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Intermittent Explosive Disorder

Disorder Class: Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders Intermittent Explosive Disorder, DSM-5 criteria. Recurrent behavioral outburst representing a failure to control aggressive impulses as manifested by either of the following (A): The magnitude of aggressiveness expressed during the recurrent outbursts is grossly out of proportion to the provocation or to any precipitating psychosocial stressors (B). The […]

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Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)

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Dr. Bennet Omalu is the forensic pathologist credited with the discovery of the degenerative brain disease Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, or CTE. Omalu first came into contact with CTE when he was working at the Pittsburgh coroner’s office, when he was tasked with performing the autopsy on famous Steeler’s center Mike Webster. He eventually came to

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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

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DSM-5 Diagnostic Criteria for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Note: The following criteria apply to adults, adolescents, and children older than 6 years. For children 6 years and younger, see the DSM-5 section titled “Posttraumatic Stress Disorder for Children 6 Years and Younger” (APA, 2013a). Exposure to actual or threatened death, serious injury, or sexual violence

Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

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Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD) versus Obsessive-Compulsive disorder (OCD)

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Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD) is a personality disorder where individuals may be perfectionistic, rigid, and unable to express warm, tender feelings. There can be preoccupation with trivial details and rules, and difficulty adapting to changes in routine. Obsessive-Compulsive disorder (OCD) is a separate disorder that involves irresistible obsessions and compulsions and is not the same

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD), Personality disorders

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Anxiety Disorders

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According to the American Psychiatric Association, anxiety is a normal response to stress and can even be useful in some situations, such as increasing attention and focus on what we are doing. By contrast, anxiety disorders differ from temporary feelings of anxiousness or nervousness with more intense feelings of fear or anxiety. Anxiety Disorder Types:

Anxiety Disorders, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic disorder, Phobias, Separation anxiety disorder, Social anxiety disorder, Substance or medication-induced anxiety disorder

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Dissociative disorders – Dissociative identity disorder (DID) commonly known as Multiple personality disorder

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Multiple personality disorder had been used until 1994 and the idea was that there was additional information with these personalities, with these alters. So in a sense these alters were growing they were developing as individuals. In 1994 name is changed to Dissociative identity disorder (DID). With DID our understanding is that these alters are

Depersonalization/Derealization disorder, Dissociative amnesia, Dissociative disorders, Dissociative Fugue, Dissociative identity disorder (DID), Multiple personality disorder, Other Specified Dissociative Disorder, Psychiatry, Unspecified Dissociative Disorder

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Pathological lying

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Unlike telling the occasional white lie to avoid hurting someone’s feelings or getting in trouble, a pathological liar seems to lie for no apparent reason. Pathological lying is a persistent, compulsive tendency to tell lies out of proportion to any apparent advantage that can be achieved. This often occurs among people with alcohol dependence or

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Battered woman syndrome and Coercive control

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Battered woman syndrome is considered a type of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Psychologist Lenore Walker, EdD, coined the term in her groundbreaking 1979 book, The Battered Woman. Battered woman’s syndrome is the psychological effects of physical, sexual, and psychological abuse inflicted by intimate partner. Men are also abused by their partners, and the term “battered

Battered woman syndrome, Coercive control, Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Paraphilic disorders, Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

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Attachment styles

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Founded by psychoanalyst John Bowlby in the 1950s and expanded by Mary Ainsworth, attachment theory outlines how your bond with your primary caregivers sets the foundation for how you navigate relationships throughout life. Human infant cannot survive without its caregiver. That is why infants need closeness with their caregivers. Depending on the relationship that caregivers,

Attachment styles, Insecure attachment styles, Secure attachment style

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