MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'dissociative'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:01:12 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4992756&cid=t_188602_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F07%2F01%2Fis-anyone-normal-today%2F Take a minute and answer this question: Is anyone really normal today? I mean, even those who claim they are normal may, in fact, be the most neurotic among us, swimming with a nice pair of scuba fins down the river of Denial. Having my psychiatric file published online and in print for public viewing, I get to hear my share of dirty secrets—weird obsessions, family dysfunction, or disguised addiction—that are kept concealed from everyone but a self-professed neurotic and maybe a shrink. “Why are there so many disorders today?” Those seven words, or a variation of them, surface a few times a week. And my take on this query is so complex that, to avoid sounding like my grad school professors making an erudite case that fails to communicate anything to average folks like me, I often ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4992756 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 15:03:11 +0100 4992756 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4429024&cid=t_188602_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flifeinthefastlane%2FWZHV%2F%7E3%2F7jp7GibsULo%2F A Q-and-A review of EBMedicine's article titled: Pediatric Sedation In The Emergency Department Procedural Sedation In The Emergency Department (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4429024 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 00:00:29 +0100 4429024 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2227166&cid=t_188602_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F03%2F02%2Fmad-as-hell-anger-and-the-economy-part-two%2F “The hardest part of all this is my loss of security and my lack of control over my own finances and future. I feel vulnerable and completely powerless to change any of this. It angers me that other people are determining my fate. Especially since they are doing such a pathetic job of it.” ~Dawn Carter’s comment on Mad As Hell Part 1 In last week’s post I said we have a right to our anger if it’s there. Here’s the rub: How do we keep it from going nuclear, or imploding into depression? Anger Management is about doing the following three things effectively: 1) The healthiest way to express anger is in an assertive, direct and not aggressive manner. How? ➢ Clearly define what you are angry about and tell, directly, those who need to know. “I am really angry because now ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2227166 Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:00:14 +0100 2227166 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2115563&cid=t_188602_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F01%2F19%2Fdid-i-do-that-thoughts-on-dissociative-identity-disorder%2F Pages: 1 2 Next »     Single Page Showtime’s new series about a woman living with multiple personalities, The United States of Tara, soon will be a hot topic of discussion. As someone who has been diagnosed with and lives with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) on a daily basis, I am thrilled to see a serious and also humorous dramatization of what living with DID is like, and I am looking forward to watching the plot develop. Showtime also provides links to credible and insightful websites relating to DID. I strongly recommend that anyone interested in this show explore these web sites with an open mind. Dissociative identity disorder is not as rare as one would expect. Dr. Richard Kluft, the show’s psychiatric consultant, explains, “there are many DID pati... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2115563 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:47:29 +0100 2115563 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2097870&cid=t_188602_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F01%2F12%2Ffirst-sleep-texting-now-sleep-emailing%2F Back in June, contributor Renée M. Grinnell noted the growing phenomenon of sleep texting and questioned whether it was a legitimate concern or something else. Now the New York Times brings us the story of a case of “sleep emailing” — someone not only composing multiple, coherent emails to people, but typing in account names and passwords in order to access their email account: E-mailing while sleeping, however, upturns the previous understanding of the mind as essentially quiescent, absolved of a participating role. The Sleep Medicine article […] describes one woman’s e-mailing while sleeping as the first reported case of “complex nonviolent cognitive behavior.” It involved not just composing messages, but also navigating past two separate levels of pass... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2097870 Tue, 13 Jan 2009 03:44:16 +0100 2097870 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1537901&cid=t_188602_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F06%2F23%2Fcounting-crows-adam-duritz-talks-about-dissociative%2F Of course famous people get a mental illness as frequently as the rest of the population. If 10% of the population is at risk at any given time for a mental disorder — such as depression, ADHD, anxiety or bipolar — then so are celebrities. The problem is, most celebrities don’t want to give more fodder for the paparazzi, and health issues are generally a private thing for most of us. So it’s always refreshing to not only see a celebrity share his or her mental anguish with others, but do so on their own terms. This month’s Men’s Health has a nice piece by the Counting Crows’ front man Adam Duritz about his grappling with a dissociative disorder. His first-person account is helpful in understanding the disturbing symptoms behind this kind of di... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1537901 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:19:48 +0100 1537901 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=682504&cid=t_188602_85_f&fid=34692&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpolitedissent.com%2Farchives%2F1681 With this, Hank Pym (among all his other problems) joins the list of super-heroes who have multiple personalities, including the Hulk, Thorn, and Crazy Jane. There’s a few problems though: 1) Schizophrenia and Multiple Personality Disorder (now called Dissociative Identity Disorder) are two entirely different diagnoses. To oversimplify, individuals with schizophrenia have difficulty with reality: they frequently have delusions, experience hallucinations, and have disordered thinking. They only have a single personality, though. This is very different from Dissociative Personality Disorder, which has none of the abnormal thinking and delusions associated with schizophrenia. However, a person with Dissociative Personality Disorder has at least two distinct and separate personalities. T... Polite Dissent blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=682504 Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:40:24 +0100 682504