[amsalpemkcus]

This one is interesting:

Capgras' syndrome: believing there's an impostor in the family

The Capgras delusion or Capgras' syndrome is a rare disorder in which a person holds a delusional belief that an acquaintance, usually a close family member or spouse, has been replaced by an identical looking imposter.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capgras_delusion

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Still looking for a better one.

[ThinkInsane]

Working in mental health, they all grow a little tedious, and I'd have to say I would be hard pressed to pick a 'favorite'. That said, Trichotillomania is kind of interesting, in a benign sort of way. People with it sure do seem to make themselves look sort of silly.

We do have one patient that's the real deal on the multiple personalities (and many that claim to have them and are full of ****). To this day, to see this person "change" makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up. Nice person when "normal", an ever livin' nightmare when not. That one's pretty interesting.

[amsalpemkcus]

Here is "a possible case" of the foreign accent syndrome:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/572528.stm

nice!

[amsalpemkcus]

Anarchic hand syndrome!

"One evening we took our patient, Mrs GP, to dinner with her family. We were discussing the implication of her medical condition for her and her relatives, when, out of the blue and much to her dismay, her left hand took some leftover fish-bones and put them into her mouth (Della Sala et al., 1994). A little later, while she was begging it not to embarrass her any more, her mischievous hand grabbed the ice-cream that her brother was licking. Her right hand immediately intervened to put things in place and as a result of the fighting the dessert dropped on the floor. She apologised profusely for this behaviour that she attributed to her hand's disobedience. Indeed she claimed that her hand had a mind of its own and often did whatever 'pleased it'. This condition is known as anarchic hand: people experience a conflict between their declared will and the action of one of their hands."

http://www.mindhacks.com/blog/2006/0...chic_hand.html

funny!

[lpkmckenna]

How about the one that makes you snort Ritalin, blow your best friend's boyfriend, pose naked on the cover of your own books, and complain about how 9/11 disrupted your oversleeping.



Liz Wurtzel is still hot, though.

[brassplayersrock²]

or how about the one that makes you post replies to everyone statement seperatly to hike your post count, and post a picture of a baby after an abortion, and do flamebait threads, and think he's all hi and mighty because he is in the army or whatever you call it up there in canada? i call that one ipk syndrome, and only one case of it has been reported. it also is known to cause incompitance, stupidity,the inability to say that you are wrong, awful debate tactics, and failure to reproduce.

[FeLiZeCaT]

Split brains.

When the researchers asked the right side what he wanted to be, he answered an automobile racer while his left side stated he wanted to be a draftsman. Paul was asked other similar questions, which gave the researchers insight on the hidden differences between the hemispheres. Another patient also exhibited strange behaviors with his right and left hands. His right hand was trying to pull up his pants while the left hand was trying to pull then down. A similar incident occurred when a split-brain patient was having an argument with his wife. The patient was attacking his wife with his left hand while his right hand was defending her(5).

Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome

striking feature of LNS is self-mutilating behaviors, characterized by lip and finger biting, that begin in the second year of life.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by brassplayersrock

or how about the one that makes you post replies to everyone statement seperatly to hike your post count, and post a picture of a baby after an abortion, and do flamebait threads, and think he's all hi and mighty because he is in the army or whatever you call it up there in canada? i call that one ipk syndrome, and only one case of it has been reported. it also is known to cause incompitance, stupidity,the inability to say that you are wrong, awful debate tactics, and failure to reproduce.

[BlueSky]

Originally Posted by ThinkInsane

We do have one patient that's the real deal on the multiple personalities (and many that claim to have them and are full of ****). To this day, to see this person "change" makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up. Nice person when "normal", an ever livin' nightmare when not. That one's pretty interesting.

There was some psychologist somewhere/sometime a few years ago who discovered that during therapy sessions, if he completely ignored the multiple personalities a patient displayed, the condition disappeared. My memory seems to indicate that it was more than just a couple of patients.

If one were to observe Roseanne Barr on any given Larry King appearance...chatting about her latest disorder, such as her multiple personalities...one might easily come to the conclusion that it's a result of being an attention whore.

Despite the fact that one shouldn't generalize or jump to conclusions because of one narcissistic celebrity who not only says she suffers from multiple personality disorder, but is apparently eager and anxious for the ENTIRE world to know ALL ABOUT IT, maybe it's not too far off the mark in hypothesizing that extreme narssicism may be the root of something like multiple personality disorder, taking into consideration my first paragraph.

