...This chapter focuses on where and how several key neuroethical issues converge and diverge in diagnosis and treatment. First, it examines the broad obstacles that exist to addressing neuroethical problems optimally in clinical settings. Secondly, it explores ways that these barriers manifest...

...This chapter deals with the classification and diagnosis of psychopathology in children and adolescents. An overview is given of the most prevalent mental health problems in youth that can be classified according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders...

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...-to-day clinical diagnosis. The personality constructs provide the broad strokes of clinical case formulations that address the psychological difficulties underlying many presenting complaints and diagnoses. Several personality syndromes are discussed as psychological pathways to depression. personality...

... overlaps significantly with and can also be distinguished from the Alternative Model of Personality Functioning of DSM-5. personality pathology personality organization psychiatric diagnosis object relations theory Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM personality disorders PDs...

... and unfalsifiable. The Shedler-Westen Assessment Procedure (SWAP) for personality diagnosis and case formulation bridges the science–practice divide by combining the strengths of clinical and empirical methods. It relies on clinicians to do what clinicians do best: describe individual patients...

... these possibilities. Despite efforts, however, many patients who carry the diagnosis of epilepsy have alternative diagnoses. differential diagnosis psychogenic events syncope encephalopathy movement disorders arrhythmia dementia differential diagnosis hyperventilation migraines panic attacks Parkinson...

...American Academy of HIV Medicine This chapter demonstrates the established and evolving science regarding the diagnosis and treatment of most prevalent sexually diseases in patients with HIV infection, including syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, human papillomavirus, and genital ulcers. The learner...

...In routine clinical practice, diagnosis and assessment are conducted predominantly using nonstandardized interviews and clinical judgment. This chapter presents an overview of numerous diagnostic errors that result from underuse of structured interviews and other standardized tools. The prevalence...

...This chapter examines premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) and the less restricted condition of clinically significant premenstrual syndrome (PMS). PMDD is distinguished from a clinical diagnosis of PMS by the number of specific symptoms required for a PMDD diagnosis. Both are characterized...

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...Before physicians can treat lupus, they must take a detailed history, perform a physical examination, and order proper laboratory tests. An accurate diagnosis encompassing all symptoms and physical signs is the goal of a consultation. The patient may have more than one process going on at the same...

...Lupus is often difficult to diagnose. If established criteria are not fulfilled, additional blood tests, bone scanning, or a lupus skin biopsy band test can assist in making the diagnosis. ANA-negative lupus is rare, and a physician confronted with this diagnosis should embark on a workup...

... to fully capture diagnosis and inform treatment. Psychophysiological methods, which use a dimensional approach in measurement, provide a stronger foundation for diagnosis and treatment in mental health than do categorical diagnostic methods. Two alternatives to the DSM, the Research Domain...

...The increasing burden of asthma in developing countries has emerged as an important challenge to global public health. While international organizations have emphasized the role of guidelines in improving the diagnosis and management of asthma, very little is known about how practicing clinicians...

... (CSAS), which is usually a consequence of worsening HF; and obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome, which may be a precursor of cardiac diseases leading to the development of chronic HF). The diagnosis and treatment options for these categories are shown. The prognosis of patients with chronic HF seems...

... New Public Health health promotion key supporters intelligence-based action multidisciplinary approach community diagnosis strategic framework In the early 1980s the National Health Service in England had a similar number of regional health authorities to when the NHS had been established...

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...This chapter discusses attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder(ADHD), including diagnosis and clinical presentation, differential diagnosis, neurological and biochemical factors, factors to be considered in nutritional and other evaluations (e.g., medications, megavitamins and other supplements...

... indices used as measures of adiposity.   British Journal of Preventive and Social Medicine   25 (1), 42–50. Benson, L., Baer, H.J., & Kaelber, D.C. ( 2009 ) Trends in the diagnosis of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents: 1999–2007.   Pediatrics   123 (1...