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Are there alternative models to standard diagnostic categories?
Many conditions share overlapping symptoms, and there is no definitive way to diagnose a psychological condition other than by considering the symptoms as they are reported or observed (for instance, ...
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Reading the DSM through an IFS lens of Protectors
Concerning IFS and the DSM, I have heard Dick Schwartz and others describe the DSM as a catalog of IFS Protector Part descriptions. Is this an accurate position within IFS?
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Clarification of paper "Somatic symptom disorder: a diagnostic dilemma"
I am a Master´s student and I am writing my thesis on Somatic Symptoms. The other day I was reading the paper "Somatic Symptom Disorder: A Diagnostic Dilemma" (DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2019-231550), ...
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General lack of cognitive empathy disorder
Has there ever been a documented case or classification of a disorder where a person is unable to comprehend the fact that others do not know the same things they do, or that individuals do not know ...
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Reference for "Autistic traits may only emerge when social demands exceed capacity"?
I read on Twitter that It is documented in the DSM that Autistic traits may only emerge when “social demands exceed capacity” A quick search revealed that DSM probably stands for "Diagnostic ...
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What disorder might be considered opposite of the Histrionic Personality Disorder?
If a person might be considered the opposite of Narcissistic or having a Histrionic Personality disorder, what might it be called? For example, a person who feels a need to be unnoticed. Of course, I ...
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DSM-5 Assessments for App (electronic) use [closed]
I'm a budding entrepreneur building an app in the health and wellness space. As a part of the onboarding and user journey experience, I'm thinking of incorporating all DSM-5 assessments in my app, ...
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research based criteria domain and DSM5
Is there any major difference between the two classification systems ? and why is there no awareness as of yet about research based domain for classifying mental disorders when it for the larger part ...
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Borderline Personality Disorder vs Borderline Personality Organization
Most of psychoanalytic sources, including DSM, talks about Borderline Personality disorder and only disorder. Meanwhile Nancy McWilliams talks about Borderline Personality Organization. Also she ...
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What is the approximate average duration of a SCID-5 interview for diagnosing winter depression?
What is the approximate average duration of a DSM-V structured clinical interview for diagnosing winter depression? I would be very grateful for the answer!
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What is the difference in meaning between introversion and at least some of the autism spectrum
"Introversion" as I've encountered it is at one end of a polarity in both Jungian preferences and the Big 5. It is at least in theory not seen as intrinsically pathological by psychologists, though it ...
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How are attachment styles linked to personality disorders
There are three different patterns of behavior in the so called strange situation in which the caregiver leaves the infant for a while and a stranger comes in the room. These behavioral patterns are ...
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Is there any empirical support to "chemical imbalance theory" for mental illness?
Has it been proved by measurement of chemicals in the brain that psychiatric disorders have either their origin or continuance due to chemical imbalance in the brain? I saw the documentary Diagnostic &...
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Where can I find the text of past DSM versions to visualize revision history?
I'm interested in building a data visualization to learn more about the history of the DSM. (I'm inspired by this visualization of the edit history of Darwin's "Origin of Species" by Ben Fry, as well ...
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Day and month of 1980 DSM-III publication
I cannot for the life of me find the exact date -- day, month, year -- for the original DSM-III publication. The Google Citation, Amazon info, APA page, and others only list 1980. Does anyone know? ...
