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Prevalence, Causes, Diagnostic Criteria and Features of Adjustment Disorders
Adjustment disorder is defined as a maladaptive emotional and/or behavioral reaction to an identified psychosocial stressor, encompassing people who struggle to adjust after a stressful event on a scale disproportionate to the amount or degree of the stressor. The symptoms are distinguished by stress responses inconsistent with socially or culturally anticipated reactions to the stressor and/or produce…
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Prevalence, Diagnostic Criteria, and Features of Acute Stress Disorder
Acute stress disorder (ASD) was added to the DSM-IV 20 years ago, but not much is known about how common it is, especially in the general community. ASD is a different diagnosis from PTSD, but the only difference is how long the symptoms last. This makes it harder to figure out how common ASD is.…
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Diagnostic Criteria for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a common and intricate psychiatric problem that develops as a result of experiencing traumatic experiences, greatly affecting an individual’s mental health. PTSD is a condition that can cause a variety of symptoms, affecting cognitive abilities, emotions, physical sensations, and behavior. This can result in long-term difficulties and a higher likelihood…
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Prevalence, Diagnostic Criteria, and Features of Disinhibited Social Engagement Disorder
Disinhibited social engagement disorder (DSED) is characterized by socially abnormal actions including straying from a caregiver, agreeing to travel with a stranger, and engaging in excessively familiar physical activities (such as hugging strangers) with strangers. The frequency range of symptoms for DSED is found to be between 4% and 11% and its prevalence rate of diagnosis…
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Prevalence, Diagnostic Criteria, and Features of Reactive Attachment Disorder
Reactive attachment disorder is a trauma- and stressor-related early childhood syndrome caused by social neglect or maltreatment, according to the DSM-5. Children with this condition have trouble making emotional connections, cannot feel pleasant emotions, cannot tolerate physical or emotional contact, and may react aggressively when held, caressed, or comforted. Children with this condition are unpredictable,…
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Prevalence, Treatment, Diagnostic Criteria, and Features of Excoriation (Skin-Picking) Disorder
Excoriation disorder, often known as skin picking disorder, is a mental health problem defined by the recurrent act of picking one’s skin, resulting in tissue damage and causing functional impairment and/or discomfort. This pathological, obsessive, and repeated picking of skin that causes tissue damage is also referred to as neurotic excoriation, dermatillomania, or psychogenic excoriation.…
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History, Prevalence, Diagnostic Criteria, and Features of Hoarding Disorder
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) includes hoarding disorder (HD) in the group of obsessive-compulsive and related disorders (OCRD), which also includes trichotillomania, excoriation disorder, and body dysmorphic disorder. A person with a hoarding problem develops an unjustified attachment to their material belongings and finds it difficult to let go of…
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7 Movies You Should Watch to Understand Panic Attacks
Are you looking for movies on panic attacks to understand what they look like? If that is the case, you are at the right place! The following is the list of 7 movies you must watch to understand panic attacks: Girl, Interrupted (1999) In the film, Winona Ryder plays the role of a young lady who,…
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Prevalence, Diagnostic Criteria, and Features of Body Dysmorphic Disorder
The American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition Text Revision (DSM-5-TR) defines body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) as a condition in which a person is fixated on what they think is wrong with their appearance when in reality they look fine. BDD is a common mental illness that is often not…
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Prevalence, Diagnostic Criteria, and Features of Trichotillomania
Trichotillomania, also known as hair-pulling disorder, is an obsessive-compulsive disorder in which people repeatedly pull out hair from any part of their body. Studies reveal that there have not been many large epidemiological studies on this disorder, but estimates of its frequency show that between 0.5% and 2% of the general population has it. However,…