American Psychiatric Association, 2000

Culture-bound syndrome The term culture-bound syndrome was included in the fourth version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (American Psychiatric Association, 2000) which also includes a list of the most common culture-bound conditions (DSM-IV: Appendix I). Included in DSM-IV-TR (4th.ed) the term cultural-bound syndrome denotes recurrent, locality-specific patterns of abnormal behavior and troubling experience that may or may not be linked to a particular DSM-IV-TR

event, for example, a car accident or a physical assault during a robbery. In most situations people will develop resilience, which is the person’s ability to adapt when they are faced with trauma, adversity, or high amounts of stress (American Psychological Association, 2016). In other words they are able to cope with the traumatic event, a constructive manner. However there are those who are unable to reach this phase and thus develop a Trauma – and – Stressor Related Disorder. The most common heard

Conflict, wherever it may be, has had a history of marring the lives of people in the most destructive of ways. From the loss of loved ones, to the physical damage done to oneself, all of these atrocities have in common the fact that they leave behind terrible memories that can scar individuals for the remainder of their lives. Among the many horrid remnants of warfare, the effect on the mental health status of the civilian population is one of the most striking. Studies of the general populace

classification system is the DSM-V (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders). In the early 1900, steps were taken to follow a system similar to the DSM that is currently used today. The DSM-I was first published in 1952 by the American Psychiatric Association, with the DSM-II being released in 1968 as an amendment of the original (Pomerantz, 2014). While the earlier editions of the DSM were similar to each other, they were very different from the other editions later released (Lilienfeld

and even so, she was never diagnosed nor received treatment by a psychiatric professional. The reader can go back through the history and point out occasions in which Miss Emily’s mentality and actions suggested the probability of a mental illness. This knowledge can support the claim that Miss Emily suffered from schizophrenia as defined by the American Psychiatric Association’s DSM-IV criteria (American Psychiatric Association 159). It is realistic to suggest that Miss Emily developed this mental

and that several incidents occurred four to five times. The files were sealed and put away. Recently the files had been uncovered, painting the Duggar family in a different light. The most recent discovery is Josh Duggar's reported association with the Ashley Madison account. His name was reported to

ORIENTATION: “Sweet Wild Boy,” reveals a man (Mark Willis) who loves and cares deeply about his family and friends. He could be described as a caretaker, or a loyal friend. Either way Mark represents a man of integrity and character; who tries to help his best friend (David) overcome family problems at home and then though out his adult life, addiction to drugs. Mark’s parents even became involved in the attempt to help save David however; David could not resist the demons of his past and always

While the DSM-5 remains largely based on categorical nosology, the introduction acknowledges the need for a more dimensional approach (APA, 2013). In fact, the DSM-5 task force and work groups were instructed to consider empirically-based guidelines to improve dimensional aspects of disorder categorization such as: shared neural substrates, biomarkers, family traits, course of illness, high comorbidity, genetic risk factors, and shared treatment response. While the DSM-5 task force ultimately decided

Specified. (American Psychiatric Association, 2013) Regardless of the new titles and categories in the DSM-5, dementia is referred to throughout the text for the state of standardization and continuity between clinicians and physicians. The reasoning for this change to neurocognitive disorders refers to dementia typically being the title of degenerative disorders given to

Every effort is made to distribute our findings so that all of the public cannot ignore the wholesale infliction of pain and suffering onto our school children, and the role “paddling” schools play in teaching our children that physically aggressive and coercive resolutions of conflict are legitimate. Contributing to the problem of violence by making children feel rejected and isolated, corporal punishment is unsafe in and of itself, but its discriminate application may be co-incident with problems