Psychological Disorders: Types, Diagnosis, and Facts: Publications and Documents
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The Disabled World (DW) "Psychological Disorders: News and Information" section features a wide range of articles, research papers, and news updates on topics related to mental health and psychological conditions. Examples include discussions on anxiety, depression, PTSD, schizophrenia, and the impact of mental health on physical well-being. The publications provide valuable insights into the latest scientific findings, treatment options, and societal implications of psychological disorders. Many of the articles are peer-reviewed or based on credible research, making them useful for individuals with disabilities, seniors, healthcare professionals, and anyone seeking a deeper understanding of mental health challenges and solutions.Searching the Database
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| Does Daylight Saving Time Trigger Unhealthy Habits? Researchers explore whether the onset of daylight saving time leads consumers to engage in unhealthy behaviors. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Mental Illness and Gun Violence in US, Australia, UK Peer-reviewed study finds similar mental illness rates in the US, Australia, and UK, yet far higher US gun death rates tied to firearm access. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Body Integrity Dysphoria, BIID, and Transability Explained Body Integrity Dysphoria (BIID) and transability - what they are, how they differ, and what current psychiatry and the ICD-11 say about both conditions. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Gaming Disorder and Video Game Addiction Defined Video game addiction is a compulsive use of gaming that impairs daily functioning, now recognized by the World Health Organization as a gaming disorder. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Growing Evidence That Mentally Ill Youths Become Less Healthy Adults Studies suggest mental health struggles in early life can lead to poorer physical health and advanced aging in adulthood. | ||
| Screen Time and Teen Depression and Suicide Risk Study Florida State University and San Diego State University research links higher teen screen time with greater rates of depression and suicide-related behaviors. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Facial Recognition Findings May Help Develop Conduct Disorder Treatments Study shows teenagers with severe antisocial behaviour have difficulty recognising facial expressions and look less at parts of the face, such as the eyes, when viewing faces. | ||
| Social Isolation and Loneliness Greater Threat to Public Health Than Obesity Research reveals loneliness and social isolation represent greater public health hazard than obesity and the impact will continue to grow. | ✓ | |
| Control Your Emotions by Talking to Yourself in the 3rd Person Silently talking to yourself in the third person during stressful times may help you control emotions without any additional mental effort. | ||
| New Diagnostic Model For Psychiatric Disorders Proposed Psychologists and psychiatrists outline new diagnostic model for mental illness and how these illnesses are classified and diagnosed. | ||
| Metacognitive Therapy: A Cure For Social Anxiety Disorders? Metacognitive therapy, means working with a patients thoughts and their reactions and beliefs about those thoughts by addressing their rumination and worry about how they function in social situations. | ||
| New Theory on Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Context processing problems could explain symptoms and brain imaging findings, and integrate and improve on earlier models. | ||
| Understanding VA PTSD Disability Claims Process Guide to VA PTSD disability claims: diagnosis, stressor evidence, and medical nexus explained for veterans seeking service-connected benefits. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Link Between Teenage Antisocial Behavior and Brain Development MRI map of teenage brains provides evidence of link between antisocial behavior and brain development. | ||
| Why People End Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Early Research study on why many people end cognitive behavioral therapy before the end of recommended course of treatment. | ||
| Psychosomatic and Somatoform Disorders: Information, Types, Treatment Some physical diseases are thought to be especially prone to be worsened by mental factors such as anxiety and stress. Examples include eczema, psoriasis, high blood pressure, ulcers and heart disease. | ||
| The Failing Stigma and Treatment of Mental Illness Details the stigma of being declared mentally ill or mentally incompetent and its most recent evidence, Germanwings flight 9525. | ||
| Psychosis: Signs, Types, Risks, Treatment Information regarding psychosis, a serious mental disorder characterized by emotions and thinking that has lost contact with reality. | ||
| People Believing They Were Born that Way Inclined to Blame God for Bad Behavior Study reveals those attributing bad behavior to innate traits are more likely to blame God, highlighting implications for mental and spiritual health. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Mental Health: The $293 Billion Elephant in the Waiting Room Costs for treating patients with conditions accompanied by mental illnesses and addictions higher than those without these disorders. | ||
| Major Lack of Mental Health Care in U.S. Prisons Research shows American state and federal prisoners are not receiving treatment for mental health conditions. | ✓ | |
| Police at Risk for PTSD - Positive Personality Traits Resilience, satisfaction with life and grateful disposition may shield police from symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder after natural disaster. | ||
