The hundreds of passionate, articulate, persuasive responses proves that Americans think and care deeply about poetry. A shockingly low number of responses (perhaps three) tried to make the claim that poetry is dead. Compiling my own list was an exercise in gleeful frustration. I rather informally carried three interrelated criteria in my head as I built the list–how thoroughly a poet’s work has permeated our culture and become part of its fabric, the degree to which a poet has influenced other poets, fiction writers, artists, screenwriters, and critics, and the ability of a poet to make: to craft out of the chaos of emotion and language, something artful. Sadly, I don’t think my list is particularly controversial or revelatory, except perhaps my number one pick. But now, on to those who did: 10. It is impossible to overestimate his impact. One of my favorite Rumi poems stands as an example:
The 10 Greatest Books of All Time Let's not mince words: literary lists are basically an obscenity. Literature is the realm of the ineffable and the unquantifiable; lists are the realm of menus and laundry and rotisserie baseball. There's something unseemly and promiscuous about all those letters and numbers jumbled together. Take it from me, a critic who has committed this particular sin many times over. But what if—just for argument's sake—you got insanely rigorous about it. Yes, it would probably still be an obscenity. Each individual top 10 list is like its own steeplechase through the international canon. There's plenty of canon fodder on the lists. There are several lifetimes' worth of promising literary leads here—544 books in all. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Hamlet by William Shakespeare The Great Gatsby F.
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