Download or read book On the Simulation of Mental Disorders written by Carl Jung and published by Livraria Press. This book was released on 2024-05-09 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the Simulation (faking) of Mental disorders (original German: Über Simulation von Geistesstörung) is an early 1903 essay by Jung on the challenges of diagnosing mental conditions when the patient is confused themselves. Jung addresses the intentional feigning or simulation of mental disorders. He examines the challenges of differentiating between genuine mental illness and simulation, particularly in legal and clinical settings. Jung notes that while many simulators are not mentally normal, they often have traits of degeneracy or hysteria. These traits can complicate the diagnosis, as hysterical individuals may exhibit behaviors that mimic genuine mental disorders. The document highlights the challenges faced by psychiatrists in differentiating between real and feigned symptoms, stressing the lack of an infallible method to unmask simulators. This edition contains a new translation from the original German manuscript with an Afterword by the Translator, a philosophic index of Jung's terminology and a timeline of his life and works. In this important forensic work, Jung grapples with the complex issue of malingering, where individuals consciously or unconsciously fabricate mental illness symptoms. He focuses on the legal and psychiatric implications of simulated insanity, stressing how difficult it is to separate true mental illness from deception, especially when hysteria or degenerative traits are involved. Jung underscores how feigned symptoms often emerge in patients with existing psychological disturbances, complicating the clinician’s ability to make definitive diagnoses. This work had profound implications in the field of legal psychiatry, as it highlighted the importance of careful psychological evaluation in court cases. Jung’s approach contributed significantly to developing more sophisticated methods of psychiatric assessments within the legal system

Download or read book Artificial Intelligence in Behavioral and Mental Health Care written by David D. Luxton and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2015-09-10 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Artificial Intelligence in Behavioral and Mental Health Care summarizes recent advances in artificial intelligence as it applies to mental health clinical practice. Each chapter provides a technical description of the advance, review of application in clinical practice, and empirical data on clinical efficacy. In addition, each chapter includes a discussion of practical issues in clinical settings, ethical considerations, and limitations of use. The book encompasses AI based advances in decision-making, in assessment and treatment, in providing education to clients, robot assisted task completion, and the use of AI for research and data gathering. This book will be of use to mental health practitioners interested in learning about, or incorporating AI advances into their practice and for researchers interested in a comprehensive review of these advances in one source. - Summarizes AI advances for use in mental health practice - Includes advances in AI based decision-making and consultation - Describes AI applications for assessment and treatment - Details AI advances in robots for clinical settings - Provides empirical data on clinical efficacy - Explores practical issues of use in clinical settings

Download or read book Disorders of Simulation written by Grant L. Hutchinson and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An essential desk reference that answers the basic questions all clinicians must ask when faced with an apparently simulating patient: What is the next step once simulation is suspected? Should the valuation be standard or modified? What modifications should be made? Should the patient be confronted? How can the clinicians know when his or her suspicions are wrong? What constitutes legitimate proof of simulation? Is the patient consciously faking? This book goes a long way toward undoing the confusion engendered by DSM's inadequate definitions, minimal criteria, and vague standards for the three Disorders of Simulation: Malingering, Factitious Disorder, and Compensation Neurosis.

Download or read book Simulation Theory written by Tim Short and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2015-01-09 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theory of Mind (ToM) is the term used for our ability to predict and explain the behaviour of ourselves and others. Accounts of this theory have so far fallen into two competing types: Simulation Theory and ‘Theory Theory’. In contrast with Theory Theory, Simulation Theory argues that we predict behaviour not by employing a model of people, but by replicating others’ thoughts and feelings. This book presents a novel defence of Simulation Theory, reviewing the major challenges against it and positing the theory as the most effective method for exploring how we know each other and ourselves. Drawing on key research in the field, chapters reopen the debates surrounding Theory of Mind and cover a variety of topics including schizophrenia with implications for experimental social psychology. In the past, one of the greatest criticisms against Simulation Theory is that it cannot explain systematic error in Theory of Mind. This book explores the rapidly developing heuristics and biases programme, pioneered by Kahneman and Tversky, to suggest that a novel bias mismatch defence available to Simulation Theory explains these systematic errors. Simulation Theory: A psychological and philosophical consideration will appeal to a range of researchers and academics, including psychologists from the fields of cognitive, social and developmental psychology, as well as philosophers, psychotherapists and practitioners looking for further research on Theory of Mind. The book will also be of relevance to those interested in autism, since it offers a new approach to Theory of Mind which explains central symptoms in autistic subjects.

