Factitious disorders

1. How is assessment used in the adult population? Cavanaugh and Blanchard-Fields (2015) provide six primary methods of assessment in the adult population. The methods of assessment include interviewing, self-reports, reports by others, psychological assessment, direct observation, and performance-based assessment. The most common assessment method is clinical interviews. This method is often used because it provides direct information and nonverbal information. Interviews also allow clinicians

The Washington Post article, How Kristin Died (Lardner, 1992, as cited in Stillman, 2010), was written by her father, George Lardner, Jr. describing the events leading up to the murder of his adult daughter by her ex-boyfriend and revealing much about the bureaucracy’s role in the case (pp. 64-75). While George resided in Washington, D.C., his daughter Kristin Lardner was living with a roommate in Boston, Massachusetts before she died. Much of Mr. Lardner’s knowledge of the case was obtained after

From 2000 to 2013 there were a total of 160 active shooter incidents and that number is increasing every year. The main reason shootings have become so prominent is because the media has oversaturated the news with pictures of the shooter, their life stories, and their histories of mental illness. Forensic psychiatrist Dr. Park Deitz has repeatedly told the media to localize mass shootings to the area effected because the more they fan the flames across the nation of potential shooters, the greater

Sane or Insane It was said in the 1970 's most Psychiatric professionals predicted their own beliefs while diagnosing a patient on their mental and social suitability. Daniel Rosenhand a professor of law and psychology at Stanford has decided to take the time and do research on how patients are diagnosed accurately. Although Rosenhand was aware the major social role psychiatrists have, he was determined to figure out if the patients are really insane as they were evaluated to be. Although Resenhand

the Minds of Madness Dr. Jamison the author of An Unquiet Mind, recaptures her life in the world of manic depressive disorder, later to be categorized as bipolar 1. She explains in great detail the symptoms she undergoes through her life and how they affected her everyday living. Besides the recount of her symptoms divulges how she coped and overcame the obstacles of her disorder. She also allows the reader to know the struggles she had with her treatments as she went through life till she was

Hospitals are health care institutions that offer varying rages of acute, convalescent and terminal inpatient care as a result of acute and chronic conditions arising from diseases and injuries 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Hospitals of yesteryear originated as an institution for the poor, mentally ill and the homeless. They really didn’t provide elaborate care or treatment because of the limited amount of true medical knowledge that was available. The middle class avoided hospitals and chose to

treatment against their will such as: forced hospitalization, aversion therapy, and electroshock therapy (NAMI, 2016). These experiences result in isolation, embedded trauma, and self-hatred, which have been linked to the development of mental health disorders. A Boynton Health Service (2012) survey reports more than 43 percent of gay and lesbian students have been identified having three or more mental health stressors in comparison to almost a quarter of heterosexual students. Additionally, a study conducted

We are always hearing about how veterans need mental and physical treatment when they come home from tours of duty. This is true. However, they are not the only ones. Prison inmates should also have those same privileges. Nothing in the world could justify some of the cries that inmates may or may not have committed, but in reality things like insanity and schizophrenia are true illness that can’t be controlled on their own. With the assistance of therapist and psychologists, these inmates can find

In order to be diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder one must meet specific criteria that the DSM-5 clearly outlines. In order to be diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder one must meet a number of negative and positive symptoms associated with schizophrenia, these negative symptoms include: false beliefs that are not based in reality, alteration in sensory perceptions, alteration in thought processes, abnormal motor behavior, and a range of symptoms that reduce the person’s ability to function

Early onset psychosis is defined as psychotic symptoms within a psychiatric disorder such as schizophrenia, bipolar, or other psychoses, appearing in an individual before the age of 18 years old. Psychosis, including schizophrenia, comprises a major group of psychiatric disorder characterized by hallucinations and/or delusions (psychotic symptoms) that alter perception thoughts, affect and behavior, and which can considerably impair a child or young person’s development, relationships, and physical