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... function , and the search for specific genes . The rapid growth and productivity of neurosci- ence spearheads , in ... functions in mental disorders is supported in a qualitatively and quantitatively new way by an expanding base of ...
... function , and the search for specific genes . The rapid growth and productivity of neurosci- ence spearheads , in ... functions in mental disorders is supported in a qualitatively and quantitatively new way by an expanding base of ...
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... function have antipsychotic effects. However, stud- ies looking for simple changes in dopamine levels in the brain have provided inconsistent results. Thus, even though there is a consensus that dopamine plays a role in schizophrenia ...
... function have antipsychotic effects. However, stud- ies looking for simple changes in dopamine levels in the brain have provided inconsistent results. Thus, even though there is a consensus that dopamine plays a role in schizophrenia ...
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... functions that sometimes precede the full expression of schizophrenia . Evaluation of the prevalence and pattern of schizophrenia among related individuals shows that genetic factors con- tribute to this disorder ; however , the ...
... functions that sometimes precede the full expression of schizophrenia . Evaluation of the prevalence and pattern of schizophrenia among related individuals shows that genetic factors con- tribute to this disorder ; however , the ...
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... functions of the body and nearly all of those of instinct and intellect to slowly disconnect . . . . What I had begun to discover is that , mysteriously and in ways that are totally remote from normal experience , the gray drizzle of ...
... functions of the body and nearly all of those of instinct and intellect to slowly disconnect . . . . What I had begun to discover is that , mysteriously and in ways that are totally remote from normal experience , the gray drizzle of ...
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... function, other physical correlates, and genetic research provide clues about the biology of major mood disorders ... functions that cycle over time may be disrupted in mood disorders. For example, many people with depression exhibit ...
... function, other physical correlates, and genetic research provide clues about the biology of major mood disorders ... functions that cycle over time may be disrupted in mood disorders. For example, many people with depression exhibit ...
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Page 55 - Five (or more) of the following symptoms have been present during the same 2-week period and represent a change from previous functioning; at least one of the symptoms is either (1 ) depressed mood or (2) loss of interest or pleasure.
Page 64 - It cannot be established that an organic factor initiated and maintained the disturbance...
Page 55 - In children and adolescents, can be irritable mood. 2) markedly diminished interest or pleasure in all, or almost all, activities most of the day, nearly every day...
Page 55 - Insomnia or hypersomnia nearly every day 5 Psychomotor agitation or retardation nearly every day (observable by others, not merely subjective feelings of restlessness or being slowed down) 6 Fatigue or loss of energy nearly every day 7 Feelings of worthlessness or excessive or inappropriate guilt (which may be delusional) nearly every day (not merely self-reproach or guilt about being sick...
Page 55 - The mood disturbance is sufficiently severe to cause marked impairment in occupational functioning or in usual social activities or relationships with others, or to necessitate hospitalization to prevent harm to self or others, or there are psychotic features.
Page 9 - It may be more accurate to say that despair, owing to some evil trick played upon the sick brain by the inhabiting psyche, comes to resemble the diabolical discomfort of being imprisoned in a fiercely overheated room. And because no breeze stirs this caldron, because there is no escape from this smothering confinement, it is entirely natural that the victim begins to think ceaselessly of oblivion.
Page 62 - B. At some point during the course of the disorder, the person has recognized that the obsessions or compulsions are excessive or unreasonable.
Page 54 - It was not really alarming at first, since the change was subtle, but I did notice that my surroundings took on a different tone at certain times: the shadows of nightfall seemed more somber, my mornings were less buoyant, walks in the woods became less zestful...
Page 55 - During the period of mood disturbance, three (or more) of the following symptoms have persisted (four if the mood is only irritable) and have been present to a significant degree: 1 . Inflated self-esteem or grandiosity 2.
Page 55 - A. At least five of the following symptoms have been present during the same two-week period and represent a change from previous functioning; at least one of the symptoms is either: 1) depressed mood, or 2) loss of interest or pleasure.