Download or read book Evaluation du risque de transition psychotique chez les jeunes adultes avec trouble du spectre de l autisme written by Mehdi Benhammadi and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction : Les troubles schizophréniques et le trouble du spectre de l’autisme (TSA) ont toujours été étroitement liés. Le cadre théorique d’un continuum autisme-schizophrénie et les travaux prospectifs sur les états mentaux dits « à risque de transition psychotique » (UHR) amènent à s’interroger sur ce risque chez les personnes avec TSA. En l’absence de donnée dans la littérature internationale, l’objectif principal de cette étude était de montrer que de jeunes adultes avec TSA sans déficience intellectuelle peuvent réunir les critères d’état mental à risque. L’objectif secondaire était de comparer ces sujets à une population appariée de sujets demandeurs d’aide (Help Seekers, HS), en termes de proportion de sujets UHR et de profil de symptômes psychotiques atténués.Méthode : Dix-sept jeunes adultes ayant préalablement reçus un diagnostic de TSA sans déficience intellectuelle ont participé à une évaluation comprenant les quatre premiers items de la CAARMS (Comprehensive Asssessement of At Risk Mental State) permettant de définir le statut « à risque » de transition psychotique (UHR) ou non, une MADRS et une SOFAS. Un groupe de dix-sept sujets HS appariés sur l’âge, le genre et le niveau d’étude a été constitué, à partir de la population de l’étude antérieure (ICAAR). Les profils cliniques des sujets UHR du groupe TSA et du groupe HS ont ensuite été comparés.Résultats: Treize sujets (76,5 %) du groupe TSA répondaient aux critères UHR au sens de la CAARMS. Cette proportion était plus élevée, sans que cette différence ne soit significative, que dans le groupe HS (11 sujets, 64,7 % ; à mettre en perspective avec 54,2 % de sujets UHR sur l’ensemble de la population HS de l’étude ICAAR). Les scores moyens à l’item Discours Désorganisé étaient significativement plus élevés dans le TSA-UHR en comparaison avec le groupe HS-UHR. La distribution des scores à l’item Anomalie de la Perception était différente entre les groupes : les sujets TSA-UHR présentaient majoritairement (85%) des scores compris entre 2 et 4, tandis que plus du tiers des sujets HS-UHR présentait un score de 0. Dans le groupe TSA-UHR, les scores moyens aux 4 items de la CAARMS étaient comparables entre eux, tandis que dans le groupe HS-UHR, les scores moyens étaient plus élevés à l’item Idée Non Bizarre et plus faibles à l’Item Discours Désorganisé. Discussion et conclusion : Les résultats de cette étude montrent que les jeunes adultes avec TSA sans déficience intellectuelle peuvent répondre aux critères d’état mental à risque de transition psychotique, dans une proportion supérieure à celle retrouvée dans un échantillon apparié de sujets demandeurs d’aide. Les profils symptomatiques sont toutefois différents, avec en particulier une désorganisation plus marquée chez les sujets avec TSA. Les particularités cliniques des TSA peuvent toutefois transparaitre lors de l’évaluation et éventuellement la biaiser (trouble de la sensorialité, compréhension littérale des questions). Ce résultat souligne l’importance du dépistage et de l’évaluation fine des symptômes psychotiques atténués chez les jeunes adultes avec TSA, et invite à proposer des stratégies thérapeutiques ciblées

Download or read book L valuation diagnostique de l enfant avec trouble du spectre de l autisme written by Léa Dormoy and published by Dunod. This book was released on 2020-09-16 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: En France, le diagnostic psychologique du Trouble du Spectre Autistique (TSA) ne peut se faire que par des psychologues cliniciens très bien formés. L'HAS souligne d'ailleurs le déficit de professionnels formés à ce type de diagnostic. Dans le cadre de suspicion de TSA, le diagnostic psychologique se réalise avec des méthodes qui sont propres aux psychologues cliniciens : entretiens, observations, tests. Cet ouvrage va au-delà d'une présentation des outils à disposition du praticien. Il propose une méthodologie étayée de cas cliniques pour élaborer la démarche diagnostique et ainsi : - identifier les signes d'appel ; - choisir les tests pertinents ; - identifier les difficultés et les points forts du sujet ; - aborder le diagnostic différentiel et les questions de comorbidité ; - interpréter et croiser les résultats ; - savoir faire l’annonce diagnostique et l’accompagnement post-diagnostique.

Download or read book Clinical Staging in Psychiatry written by Patrick D. McGorry and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-08-29 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clinical staging is a solution to transform psychiatric diagnosis and improve mental health outcomes.

