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How to Diagnose Mental Disorders
To diagnose a severe mental disorder, the person must have at least two of these symptoms: • believing things that are untrue, for example that his thoughts are being controlled by outside forces or that people are trying to poison him (delusions); • hearing or seeing things that no one else can (hallucinations); often these […]
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SHOULD MENTAL AND BODILY DISORDERS BE CONSIDERED TOGETHER?
The D.S.M.-III definition speaks only of mental disorders, but the D.S.M.-IVincludes a note distancing the A.P.A. from the idea that any meaningful distinctioncan be drawn between disorders that are mental and those that are physical. Thus, byimplication, the current A.P.A. position suggests that mental and bodily disordersare fundamentally similar. One of the main reasons for […]
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Classification of mental disorders
When it comes to the classification of mental disorders, it may quite reasonably be expected that different therapies will be suited to different disorders. Thus it is essential to establish a reliable and valid classification system at the outset, so that we can identify a disorder and then prescribe a suitable treatment. As mentioned in […]
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