Download or read book Handbook of Imagination and Mental Simulation written by Keith D. Markman and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2012-09-10 with total page 811 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past thirty years, and particularly within the last ten years, researchers in the areas of social psychology, cognitive psychology, clinical psychology, and neuroscience have been examining fascinating questions regarding the nature of imagination and mental simulation – the imagination and generation of alternative realities. Some of these researchers have focused on the specific processes that occur in the brain when an individual is mentally simulating an action or forming a mental image, whereas others have focused on the consequences of mental simulation processes for affect, cognition, motivation, and behavior. This Handbook provides a novel and stimulating integration of work on imagination and mental simulation from a variety of perspectives. It is the first broad-based volume to integrate specific sub-areas such as mental imagery, imagination, thought flow, narrative transportation, fantasizing, and counterfactual thinking, which have, until now, been treated by researchers as disparate and orthogonal lines of inquiry. As such, the volume enlightens psychologists to the notion that a wide-range of mental simulation phenomena may actually share a commonality of underlying processes.

Download or read book The Personal MBA written by Josh Kaufman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-12-30 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master the fundamentals, hone your business instincts, and save a fortune in tuition. The consensus is clear: MBA programs are a waste of time and money. Even the elite schools offer outdated assembly-line educations about profit-and-loss statements and PowerPoint presentations. After two years poring over sanitized case studies, students are shuffled off into middle management to find out how business really works. Josh Kaufman has made a business out of distilling the core principles of business and delivering them quickly and concisely to people at all stages of their careers. His blog has introduced hundreds of thousands of readers to the best business books and most powerful business concepts of all time. In The Personal MBA, he shares the essentials of sales, marketing, negotiation, strategy, and much more. True leaders aren't made by business schools-they make themselves, seeking out the knowledge, skills, and experiences they need to succeed. Read this book and in one week you will learn the principles it takes most people a lifetime to master.

Download or read book The Handbook of Behavior Change written by Martin S. Hagger and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-07-15 with total page 730 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social problems in many domains, including health, education, social relationships, and the workplace, have their origins in human behavior. The documented links between behavior and social problems have compelled governments and organizations to prioritize and mobilize efforts to develop effective, evidence-based means to promote adaptive behavior change. In recognition of this impetus, The Handbook of Behavior Change provides comprehensive coverage of contemporary theory, research, and practice on behavior change. It summarizes current evidence-based approaches to behavior change in chapters authored by leading theorists, researchers, and practitioners from multiple disciplines, including psychology, sociology, behavioral science, economics, philosophy, and implementation science. It is the go-to resource for researchers, students, practitioners, and policy makers looking for current knowledge on behavior change and guidance on how to develop effective interventions to change behavior.

Download or read book Metacognition and Severe Adult Mental Disorders written by Giancarlo Dimaggio and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-04-05 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many adults who experience severe mental illness also suffer from deficits in metacognition - put simply, thinking about one’s own thought processes - limiting their abilities to recognize, express and manage naturally occurring painful emotions and routine social problems as well as to fathom the intentions of others. This book presents an overview of the field, showing how current research can inform clinical practice. An international range of expert contributors provide chapters which look at the role of metacognitive deficit in personality disorders, schizophrenia, and mood disorders, and the implications for future psychotherapeutic treatment. Divided into three parts, areas covered include: how metacognitive deficits may arise and the different forms they might take the psychopathology of metacognition in different forms of mental illness whether specific deficits in metacognition might help us understand the difficulties seen in differing forms of severe mental illness. Offering varying perspectives and including a wealth of clinical material, this book will be of great interest to all mental health professionals, researchers and practitioners.

Download or read book Measuring Specific Mental Illness Diagnoses with Functional Impairment written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2016-05-06 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The workshop summarized in this report was organized as part of a study sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, with the goal of assisting SAMHSA in its responsibilities of expanding the collection of behavioral health data in several areas. The workshop brought together experts in mental health, psychiatric epidemiology and survey methods to facilitate discussion of the most suitable measures and mechanisms for producing estimates of specific mental illness diagnoses with functional impairment. The report discusses existing measures and data on mental disorders and functional impairment, challenges associated with collecting these data in large-scale population-based studies, as well as study design and estimation options.

