• Given that Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) was initially created to treat Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), of which emotion dysregulation is a primary problem, it only makes sense that DBT would be effective in treating other disorders, and research in recent years is supporting this. (tzkseminars.com)
  • These disorders comprise developmental language disorder, learning disorders, motor disorders, and autism spectrum disorders. (wikipedia.org)
  • Training community mental health therapists to deliver a package of evidence-based practice strategies for school-age children with autism spectrum disorders: A pilot study. (ucsd.edu)
  • Building a research‐community collaborative to improve community care for infants and toddlers at‐risk for autism spectrum disorders. (ucsd.edu)
  • Parent perspectives on community mental health services for children with autism spectrum disorders. (ucsd.edu)
  • OBJECTIVE: To evaluate amygdala volume in individuals with autism spectrum disorders and its relationship to laboratory measures of social behavior to examine whether variations in amygdala structure relate to symptom severity. (virginia.edu)
  • Symptoms of ADHD include an inability to concentrate or complete tasks, hyperactivity, compulsive or impulsive behavior, temper flares and mood swings, problems with short-term memory and learning, clumsiness, and distorted perception of time. (lifeextension.com)
  • Bipolar Disorder (BD) is a serious mental health problem that typically creates chaos in an individual's life, often leading to risky and impulsive behaviors, damaged relation-ship and careers, substance use problems, hospitalization, and even suicide. (tzkseminars.com)
  • Other stress theories suggest that even small stresses can accumulate to result in emotional, behavioral, or social disorders in children. (wikipedia.org)
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is one of the most effective forms of psychotherapy, a gold standard treatment that can be applied to a wide range of psychological disorders. (tzkseminars.com)
  • Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder can impair learning and performance, with harmful consequences for children and adults alike. (lifeextension.com)
  • The growing trend today, however, is to label increasing numbers of children-and even adults-with the psychiatric diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD. (lifeextension.com)
  • Sometimes the left lobe of the brain is affected and this causes neuropsychological symptoms. (wikipedia.org)
  • Factitious disorder imposed on self refers to the psychiatric condition in which patients deliberately produce or falsify symptoms and/or signs of illness for the principal purpose of assuming the sick role. (medscape.com)
  • Sleep complaints, or disturbances, are common symptoms of a dyssomnia sleep disorder and are frequently observed as co-occurring in psychological disorders and psychopathology. (sagepub.com)
  • Human functions and traits are linked to cerebral networks serving different emotional and cognitive control systems, some of which rely on hemispheric specialization and integration to promote adaptive goal-directed behavior. (encyclopedia.pub)
  • The diverse functions and traits governing our social behavior have been associated with lateralized neural activity. (encyclopedia.pub)
  • Social dominance orientation (SDO), defined as the general individual orientation toward unequal and dominant/subordinate relationships, might represent a valuable construct to explore to better understand the association between psychopathic traits, externalizing problems, and prosocial behavior. (apc.it)
  • Results showed that SDO mediated the relationship between psychopathic traits and externalizing problems and between psychopathic traits and prosocial behavior only in the clinical sample. (apc.it)
  • Based on Sheri Van Dijk's ground-breaking work on using DBT with Bipolar Disorder, this webinar will briefly review the different types of bipolar disorder and what to look for to help someone get a proper diagnosis and treatment. (tzkseminars.com)
  • You'll also learn about the existing psy-cho-therapies being used to treat bipolar disorder, before looking at the efficacy of Dialectical Behavior Therapy in treating this illness, and a delving more into how to teach some of the DBT skills most pertinent to clients with BD. (tzkseminars.com)
  • However, these two latter conditions are not as stable as the other developmental disorders, and there is not the same evidence of a shared genetic liability. (wikipedia.org)
  • They found 14 new developmental disorders caused by spontaneous genetic mutations not found in either parent (such as a fault in the CDK13 gene). (wikipedia.org)
  • They estimated that about one in 300 children are born with spontaneous genetic mutations associated with rare developmental disorders. (wikipedia.org)
  • Although the most common etiologies for personality disorders are multifactorial, these conditions may also be secondary to biologic, developmental, or genetic abnormalities. (medscape.com)
  • A genetic contribution to antisocial behaviors is strongly supported. (medscape.com)
  • Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is the most commonly known genetic disorder associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). (virginia.edu)
  • Many individuals have co-occurring disorders (CODs)-a combination of a substance use disorder (SUD) and a mental health disorder. (sagepub.com)
  • Across the combined sample, severity of social deficits interacted with age to predict different patterns of amygdala development in autism (P=.047). (virginia.edu)
  • Biologic factors, such as abnormal monoaminergic functioning (especially in serotonergic function) and prefrontal neuropsychological dysfunction, have been implicated but have not been well established by research. (medscape.com)
  • Mood disorders in first-degree relatives are strongly linked. (medscape.com)
  • Early diagnosis of the disorder can diminish familial stress, speed up referral to special educational programs and influence family planning. (wikipedia.org)
  • Indeed, personality disorders are aggravated by stressors, external or self-induced. (medscape.com)
  • The model has been used to describe the different accepted types of personality disorders. (medscape.com)
  • Most current research suggests that personality disorders may be differentiated by their interactions among the 5 dimensions rather than differences on any single dimension. (medscape.com)
