Abstract The present study aimed to review the Impulsiveness dimension from Dimensional Clinical Personality Inventory (IDCP) as well as to verify its psychometric properties in a non-clinical sample. The procedures were performed in 2-stages. Step 1 was directed at the development of new items and Step...
ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the prevalence of dementia and dementia types in Jamaica. Methods: An embedded case-control design was used to investigate dementia within the ageing population. Cases (Mini-Mental State Examination [MMSE] scores of < 20) and controls (MMSE scores of > 20) were ev...
Estudios de Casos y Controles,
Prevalencia,
Demencia/epidemiología,
Demencia/clasificación,
Envejecimiento,
Jamaica/epidemiología,
Manual Diagnóstico y Estadístico de los Trastornos Mentales,
Distribución por Edad y Sexo,
Demencia/diagnóstico por imagen,
Imagen por Resonancia Magnética,
Política de Salud
Resumo A compreensão sobre o luto sofreu profundas modificações em seus aspectos teóricos e práticos, com repercussões importantes na recente versão do DSM. Não apenas o contexto cultural, mas também a clínica psicológica impactou profundamente a sua compreensão. A psicologia fenomenológico-...
ABSTRACT The Munchausen syndrome and Munchausen syndrome by proxy are factitious disorders characterized by fabrication or induction of signs or symptoms of a disease, as well as alteration of laboratory tests. People with this syndrome pretend that they are sick and tend to seek treatment, without secon...
Todo diagnóstico de un problema descubierto lleva implícito un proceso de análisis y síntesis. Todavía no se ha logrado encontrar una clara definición de la histeria, precisamente por su “psicoplasticidad”, es decir, por la infinidad de expresiones clínicas en que se puede presentar. Además ...
Emil Kraepelin (1856-1926) is considered one of the founders of modern psychiatric nosology. However, his conceptualization of obsessive-compulsive phenomena is relatively understudied. In this article, we compare and contrast excerpts from the eighth edition (1909-1915) of Kraepelin's Textbook of Clinic...
Objective: Trypophobia refers to the fear of, or aversion to, clusters of holes. We assessed clinical features of trypophobia and investigated whether it most resembled a specific phobia or obsessive-compulsive disorder. Methods: An online survey was conducted to gather information on sociodemographic v...
Objective: To identify symptom-based subgroups within a sample of patients with co-occurring disorders (CODs) and to analyze intersubgroup differences in mental health services utilization. Methods: Two hundred and fifteen patients with COD from an addiction clinic completed the Symptom Checklist 90-Rev...
Teorema de Bayes,
Manual Diagnóstico y Estadístico de los Trastornos Mentales,
Trastornos Mentales/clasificación,
Trastornos Mentales/diagnóstico,
Trastornos Mentales/terapia,
Servicios de Salud Mental/estadística & datos numéricos,
Modelos Psicológicos,
Índice de Severidad de la Enfermedad,
Factores Socioeconómicos,
Trastornos Relacionados con Sustancias/clasificación,
Trastornos Relacionados con Sustancias/diagnóstico,
Trastornos Relacionados con Sustancias/terapia,
Evaluación de Síntomas
Background: The usefulness of the abbreviated Mini-Mental State Examination included in the Chilean Functional assessment of elderly people (MM-SE-EFAM) to detect Dementia has not been determined. Aim: To assess the performance of the MMSE-EFAM to detect dementia. Material and Methods: We studied a non...
Resumen El sobrediagnóstico de trastornos mentales es una preocupación creciente, que se acentuó tras la publicación del DSM-V. Jerome Wakefield es un destacado crítico de la psicopatologización que, sin embargo, ha desarrollado un intenso trabajo para intentar delimitar mejor qué es un trastorno ...
