Questions tagged [psychiatry]
The discipline of medicine which focuses on the treatment of mental disorders, using a combination of pharmacotherapy, behavioral ("talk") therapy, and innovative experimental therapies (e.g., transcranial magnetic stimulation).
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Would it be possible to directly block dopamine release in the mesolimbic area?
Thinking about the treatment of (drug induced) psychosis I'm having the following thoughts.
Drug induced psychosis makes up for 25% - 50% of cases of patients experiencing psychosis . Nevertheless ...
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What is the difference between "avolition" and "abulia"
The Wikipedia articles are confusing especially the first one https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abulia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avolition
If you google "abulia avolition" the first entry (&...
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Can a psychiatrist himself need psychological help after working with a mentally ill patient and how can he protect himself from this? [duplicate]
A psychiatrist identifies mental disorders and pathologies, diagnoses, treats and prevents them. Process of implementing non-pharmacological psychological correction of the patient’s psycho-emotional ...
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Is there research on how easy patients feel it is to get access to psychiatric medications they want in various countries?
Regarding availability, satisfaction with diagnosis/ability to receive desired prescription by doctor’s permission, and especially how restrictions in the medical system can lead to long wait times ...
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What's the difference between a general psychiatric evaluation and a clinical psychiatric evaluation?
I've seen a few references (e.g. at VeryWellMind) to the fact that there are three kinds of psychiatric evaluations: General, Clinical, and Emergency.
The nature of an Emergency evaluation almost goes ...
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Is there a reason I cannot find those that specialize in psychiatry and psychology?
Any time I look this up, I only seem to find the differences between the two. I'm aware of the difference enough to know that one is generally someone you consult with to work out problems, while the ...
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Can EXTREME distress push a person who already suffers from General Anxiety Disorder and Panic Disorder into a more severe mental condition?
I recently finished reading Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl which explores some of the psychological explanations behind surviving something as horrific as concentration camps. I would like ...
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How is it ascertained that people treated for persecutory delusions are not indeed being persecuted?
Many people suffering from persecutory delusions have very weird, clearly improbable stories about how they are being persecuted. However - correct me if I'm wrong - in many cases these stories are, ...
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"Reverse Tolerance" Hypothetical
Let me use Caffeine as an example for this question, because it's a classically understood case of drug tolerance.
Caffeine is an adenosine antagonist; it works by blocking the adenosine receptors in ...
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How do I counter the argument that since each person is different, there can't ever be a general scientific theory to blanket the minds?
I am interested in psychology and psychiatry but often a counter argument given by others when I bring up this topic is that since each person is different mentally, there can't be a general all ...
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On talking people out of delusions
One psychatrist I know recently wrote, offhand: "I remember when I was a student I tried so hard to convince someone that they weren't royalty, hours of passionate debate, and it just did nothing....
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Is Dissociative Personality Disorder Alter Takeover Possible?
Is it possible for an individual with dissociative personality disorder, with two distinct personalities, for the second personality (the 'alter') to take over and become the primary personality? More ...
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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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Do people with sociopathy, neuroticism need medical attention?
Do people with sociopathy, neuroticism need medical attention? I thought people with dark traits don't need medication unless it causes them to have problem functioning in society like working with ...
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Can people fake mental illness to gain sympathy?
In the last decade, a lot of famous personalities and celebrities have opened up about suffering from mental disorders, largely depression. This has caused the younger generation to accept and seek ...
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What is the neurological basis for the association between Bipolar type 2 and autism spectrum disorder (ASD)?
Bipolar disorder type 2 and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is regularly seen together. What is the neurological explanation for this?
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What does "oddly related" mean in a mental status exam?
Mental Status Exams done by psychiatrists often include a description of the "relatedness" of a patient. Sometimes, patients are described as "oddly related." What is "...
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Can anticholinergics like benztropine be used to treat Catatonia?
I found an old paper describing a case study where a catatonic patient was successfully treated with benztropine (Cogentin). However, I can't find any modern guidelines that calls for this treatment (...
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Are there any sources on how many of patients with mental illness were hospitalized several times?
I was wondering how likely it is for someone with an mental illness like depression that after he is released is hospitalized again. Could you expect that someone who is released is never in the need ...
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Could a psychiatrist have their license revoked for using a new type therapy procedure on patients?
I'm a writer and, in this story I'm currently writing, a psychiatrist researches a new therapy method before finally testing it on his patients. My plan, however, was to eventually have his license ...
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recommendations for good books focusing on the reward system, motivation and addiction
As the title states, I would like to get recommendations for some good reads about the brain's reward system, motivation and addiction.
In particular I'm looking for a book that assumes no ...
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Is a return to previous personality possible in Schizophrenia?
I'm reading Memory Disorders in Psychiatric Practice by German E. Berrios and John R. Hodges (2000). The section on The Ganser Syndrome has this table (from page 449) contrasting Schizophrenia and ...
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Can we change a particular addiction into another addiction?
My current knowledge about dopamine and serotonin came from a series of articles and web pages, a few videos also.
As per my knowledge and readings I know that addiction is about reward, a person’s ...
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Is there a known reason why people feel a bit bad after other people do something for them?
There's an Thai word: kreng jai (the feeling of not wanting to disturb/inconvenience another person, or feeling uneasy due to your own request of someone)
Likewise in Burmese the word "anade" which ...
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Is it possible for a "false positive" medical diagnosis to be voided or expunged later? [closed]
In general, if a diagnosing clinician makes a grave error in diagnosis, is it possible to later invalidate the diagnosis on the basis of insufficiency, lack of evidence, poor judgment, or other ...
