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Lawson, Malinda – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Education during recovery could impact a forensic psychiatric patient's community reintegration; however, individual education goals for patients can be difficult due to the lack of available parameters. The purpose of this study was to test whether age at first hospitalization is predictive of educational attainment among forensic psychiatric…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Patients, Age Differences, Hospitals
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Wong, Stephen E. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2014
This article examines problems in the clinical utility of the diagnosis of schizophrenia including reliance on questionable data, arbitrary criteria and categorization, inadequate precision for assessment and treatment evaluation, and omission of information on causal current and historical environmental factors. Some alternatives to the…
Descriptors: Schizophrenia, Psychosis, Clinical Diagnosis, Mental Disorders
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Varghese, Susan; Banerjee, Subimal – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2011
The aim of the audit was to evaluate the current clinical practice for learning-disabled individuals with psychotic disorders. We evaluated the existing clinical practice in 910 individuals who were under the care of learning disability psychiatrists in Buckinghamshire (population of 480 000). This was compared with the National Institute for…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Schizophrenia, Learning Disabilities, Identification
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West, Donald A.; Nierenberg, David W. – Academic Psychiatry, 2009
Objectives: The authors reviewed medical student encounters during 3 years of a required psychiatry clerkship that were recorded on a web-based system of six broad competency domains (similar to ACGME-recommended domains). These were used to determine diagnoses of patients seen, clinical skills practiced, and experiences in interpersonal and…
Descriptors: Psychiatry, Medical Students, Clinical Experience, Competence
Lall, Geeta Rani – 1976
Presented is research to support the orthomolecular rather than the psychodynamic approach to treating schizophrenia, psychoses, and allied disorders in children. The orthomolecular approach, also known as orthomolecular psychiatry, is reported to involve the administration of megavitamins (following a study to determine biochemical needs),…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Exceptional Child Research, Medical Services, Nutrition
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Moreno, Dolores; Burdalo, Maite; Reig, Santiago; Parellada, Mara; Zabala, Arantzazu; Desco, Manuel; Baca-Baldomero, Enrique; Arango, Celso – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2005
Objective: The objective of the present study is to replicate findings in first-episode psychosis reporting a smaller volume in brain structures in a population with adolescent onset. Method: Magnetic resonance imaging studies were performed on 23 psychotic adolescents (12-18 years old, 17 males, 6 females) consecutively admitted to an adolescent…
Descriptors: Psychiatry, Neurology, Brain, Adolescents
Kaplan, Kalman J.; And Others – 1992
Some researchers have attempted to connect suicide to a general history of mental illness; others have searched for diagnosis-free suicide risk factors; and still others have argued that different risk profiles may emerge for different diagnoses. In addition to these issues, it appears that suicide completers and suicide attempters show somewhat…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Patients, Psychiatry
Nathan, Peter E.; and others – J Clin Psychol, 1969
Descriptors: Behavior, Clinical Diagnosis, Models, Perception
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Gaudiano, Brandon A. – International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy, 2006
Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders are associated with high degrees of impairment and often respond inadequately to pharmacotherapy alone. In recent years, numerous clinical trials have been published showing the benefits of adjunctive cognitive behavior therapy for treating psychosis. However, research in this area has been hampered by…
Descriptors: Schizophrenia, Behavior Modification, Psychotherapy, Cognitive Restructuring
Nathan, Peter E.; and others – J Clin Psychol, 1969
Descriptors: Behavior, Clinical Diagnosis, Cognitive Processes, Educational Diagnosis
Nathan, Peter E.; and others – J Clin Psychol, 1969
Descriptors: Anxiety, Behavior, Clinical Diagnosis, Psychiatry
Dal Pozzo, Earlene; Bernstein, Gail S. – 1987
Intended for personnel in programs serving persons with developmental disabilities, the booklet provides basic information about the major psychiatric disorders and their treatment. Five sections cover: the major disorders; medications--uses and problems; assessment; cooordination of services; and psychiatric emergencies. Major disorders such as…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Developmental Disabilities, Drug Therapy, Emotional Disturbances
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Pary, Robert J. – Mental Retardation, 1994
Although clozapine is a drug specifically approved for people with schizophrenia, it has not been systematically evaluated with dually diagnosed individuals having mental retardation. This article reviews the drug's use in the general population, discusses potential difficulties in prescribing it for individuals with mental retardation, and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Drug Therapy, Medical Services, Mental Disorders
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Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2016
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2016, taking place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 30 of April to 2 of May, 2016. Psychology, nowadays, offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology
BERLIN, I.N., ED.; SZUREK, S.A., ED. – 1967
THE COLLECTION CONTAINS LECTURES AND PAPERS BY VARIOUS AUTHORS DEALING WITH CHILD PSYCHOLOGY, CONSIDERATION OF CHILD PSYCHIATRY INCLUDES DEFINITION, PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT, FACTORS IN CHILDREN'S PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS, CLINICAL SYNDROMES, CHILDHOOD PSYCHOSES, AND PRINCIPLES OF PSYCHOTHERAPY. AN OVERVIEW OF A PHILOSOPHY OF PSYCHOTHERAPY IN CHILD…
Descriptors: Administration, Antisocial Behavior, Child Development, Children