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Body dysmorphic disorder symptoms
Dysmorphophobia, originally conceptualized by Morselli in 1886, refers to a subjective feeling of ugliness or physical defect in a person of normal appearance. It also includes individuals with a minimal physical defect who react out of proportion to this defect. Dysmorphophobia is a label that has largely been used in Europe but ignored in the […]
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Gender identity disorder symptoms
Gender identity disorder In contrast to transvestism, where men dress as women, but accept their male identity, individuals with gender identity disorder (GID) believe themselves to have been born the wrong sex. DSM-IV-TR defines the disorder as: a strong and persistent cross-gender identifi cation persistent discomfort with one’s sex, or a sense of inappropriateness in […]
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paedophilia symptoms
Paedophilia Sexual relationships between adults and children are not new. Across the ancient world, there are clear examples of what would now be referred to as paedophilic relationships, particularly involving young boys. In Greece such relationships were seen as contributing to the boy’s education; in Rome, the relationship may have been more focused on the […]
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Symptoms of Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is classed as an anxiety disorder in DSM-IV. OCD has two symptom clusters: Obsessional thoughts (ruminations) and compulsive actions (rituals). Most patients have a mixture of both symptoms. Approximately 1.5 per cent of the population at any given time will suffer from OCD. The condition affects people irrespective of class, race, culture […]
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Finitions of anxiety and symptoms
Marks suggests that fear can be seen as a ‘usually unpleasant response to realistic danger’, whereas anxiety is ‘similar to fear but without objective source of danger’. A phobia is fear of a situation, which is out of proportion to the actual danger and cannot be explained or reasoned away. Panic is a sudden upsurge […]
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Mental Symptoms of Depression
The symptoms of depression tend to fall into four main groupings: emotions or feelings; physical symptoms; thought patterns; and behavioural symptoms. Emotions: feeling like crying a lot; feeling alone (even in company); feeling sad, depressed upset, hopeless, despairing, or just numb; feeling anxious, irritable, or unreasonably angry; feeling lethargic; having no interest or enjoyment in […]
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Symptoms Diagnosis Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar disorder or manic depression as it is sometimes known, is a disorder which, as its name suggests, consists of two categories of symptoms: depressive symptoms which are described in the first part of this chapter, and mania, that is periods of exaggerated mood, euphoria and psychotic episodes. The other key feature which needs to […]
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Criteria for Schizophrenia Symptoms
About diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia. At least one of the symptoms (a)–(d) or at least two of the symptoms (e)–(i) should have been present during a period of a month or more: (a)thought echo, thought insertion or withdrawal, and thought broadcasting; (b)delusions of control, influence or passivity, clearly referred to body or limb movements or […]
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The major psychoses, symptoms and perception
Psychosis is ‘a severe mental disorder in which the person’s ability to recognize reality and his or her emotional responses, thinking processes, judgement and ability to communicate are so affected that his or her functioning is seriously impaired’ . If you look closely at this thumbnail sketch of psychosis, we can see that we are […]
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Symptoms of depression in women and men
The symptoms of depression in women and men tend to fall into four main groupings: emotions or feelings; physical symptoms; thought patterns; and behavioural symptoms. Emotions: feeling like crying a lot; feeling alone (even in company); feeling sad, depressed upset, hopeless, despairing, or just numb; feeling anxious, irritable, or unreasonably angry; feeling lethargic; having no interest […]
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