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Biological Approaches To Defining Disorder

Early biologically-based accounts of disease claimed that a condition is a disease ifand only if it is statistically infrequent and reduces an organism’s life-expectancy orfertility. Some proponents of such an account have thought that it could work formental disorders as well as physical disorders. In a 1975 paper Robert Kendell usessuch a biologically-based account to […]

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SHOULD MENTAL AND BODILY DISORDERS BE CONSIDERED TOGETHER?

The D.S.M.-III definition speaks only of mental disorders, but the D.S.M.-IVincludes a note distancing the A.P.A. from the idea that any meaningful distinctioncan be drawn between disorders that are mental and those that are physical. Thus, byimplication, the current A.P.A. position suggests that mental and bodily disordersare fundamentally similar. One of the main reasons for […]

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WHY DEFINE “DISORDER”?

Whether a condition is considered a mental disorder often has social, economic, andethical implications. As such, debates that hinge on whether some condition shouldbe considered a disorder are commonplace in both medicine and popular culture.Are psychopaths evil or sick? Should health insurance pay for the treatment ofnicotine addiction? Is it right for shy people to […]

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Risk factors and protective factors for mental health

Risk factors and protective factors for mental health, especially in reducing the risk of suicide. The presence of sufficiently strong protective factors may reduce the risk of suicide. Protective factors are related to emotional well-being; social integration through participation in sport, church associations, clubs, etc.; connectedness with family and friends; high self-esteem; physical and environmental […]

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Risk factors of suicidal behaviour

Suicidal behaviour has a large number of underlying causes. It is associated with a complex array of factors that interact with each other and place individuals at risk. These include:   psychiatric factors such as major depression, schizophrenia, alcohol and other drug use, and anxiety disorders; biological factors or genetic traits, such as a family history […]

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Alcohol aggression and violence

 Alcohol is strongly associated with violent crime, and research suggests that it contributes to aggression. The strength of the relationship seems to be culturally dependent, and the pattern of drinking seems to play an important role in causing violence. Thus, both the environment and the characteristics of the drinker infl uence the effects of alcohol. […]

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Relationship between alcohol and schizophrenia

The studies show that there is relationship between alcohol and schizophrenia. A person with alcohol dependence is more likely to have schizophrenia and a patient with schizophrenia is more likely to exhibit alcohol dependence, than is the general population. Most clinical studies, patient reports and anecdotal clinical observations suggest that excessive use of alcohol leads […]

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Alcohol and suicide risk

The relationship between alcohol consumption and suicide or attempted suicide is well established among heavier drinkers. The risk of suicidal behaviour in this group increases with psychiatric comorbidity. Suicide rates are also found to rise with increased per capita consumption. The suicide rate for younger people seems to be more signifi cantly related to per […]

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Alcohol and depression research

The research indicates a close relationship between alcohol consumption and depression. Heavy drinking can lead to depression, and depression can lead to hazardous and harmful drinking and alcohol-use disorder. Studies of people in treatment have shown that one of the effects of long-term high alcohol consumption is an increase in depressive symptoms, which tend to […]

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Aetiology of phobias

Psychoanalytic models According to Freud, phobias act as a defence against the anxiety experienced when impulses formed by the id are repressed – resulting in a displacement of the repressed feelings onto the object or situation with which it is symbolically associated. These become phobic stimuli and the individual is able to avoid dealing with […]

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