Download or read book Computers and Games for Mental Health and Well Being written by Yasser Khazaal and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2018-07-12 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent years have seen important developments in the computer and game industry, including the emergence of the concept of serious games. It is hypothesized that tools such as games, virtual reality, or applications for smartphones may foster learning, enhance motivation, promote behavioral change, support psychotherapy, favor empowerment, and improve some cognitive functions. Computers and games may create supports for training or help people with cognitive, emotional, or behavioral change. Games take various formats, from board games to informatics to games with interactive rules of play. Similarly, computer tools may vary widely in format, from self-help or assisted computerized training to virtual reality or applications for smartphones. Some tools that may be helpful for mental health were specifically designed for that goal, whereas others were not. Gamification of computer-related products and games with a numeric format tend to reduce the gap between games and computers tools and increase the conceptual synergy in such fields. Games and computer design share an opportunity for creativity and innovation to help create, specifically design, and assess preventive or therapeutic tools. Computers and games share a design conception that allows innovative approaches to overcome barriers of the real world by creating their own rules. Yet, despite the potential interest in such tools to improve treatment of mental disorders and to help prevent them, the field remains understudied and information is under-disseminated in clinical practice. Some studies have shown, however, that there is potential interest and acceptability of tools that support various vehicles, rationales, objectives, and formats. These tools include traditional games (e.g., chess games), popular electronic games, board games, computer-based interventions specifically designed for psychotherapy or cognitive training, virtual reality, apps for smartphones, and so forth. Computers and games may offer a true opportunity to develop, assess, and disseminate new prevention and treatment tools for mental health and well-being. Currently, there is a strong need for state-of-the-art information to answer questions such as the following: Why develop such tools for mental health and well-being? What are the potential additions to traditional treatments? What are the best strategies or formats to improve the possible impact of these tools? Are such tools useful as a first treatment step? What is the potential of a hybrid model of care that combines traditional approaches with games and/or computers as tools? What games and applications have already been designed and studied? What is the evidence from previous studies? How can such tools be successfully designed for mental health and well-being? What is rewarding or attractive for patients in using such treatments? What are the worldwide developments in the field? Are some protocols under development? What are the barriers and challenges related to such developments? How can these tools be assessed, and how can the way that they work, and for whom, be measured? Are the potential benefits of such products specific, or can these additions be attributed to nonspecific factors? What are the users’ views on such tools? What are the possible links between such tools and social networks? Is there a gap between evidence-based results and market development? Are there any quality challenges? What future developments and studies are needed in the field?

Download or read book Autism and Asperger Syndrome written by Patricia Howlin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-07-31 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Autism and Asperger Syndrome reviews what is known about adults with autism in terms of their social functioning, educational and occupational status. Focusing mainly on the problems experienced by high functioning people with autism - and those working with and caring for them - the book offers practical ways of dealing with their difficulties. Each chapter makes use of clinical case material to illustrate the kinds of problems faced and ways in which they may be overcome. First-hand accounts from people with autism are included and links with psychiatric illness in later life are explored. This updated edition is helpful to both professionals and families with autistic children and has been completely updated to take account of the latest research in the field. It also includes an additional chapter on the differences between autism and Asperger syndrome.

Download or read book Asperger s Syndrome and Sexuality written by Isabelle Henault and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2006 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do adolescents with Asperger's Syndrome (AS) cope with sexual feelings and behaviour, and how do people with AS deal with intimacy and communication in sexual relationships? This guide provides practical advice on such issues as puberty, couples' therapy, and maintaining sexual boundaries.

Download or read book Understanding Mental Retardation written by Edward Zigler and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1986-08-29 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding Mental Retardation draws on our knowledge of normal development to inform their discussion of various aspects of retardation.

Download or read book Management of Gender Dysphoria written by Carlo Trombetta and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-03-03 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is especially focused on the surgical aspect on Gender Dysphoria. Male to female surgery is widely discussed as well as the female to male conversion. Full information on hormone administration and surgical procedures are provided. Mental health issues are also described, as well as ethics, the law and psychosocial issues. The text is extensively referenced and includes numerous photos, tables and figures to clearly illustrate information. Based on collaboration between international experts in transgender health, this book is an essential guide for health care professionals, educators, students, patients and patients’ families concerning the psychological, hormonal, surgical and social support of transgender individuals.

Download or read book From Research to Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health written by Jean-Philippe Raynaud and published by Iacapap. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Research to Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health demonstrates how research data can be concretely applied in various cultural contexts around the world. This book has been shaped to reflect the mental health needs of children and adolescents in Low and Middle Income Countries (LAMIC). It also includes chapters on topics based on research and practice in high income countries, which may have lessons and implications universally.

Download or read book Family Psychoeducation for Serious Mental Illness written by Harriet P. Lefley and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-17 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research shows that many American adults with serious mental illness live with or maintain contact with their families; but families are rarely given information about their relative's illness & their own needs for support are ignored. Harriet Lefley traces the history of family psychoeducation in the U.S.

Download or read book Asperger s Children The Origins of Autism in Nazi Vienna written by Edith Sheffer and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An impassioned indictment, one that glows with the heat of a prosecution motivated by an ethical imperative.” —Lisa Appignanesi, New York Review of Books In the first comprehensive history of the links between autism and Nazism, prize-winning historian Edith Sheffer uncovers how a diagnosis common today emerged from the atrocities of the Third Reich. As the Nazi regime slaughtered millions across Europe during World War Two, it sorted people according to race, religion, behavior, and physical condition. Nazi psychiatrists targeted children with different kinds of minds—especially those thought to lack social skills—claiming the Reich had no place for them. Hans Asperger and his colleagues endeavored to mold certain “autistic” children into productive citizens, while transferring others to Spiegelgrund, one of the Reich’s deadliest child killing centers. In this unflinching history, Sheffer exposes Asperger’s complicity in the murderous policies of the Third Reich.

