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INITIAL |
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CHARACTERISTICS AND SYMPTOMS |
HABITUAL TREATMENT |
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ECHOLALIA
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It is a rhythm disturbance
of thought consisting of the repetition speculate what the
interviewer says. It is a way in which verbigeration
repeated immediately and automatically, you just heard.
Its origin is usually framed in psychotic disorders.
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The treatment, is
psychiatric and pharmacologic. |
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ENDOGENOUS
DEPRESSION
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The patient, be depressed
and there may come a time when all activity is suspended. It
is often difficult to answer the questions put to him. It is
also known as major depression.
The depressive mood, comes the most desperate condition and
there is a risk of suicide. There is also important
psychomotor retardation, stupor, although in some cases
there may be movement exaltation. Thought disorder are
given, (delusions: delusional ideas of ruin and
culpability). Usually accompanied with insomnia second time
(early awakening). Diurnal and seasonal variations (usually
worse in the morning and spring and autumn). Hypotension.
Loss of sexual appetite. Deep and persistent sadness. Weight
loss. Loss of the rule. Headache. Back pain. There is a
clear difference between the depressive stage and stages of
normal.
It is considered that there are hereditary factors. It is
typical of the manic-depressive psychosis. They are divided
into bipolar (there is alternation between manic and
depressive phases of euphoria or phases), the episodes are
shorter and unipolar, occur more in women, there is only
depression and episodes are longer.
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The treatment, is
psychiatric and pharmacologic antidepressant and bipolar
with lithium salts. Detention may be necessary in some
cases. In cases of suicide risk and in very deep tables can
be used electroshocks. |
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ENURESIS
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When a child over 4 or 5
years, still wetting the bed at night, we can consider that
this condition exists. It is usually more common in boys
than in girls.
It can occur in two ways:
- Primary (he has never stopped bedwetting).
- Secondary (after a period, which must be several months of
bedwetting problem recurs).
When the problem is in young children, usually always have
psychological causes. If it occurs in adults, there may be
organic causes
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The most common treatment,
is the psychological therapy |
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EMPHATIC LANGUAGE
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It is a way of speaking
pompous and mannered, usually seen in schizophrenic
disorders.
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The treatment, is
psychiatric and pharmacologic. |
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EPILEPSY
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EPILEPTIC SEIZURES |
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EPILEPTIC
SEIZURES
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Epileptic seizures are
caused by nerve disease and manifest as convulsions and
disturbance or loss of sense.
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The treatment is neurologic
and pharmacologic and in some cases surgical. |
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ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION
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Is the lack of erection due
to anxiety.
There may be cases where the problem is physiological
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Once discarded organic
problems, the best thing to treat erectile dysfunction are
psychological and / or sexological therapies
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EROTIC ASPHYXIATION - KOTZWARA'S
SYNDROME
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It is a disorder of sexual behavior, where pleasure is
obtained by erotic asphyxiation. This practice is really
dangerous and in some cases, deaths have been reported, in
practice, such as the Czech composer Frantizek Kotzwara, who
was killed in 1791 by practicing. This syndrome is named
after the composer since the first case was recorded.
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The treatment is psychiatric |
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EXHIBITIONISM
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This disorder of sexual
behavior, is to obtain sexual pleasure, through the
exhibition of the sexual organ of a person of the opposite
sex in public places, or unexpectedly.
People with the disorder, which affects a much greater
extent males, people are very uninhibited sex lives, which,
although subject to criticism and scandal, are usually
harmless. There is no connection with the rapist.
They tend to seek help only if they are discovered or hurts
their self-esteem.
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The treatment is psychiatric
and / or psychological. |
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EXOGENOUS DEPRESSION
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Also known as reactive, is
less intense than endogenous depression and is a result of
the response to certain external stimuli. Sadness is not as
intense. There is concern but the ideas are not so black.
The depressing effect is accompanied by anxiety. Insomnia,
if any, is first-time or frequent waking.
No circadian rhythms. The variations are linked to the
contingencies of life.
There are large differences between normal times and
depression.
No prevalence remains on children.
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The best results in the
treatment, is obtained with psychological therapies. Can not
find efficiency in the use of antidepressants and
electroshock, no effect. |
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EXOGENOUS DISORDER
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It is the one produced by external factors, physical,
chemical or biological attacks the central nervous system
(such as meningitis disease, hyperthyroidism,
atherosclerosis, infectious diseases, poisoning by narcotics,
drinking, toxic for professional use, brain tumors, etc.).