Download or read book Human Simulation for Nursing and Health Professions written by Linda Wilson and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2011-10-21 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Key Features: --

Download or read book Mental Health Nursing written by Gylo (Julie) Hercelinskyj and published by Cengage AU. This book was released on 2019-07-30 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mental Health Nursing: Applying Theory to Practice is a new Australian text combining a theoretical approach to mental health nursing with clinical reasoning and a practical framework for real-life nursing situations. Ideal for both clinical and theory mental health course units, the text was developed with input from consumers and clinicians, and includes the clinical manifestations, impacts, treatment and management of persons suffering from mental illness. Chapters on suicide and self-harm, and Mental Health First Aid provide detailed coverage of these contemporary mental health issues, while a chapter on mental state examination (MSE) comprehensively explores MSE in a style similar to a traditional psychiatry text and in the context of many different mental health conditions, giving students multiple perspectives of presentations. Critical thinking and review questions challenge students to apply theory to practice, and pharmacology is discussed in each disorder-chapter, helping students to contextualise their learning. With coverage of the Mental Health Act (2014), and criteria from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) integrated throughout, the text equips students with a working understanding of major mental health disorders, and the ability to work practically when engaging with persons suffering from mental illness. New, print versions of this book come with bonus online study tools on the CourseMate Express and Search Me! Nursing platforms.

Download or read book The Social Determinants of Mental Health written by Michael T. Compton and published by American Psychiatric Pub. This book was released on 2015-04-01 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Social Determinants of Mental Health aims to fill the gap that exists in the psychiatric, scholarly, and policy-related literature on the social determinants of mental health: those factors stemming from where we learn, play, live, work, and age that impact our overall mental health and well-being. The editors and an impressive roster of chapter authors from diverse scholarly backgrounds provide detailed information on topics such as discrimination and social exclusion; adverse early life experiences; poor education; unemployment, underemployment, and job insecurity; income inequality, poverty, and neighborhood deprivation; food insecurity; poor housing quality and housing instability; adverse features of the built environment; and poor access to mental health care. This thought-provoking book offers many beneficial features for clinicians and public health professionals: Clinical vignettes are included, designed to make the content accessible to readers who are primarily clinicians and also to demonstrate the practical, individual-level applicability of the subject matter for those who typically work at the public health, population, and/or policy level. Policy implications are discussed throughout, designed to make the content accessible to readers who work primarily at the public health or population level and also to demonstrate the policy relevance of the subject matter for those who typically work at the clinical level. All chapters include five to six key points that focus on the most important content, helping to both prepare the reader with a brief overview of the chapter's main points and reinforce the "take-away" messages afterward. In addition to the main body of the book, which focuses on selected individual social determinants of mental health, the volume includes an in-depth overview that summarizes the editors' and their colleagues' conceptualization, as well as a final chapter coauthored by Dr. David Satcher, 16th Surgeon General of the United States, that serves as a "Call to Action," offering specific actions that can be taken by both clinicians and policymakers to address the social determinants of mental health. The editors have succeeded in the difficult task of balancing the individual/clinical/patient perspective and the population/public health/community point of view, while underscoring the need for both groups to work in a unified way to address the inequities in twenty-first century America. The Social Determinants of Mental Health gives readers the tools to understand and act to improve mental health and reduce risk for mental illnesses for individuals and communities. Students preparing for the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) will also benefit from this book, as the MCAT in 2015 will test applicants' knowledge of social determinants of health. The social determinants of mental health are not distinct from the social determinants of physical health, although they deserve special emphasis given the prevalence and burden of poor mental health.

Download or read book Occupational Therapy in Mental Health written by Catana Brown and published by F.A. Davis. This book was released on 2019-02-05 with total page 1041 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revision of a well-loved text continues to embrace the confluence of person, environment, and occupation in mental health as its organizing theoretical model, emphasizing the lived experience of mental illness and recovery. Rely on this groundbreaking text to guide you through an evidence-based approach to helping clients with mental health disorders on their recovery journey by participating in meaningful occupations. Understand the recovery process for all areas of their lives—physical, emotional, spiritual, and mental—and know how to manage co-occurring conditions.

