The Sanctuary
Ego => Head Shrinkers => Topic started by: Idiosyncrasy on May 23, 2014, 05:01:17 am
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By Gallows, totse2
Originally posted 03/13/2011
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I thought it'd be helpful to post a list of common mental disorders and their symptoms and treatments. This is a work in progress, and I will be updating/reorganizing the material frequently. I'm considering adding an epidemiology and a causes section as well.
Disclaimer: This thread is for informational purposes only. It is not meant to be a diagnostic tool.
Affective Disorders
Major Depression
Symptoms: Recurrent thoughts of suicide, anhedonia, sleep disturbance, fatigue, etc.
Treatment: Psychotherapy, phototherapy, antidepressants (SSRIs, MAOI, etc), electroconvulsive therapy, St.John's Wort, Thyroxin, TMS, MST, vagal nerve stimulation, etc.
Atypical Depression
Symptoms: Weight gain, binging, leaden paralysis, histrionic traits, hypersomnia.
Treatment: Psychotherapy and antidepressants.
Bipolar Disorder
Symptoms: Depression, extreme euphoria, severe insomnia, auditory hallucinations, rapid cycling between moods, etc.
Treatment: Lithium carbonate, anticonvulsants, antipsychotics, and antidepressants.
Subcategories: Cylothymia, Bipolar I, Bipolar II, and Bipolar NOS.
Anxiety Disorders
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Symptoms: Debilitating worry and fretfulness, restlessness, difficulty concentrating, insomnia, accelerated heart rate, dry mouth, nausea, etc.
Treatments: Limiting stimulants, Benzodiazepines, Beta-blockers, SSRIs, atypical antidepressants, and psychotherapy.
Panic Disorder
Symptoms: Occurrence of panic attacks without warning.
Treatment: Anxiolytic medications, SSRIs, psychotherapy, and desensitization.
Social Anxiety Disorder
Symptoms: Chronic fears of being watched/judged by others, fear of making embarrassing mistakes, etc
Treatment: SSRIs and psychotherapy.
Specific Phobias
Symptoms: Fears or panic attacks out of proportion to the situation. Desire to avoid offending stimulus.
Treatment: Anxiolytic or antidepressant medication, systematic desensitization, in vivo desensitization, and virtual reality (for select phobias).
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Symptoms: Debilitating obsessions and compulsions.
Treatment: SSRIs, tricyclics, behavior therapy,and cingulotomy (for sever cases).
Subcategories: Trichotillomania, onychophagia, hypochondriasis, and body dysmorphic disorder.
Stress disorders
Symptoms: dissociative symptoms, chronic hyper arousal, insomnia, irritability, aggressiveness, and survival guilt.
Treatment: Anxiolytics, antidepressants, sleep medication, and psychotherapy.
Subcategories: Acute stress disorder and Post-traumatic stress disorder.
Dissociative Disorders
Dissociative Amnesia
Symptoms: Inability to recall appropriate personal information.
Treatment: Anxiolytic medications, psychotherapy, and sedative-hypnotic medications.
Dissociative Fugue
Symptoms: Sudden travel away from area of work/residence with amnesia of the individual's past. Confusion about identity or adoption of a new identity.
Treatment: Anxiolytic medications, psychotherapy, and sedative-hypnotic medications.
Depersonalization Disorder
Symptoms: Lack of emotion, altered perception, jamais vu, etc.
Treatment: Psychotherapy and SSRIs.
Dissociative Identity Disorder
Symptoms: Presence of two or more distinct identities. At least two of the identities control the person's behavior.
Treatment: Psychotherapy, antidepressants, and anti-anxiety medication.
Schizophrenia
Symptoms: Disturbances of language and communication, disordered emotionality, motor abnormalities
Treatment: Antipsychotics, tranquilizers, and neuroleptics.
Subcategories: Disorganized, catatonic, undifferentiated, paranoid, and residual.
Personality Disorders
Paranoid Personality Disorder
Symptoms: Unwarranted suspicion and mistrust, restricted emotion, moralistic ideation.
