Mental health articles
OF mental health care and mentally ill
March, 2016
suicidal ideation assessment
suicidal ideation assessment The American College Health Association (ACHA) conducted the Spring 2000 National College Health Assessment (NCHA), which, along with other health indicators, measured depression, suicidal ideation, and suicide attempts among 15,977 college students on 28 campuses (ACHA, 2001). Its fi ndings were comparable to the National College Health Risk Behavior Survey (NCHRBS) conducted […]
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college students suicide rate
college students suicide rate In 2000, there were approximately 2,775 four-year colleges and 2,000 community or junior colleges in the United States, enrolling approximately 15 million students (U.S. Department of Education, 2002). One fourth of all persons aged 18–24 in the United States are either full- or part-time college students—an age group with a high […]
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suicidal behaviors of college students
There is no more painful disruption to the structure of campus life than that caused by a student suicide. A suicide brings to a halt the daily patterns of teaching, research, and scholarship that defi ne college life, and calls into question a campus’s safety, security, and stability (Silverman, 2005a). Greater awareness of the rate […]
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obsessive compulsive personality disorder ocd case
obsessive compulsive personality disorder ocd case Obsessive compulsive personality disorder (OCPD or OCD) has the essential feature of “a preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism, and mental and interpersonal control, at the expense of fl exibility, openness, and effi ciency”. Although students oft en talk about being “anal,” and an academic environment does reinforce a moderate amount […]
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dependent personality disorder symptoms
dependent personality disorder symptoms According to the DSM-IV-TR (American Psychiatric Association, 2000, p. 721), dependent personality disorder (DPD), one of the most prevalent disorders reported in mental health settings, is characterized by “a pervasive and excessive need to be taken care of that leads to submissive and clinging behaviors and fears of separation.” With these […]
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treatment of avoidant personality disorder
treatment of avoidant personality disorder Avoidant personality disorder (APD) is characterized by “the pervasive pattern of social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and hypersensitivity to negative evaluation” (American Psychiatric Association, 2000, p. 718). In addition, these individuals oft en have low self-esteem and social phobia and tend to enter relationships only when unconditional acceptance is guaranteed […]
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cluster c personality disorder symptoms
cluster c personality disorder symptoms Cluster C entails pervasive anxiety and fear. Th is cluster is the most ambiguous of the three because it overlaps with Axis I diagnoses, especially anxiety, mood, eating, and somatoform disorders (Dolan-Sewell et al., 2001). Th e “central features of timidity, persistent tension, proneness to anxiety, dependence, lack of confi […]
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narcissistic personality disorder case study
narcissistic personality disorder case study Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) is characterized by a “pervasive pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, and lack of empathy that begins in early adulthood” (American Psychiatric Association, 2000, p. 714). Oft en viewed as the most obnoxious of the personality disorders, NPD individuals not only are arrogant but also have […]
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histrionic personality disorder case study
histrionic personality disorder case study Histrionic personality disorder (HPD) is characterized by excessive emotionality and attention-seeking behavior (American Psychiatric Association, 2000). Individuals with HPD are lively, overdramatic, demanding, dependent, and overreactive, always looking for reassurance. Th ey also have been characterized as shallow, egocentric, and manipulative (Maxmen & Ward, 1995). Millon et al. (2000) describe […]
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Borderline personality disorder treatment plan
Borderline personality disorder treatment plan Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is unlike the other personality disorders in that it shows individual and cultural variations and may improve with age, even without treatment. Typical characteristics of BPD include impulsivity; unstable and intense interpersonal relations; poorly regulated emotions, including pronounced feelings of rage, emptiness, and boredom; poor anxiety […]
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