... over 90 percent of children and adolescents who commit suicide have a mental disorder. (CDC, 1999) Major depressive disorder is a serious condition characterized by one or more major depressive episodes. (DSM-IV) In children and adolescents, an episode lasts on average from 7 to 9 months and has many clinical features similar to those in adults. (DSM ... , or even hopeless about the future; they think that life is not worth living, and thoughts of suicide may be present. (DSM-IV) Depressed children and adolescents are often irritable, and their irritability may lead to aggressive behavio...

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... set of criteria developed by the American Psychiatric Association, published in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, currently in its fourth edition, hence its more common acronym, "DSM IV". Unfortunately, due to the rapid developments in the area of schizophrenia, some psychiatrists such as Ming T. Tsuang believe the information contained within DSMIV to be outdated and fundamentally flawed. Until ... these books are revised, however, no better set of diagnostic criteria is available to the general public. According to the current standards set forth in DSM IV, in...

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... obsession/fixations/crazes, more disorders may occur. Road rage was never considered to be a disorder until motor vehicles were invented and later classified in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM IV). The other outcome that may be possible is that with the development and understanding of the human genome and the genome project, genetically predisposed mental illnesses could be eradicated from ... ...

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... and mental retardation. Axis II is all personality disorders and mental retardation. Axis III is the general medical conditions believed to be relevant to the mental disorder in question. Axis IV is all psychological and environmental problems that may contribute to the disorder. Lastly Axis V is the patient's current level of adaptive functioning. There are different ways doctors can use as ... ...

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... distress0 * Mental disorders ought to be viewed by doctors as evolutionary dysfunctions * Dysfunction occurs when an evolved psychological mechanism does not perform its naturally selected function adequately or effectively * DSM-IV is the official psychodiagnostic classification system in the US (released in 1994) * Epidemiology is the study of the distribution of mental or physical disorders in a population * The most common disorders ... ...

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