Monday, October 26, 2015

Common Signs and Symptoms of Psychiatric Disorders

DEPRESSION

  • Low Mood for 2 weeks
  • Sleep Disturbance
  • Feeling of guilt or worthlessness
  • Low energy
  • Difficulty in concentration
  • Psychomotor slowing
  • Suicide
  • Hopelessness/Plan/Access
MANIA
  • Grandiose
  • Increased activity
  • Decreased judgement
  • Distractability
  • Irritability
  • Elevated Mood
  • High productive speech
  • Though racing
PANIC ATTACKS
  • Trembling
  • Palpitations
  • Nausea
  • Chills
  • Choking
  • Chest pain
  • Sweating
  • Fear
  • Dying
  • Going crazy
  • Ancipatory anxiety
  • avoidance
  • agoraphobia
PSYCHOSIS
  • Hallucinations
  • Delusions
  • Change in interest
  • Persecutory
  • Disturbances in Perception and Thought
  • Blocking
  • Flight of Ideas
  • Looseness association
  • Disorganization
  • Speech/behavioral changes
  • Poor self care
PTSD
  • Experienced/witness event
  • Persistent re-experiencing
  • Dreams/flashbacks
  • Avoidance behavior
  • Hyper-arousal
  • increase vigilance/ increase stanle
GENERAL ANXIETY
  • Excess worry
  • Restless/edgy
  • Easily fatigued
  • muscle tension
  • decrease sleep
  • difficulty concentrating
OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER
  • Intrusive/peristent thoughts
  • recognized as excessive or irrational repetitive actions or behavior like washing, brushing, counting, praying
SOCIAL PHOBIA
  • Fear of embarrassment
  • Fear of humiliation
  • Critism
BORDERLINE PERSONALITY
  • Fear abandonment/rejection
  • unstable relationships
  • Chronic emptiness
  • low self-esteem
  • intense anger/outburst
  • self-damaging behavior
  • labile mood and impulsivity
ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY
  • Forensic history
  • Aggressiveness
  • Violence
  • Lack of empathy
  • Lack of concern for safety
  • Childhood misconduct behavior
EATING DISORDER
  • Binging
  • Purging
  • amenorrhea
  • restriction
  • Perception of body image or weight
BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER
  • Excess concern with appearance or certain part of the body
  • Avoidance behavior

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