tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92499132011-04-21T18:25:22.434-07:00Mental Health Disorders & DiagnosesINTEGRAL PSYCHOTHERAPY & METAPHYSICShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06770882782909672559noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9249913.post-1100962343343139042004-11-20T05:43:00.000-08:002004-11-20T06:55:49.903-08:00Mental Health Disorders & Diagnoses<span style="font-size:130%;">This page is dedicated to share information regarding the Mental Health Disorders as defined in the DSMIV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) in order to provide some light about the different psychological problems and their diagnoses.
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<br /><strong>1.- SCHIZOPHRENIA AND OTHER PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS</strong>
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<br />- To have psychosis means to be out of touch with reality.
<br />- Psychosis can be manifested by one or more of five types of symptoms:
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<br />A.-POSITIVE SYMPTOMS
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<br />…they give the sense that something has been added to of modified in the client.
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<br />1.- DELUSIONS
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<br />“False beliefs that cannot be explained by the client’s culture or education; and the Client cannot be persuaded that the belief is false”.
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<br />1,1.- Grandeur
<br />1.2.- Guilt
<br />1.3.- Health
<br />1.4.- Jealousy
<br />1,5,- Passivity
<br />1.6.- Persecution
<br />1.7.- Poverty
<br />1.8.- Reference
<br />1.9.- Thought Control
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<br />* Note that it is important to distinguish between Delusions and OVERVALUED IDEAS, which are not clearly false, but there is not proof that they are correct.
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<br />2.- HALLUCINATIONS
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<br />“A false sensory perception that occurs in the absence of a related sensory stimulus”.
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<br />- Can affect any of the five senses.
<br />- Most common: auditory and visual
<br />- The person must be fully conscious and not under a delirium or when the person is going to sleep or waking up.
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<br />* Note that it is important to distinguish between Hallucinations and Illusions, which are misinterpretations of actual sensory stimuli.
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<br />3.- DISORGANIZED SPEECH
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<br />“Loose Associations. When mental association are governed by jokes, verses or any other not clear or apparent rule but by logic”.
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<br />- The speech must be so impaired that it interferes with communication.
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<br />4.-DISORGANIZED BEHAVIOR
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<br />“Behavior or physical actions that do not appear to be goal-directed”.
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<br />B.-NEGATIVE SYMPTOMS
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<br />…they give the sense that something has been taken away from the client.
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<br />1.- Reduced range of expression of emotion (flat affect).
<br />2.- Markedly reduced amount or fluency of speech.
<br />3.- Avolition: Loss of will to do things.
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