mental disorders - Reflectd - bringing psychology studies to life https://reflectd.co Bringing psychology studies to life Tue, 19 Aug 2025 16:46:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://i0.wp.com/reflectd.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/cropped-Reflectd-Books_H4-e1719817178628.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 mental disorders - Reflectd - bringing psychology studies to life https://reflectd.co 32 32 89556574 Mental Health Anxiety: How Worry Creates the Very Symptoms You Fear https://reflectd.co/2025/08/19/danger-beliefs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=danger-beliefs https://reflectd.co/2025/08/19/danger-beliefs/#respond Tue, 19 Aug 2025 16:46:41 +0000 https://reflectd.co/?p=11936 When we don’t know what falls within the normal range of the mind, we can easily misinterpret our thoughts or feelings as dangerous or harmful. The same applies to physical symptoms: Am I just catching a cold, or am I seriously ill? Is this ordinary, or something I must act on immediately?  In Metacognitive Therapy […]

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]]> https://reflectd.co/2025/08/19/danger-beliefs/feed/ 0 11936 The Fine Distinction Between Personality Disorders and Clinical Syndromes (DSM-IV) https://reflectd.co/2013/04/17/personality-disorders-vs-clinical-syndromes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=personality-disorders-vs-clinical-syndromes https://reflectd.co/2013/04/17/personality-disorders-vs-clinical-syndromes/#respond Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:00:00 +0000 http://reflectd.wordpress.com/2013/04/17/the-distinction-between-personality-disorders-and-mental-disorders/ How are personality disorders different from clinical syndromes? I have tried to sum up some general, historical assumptions on this issue. People with personality disorders can be seen as extremes on a continuum, whereas people without a personality disorder represent the middle of a continuum. Thisdistribution is the so-called normal distribution, also called the bell curve. […]

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