Download or read book Mental Illnesses written by Luciano LAbate and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2012-01-13 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the book "Mental Illnesses - Evaluation, Treatments and Implications" attention is focused on background factors underlying mental illness. It is crucial that mental illness be evaluated thoroughly if we want to understand its nature, predict its long-term outcome, and treat it with specific rather than generic treatment, such as pharmacotherapy for instance. Additionally, community-wide and cognitive-behavioral approaches need to be combined to decrease the severity of symptoms of mental illness. Unfortunately, those who should profit the most by combination of treatments, often times refuse treatment or show poor adherence to treatment maintenance. Most importantly, what are the implications of the above for the mental health community? Mental illness cannot be treated with one single form of treatment. Combined individual, community, and socially-oriented treatments, including recent distance-writing technologies will hopefully allow a more integrated approach to decrease mental illness world-wide.

Download or read book Simulation Scenarios for Nursing Educators Second Edition written by Suzanne Campbell and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2013 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Print+CourseSmart

Download or read book Medical Report on a Case of Simultaneous Mental Disorder written by Carl Jung and published by Livraria Press. This book was released on 2024-05-09 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jung's 1904 book (Original German: "Ärztliches Gutachten über einen Fall von Simultation geistiger Störung") analyzes the case of a prisoner. The prisoner exhibits a mixture of genuine psychological disturbance and deliberate simulation, which complicates the psychiatric evaluation. The analysis reveals a mixture of erratic behavior, hallucinations, and paranoia, along with signs of deliberate deception. Despite the individual's family history of mental illness and some physiological abnormalities, the report concludes that while he was not mentally ill at the time of the crime, his mental state was influenced by his psychopathic and hysterical traits. This case study highlights the complex challenges of diagnosing mental illness in forensic settings, especially when simulation is involved, and underscores the need for a comprehensive and nuanced approach to such assessments. This edition is a new translation from the original German manuscript with an Afterword by the Translator, a philosophic index of Jung's terminology and a timeline of his life and works. "Medical Report on a Case of Simultaneous Mental Disorder" (Ärztliches Gutachten über einen Fall von Simultation geistiger Störung, 1904) is a forensic psychiatric case study in which Jung examines a prisoner’s mental state, combining his clinical insights with legal considerations. This work demonstrates Jung's early application of psychoanalytic ideas to legal cases, particularly focusing on the complex issue of discerning genuine mental illness from intentional simulation (or malingering) of psychiatric symptoms. The case centers around a prisoner accused of fabricating mental illness to avoid legal responsibility for a crime. Jung’s role was to assess whether the individual's erratic behavior was due to a genuine psychiatric disorder or whether the symptoms were consciously feigned. In his detailed analysis, Jung identifies a mixture of real psychological disturbances and deliberate simulation, complicating the psychiatric evaluation. The prisoner exhibits symptoms such as hallucinations, paranoia, and erratic behavior, which, according to Jung, can partly be attributed to pre-existing psychopathic and hysterical traits, but there is also evidence of intentional deception. This report was important for highlighting the difficulties psychiatrists face in distinguishing between authentic and simulated mental disorders, especially in forensic settings where the stakes are high. Jung's observations in this case stress the need for a nuanced understanding of mental illness and malingering, underscoring the limitations of diagnostic methods available at the time. He calls for a comprehensive and careful approach in psychiatric evaluations within legal contexts. The significance of this work lies in its early contribution to forensic psychology, an area that continues to grapple with the challenge of distinguishing between genuine psychiatric conditions and malingering. Jung’s detailed report laid the groundwork for later developments in both clinical and forensic psychiatry, particularly in the use of psychological assessments to determine criminal responsibility.

Download or read book Principles and Practice of Psychiatric Rehabilitation written by Patrick W. Corrigan and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2012-08-22 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive, authoritative text provides a state-of-the-art review of current knowledge and best practices for helping adults with psychiatric disabilities move forward in their recovery process. The authors draw on extensive research and clinical expertise to accessibly describe the “whats,” “whys,” and “how-tos” of psychiatric rehabilitation. Coverage includes tools and strategies for assessing clients’ needs and strengths, integrating medical and psychosocial interventions, and implementing supportive services in such areas as housing, employment, social networks, education, and physical health. Detailed case examples in every chapter illustrate both the real-world challenges of severe mental illness and the nuts and bolts of effective interventions.