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December, 2012

How Does Bullying Cause Suicide

Most Common Causes of Suicide as follow: Socio-cultural factors Suicide rates vary across countries. Russia, for example, has an annual rate as high as 40 per 100  000 people, while Greece has a rate of 4 per 100  000. Suicide rates are relatively low among those who are married or co-habiting, and higher among divorcees […]

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Is Suicide a Mental Disorder

Is Suicide a Mental Disorder? Only about half of those who commit suicide have an identifi ed mental health problem, the most common being depression, substance-related disorders and schizophrenia. About 15 per cent of people with each disorder kill themselves (Meltzer 1998). Surprisingly, perhaps, suicide is more strongly associated with moderate than severe depression, as […]

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Sample Treatment Plan Major Depression

Here is a Sample Treatment Plan Major Depression. Mrs V was an extremely overweight woman who worked as a nurse. Some years before her referral, she had married an ex-patient whom she had nursed with multiple sclerosis. He had since died. Following his death she had experienced a signifi cant period of depression and had […]

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Treatment for Major Depressive Disorder

 Biological interventions Antidepressants There are now three types of antidepressant in general use that impact on serotonin levels: tricylics, SSRIs and SNRIs. A third group of antidepressants, known as monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) proved reasonably effective, achieving clinically signifi cant changes in about 50 per cent of the people prescribed them. However, the dangers associated […]

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Signs and Symptoms of Major Depressive Disorder

DSM-IV-TR defines a major depressive disorder as the presence of at least five of the following Signs and Symptoms for at least two weeks: depressed mood markedly diminished interest or pleasure in almost all activities significant weight loss or gain, or increase in or loss of appetite physical agitation fatigue or loss of energy feelings […]

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Obsessive-Compulsive Case Studies,OCD Case Studies

Mr R was a 38-year-old gentleman referred to the Lancashire Clinical Psychology Services with a diagnosis of obsessional compulsive disorder. At the time of referral, he lived alone after the end of a long-term relationship. He lived in fl at, in which he was restricted to the use of three rooms as he felt unable […]

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Drug Treatment for OCD

Until the advent of SSRIs, the Drug Treatment of choice for obsessive-compulsive disorder, OCD, was clomipramine, a tricyclic. This has been shown to be effective in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder independent of any effect on mood. The Clomipramine Collaborative Study Group (1991), for example, reported an average 40 per cent reduction in symptoms, in […]

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Treatment Strategies for OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder)

Behavioural and cognitive behavioural approaches Behavioural treatment of OCD typically involves exposure and response prevention. In this, the individual is exposed to their feared stimulus, frequently in a graded manner, and then helped to prevent avoidance through their use of escape rituals: ‘contaminating’ hands and not washing them, and so on. This is thought to […]

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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Causes, Possible Causes of OCD

Genetic factors Evidence of a genetic risk for OCD is mixed. Carey and Gottesman (1981) reported an 87 per cent concordance between MZ twins and a 47 per cent concordance for DZ twins, implying a part genetic explanation for risk of the disorder. By contrast, Andrews et al. (1990) found no evidence of higher concordance […]

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Classification of Anxiety Disorders

Muir-Cochrane (2003) suggests that the most common anxiety disorders are classified as follows: • generalised anxiety disorder • phobias • obsessive-compulsive disorder • post-traumatic stress • panic disorder. However, Muir-Cochrane  states that ‘anxiety is one of the most common treatable mental disorders’. Anxiety can also be present in some other mental disorders such as depression; high […]

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