| Mentally Ill: Who Goes to Prison? Who Goes to Psych Institutions? Difference between people with mental illness incarcerated for crime and those declared not criminally responsible and hospitalized at psychiatric institution. | ✓ | |
| Sociopaths: Common Symptoms and Traits Sociopaths display antisocial behavior characterized by lack of empathy towards others, displays of abnormal moral conduct and inability to conform with normal society. | ||
| Borderline Personality Disorder: Symptoms and Treatment Borderline Personality Disorder symptoms, causes, risk factors, diagnosis criteria, and treatment options including Dialectical Behavior Therapy and psychotherapy. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Treating and Preventing Seasonal Affective Disorder Lack of sunlight during winter months can cause subtype of depression called Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), where episodes of depression occur during the same time every year. | ||
| The Season Born Affects Your Later Life Mood New research shows that the season you are born has a significant impact on your risk of developing mood disorders. | ||
| Research Finds Mental Illness Not Usually Linked to Crime According to a study most offenders with mental illness symptoms did not display a pattern of crime over their lifetime. | ||
| Managing Difficult Memories and Emotions Researchers study ways of focusing away from emotion during recollection of personal negative emotional memories like how sad you were or how embarrassed you felt. | ||
| Asperger's Syndrome and Self-Esteem Information relating to people with Asperger's Syndrome and their self-esteem a disposition that represents their judgments of their own worthiness. | ||
| Women with Mental Health Disability: Abusive Relationships Study reveals females with a severe mental health related disability more likely to have been a victim of partner violence. | ||
| High PTSD and Depression Rates of Contractors in War Zones Study reveals private contractors who worked in conflict environments report suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and depression more often than military personnel. | ||
| Narcissism: Narcissistic Personality Disorder and Bullying Article looks at Narcissistic Personality Disorder in particular bullies and people with Aspergers Syndrome. | ||
| Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and People with Learning Disabilities The psychological understanding of PTSD is that it represents a failure on the part of an individual to process their experience of fear. | ||
| Lack of Mental Health Care in America Mental health is a fluid state with untreated illness and disability at one end of the spectrum, and recovery and complete mental well-being at the other end.. | ||
| Deinstitutionalization: Speeding Closure of State Institutions National Council on Disability toolkit and paper helping advocates and policymakers close state institutions and move people with disabilities into communities. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Common Mental Illnesses Affecting U.S. Workers Research in regards to psychiatric epidemiology has demonstrated that mental health disorders are common in America. | ||
| Youth, Poverty and Mental Health The majority of people with mental health disabilities face unreasonable barriers related to finding work or attending school.. | ||
| Examining New PTSD DSM-5 Diagnosis Criteria Study indicates proposed changes to the DSM diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder will not substantially affect number of people who meet criteria for the disorder. | ||
| Disability Benefit Eligibility: Mental Health Conditions Conditions covered by Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) includes many debilitating mental disorders. | ||
| Adolescents and Stigma Associated with Mental Illness Reducing stigma associated with adolescent mental illness is essential step toward increasing number of teenagers who seek help they need. | ||
| Body Dysmorphic Disorder: Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, Treatment Body dysmorphic disorder is when a person worries about their appearance and is concerned with something that is not present. | ||
| Workplace Stress: Symptoms and Solutions Excessive workplace stress has potential to interfere with a persons productivity and have an impact on emotional and physical health. | ||
| When Negative Thoughts Turn to Depression Negative thinking is a red flag for clinical depression stopping such thoughts early can save millions of people from mental illness. | ||
| Diagnosing Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) Children having difficulty dressing, playing some games, drawing or typing on a computer could be suffering from developmental coordination disorder (DCD). | ||
| Everyday Stress Relief Tips Almost half of adults in America have reported feeling more highly stressed than they did a year ago. | ||
| Mental Health Disability Increases in U.S. The prevalence of self reported mental health disabilities increased in America among non elderly adults during the last decade. | ||
| Stress in the Workplace a Growing Health Hazard Study finds visits to doctors has risen 26 percent among workers in high stress jobs. | ||
| Improving Global Mental Health Mental health experts are calling for a greater world focus on improving access to care and treatment for mental neurological and substance use disorders. | ||
| Online Test for Autism and Mental Health Issues Parents and teachers concerned about a childs mental health and development can get immediate answers from an online screening with Project SKIP. | ||
| Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Following Orthopaedic Trauma PTSD is a type of anxiety disorder that occurs after a person experiences a traumatic event involving physical injury, and occurs in 20 to 51 percent of patients with an orthopaedic injury.. | ||
| Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) As many as 6 percent of all children suffer from Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) having a difficult time playing sports and staying organized at school. | ||
| Even Mild Stress is Linked to Long-term Disability Psychological distress and risk of long term disability population based longitudinal study. | ||
| Mental Illness and the Struggle for Services People with mental health disabilities often find themselves with no source of income home transportation and no way to get to the services they need. | ||
| Depression Diagnosis Needs a Second Opinion This form of bipolar disorder is difficult to diagnose because its sufferers often are highly functioning and extremely productive. | ||
| Bipolar Disorder Susceptibility Factor Study identifies a previously unrecognized susceptibility factor for bipolar disorder. | ||
| Symptoms of PTSD That Cause the Most Damage To better treat PTSD a study examined which problems associated with PTSD actually correspond to lower quality of life. | ||
| Genetics of Bipolar Disorder: Piccolo A new study in Biological Psychiatry implicates a brain protein called Piccolo in the risk for inheriting bipolar disorder. | ||
| Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD): The Winter Blues Seasonal affective disorder or SAD is a form of depression which can include increased sleepiness sapped energy social withdrawal and apathy or disinterest. | ||
| Can You Get Disability Benefits for Depression When filing for Disability benefits for major depression you need to know what information the Social Security Administration considers. | ||
| Turning Off Stress Post-traumatic stress disorder can affect soldiers after combat or ordinary people who have undergone harrowing experiences. | ||
| Mental Health Parity Law Unknown to Most Americans APA survey finds 87 percent of Americans unaware of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act requiring equal insurance coverage for mental health care. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Positive Emotions Good for Health in Old Age Data shows positive emotions may be a powerful antidote to stress, pain, and illness. | ||
| Is Winter Making You Tired Many people experience fatigue when seasons change and the weather cools. | ||
| Make a New Year's Resolution for a Healthy Mind Gauge your emotional well-being by taking a free anonymous mental health self-assessment. | ||
| Drug Prevents Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome Injecting calming drugs into the brain within five hours of a traumatic event. | ||
| History of Mental Illness Treatment in America University at Buffalo course examines the troubling history of mental illness treatment in America from colonial-era asylums to modern psychiatric medication. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Playing with Your Child Helps Their Mental Health Positive adult interactions during childhood can guard against personality disorders later in life. | ||
| 1 in 5 Children Meet Criteria for a Mental Disorder Across Their Lifetime Prevalence data on a broad range of mental disorders in a nationally representative sample of U.S. adolescents. | ||
| Childhood Adversity May Lead to Unhealthy Stress Response in Adult Life Correlation between childhood adversity and exaggerated inflammatory response to stress among seemingly healthy people. | ||
| Intensive Care Diaries Protect Patients from PTSD If staff and relatives make a diary for patients featuring information about their stay and accompanied by photographs PTSD rates can be significantly reduced. | ||
| Urban Living and Psychotic Disorders Study examines association between urban living and psychotic disorders. | ||
| Schizophrenia and Psychotic Syndromes Schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders are a chronic and often disabling condition. | ||
| Narcissistic Heterosexual Men Target Hostility at Heterosexual Women Narcissistic heterosexual men target their hostility primarily at heterosexual women but lesbians are seen favorably. | ||
| Antisocial Personality Disorder - Psychiatric Conditions Facts and Information Antisocial personality disorder involves psychiatric conditions where a person demonstrates a pattern of exploiting manipulating or violating the rights of others. | ||
| MDMA (Ecstasy) Assisted Psychotherapy Relieves Treatment Resistant PTSD MDMA also known as Ecstasy may one day offer hope for individuals with post traumatic stress disorder PTSD. | ||
| Higher Risk of Epilepsy for Soldiers with Brain Injuries Soldiers with brain injuries at higher risk of epilepsy decades later. | ||
| Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) in Children Comprehensive guide on Oppositional Defiant Disorder in children, covering symptoms, behavioral patterns, and effective management strategies. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Mental Issues of a Cyberbully Adolescent cyberbullies and their victims may have physical, mental health problems. | ||
| Conduct Disorder Information and Help Options Information on bad adolescent behavior conduct disorder or juvenile delinquency in teens and youth. | ||
| Method to Objectively Identify PTSD Biological marker in the brains of those exhibiting post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). | ||
| Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): Causes, Symptoms, Treatment Information on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) a form of anxiety disorder that may happen if a person has experienced a traumatic event. | ✓ | |
| Trauma Reflects Our Psychological Well-Being Psychological well being was associated with post trauma stories that were high in closure. | ||
| What Does Psychological and Emotional Health Mean Psychological and emotional health means feeling that all is well with your world and that you are able to cope with whatever life brings your way. |
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