DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorder) Ver. 6

-handbook for mental health professionals that lists different categories of mental disorder and the criteria for diagnosing diseases

Case #1

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Disease: Transient Global Amnesia
Symptoms: if head could be detached, she’ll be walking without it.

- Symptoms typically last for less than a day and there is often no clear precipitating factor nor any other neurological deficits. The cause of this syndrome is not clear, hypothesis include transient reduced blood flow, possible seizure or an atypical type of migraine. Patients are typically amnestic of events more than a few minutes in the past, though immediate recall is usually preserved. (Wikipedia)

Disease: Memory Distrust Syndrome

- describe a situation where someone is unable to trust their own memory.
Stage: Degenerative (Stage 5)/ incurable
Diagnosis: very high possibility of developing Alzheimer’s Disease
Treatment: buy post it, tag everything; attach all your belongings to your body using spring

Case #2

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Disease: Substance Abuse

Symptoms: pops-up pill everyday..
- Recurrent substance use to fulfill major role obligations at work, school, or home

- pattern of continued pathological use of a medication, non-medically indicated drug or toxin, that results in repeated adverse social consequences related to drug use, such as failure to meet work, family, or school obligations, interpersonal conflicts, or legal problems.

Stage: addict/ incurable
Treatment: kill the “asthma!!!”

Case #3

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Disease: Severe case of Catalepsy

Symptom: rigidity/fixed posture when photographed

non-manifestation of movement for some psychological reason..

(see above picture)

Treatment: no treatment/ in-born

Case#4

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Disease: Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Symptoms: a result of Post-traumatic stress disorder experienced in the clinic

- Excessive anxiety and worry (apprehensive expectation), occurring more days than not for at least six months, about a number of events or activities of for certain person.

Stage: on remission / recovery stage

Treatment: constant exposure to other harmful elements until immune..

Case# 5

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Disease: Severe Autism

Symptoms: has his own world

• stares into open areas, doesn't focus on anything specific.
• does not respond to his/her name.
• cannot explain what he/she wants.
• doesn't point or wave "bye-bye."

Stage: Deteriorating
Treatment: exposure to play school

Case #6

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Disease: Anorexia Nervosa

Symptoms: non-eating of lunch everyday

- control body weight by voluntary starvation, purging, vomiting, excessive exercise, or other weight control measures, such as diet pills or diuretic drugs

- lack of desire to eat

Stage: 1^st stage

Diagnosis: if left untreated may become another Kate Moss

Treatment: lechon, fried chicken, cheese burger, 2 cups of rice per meal

Important:
This manual reflected the predominant psychodynamic psychiatry.Symptoms were not specified in detail for specific disorders, but were seen as reflections of broad underlying conflicts or maladaptive reactions to life problems, rooted in a distinction between neurosis and psychosis/hallucinations/delusions appearing disconnected from reality). Sociological and biological knowledge was also incorporated, in a model that did not emphasize a clear boundary between normality and abnormality.