So in other words, the symptoms may appear scary and significant, but maybe they're designed to be.

Not necessarily a blanket assumption, just food for thought.

[FeLiZeCaT]

Originally Posted by BlueSky

There was some psychologist somewhere/sometime a few years ago who discovered that during therapy sessions, if he completely ignored the multiple personalities a patient displayed, the condition disappeared. My memory seems to indicate that it was more than just a couple of patients.

Or were they all the same one?

If one were to observe Roseanne Barr on any given Larry King appearance...chatting about her latest disorder, such as her multiple personalities...one might easily come to the conclusion that it's a result of being an attention whore.

Despite the fact that one shouldn't generalize or jump to conclusions because of one narcissistic celebrity who not only says she suffers from multiple personality disorder, but is apparently eager and anxious for the ENTIRE world to know ALL ABOUT IT, maybe it's not too far off the mark in hypothesizing that extreme narssicism may be the root of something like multiple personality disorder, taking into consideration my first paragraph.

So in other words, the symptoms may appear scary and significant, but maybe they're designed to be.

Not necessarily a blanket assumption, just food for thought.

[abe]

Originally Posted by amsalpemkcus

This one is interesting:

Capgras' syndrome: believing there's an impostor in the family

The Capgras delusion or Capgras' syndrome is a rare disorder in which a person holds a delusional belief that an acquaintance, usually a close family member or spouse, has been replaced by an identical looking imposter.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capgras_delusion

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Still looking for a better one.

How about the delusional belief that an acquaintance is a family member?

[BRussell]

My favorite mental disorder is whatever one I happen to have at the moment.

[analogika]

Originally Posted by BlueSky

If one were to observe Roseanne Barr on any given Larry King appearance...chatting about her latest disorder, such as her multiple personalities...one might easily come to the conclusion that it's a result of being an attention whore.

Despite the fact that one shouldn't generalize or jump to conclusions because of one narcissistic celebrity who not only says she suffers from multiple personality disorder, but is apparently eager and anxious for the ENTIRE world to know ALL ABOUT IT, maybe it's not too far off the mark in hypothesizing that extreme narssicism may be the root of something like multiple personality disorder, taking into consideration my first paragraph.

I think it's safe to say that Roseanne Barr hasn't the slightest ****ing idea nor respect for what multiple-personality disorder is.

From what I gather, extreme abuse situations can be one possible root of multiple-personality disorder - where the situation is, simply put, far too horrific for a single child's mind to be able to deal with it.

[amsalpemkcus]

Originally Posted by brassplayersrock

or how about the one that makes you post replies to everyone statement seperatly to hike your post count, and post a picture of a baby after an abortion, and do flamebait threads, and think he's all high and mighty because he is in the army or whatever you call it up there in canada? i call that one ipk syndrome, and only one case of it has been reported. it also is known to cause incompetence, stupidity, the inability to say that you are wrong, awful debate tactics, and failure to reproduce.

Fixed.

[amsalpemkcus]

Kluver Bucy Syndrome: A very rare cerebral neurological disorder. Major symptoms may include an urge to put all kinds of objects into the mouth, memory loss, extreme sexual behavior, placidity, and visual distractibility.

[starman]

Fanboyism.

[aristotles]

Originally Posted by brassplayersrock

or how about the one that makes you post replies to everyone statement seperatly to hike your post count, and post a picture of a baby after an abortion, and do flamebait threads, and think he's all hi and mighty because he is in the army or whatever you call it up there in canada? i call that one ipk syndrome, and only one case of it has been reported. it also is known to cause incompitance, stupidity,the inability to say that you are wrong, awful debate tactics, and failure to reproduce.

How about the old internet troll syndrome?

[brassplayersrock²]

fanboys don't report the ones they fan over, i've reported kevin and ipk a couple of times. well, a few more for ipk.

me a troll? eh, not like i'm saying down with macs, macs suck, that would be a troll. me showing my dislike towards ipk because of some of the stupidity he has shown on these boards isn't trolling unless I make many differant nicks, which i've heard is bannination material and I do not want that, anywho. to make it all clear, i'm on no ones side on this forum or any others I troll...er, I mean chat on. have a great day

edit: if you ment that ipk is a troll aristotles, I have to agree with you, if you ment me, well, ^

[Daveecee]

Dissociative Identity Disorder still holds a special place in my heart...