  • Personality disorders are also seen with diminished monoamine oxidase (MAO) and serotonin levels. (medscape.com)
  • However, the relationships of anatomy, receptors, and neurotransmitters to personality disorders are purely speculative at this point. (medscape.com)
  • The origin of personality disorders is a matter of considerable controversy. (medscape.com)
  • Sports Hypnosis will be directly and immediately useful for psychologists trained in clinical hypnosis who want to assist athletes, but it will also be valuable to those who want to better understand the specifics of indirect methods and how hypnotherapists engage the subconscious to help clients overcome personal obstacles. (thepsychologytimes.com)
  • A personality disorder, as defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) is an enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that differs markedly from the expectations of the individual's culture, is pervasive and inflexible, has an onset in adolescence or early adulthood, is stable over time, and leads to distress or impairment. (medscape.com)
  • 2 In a follow-up study of 55 young adults at the age of 22 who were diagnosed with ADHD at the age of seven, 58% had poor outcomes, including antisocial personality, alcohol abuse, criminal record, reading disorders, and low educational level. (lifeextension.com)
  • For example, the Epidemiological Catchment Area Study found that 37% of individuals with a lifetime alcohol use disorder and 53% with a drug use disorder met the criteria for a mental health disorder. (sagepub.com)
  • Alcohol use disorders were twice as high as drug use disorders in the Epidemiological Catchment Area Study. (sagepub.com)
  • Some of the major differences between these theories involves whether or not environment disrupts normal development, if abnormalities are pre-determined, or if they are products of human evolutionary history which become disorders in modern environments (see evolutionary psychiatry). (wikipedia.org)
  • Individuals may have more than 1 personality disorder. (medscape.com)
  • Developmental disorders comprise a group of psychiatric conditions originating in childhood that involve serious impairment in different areas. (wikipedia.org)
  • Developmental disorders are present from early life onward. (wikipedia.org)
  • The scientific study of the causes of developmental disorders involves many different theories. (wikipedia.org)
  • One theory that supports environmental causes of developmental disorders involves stress in early childhood. (wikipedia.org)
  • Researcher and child psychiatrist Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D, theorizes that developmental disorders can be caused by early childhood traumatization. (wikipedia.org)
  • In his works he compares developmental disorders in traumatized children to adults with post-traumatic stress disorder, linking extreme environmental stress to the cause of developmental difficulties. (wikipedia.org)
  • There may also be developmental or acquired abnormalities in the prefrontal brain systems and reduced autonomic activity in antisocial personality disorder. (medscape.com)
  • Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 42 (8), 1651-1661. (ucsd.edu)
  • Participants were 54 males aged 8 to 25 years, including 23 with autism and 5 with Asperger syndrome or pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified, recruited and evaluated at an academic center for developmental disabilities and 26 age- and sex-matched community volunteers. (virginia.edu)
  • They often include rule-breaking, criminal, and violent acts, as well as a failure to follow moral guidelines [ 5 ] , and have been associated with the pursuit of power and the manipulation and exploitation of others to achieve personal goals [ 1 ] . (encyclopedia.pub)
  • Primary dyssomnias include insomnia and disorders of hypersomnia, as well as their respective subtypes. (sagepub.com)
  • Overlapping features in these populations include gaze aversion, communication deficits, and social withdrawal. (virginia.edu)
  • Adult antisocial behaviors are defined as disruptive behaviors that violate social rules and involve defiance of authority and disregard for the rights of others [ 4 ] . (encyclopedia.pub)
  • In broader definitions ADHD is included, and the term used is neurodevelopmental disorders. (wikipedia.org)
  • The results offer support for the effectiveness of food supplements in improving attention and self-control in children with ADHD, and suggest that food supplements may be as effective as Ritalin® in treating ADHD. (lifeextension.com)
  • Complete with over 50 techniques aimed towards changing thoughts and behaviors, this workshop can transform your practice. (tzkseminars.com)
  • Some children with communication disorders have difficulty understanding simple directions or are unable to name objects. (wikipedia.org)
  • Dyssomnia refers to a classification of sleep disorders that have consistent features of difficulty getting to sleep or remaining asleep and/or excessive sleepiness. (sagepub.com)
  • In the past, children's discipline problems, poor grades, and roughhousing with playmates might be dismissed as "rambunctious behavior. (lifeextension.com)
  • In patients with personality disorder, abnormalities may be seen in the frontal, temporal, and parietal lobes. (medscape.com)
  • Psychosocial formulations point to the high prevalence of early abuse (sexual, physical, and emotional) in these patients, and the borderline syndrome is often formulated as a variant of posttraumatic stress disorder. (medscape.com)
  • Little research has been conducted to determine the biologic sources of this disorder. (medscape.com)
  • The most narrow concept is used in the category "Specific Disorders of Psychological Development" in the ICD-10. (wikipedia.org)
  • This is due largely to environmental and contextual influences, which interact with neural substrates in the development and expression of pro and antisocial functions. (encyclopedia.pub)
  • or, (3) does not have a Dangerous Mental Disorder and is not Mentally Ill and, thus, should be discharged from confinement altogether (commonly referred to as track three). (findlaw.com)
  • Young children with communication disorders may not speak at all, or may have a limited vocabulary for their age. (wikipedia.org)
  • He weaves together hypnotherapy techniques, elements from the culture of competitive athletics, and specific directions for uncovering meaningful personal imagery, to help athletes improve their performance. (thepsychologytimes.com)