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Is there a mental health disorder related to a harmful lack of anxiety and stress?
Ataraxia is the freedom from distress or worry in ancient Greek philosophy. However, emotions play a vital role in motivation and decision making. Many disorders relate to having excessive emotional ...
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Do psychiatrists and researchers themselves don't have an idea how antidepressants work?
This question may be seen as an extension of my previous question, here. I was talking to a person online where s/he mentioned that psychiatrists themselves don't have an idea as to how SSRIs work. ...
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Patterns in psychosomatic pains [closed]
In the case of somatoform disorders, when considering such a disorder where seeing the scenes of the surroundings and sensing a series of psychosomatic pains in a specific way, is there a name for ...
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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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Is there a mental disorder in which one is unable to determine personal preferences, and as a result, is a cause of great distress?
I know that our preferences and tastes help shape our behaviors and what activities we willingly engage in, but I also know that being faced with indecision is a common feature of the human experience....
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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? ...
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Can a person with delusions completely acknowledge their delusions
I wanted to ask a question for a story I'm writing;
Can a person with delusions completely acknowledge that they have delusions? For example, if someone claims that for a long time he believed ...
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Sex With Ghosts - Possible Clinical Diagnoses
Spectrophilia, is described by Wikipedia as the sexual attraction to ghosts or sexual arousal from images in mirrors, as well as the phenomenon of sexual encounters between ghosts and humans.
A quick ...
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Unknown unit/mL
In the book Kaplan and Sadock's synopsis of psychiatry:
Clozapine. Clozapine (Clozaril) levels are trough levels determined in
the morning before administration of the morning dose of medication. ...
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Popular science books introducing therapeutic use of psychedelic drugs
I'm not a psychologist nor a psychiatrist, but I have the impression that research of therapeutic use of psychedelic drugs (MDMA, LSD, DMT, etc) is undergoing a revival and is very slowly being ...
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Relationship and differences between psychosomatic, somatoform and idiopathic disorders
I'm really confused because it seems to me these terms overlap to some extent.
Psychosomatic disorder
psychosomatic adj.
1. of or pertaining to a physical disorder that is caused or notably ...
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Is low self-esteem, a brain chemical imbalance problem, rather than a personality defect, and can't be fixed by any amount of counselling/self-help?
I am asking this question because I recently observed something within myself:-
I think I used to be a Borderliner plus Bipolar. I was very sensitive, and slightest of events will either induce mania ...
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Do schizophrenics tend to believe they were gaslighted?
It would seem to me that it would be hard for a single person to manipulate a mentally stable into thinking they have schizoid problems. One might quickly become suspicious if the supposed delusions ...
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Names of branches of neuroscience and related fields dealing with hunger, taste, attachment, and digestion, and their relationship to other perception
I would like to know what the branches of neuroscience, cognitive science, psychology, and psychiatry related to what happens when the tongue touches and other possible related mouth sensors, touch, ...
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On what basis do professionals who recognize gender dysphoria support risky and permanent medical intervention for those seeking gender re-assignment?
Before I pose my question, here are some statements from a slideshow on "Understanding Gender Nonconformity in Childhood and Adolescence" by Robert Garofalo, attributed to the Children's ...
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Criteria for Something to be Considered a Mental Disorder
I know this will probably be closed for being broad, but I think it certainly has an answer.
What are the criteria for something to be considered a mental disorder?
Does a disorder need to be ...
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Why aren't any advancements being made in physically diagnosing Bipolar and other psychiatric disorders?
I was involved in a discussion where somebody had asked if others had thoughts of doing risky things during their manic episodes. Two people commented, including myself. I worried that only relying on ...
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Difference between panazep and lupizep
When panazep did not work to reduce anxiety in me the psychiatrist prescribed lupizep. Since both contained the same ingredients Paroxetine and Clonazepam in the same amount I asked the doctor about ...
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Name of sound-induced-hunger condition
When I was a student I used to notice that towards supper time, whenever I would go from my quiet study space to a place where people were talking, it people started to tell in my quiet space, i would ...
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Is getting trapped in an asylum a realistic scenario?
In various movies, most recently Unsane (2018), a scenario is painted in which a healthy person gets committed and trapped in an insane asylum and the caretakers there are more or less indifferent to ...
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In psychiatry, what does double-bookkeeping mean?
TL;DR What does double bookkeeping mean? +1 for sharing stories about your Tappy
Tappy (Talbott) has always been a tad odd, but who'd blame him, right? The guy took a whole bunch of tropane ...
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What percentage of those diagnosed with schizophrenia didn't have brain abnormalities?
Scientists in a wide study of subcortical brain abnormalities from the ENIGMA Consortium, Schizophrenia Working Group, published in Molecular Psychiatry, analyzed the brain scans of more than 2,000 ...
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Do the feelings related to Transference always originate from parents?
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Transference is a phenomenon which is related to human behavior where humans unconsciously redirect/transfer their feelings about a subject in the past to apply it to a subject in ...
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Homosexuality independent researches [closed]
There are problems in contemporary science, that some researches are influenced by researchers opinion.
(One problem is, that Even in the physics, there is very known problem, that prejudice affects ...
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Understanding Precision Psychiatry
I can't seem to correctly understand what exactly is precision psychiatry? I can't find good sources on the internet about it, other than "The new field of ‘precision psychiatry’" by Fernandes et al. (...
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