[OreoCookie]

Mathematical physics

[meelk]

Tourette Syndrome, easily.
I remember the horrified look on my district manager's face when I told him I had a guy apply for an opening who had Tourettes and I was going to hire him.

[Tyler McAdams]

Narcissism. At least when you suffer *you* don't feel it!

[cjrivera]

Nymphomania

[ThinkInsane]

Originally Posted by analogika

I think it's safe to say that Roseanne Barr hasn't the slightest ****ing idea nor respect for what multiple-personality disorder is.

From what I gather, extreme abuse situations can be one possible root of multiple-personality disorder - where the situation is, simply put, far too horrific for a single child's mind to be able to deal with it.

Ding ding ding, we have a winner.

This person suffered severe, ritualistic abuse as a child, up to the age (if I remember correctly) of 11, when the authorities intervened and incarcerated the family. This person has spent a total of 30+ years institutionalized, many of them spent in a facility that specializes in persons with MPD/DID. If it's attention whoring, it's being done on a world class level.

[BRussell]

Originally Posted by ThinkInsane

This person suffered severe, ritualistic abuse as a child, up to the age (if I remember correctly) of 11, when the authorities intervened and incarcerated the family. This person has spent a total of 30+ years institutionalized, many of them spent in a facility that specializes in persons with MPD/DID. If it's attention whoring, it's being done on a world class level.

What do you mean by ritualistic abuse?

[ghporter]

Being abused as a child can certainly make one messed up as an adult, but it's not a guarantee that it will do much more than make one a very untrusting adult. The human mind is particularly resilient about dealing with bad things, and disorders due to trauma or abuse are the exception rather than the rule. (Yes, I am taking Abnormal Psych this semester. Why do you ask? )

Anyway, in most "caused" disorders, one must be particularly vulnerable in some way before the "causative issue" actually leads to anything like a particular disorder. Schizophrenia, for example, was long thought to be "caused" by poverty and poor, crowded living conditions. Aside from the genetic, brain function, and brain abnormality evidence to date, it can be shown that instead, schizoprhenics gravitate toward lower socioeconomic areas, quite possibly because as they become more and more disconnected they can no longer earn enough money to afford to live elsewhere.

We're discussing personality disorders now, and have transitioned from Antisocial Personality Disorder (formerly known as sociopathy and/or psychopathy) through Conduct Disorder in children. CD seems to be particularlyl predictive of the formation of APD, and often can be mitigated and reduced if not eliminated entirely; parenting is the key, and good parents who use good parenting techniques can make even those children prone to CD more productive and better integrated into society. This breaks the link through which antisocials fail to learn empathy and thus can easily ignore that their actions hurt other people.

Favorite? None really; people who are not connected to the same reality that I am give me the willies. But as a healthcare professional I'll have to work with all sorts of people, so I'm doing my best to become prepared to behave effectively with patients who give me the willies.

[lpkmckenna]

Originally Posted by brassplayersrock

or how about the one that makes you post replies to everyone statement seperatly to hike your post count, and post a picture of a baby after an abortion, and do flamebait threads, and think he's all hi and mighty because he is in the army or whatever you call it up there in canada? i call that one ipk syndrome, and only one case of it has been reported. it also is known to cause incompitance, stupidity,the inability to say that you are wrong, awful debate tactics, and failure to reproduce.

Say it with me: LPK, not IPK.

In no particular order: I have no interest in my post count. I don't think being a reservist is a big deal. I posted a pic of an abortion because some moron claimed I didn't know what one looked like. I have never deliberately posted a flame-bait thread.

I can, however, spell and debate with competence. I can also participate on a message board without holding a grudge or constantly complaining to the mods.

[abe]

Originally Posted by lpkmckenna

Say it with me: LPK, not IPL.

In no particular order: I have no interest in my post count. I don't think being a reservist is a big deal. I posted a pic of an abortion because some moron claimed I didn't know what one looked like. I have never deliberately posted a flame-bait thread.

I can, however, spell and debate with competence. I can also participate on a message board without holding a grudge or constantly complaining to the mods.