They are divided into two groups: Symptomatic (in which the
brain has altered its functionality but architecture There
is no malfunction, but no injuries) and organic (The brain
has an injury, damaged tissue).
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The treatment can be, depending on the source, psychiatric,
neurological and / or medical. |
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EXPLOSIVE PERSONALITY DISORDER
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It is included in
personality disorders and is characterized
by states of anger and irritability.
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Psychiatric and / or psychological treatment. |
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FREEZING OF MIMIC
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It is the ultimate
expression of decreased facial expression.
Usually occurs in parkinson, endogenous depression and catatonic
schizophrenia. |
The treatment, is
neurologic and/or psychiatric and pharmacologic and usually requires
hospitalization. |
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FROTTEURISM
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The person suffering from
this disorder of sexual behavior, gets sexual pleasure by
rubbing her genitals with bodies of the other sex, in
situations of agglomeration, such as public transport at
rush hour.
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Psychiatric and / or
psychological treatment. |
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FLIGHT OF IDEAS
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The disorder of thought
content, is that due to an acceleration thereof, a lack of
logical connection between the different ideas occurs. This
leads to cause the appearance of a seemingly incoherent
speech, because although the associative logic, is the
normal acceleration causes the language is incomprehensible.
This flight of ideas, can be of different phrases and with
effort, you can sometimes get to grasp the meaning.
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The treatment, is
psychiatric and pharmacologic |
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GRANDEUR DELUSIONAL IDEAS
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Delusional ideas of grandeur
are those in which the patient thinks he is a great
character, with great powers of body transformation. Think I
could reduce the body.
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The treatment, is
psychiatric and pharmacologic. |
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GERONTOPHILIA
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This disorder is a disorder
of sexual behavior, sexual pleasure which is obtained by
observation or physical interaction with elderly.
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Psychiatric treatment. |
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HALLUCINATIONS
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The hallucinations consist
of the perception of nonexistent objects.
Must meet three requirements:
- Proceed from abroad
- Lack of real object of perception
- Lack of awareness of the disease by the affected,
regarding the hallucination.
The quality, tone, appearance of hallucinatory perception,
must meet the same characteristics as if it were real. It
should not be a real perception. The individual must be
certain that this perception is real.
When it is certain that there are hallucinations, put us on
the track:
- Organic disorders.
- Alterations caused by some kind of epilepsy.
- Alterations produced by tumors in the frontal lobe.
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The treatment will be
neurological, psychiatric or neuropsychiatric. |
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HALLUCINATIONS (INDUCED)
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For induced hallucinations,
which are understood as the result from sensory deprivation.
If there any sense deprivation, it is common hallucinations
occur. For example a person who have operated the view and
should lead blindfolded for some time, may suffer visual
hallucinatory phenomena.
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In cases where necessary,
the treatment will be neurological, psychiatric or
neuropsychiatric. |
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HALLUCINATIONS (OF
PRESENCE)
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The presence hallucinations
consist of "see" a person or object, out of sight (ex.
behind) or in the perception of an object or person through
a channel that is not right. For example having the feeling
of seeing by foot or "see" smells, or "hear" flavors.
This disorder is almost exclusively associated with
schizophrenia.
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The treatment, is
psychiatric and pharmacologic in the most part of cases. |
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HALLUCINOSIS
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This delusional disorder,
meets only two of the rules of hallucinations, for example
smell something that looks authentic, so it meets with the
external perception. Also fulfills the second condition,
since there is no real object. But you miss the third, since
the subject knows it is not real, is aware of his illness.
The causes may be:
- Brain Tumors.
- Epilepsy.
- Poisoning by ingestion of narcotics or drinking (drinking is the
most common cause). In fact in cases where a long time is
carried drinking, chronic intoxication, which leads to the
Wernicke alcoholic hallucinosis where auditory
hallucinations may occur spontaneously, even in the absence
of withdrawal syndrome may occur.
The subject is not dazed. There is no confusion of
consciousness.
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Usually solved by
psychiatric or neuropsychiatric treatment. |
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HEBEPHRENIC
SCHIZOPHRENIA
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The schizophrenia are
chronic psychotic illnesses. The sufferer, is often unaware
of their disease and lose the universal logic of things.
The hebephrenic schizophrenia, usually presented to the
thirteen or fourteen. Evolves as a process and disorganized
symptoms (positive and negative). The levels in this type of
schizophrenia, can move very quickly and within about four
years, have provoked very high damage.
