There is an interesting article at Psychiatric Times on the temper dysregulation disorder (TDD) controversy. Particularly, it is noted that TDD is classified as a mood disorder rather than a state of disordered personality development: In English, that asks whether we should put temper outbursts in with depression and other mood disorders (ie, in the [...]
Archive for February, 2011
TDD: Mood Disorder or Personality Trait?
Posted in Children and Family, Psychiatry, tagged DSM-V, Mood Disorders, Personality Disorders, Temper Dysregulation Disorder with Dysphoria on February 25, 2011 | 3 Comments »
“Stop Whining!”: The Operant Approach to Pain Behavior
Posted in Health, Psychology and Psychotherapy, tagged Behavior Therapy, Health Psychology, Operant Conditioning, Pain, Pain Management, Psychology on February 23, 2011 | 5 Comments »
When reading my health psychology textbook, I came across something called the operant approach to treating pain. Well, more correctly, the operant approach treats pain behaviors. It utilizes a system of rewards and extinction (ignoring unwanted behavior) to lessen a patient’s pain behaviors, such as complaining of pain, refusing to perform physical activity, etc. In [...]
Depersonalization Disorder in DSM-V
Posted in Dissociative Disorders and Multiplicity, Psychiatry, tagged Depersonalization, Depersonalization Disorder, Derealization, Dissociation, DSM-V on February 21, 2011 | 1 Comment »
According to the current proposal for DSM-V, derealization – the feeling tht one’s surroundings are unreal -, will be classified as a specific dissociative disorder. That is, depersonalization disorder will be expanded to include derealization only as a possibility, and will be renamed depersonalization/drealization disorder. In DSM-IV, if someone has derealization only, they must be [...]
Weekly Linklove for 02/18/2011
Posted in Links, tagged Anxiety, Body Art, Civil Unions, Disabilities, Facebook, Guantánamo, Psychiatric Hospital, Romantic Relationships, Stereotypes, Yoga on February 18, 2011 | 1 Comment »
A day early, because I will be leaving for a week-end at my boyfriend’s at 5:00 PM, here is this week’s Linklove. s.e. smith at this ain’t livin’: Cuteifying Disability: Cuteification of disability was once championed and pretty widely used, to get people to be more accepting of people with disabilities and to enlarge ideas [...]
My Truth on Dissociation and Childhood Trauma
Posted in Abuse and Trauma, Dissociative Disorders and Multiplicity, Psychology and Psychotherapy, tagged Amnesia, Child Abuse, Dissociation, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Multiple Personality, Trauma on February 17, 2011 | 11 Comments »
In my previous post, I discussed whether I’m exaggerating the effects of my traumatic experiences. This is a common theme for survivors of trauma. Often, we’re either told or think ourselves that we exaggerate or make stuff up. When dissociative identity disorder complicates the matter, this is even worse. Some people deny that DID even [...]
Psychological Report
Posted in Personal, Psychology and Psychotherapy, tagged Autism, Behavioral Disturbance, Blindness, Long-Term Care, Psychological Evaluation, PTSD, Trauma on February 17, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Last week, I received a psychological report by someone from the Center for Consultation and Expertise, which gets involved when long-term care agencies can’t handle complex care needs, like apparently mine is. The consultant psychologist had spoken to me and my team, and had administered a few psychological questionnaires. She had also analyzed the information [...]
It’s Okay to Be Questioning
Posted in Gender and Sexuality, tagged Questioning, Sexual Orientation, Sexuality on February 16, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Questioning is in a sense a sexual orientation, although it may also not be one, since someone who is questioning is, for whatever reason, unsure of what gender(s) they are attracted to, if any. It can also mean being unsure of whether one is asexual or sexual. Being questioning is developmentally typical in early adolescence, [...]
Blogging as Advocacy
Posted in Blogging, tagged Advocacy, Autistic Advocacy, Disabilities on February 14, 2011 | 9 Comments »
I recently participated in a research project on blogging and autistic self-adovcates. That got me thinking whether blogging is a form of advocacy. I write about autism, mental health, and disability, but does that constitute a way of advocating, either for myself or for others? There are some obvious examples of advocacy on my blog. [...]
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: DSM-IV and DSM-V
Posted in Abuse and Trauma, Psychiatry, tagged DSM-IV, DSM-V, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Trauma on February 13, 2011 | 7 Comments »
I have very recently been labeled with PTSD. I am not sure that I agree with this sort-of diagnosis – I’m not sure whether it’s an official diagnosis or not. I checked the DSM-IV criteria and unfortunately do seem to meet them. I was particularly reluctant to believe I avoid stimuli associated with the trauma, [...]
Weekly Linklove for 02/12/2011
Posted in Links, tagged Abortion, Autism, Autistic Advocacy, Biology, Books, Children, Egypt, Evolution, No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, People of Color, Personal Care, Race, Rape, Saving Lives Act on February 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Nicholoas Hakalar at The New York Times: On Evolution, Biology Teachers Stray from Lesson Plan: Researchers found that only 28 percent of biology teachers consistently follow the recommendations of the National Research Council to describe straightforwardly the evidence for evolution and explain the ways in which it is a unifying theme in all of biology. [...]