Jeffrey Kalei

Changes from DSM-IV to DSM-V Organization of Sleep Brain wave patterns Stages of Sleep Neurochemicals involved in sleep Relationship between depression and sleep Sleep Changes with age Insomnia (initiation) Characterized by an inability or difficulty initiating sleep OR staying asleep,…...

DSM-V Criteria Criteria for major neurocognitive disorder Criteria for mild neurocognitive disorder Overview Acute or insidious onset of disturbance in various cognitive and executive functions and/or in memory (amnesia). Important to distinguish delirium from dementia first, then determine the cause…...

Changes DSM-IV to DSM-V Impulse control vs OCD Impulses are egosyntonic, Compulsions are egodystonic Impulse control disorders Kleptomania Impulse: Stealing Patients steal unnecessary objects (easy to steal; the object is not the goal). The goal is to feel pleasure from…...

Changes DSM-IV to DSM-V Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Characterized by unwanted, intrusive, unreasonable egodystonic urges (obsessions) that create sx of anxiety, and are resolved with a compulsion that relieves the symptoms. In other words, the patient has urges that create…...

Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders Major psychological stress involves a threatening event or loss. The stress response involves physical, emotional, and psychological components. Reactive Attachment Disorder Disorder whereby children (< 5 years) are unable to form healthy attachments (particularly with…...