Baby Boomers Face Grief – When Their Parents Die
Baby Boomers are in for a shock!!! We may think that we are prepared for the sadness that will accompany our parents’ death. In fact we are usually totally unprepared…
Senior Care Psychological Consulting
Baby Boomers are in for a shock!!! We may think that we are prepared for the sadness that will accompany our parents’ death. In fact we are usually totally unprepared…
300. 22 Agoraphobia Diagnosis (F40.00): Agoraphobia is a diagnosis recently codable according to the new DSM-5 (Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Fifth Edition) published by the American Psychiatric Association. The agoraphobia…
Panic Attack Specifier: Panic attacks can be referred to as a specifier and do not have their own diagnostic code. They are abrupt and intense fears which can occur with…
Panic Disorder Diagnosis: Introduction A panic disorder diagnosis can be given when you experience an unexpected series of panic attacks over a period of time. It was first classified by…
Specific phobia 300. 29 (F 40. __) Specific phobia is when an individual has a very high level of fear or anxiety in the presence of a specific circumstance or…
Social Anxiety Disorder and the DSM-5 Social phobia was first classified as a mental disorder in the DSM-III. More recently it has been reclassified in the DSM-5 (Diagnostic And Statistical…
Selective Mutism 313.23 (F94.0): Selective mutism is a voluntary refusal to speak. Elective mutism was first described as a mental disorder in the DSM-III and then was changed to selective…
Separation Anxiety Disorder Symptoms and Diagnosis 309.21 (F 93.0): Separation anxiety disorder was first included as a diagnosable condition in the DSM-3 in 1980. In the DSM-5 (Diagnostic and Statistical…
Anxiety Disorders According to the American Psychiatric Association, each of the anxiety disorders share the features of fear and anxiety. Fear is a healthy, rational response to either a real…
Depression Symptoms and Information: Depression is a mood disorder that most people have some awareness of, but may not know the various symptoms and what actually defines it as a…