Sigh.

All that potential but we STILL find you on the wrong side of most debates.

Age and maturity is our only hope for you.

[jamil5454]

My favorite is Savant Syndrome.

My least favorite is Homosexuality.

[BRussell]

Originally Posted by ghporter

Being abused as a child can certainly make one messed up as an adult, but it's not a guarantee that it will do much more than make one a very untrusting adult. The human mind is particularly resilient about dealing with bad things, and disorders due to trauma or abuse are the exception rather than the rule. (Yes, I am taking Abnormal Psych this semester. Why do you ask? )

I'm glad that's what is being taught. We've been in the grips of this belief that every problem must have been caused by some childhood experience, and every bad thing that happens in childhood must result in psychological problems in adulthood. Congress even passed a resolution condemning an article that found that people abused in childhood don't always have psychological problems.

Anyway, my favorite mental illness is koro. "My penis! Where is it?"

[von Wrangell]

Originally Posted by ThinkInsane

Working in mental health, they all grow a little tedious, and I'd have to say I would be hard pressed to pick a 'favorite'.....

We do have one patient that's the real deal on the multiple personalities (and many that claim to have them and are full of ****). To this day, to see this person "change" makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up. Nice person when "normal", an ever livin' nightmare when not. That one's pretty interesting.

Too true. Can be really scary to see the change.

My personal favourite though would be imaginary delerium tremens. Absolutely hilarious IMO because most of those cases have read up on the symptoms and just roll them out all in one.

"Sir, I need more meds. There's a pink elephant flying in my room and a purple santa claus dancing around him" <- real life experience.

[lpkmckenna]

Originally Posted by jamil5454

My least favorite is Homosexuality.

[lpkmckenna]

Originally Posted by ghporter

Being abused as a child can certainly make one messed up as an adult, but it's not a guarantee that it will do much more than make one a very untrusting adult. The human mind is particularly resilient about dealing with bad things, and disorders due to trauma or abuse are the exception rather than the rule.

There's two sides to this. First, not every abused person develops a mental disorder. Second, not every mental disorder is caused by abuse. Even happy and well-loved children can develop a mental disorder.

[rickey939]

Bi-polar. Wait, no it's not. Yes, it is.

[jamil5454]

Originally Posted by lpkmckenna

There's two sides to this. First, not every abused person develops a mental disorder. Second, not every mental disorder is caused by abuse. Even happy and well-loved children can develop a mental disorder.

In other words, there's an exception to every rule.

[aristotles]

Originally Posted by lpkmckenna

Well it "was" classified as one before the American Psychologist Association was pressured to de-list it by an irrational mob of protesters. Had the de-listing occurred because of scientific discoveries, you would have a point. Mob rule is no substitute for debunking something through legitimate scientific research.

Should healthcare professionals always bow to social pressure?

[aristotles]

Originally Posted by lpkmckenna

There's two sides to this. First, not every abused person develops a mental disorder. Second, not every mental disorder is caused by abuse. Even happy and well-loved children can develop a mental disorder.

That depends on what your definition of a disorder is and whether your metric for damage is the development of a specific disorder. It is highly likely that abuse will retard the social development of the child to some degree.

It is awfully easy for an observer to make assumptions about something they never experienced isn't it?

[jamil5454]

Originally Posted by aristotles

Well it "was" classified as one before the American Psychologist Association was pressured to de-list it by an irrational mob of protesters. Had the de-listing occurred because of scientific discoveries, you would have a point. Mob rule is no substitute for debunking something through legitimate scientific research.

Should healthcare professionals always bow to social pressure?

This is true; I was about to say the same thing.

[Daveecee]

Originally Posted by jamil5454

My least favorite is Homosexuality.

[lpkmckenna]

Originally Posted by aristotles

Well it "was" classified as one before the American Psychologist Association was pressured to de-list it by an irrational mob of protesters. Had the de-listing occurred because of scientific discoveries, you would have a point. Mob rule is no substitute for debunking something through legitimate scientific research.

Should healthcare professionals always bow to social pressure?

This is a deliberate misrepresentation of the facts.

The APA (and later other medical groups) removed homosexuality from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders because the medical community no longer believed it to be a mental disorder. Those protests occurred, but they didn't cause the policy change. Correlation != causality, most especially in this case.

