A 37-year-old member asked:
How do doctors diagnose mental health disorders?
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Dr. Marc Zimmermannanswered
Psychiatry 24 years experience
Listen: We take a history and see if the symptoms meet the various criteria for a mental disorder. Psychologists also do psychological testing.
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Could you explain what is a mental health disorder?
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Dr. Alan Koenigsberganswered
Psychiatry 44 years experience
Ask psychologist: Psychiatrists tend to deal with psychiatric illnesses, as we are physicians. We use many forms of treatments, depending on the illness and its cause.. If you would like a definition of a psychiatric disorder, let me know.
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A 39-year-old member asked:
What causes mental health disorders?
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Dr. Alan Alianswered
Psychiatry 34 years experience
Etiology: Easiest way is to think of causes as Biopsychosocial. The biological is genetics. The psychological is self concept such as self-esteem. The social is environment such as stress or traumas.
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also chemical imbalance in the brain,there fore medication and psychosocial therapy both are imp.to treat any mental illness
Mar 14, 2015
A 37-year-old member asked:
Are mental health disorders curable?
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Dr. Andrew Berryanswered
Clinical Psychology 16 years experience
Resolution: Typically mental health disorder are not thought of as curable. Rather, emotional issues and conflicts are usually though of as being better managed or resolved through psychotherapy/ medication as well. The symptoms, whatever they may be, ideally diminish in impact, but will always be there to a much lessened degree. Through psychotherapy one learns how to recognize triggers of emotional issues.
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A female asked:
Do you have mental health doctors ?
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Dr. Robert Kwokanswered
Pediatrics 35 years experience
Yes: If you did not ask for premium, paid services, then this HealthTap basic forum is free. Post your question with good grammar and spelling, and one or more of the thousands of volunteer doctors will answer it. They might skip repetitive questions, or ones that have too many abbreviations, or are otherwise hard to understand. (Or try HealthTap's premium Concierge service for a private consultation.)
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A 38-year-old member asked:
What are some signs of mental health disorders?
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Dr. Alan Alianswered
Psychiatry 34 years experience
Mental health: Answering this question would take a whole textbook to write, however, some signs include anxiety, depressed or labile moods, cognitive dysfunction, addiction, break in reality, all of which interfere with daily functioning or cause distress.
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