Download or read book Autism written by Simon Baron-Cohen and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coping with a diagnosis of autism can be a troubling and confusing experience for parents. Ignorance of this bewildering disorder can provoke difficult decision-making for parents and physicians alike. What causes autism? What happens to children with autism when they grow up? Does autism run in families? What kind of educational setting is best? In this accessible, comprehensive book, the authors have discovered the questions on the minds of parents and professionals, and have attempted to answer them. Autism is a puzzling disorder. It begins in early childhood, and disrupts many aspects of development, leaving the child unable to form social relationships or communicate in the usual way. This fascinating book explains in a clear, straightforward manner what is known about the condition. Helpful appendices identify organizations and resource providers concerned with autism. Written first and foremost as a guide for parents, but required reading for interested professionals, it covers the recognition and diagnosis of autism, its biological and physiological causes, and the various treatments and educational techniques available.

Download or read book Communication in Autism written by Joanne Arciuli and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2014-10-15 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Communication in Autism adopts a multidisciplinary approach to explore one of the most common developmental disorders associated with communication impairment. Perhaps the most fascinating thing about communication in autism is that variation is as extreme as it could possibly be. While some individuals with autism have age-appropriate language, a number have exceptional language skills; others have little or no spoken language. In between these extremes are individuals who experience significant linguistic impairments. These impairments can affect peer relations and literacy skills. The chapters in this volume provide comprehensive coverage of both the theoretical underpinnings and the practical aspects of autistic communication. The result is a volume that showcases the wide range of methodologies being used in this field of research. It is invaluable for scientists, service providers, parents, individuals with autism, and students learning about communication and autism (e.g., in psychology, speech pathology, and education).

Download or read book Mind Reading written by and published by Jessica Kingsley Pub. This book was released on 2007 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ouvrage de référence démontrant 412 émotions explorées à travers 5000 expressions vidéo et audio.

Download or read book An Educator s Guide to Humanizing Nursing Education written by Chantal Cara, PhD, RN, FAAN, FCAN and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2020-06-05 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Delivers specific guidelines for implementing human caring within teaching practices along with a wealth of examples Grounded in the belief that translating caring science within teaching practices will humanize nursing education, this important book emphasizes the ways in which teachers can translate Human Caring and Caritas in order to include strategies for establishing authentic caring pedagogical relationships with their students. It aims to strengthen Human Caring as the basis for humanitarian teaching and to infuse the learning environment with caring practices for both students and teachers. The work provides an antidote for the continuous dominant biomedical and behavioral paradigm in nursing education. It includes specific guidelines for implementing Human Caring ethics, ontology, and epistemology throughout the teaching-learning community and describes how to translate caring values and assumptions into living Caritas as the nurse teachers’ moral ideal and praxis of authentic caring pedagogical relationships. Pragmatic examples provided by administrators, teachers, and students illustrate the value of a humanitarian caring science paradigm for nursing education and caring praxis. Key Features: Delivers an internationally renowned scholars’ perspective on teaching grounded in Human Caring Includes exemplars of educators’ lived teaching experiences guided by their caring pedagogical praxis Provides examples of students’ lived learning experiences within a caring- teaching environment Offers reflective practice exercises for nurse teachers to enhance their caring pedagogical relationships with students Provides guided caring artistic activities to promote ways of knowing, doing, being, and becoming in nursing education

Download or read book The Classification of Psychopathology written by R.K Blashfield and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Constraints on Language Acquisition written by Helen Tager-Flusberg and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2014-02-25 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After decades of research most scholars generally agree that language acquisition is a complex and multifaceted process that involves the interaction of innate biologically-based mechanisms devoted to language, other non-linguistic cognitive and social mechanisms, linguistic input, and information about the social and physical world. Theoretical work in the field of language acquisition now needs to focus in greater depth and detail on some specific aspects of this general model, which is the main goal of this book. The chapters in this volume provide some new insights into one of the most remarkable accomplishments achieved by almost all children. The particular questions that are raised by contributors include: * What kinds of constraints operate on the process of language development? * Which aspects of the acquisition process depend on language-specific mechanisms? * Are there critical brain structures necessary for the acquisition of language? * What role do cognitive and social mechanisms play in language development? * How critical is perceptual input about the physical and social world? * What is the specific role played by linguistic input in the child's construction of a linguistic system? Questions are addressed from the perspective of children who come to the task of acquiring language with many hurdles to overcome, including deafness and blindness, mental retardation, autism, and prenatal or perinatal brain damage involving the left hemisphere. Each section contributes some insight on how an innate language-specific biological substrate interacts with cognitive and social factors, as well as external information, to support the child's construction of a linguistic system. Studies of atypical children offer a singular contribution to this enterprise by allowing us to see the specific influences of each component, and in turn, they shed new light on how all children are able to acquire language so effortlessly and during such a brief period of development.