What is DSM-IV
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What is DSM-IV
Sorry...it's very hard to follow some of these threads because of the homespun terms for basic stuff. The web uses this term for mental disorders.... What is DSM-IV?
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Originally Posted by slowandsteady
Diagnostic and statistic manual of mental disorders.
09-20-06, 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by vrkelley
Sorry...it's very hard to follow some of these threads because of the homespun terms for basic stuff. The web uses this term for mental disorders.... What is DSM-IV?
I've been found out! Well, mental health is a relative term, isn't it?
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09-20-06, 02:42 PM
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Well, mental health is a relative term, isn't it?
09-20-06, 02:57 PM
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I could never have that book. I would always be thinking I had some disorder or other.
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Originally Posted by rando
I could never have that book. I would always be thinking I had some disorder or other.
09-20-06, 03:10 PM
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ooh I remember this. Level 4 is homelessness and things like that.
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Originally Posted by sbhikes
I think they actually have a disorder named for that.
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09-20-06, 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by slowandsteady
Diagnostic and statistic manual of mental disorders.
09-20-06, 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by rando
I could never have that book. I would always be thinking I had some disorder or other.
So keep away from a book like that. You can diagnose yourself into craziness, as well as all your friends. I used to work in the Mental Health field and my boss would diagnose the people who worked for her, especially when she set her mind on firing someone. I'm sure she had a diagnosis for me. She was evil. That's my diagnosis of her!
09-20-06, 04:12 PM
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Originally Posted by sbhikes
Actually it is called "transient hypochondriasis" and is common among medical students. It is a persistent, unrealistic preoccupation with the possibility of having a serious disease, and comes about from reading all those medical books. 70% of medical students get this.
So keep away from a book like that. You can diagnose yourself into craziness, as well as all your friends. I used to work in the Mental Health field and my boss would diagnose the people who worked for her, especially when she set her mind on firing someone. I'm sure she had a diagnosis for me. She was evil. That's my diagnosis of her!
So keep away from a book like that. You can diagnose yourself into craziness, as well as all your friends. I used to work in the Mental Health field and my boss would diagnose the people who worked for her, especially when she set her mind on firing someone. I'm sure she had a diagnosis for me. She was evil. That's my diagnosis of her!
But when I try to tell her she just tells me Im a Idiot.
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actually, a long time ago my wife hid the medical equivalent of the DSM from me because I thought I had too many things, so... yes. I need to stay away from that one.
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How about factitious disorder? A mental illness where the person pretends to have a mental illness.
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That's a good one.
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actually, I work in mental health and I have found that you dont begin to think you are crazy, you just realize how crazy everyone else is.
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Originally Posted by Adiankur
actually, I work in mental health and I have found that you dont begin to think you are crazy, you just realize how crazy everyone else is.
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I don't know what it is, but here is a thought. You seem to have a bunch of terminology questions. Why not gather them up and just do one post for them all? Might be easier.
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Originally Posted by derath
I don't know what it is, but here is a thought. You seem to have a bunch of terminology questions. Why not gather them up and just do one post for them all? Might be easier.
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Multiple Terminolgy Questions
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i, too, work in the mental health profession.
the dsm-4 also is used for/with insurance providers in the reimbursement arena, admission criteria; it's how we get paid!
it seems, once a person with mental illness gets diagnosed, their dx stays with them for a Long Long time, even for life!
i have heard that a DSM-5 is in the making, but is so much more symptom specific that the complexity is even more overwhelming!
the dsm-4 also is used for/with insurance providers in the reimbursement arena, admission criteria; it's how we get paid!
it seems, once a person with mental illness gets diagnosed, their dx stays with them for a Long Long time, even for life!
i have heard that a DSM-5 is in the making, but is so much more symptom specific that the complexity is even more overwhelming!
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Originally Posted by R-Wells
But when I try to tell her she just tells me Im a Idiot.
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Ah yes, the DSM-IV. When I was working for the County Attorney's office handling mental commitments I became quite familiar with that beast.
I'm always amused by how many in the filed take it as gospel . . . right up to the point that you start asking them why things were in prior versions are no longer in the current version.
I'm always amused by how many in the filed take it as gospel . . . right up to the point that you start asking them why things were in prior versions are no longer in the current version.
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Originally Posted by R-Wells
This is called MTQ
Multiple Terminolgy Questions
Multiple Terminolgy Questions
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