Two inkblots below. After looking at each one tell me what you think they look like (my answers at bottom). I first came across the Rorschach inkblot test when I was training to be a clinical psychologist. I was shown a series of cards containing inkblots and asked to say what they looked like …
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MIT scientists prove that individual neurons store memories
MIT researchers have shown, for the first time ever, that memories are stored in specific brain cells. By triggering a small cluster of neurons, the researchers were able to force the subject to recall a specific memory. By removing these neurons, the subject would lose that memory. As you can imagine, the trick here is …
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Criteria for Autism is changing as the DSM-5 creates a new category: Autism Spectrum Disorder
The American Psychiatric Association (APA) has proposed new diagnostic criteria for Autism in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). While final decisions are still months away, the recommendations reflect the work of dozens of the nation’s top scientific and research minds and are supported by more than a decade …
For ADHD drugs it's dependence vs abuse, not addiction vs dependence
Amy and I had a strong debate today about the difference between addiction and dependence. Both of us were using different explanations, so we resorted to the official definitions in the DSM-IV, the American Psychiatric Associations big book of disorders and definitions. As you will read below their is no mention of addiction in the …
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For ADHD drugs it’s dependence vs abuse, not addiction vs dependence
Amy and I had a strong debate today about the difference between addiction and dependence. Both of us were using different explanations, so we resorted to the official definitions in the DSM-IV, the American Psychiatric Associations big book of disorders and definitions. As you will read below their is no mention of addiction in the …
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Do you have ADD or ADHD? Test yourself against the official criteria from the DSM-IV
The following is excerpted from the DSM-IV, the medical manual used by the American Psychiatric Association to define mental disorders. These definitions are then broadly accepted in the entire health profession. Go ahead and give yourself the test. Diagnostic criteria for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder A. Satisfy Either (1) or (2): 1. Six (or more) of …