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Why the DSM Doesn’t Acknowledge Sensory Integration Symptoms

University of Connecticut

Therefore, DSM 5 conditions such as ADHD, PTSD, Tourettes, ASD, ODD, the Anxiety Disorders as well as Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, are never understood or treated through the lens of sensory integration. Imagine trying to treat a client with ASD or PTSD and not teaching the client about their sensory system reactions?

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Why the DSM 5 Doesn’t Acknowledge Sensory Integration Symptoms

University of Connecticut

Therefore, DSM 5 conditions such as ADHD, PTSD, Tourette’s, ASD, ODD, the Anxiety Disorders as well as Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, are never understood or treated through the lens of sensory integration. Yet all of the above disorders are, in large part, sensory-based disorders.

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Why the DSM 5 Doesn’t Acknowledge Sensory Integration Symptoms and How that Harms Our Clients

University of Connecticut

Therefore, DSM 5 conditions such as ADHD, PTSD, Tourette’s, ASD, ODD, the Anxiety Disorders as well as Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, are never understood or treated through the lens of sensory integration. Yet all of the above disorders are, in large part, sensory-based disorders.

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Why the DSM 5 Doesn’t Acknowledge Sensory Integration Symptoms and How that Harms All of Our Clients

University of Connecticut

Therefore, DSM 5 conditions such as ADHD, PTSD, Tourette’s, ASD, ODD, the Anxiety Disorders as well as Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, are never understood or treated through the lens of sensory integration. Yet all of the above disorders are, in large part, sensory-based disorders.

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Why the DSM 5 Doesn’t Acknowledge Sensory Integration Symptom and How that Harms All of Our Clients

University of Connecticut

Therefore, DSM-5 conditions such as ADHD, PTSD, Tourette’s, ASD, ODD, the Anxiety Disorders as well as Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, are never understood or treated through the lens of sensory integration. Yet all of the above disorders are, in large part, sensory-based disorders.

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Am I Going Through a Nervous Breakdown?

Beautiful Voyager

Etiology may include mental health disorders such as anxiety disorder, depression, or schizophrenia. Intrusive thoughts or flashbacks of a traumatic event are similar to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Your symptoms may be mild to severe and differ from someone else's depending on the underlying cause of the breakdown.

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Addressing Racism and Racial Trauma in Behavioral Healthcare: A Review With the Experts

Relias

Schools in Black communities remain underfunded, with implicit bias impacting the assessment and evaluation of Black students in these schools. Question: When it comes to diagnosing, we see that Black/African Americans have higher rates of being diagnosed with schizophrenia, where instead the diagnoses should be PTSD or MDD.