schizoid vs schizotypal

 Schizoid vs. Schizotypal Personality Disorder: What's The Difference? (therecoveryvillage.com)

SCHIZOID

• Having little interest in relationships or sexual experiences
• Choosing to be alone
• No engagement in pleasurable activities
• Lacking close friends other than family members
• Feeling indifference to praise or criticism
• Refraining from displaying warmth or love

SCHIZOTYPAL

• Believing that others are talking about them
• Magical thinking patterns or odd beliefs about oneself or others
• Unusual body sensations
• Suspiciousness or paranoia
• Confusing or eccentric thinking, speaking or behavior patterns
• Peculiar appearance
• High levels of social anxiety

PD definition

 Schizotypal Personality Disorder vs. Schizophrenia - The Recovery Village Drug and Alcohol Rehab

Unlike other mental health conditions, personality disorders are believed to be:

• Pervasive: affecting all areas of a person’s life
• Stable: despite fluctuations of intensity symptoms are rarely, if ever fully absenttabl
• Resulting from poor adaptation: impaired personal identity, or inability to develop interpersonal skills

stimming

 Autism Tests for Adults: Symptoms and Evaluations (verywellhealth.com)

STIMMING = self-calming behaviors that are difficult to stop even in public

Ex: pacing

      rocking

      hair twirling

      humming

statistical co-morbidties of ASD: ADHD (28%) & Anxiety (20%)

 

Autism Tests for Adults: Symptoms and Evaluations (verywellhealth.com)

the positive side (yang) of anxiety

 The Lesser-Known Positive Aspects of Anxiety - Psychic Monday

source: MIND & MENTAL (2023 Sept 05) 

[limitation: the article does not have citations]

1. improved INTUITION c/o heightened awareness of surroundings & people, ill: navigate a busy city or pick up on social cues

2. increased EMPATHY c/o hyper-aware of people's emotions

3. improved COGNITIVE FUNCTION c/o high cortisol --> memory & problem-solving

4. increased MOTIVATION c/o sense of urgency --> productivity & goal achievement in shorter time

5. more & more CREATIVITY c/o active imagination --> creative thinking & problem-solving --> innovative ideas & solutions

important notes on ASD

Source: DSM-5-TR (2022), p. 62.

re: childhood vs adulthood symptoms

"Diagnostic criteria may be met when restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, or activities WERE clearly present during CHILDHOOD or at some time in the PAST, EVEN IF SYMPTOMS ARE NO LONGER PRESENT."

re: NO universally accepted cut-off scores

"... the symptoms of ASD occur as DIMENSIONS without universally accepted CUTOFF scores for what would constitute a disorder. Thus, the diagnosis remains a CLINICAL one, taking all available information into account, and is not solely dictated by the score on a particular questionnaire or observation measure."

OCPD vs OCD

 

the hemingway depression and suicide transgenerational pattern

 The Interesting Life of Ernest Hemingway - en.claireandjamie.com

Death

Depression, paranoia, ECT, heavy drinking, hereditary hemochromatosis [iron overload](which caused his father to kill himself) and possibly even multiple concussions which may have caused him to develop chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), saw Hemingway check into the Mayo Clinic for further shock treatment. But upon returning home to Idaho, he ate his favorite meal – New York strip steak, a baked potato, Caesar salad and a glass of Bordeaux – then took his own life by shotgun when he "quite deliberately" shot himself with his favorite shotgun in the early morning hours of July 2nd, 1961. 

Family Curse

Tragically, Hemingway's granddaughter Margaux committed suicide by drug overdose in 1996. Depression and suicide is a dark theme that runs through the Hemingway family like a curse.