Do you really believe that educated medical professionals were concerned about a bunch of protesters? The debate about homosexuality and psychology had been brewing for decades.

The basic reason for acceptance of homosexuality among psychiatrists was the decline of Freudianism and the rise of Behaviorism and advanced neurobiology. Everything else is essentially insignificant.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosex...and_psychology

Doctors bowing to a crowd of protesters? What a crock!

This crackpot notion has been spewed from the mouths of the Christian Right for several years now. Another example of blatant dishonesty from reactionary zealots with no regard for the truth.

[lpkmckenna]

Originally Posted by aristotles

That depends on what your definition of a disorder is and whether your metric for damage is the development of a specific disorder. It is highly likely that abuse will retard the social development of the child to some degree.

Clearly, you have no idea what I said. Go read my comment again.

[waits]

All I said was: people who are abused do not necessarily develop mental disorders, and mental disorders are not caused only by abuse. There can be other causes: biological, situational (like workplace burnout), and so on.

I didn't deny abuse is harmful. I can't fathom why you think I did.

Originally Posted by aristotles

It is awfully easy for an observer to make assumptions about something they never experienced isn't it?

Again, you clearly have no idea what you are talking about. Do a quick search on "lpkmckenna" and "depression."

[waits]

I was never abused. But still I became depressed. (I am fully recovered, thank you.) I guess that proves my point after all?

"aristotles" go find yourself a suitable name. You don't measure up to the father of logic.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by lpkmckenna

I can, however.... debate with competence.

Treating your opinion as fact, and then beating people's head with it isn't debating with competence.

That is called Conversational terrorism. You've been told this many times by many people in here in the very short time you have been posting. And no, not all of them have been conservatives.

Yet you still keep doing it.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by aristotles

Well it "was" classified as one before the American Psychologist Association was pressured to de-list it by an irrational mob of protesters. Had the de-listing occurred because of scientific discoveries, you would have a point. Mob rule is no substitute for debunking something through legitimate scientific research.

Should healthcare professionals always bow to social pressure?

Here is an article about one of the men that got it de-listed out of said book.

http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/narth/spitzer3.html

This crackpot notion has been spewed from the mouths of the Christian Right for several years now. Another example of blatant dishonesty from reactionary zealots with no regard for the truth.

Well I hate to tell you sweet-cheeks, it's just not "The Christian Right"
I know that's your favorite scape-goat. But come on.

And yes, there WAS pressure for it to be taken out by certain members of Society.

I was never abused. But still I became depressed. (I am fully recovered, thank you.) I guess that proves my point after all?

You don't seem fully recovered lpk. You are still showing signs of it.

The whole never admitting you are wrong shows signs of insecurity. Which goes along with depression.

[ghporter]

My psych professor pointed out in class that the DSM III included homosexuality through basically being written by "very conservative" psychologists-primarily Freudians-whose concept of sexuality was exteremely stilted. DSM III lasted only a short time before uproar from the psychological treatment community forced a new version that changed the details of "homosexuality as a disorder."

[BRussell]

Originally Posted by ghporter

My psych professor pointed out in class that the DSM III included homosexuality through basically being written by "very conservative" psychologists-primarily Freudians-whose concept of sexuality was exteremely stilted. DSM III lasted only a short time before uproar from the psychological treatment community forced a new version that changed the details of "homosexuality as a disorder."

I believe it was actually DSM-II, over 30 years ago.

[lpkmckenna]

Give a listen to 81 Words, an audio broadcast about the 1973 de-listing. An extremely good listen. http://207.70.82.73/ra/204.ram

Note: fast-forward over the first 2 minutes, which have nothing to do with the subject.

[Monique]

Being skinny and high maintenance; that way I will have all the cute and rich men (well actually all the men) after me.

[version]

PMT - 'nuff said.

[Dakar]

Originally Posted by Monique

Being skinny and high maintenance; that way I will have all the cute and rich men (well actually all the men) after me.

Being skinny is a mental disorder?

Seriously though, if you one day revealed you were Carrot Top and had spent the past year f*cking with us for comedy's sake I'm not sure if I'd be surprised.

[version]

Originally Posted by Monique

Being skinny and high maintenance; that way I will have all the cute and rich men (well actually all the men) after me.

If you suffer from bad PMT, I'd run from you