The response to treatment is very low.
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Psychiatric and
pharmacologic treatment and in some cases electroshock.
Usually with very poor results. |
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HEMIANOPSIA
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It is a disorder in the
group of agnosia, where the affected due to a brain injury,
is prevented for a part of the visual field, but is aware of
it and corrected by head turning.
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Treatment is neurological |
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HEMIASOMATOGNOSIA
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It is an affection in
agnosia, where the sufferer ceases to be aware of a part of
your body, usually the left, with injuries to the right side
of the brain. Not capture the sensitivity of this part and
are not aware of it.
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Treatment is neurological. |
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HISTRIONIC PERSONALITY DISORDER
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It is included in personality disorders and is characterized
by the states of overacting to get attention, like those of
hysterical neurosis |
Psychiatric and / or psychological treatment. |
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HYPERMNESIA
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It is a pathological
increase of memory. So excessive increases the ability to
store (record, retain, recall). Usually it is associated
with other disorders or diseases (manic disorders, obsessive
disorders, mental weakness, etc.)
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Treatment is neurological |
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HYPERMIMIA
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It is a psychomotor disorder
in which the affected tends to produce a lot of gestures,
grimaces, which vary throughout the conversation.
Evidence manic states and / or anxiety
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Psychiatric treatment. |
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HYPERPROSEXIA
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It is a condition of
increased attention. Those affected are set to all the
stimuli that come to them, but this leads them to poor
performance and a state of low attention, for they try to be
aware of everything at once.
It may be a result of anxiety, manic states or narcotics use.
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The treatment, is
psychiatric and pharmacologic. |
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HYPERSEXUALITY
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It is a pathological
increase of sexual appetite, which may be associated with
schizophrenia, mania or by consumption of toxic.
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Psychiatric treatment |
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HYPERSOMNIA
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It consists of, pathological
excessive sleepiness. There are too drowsy wakefulness and
requires many hours of sleep. They may be secondary (those
that result from trauma, tumors, encephalitis,
hypothyroidism, etc.) and where the only sign primary or
most prominent, is the same drowsiness.
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The treatment may be
medical, neuronal or psychiatric depending on the type of
hypersomnia. |
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HYPOMIMIA
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It is a pathological
decrease in facial expression. It usually occurs in
endogenous depression, schizophrenia and dementia.
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Psychiatric and / or
neurologic treatment. |
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HYPOPROSEXIA
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It is a condition of
decreased attention. Those affected have a hard time paying
attention to things and as a result is associated with
memory deficits.
It can be caused by various diseases, ranging from organic
brain disorders, through apathy associated with depression
and schizophrenia, to the lack of interest in dementia and
oligophrenias.
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The treatment is set
according to the cause of the disorder, which may be
neurological or psychiatric and pharmacologic |
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HYPOSEXUALITY
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It is the loss of desire and
sex drive. It manifests itself in neurotic, depressive and
some schizophrenia.
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Psychiatric treatment. |
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HYSTERIA (NEUROSIS
OF HYSTERIA)
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Hysteria is a type of
neurosis, which usually occurs in immature or emotionally
unstable people, low frustration tolerance. Frustration
leads to anger them, anxiety, irritability. In response to
this frustration the patient tends to manipulate people who
have been convicted of the alleged frustration. They can
invent diseases as paralysis of the legs or arms, loss of
speech, epileptic crises appear, vision loss, etc. These
symptoms begin to appear when secondary benefits are
obtained, as increased attention, better treatment. The
patient is acting unconsciously, will not put in all this,
just have a psychological inability to get best resources
and then uses this "action", but that is absolutely not
deliberate or controllable.
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The best results are
obtained by psychological therapy. |
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HYSTERIA OF CONVERSION
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The symptoms of hysteria are
not only physical but also mental. If symptoms is within the
somatic line, it would then of conversion hysteria
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Treatment is by
psychological therapy, but may also require psychiatric
treatment |
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HYSTERIA OF DISSOCIATION
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The symptoms of hysteria are
not only physical but also mental. If the symptoms are
within the mental line, then it would be Dissociation of
Hysteria
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Treatment is by
psychological therapy, but may also require psychiatric
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From these pages, our center provides you with a description of the symptoms of the most common diseases and disorders of the mind. Know that this relationship is purely informational and should under no circumstances be used for diagnostic, as this mission is optional, only, duly qualified professionals.