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Sources for Psychological Assessment

Psychological assessment involves integrating information gleaned not only from test protocols, but also from interview responses, behavioral observatio…

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Narcissistic Personality Disorder

A pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior), need for admiration, and lack of empathy, beginning by early adulthood and present in a var…

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Reformatory Paranoia

The disorder may result in the patient having inter-personal issues and other such issues as exist in Paranoia. He may show the symptoms typical of para…

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Hallucinations

Hallucinations can occur in any sensory modality (auditory, visual, olfactory, tactile, or gustatory). However, auditory hallucinations (e.g., hearing v…

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Postpartum Psychosis

These psychoses are endogenous, heritable illnesses with acute onset, benign episodic course and response to mood-normalizing and mood-stabilizing treat…

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Psychoeducation

The goal of Psychoeducation is to ensure that the patient and family members understand the illness. By doing this, the patient's own capabilities..…

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Substance Abuse

DSM-5 defines substance abuse in terms of how significantly it interferes with the user’s life. If substances disrupt your education, job, or relationsh…

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Amnesia

Although some individuals with amnesia promptly notice that they have ""lost time"" or that they have a gap in their memory, most in…

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Behavior Modification

The purpose behind behavior modification is not to understand why or how a particular behavior started. Instead, it only focuses on changing the behavio…

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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual - DSM-IV TR

The DSM evolved from systems for collecting census and psychiatric hospital statistics, and from a United States Army manual. DSM-IV-TR, was published i…

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