Treatment:
Schizoid Personality Disorder
Symptoms: Inability to form close relationships, aloof demeanor, indifferent to praise or criticism.
Treatment: Antipsychotics, antidepressants, psychotherapy.
Schizotypal Personality Disorder
Symptoms: 'Magical thinking,' social anxiety, eccentric speech, paranoia.
Treatment: Antipsychotics, psychotherapy.
Histrionic Personality Disorder
Symptoms: Extreme attention seeking, overly dramatic, egocentric, transient relationships, vain, threats of suicide.
Treatment: Antidepressants, psychotherapy.
Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Symptoms: Grandiose sense of self-importance, fantasies of unlimited success, lack of empathy, sense of entitlement.
Treatment: Schema therapy.
Borderline Personality Disorder
Symptoms: Chaotic relationships, self-damaging behavior, abandonment depressions, self-mutilation, intense anger.
Treatment: Antidepressants, anxiolytics, antipsychotics, psychodynamic therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy.
Antisocial Personality Disorder
Symptoms: Violation of others' rights, excessive deception, impulsiveness, aggression, lack of remorse, etc.
Treatment: No known treatment.
Avoidant Personality Disorder
Symptoms: Hypersensitive to rejection/ridicule, hesitant to enter relationships, social withdrawal, low self-esteem,
Treatment: Anxiolytics, antidepressants, and group therapy.
Dependent Personality Disorder
Symptoms: Allows life to be run by others, defers decisions to others, tolerates abuse, sees self as helpless,
Treatment: Anxiolytics, group therapy.
Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder
Symptoms: Perfectionist, judgmental about self and others, oversensitive to criticism, obsessed with small details
Treatment: Antidepressants, psychotherapy.
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in all reality the majority of the DSM should be considered fiction. ffs...their latest serving of butt-fuck-soup is that anyone that is contradictory to authority is considered a defective.
psychology has only slightly less validity than tarot card reading or astrology.
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in all reality the majority of the DSM should be considered fiction. ffs...their latest serving of butt-fuck-soup is that anyone that is contradictory to authority is considered a defective.
psychology has only slightly less validity than tarot card reading or astrology.
Meh, there's two sides to this argument. Both are valid to a point.
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two sides...as in multiple personality disorder
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i think i have most off these
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Until we understand the human brain and its mechanisms better we will be unable to accurately describe mental afflictions. That being said, modern psychology and neuro science, while still deficient in some areas are the path to that understanding. Yes the DSM-V is not perfect but it is a start.
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Yes the DSM-V is not perfect but it is a start.
no its not. now theyre going the way of the soviet union and trying to use a pseudo science as actual science to be able to forward particular agendas and political goals
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I'd like to add PTSD to this list. I've been recently diagnosed with this label. It is often overlooked or omitted from "lists of disorders". My family and friends don't believe its a (real problem) so in addition to the disorder I suffer from the "stigma" that Im just malingering.
I guess they are right and it is just all in my fucking head.
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Psychosis is not too rare and a personal bane
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this is basically a list for attention whores
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After reading all of these symptoms, I'm pretty sure I have at least fifty percent of these maladies. Considering my options now. What do you guys think , suicide ?
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After reading all of these symptoms, I'm pretty sure I have at least fifty percent of these maladies. Considering my options now. What do you guys think , suicide ?
If you're not joking, you're hypochondriac
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Great , now add that to the list. Hypocondria
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Dissociative Identity Disorder, better known as multiple personalities, is stated as occurring with about 1% prevalence in the general population--still far greater than anywhere outside of the United States. Still, I once interviewed a psychiatrist for an assignment who specialized in dissociation, and she swore that a more accurate figure would be 3-4%. Of course I'm incredulous of her claim, but I do plan to work in her field one day in some capacity and I'd like to see for myself what makes her so sure. I believe that some patterns we see as highly disorganized and abnormal are more common than we can see.
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I've thought about going to the doctor but I figure why bother. I'm just gonna be even more bummed out that I'm broken.
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I've thought about going to the doctor but I figure why bother. I'm just gonna be even more bummed out that I'm broken.
Self medicating is always fun. Doesnt matter what you take as long as its in large quantities