As well as her grandfather Ernest and her great-grandfather (Ernest's dad) two of Ernest's siblings also died by their own hand. Suffering from cancer and depression, sister Ursula died of a drug overdose in 1966 and Leicester diabetic faced with the loss of his legs, shot himself in the head in 1982. Margaux's sister, Mariel Hemingway has become a mental health advocate. 

auditory hallucination as a symptom of intellectual disability

 

can intellectual disability cause auditory hallucinations - Search (bing.com)

advanced paternal age is a risk factor for autism & schizophrenia

 Advanced paternal age as a risk factor for neurodevelopmental disorders: a translational study | Molecular Autism | Full Text (biomedcentral.com)

Abstract (Krug et al., 2020 Molecular Autism, article # 54)

Advanced paternal age (APA) is a risk factor for several neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism and schizophrenia.... This study demonstrates associations between APA and social behaviors across species. They might be driven by changes in the expression of microRNAs and/or epigenetic changes regulating neuronal plasticity, leading to brain morphological changes and FRONTO-HYPOCAMPAL CONNECTIVITY, a network which has been implicated in social interaction.

wentworth miller: depressive & autistic

https://www.msn.com/en-ph/news/other/what-happened-to-prison-break-s-wentworth-miller-depression-autism-and-leaving-hollywood

burn out in ICD-11

 Workplace Burnout: World Health Organization Recognizes 3 Major Symptoms (inverse.com)

The ICD-10 version, defined burnout as “a state of vital exhaustion,” listed it under “life-management difficulty,” and didn’t outline symptoms in a robust way. The new ICD-11 definition includes three specific signs of workplace burnout:

1. 1. Feelings of energy depletion or exhaustion.
2. 2. Increased mental distance from one’s job, or feelings of negativism or cynicism related to one’s job.
3. 3. Reduced professional efficacy.

anti-NMDAR encephalitis

 Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis - Wikipedia

Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis is a type of brain inflammation caused by antibodies.^[4] Early symptoms may include fever, headache, and feeling tired.^[1][2] This is then typically followed by psychosis which presents with false beliefs (delusions) and seeing or hearing things that others do not see or hear (hallucinations).^[1] People are also often agitated or confused.^[1] Over time, seizures, decreased breathing, and blood pressure and heart rate variability typically occur.^[1] In some cases, patients may develop catatonia.^[5]

About half of cases are associated with tumors, most commonly teratomas of the ovaries.^[1][4] Another established trigger is herpesviral encephalitis, while the cause in others cases is unclear.^[1][4][6] The underlying mechanism is autoimmune, with the primary target being the GluN1 subunit of the N-methyl D-aspartate receptors (NMDAR) in the brain.^[1][7] Diagnosis is typically based on finding specific antibodies in the cerebral spinal fluid.^[1] MRI of the brain is often normal.^[2] Misdiagnosis is common.^[7]

Treatment is typically with immunosuppresive medication and, if a tumor is present, surgery to remove it.^[1] With treatment, about 80% of cases have a good outcome.^[1] Outcomes are better if treatment is begun earlier.^[2] Long-term mental or behavioral problems may remain.^[2] About 4% of those affected die from the condition.^[2] Recurrence occurs in about 10% of people.^[1]

The estimated number of cases of the disease is one in 1.5 million people per year.^[8][6] The condition is relatively common compared to other paraneoplastic disorders.^[2] About 80% of those affected are female.^[2] It typically occurs in adults younger than 45 years old, but it can occur at any age.^[4][7] The disease was first described by Josep Dalmau in 2007.^[1][9]

suicidal thoughts 17F MDD F32.2 Se

 08.31.2023 Drawing of Happy Memories

>"Does everyone secretly hate me?"

>"I am a liar."

>"Careful, careful, careful. Save yourself from someone."

>"Kurt Cobain, Syliva Playn, Marilyn Monroe"

>"I am addicted to loneliness and desperation. It is the strongest emotion I have ever known. It is my destiny to be different and alone."

>"I'm bored."

>"I like people who love cats."

>"I immediately hate men who hate cats because cats give off feminine energy. Therefore, he must hate women."

>"Dr. Strange said dreams are windows to our multiversal selves. My dreams aren't much different from reality. Just a little weirder or better."

>"I do not like minimalist houses. I think that it kills art. I admire the Christian aesthetic even though I do not believe in Jesus Christ."

>"There is no God. Aliens are real."

20% suicide rate in PH schools (DepEd 2023)