...Project Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder I chose the topic because i have always wanted to learn more information about it. In my opinion i feel as if we all have a bit of OCD in all of us. The reason i chose the article was because i wanted to know more information on how it works, what it does to the human mind and body, and some causes and symptoms. I feel as if this article will give me a lot of information about what i want to learn exactly. OCD consists of two characteristics, which are obsessions and compulsions. It is considered a mental health condition, and it is common in both children and adults. The first symptoms often begin during childhood or adolescence, the media age of onset is 19. Seems like a very young age to acquire such a mental condition. But it is triggered by a combination of genetic, neurological,behavioral, cognitive, and environmental factors. It can occur in both men and women regardless of their race or background. Obsessions include losing control, perfectionism,unwanted sexual thoughts, religious obsessions, and other obsessions. Compulsions include washing a cleaning, checking, repeating, and other compulsions. There is treatment, it will involve a combination of cognitive behavioral therapy and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. The article then lists common OCD obsessions and compulsions which then have information of the types of examples. For example, Contamination is one, which includes body fluids, germs and disease, household...
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...Introduction Although kleptomania, the irresistible impulse to steal objects not needed for personal use or for their monetary value, is currently classified in psychiatric nomenclature as an impulse control disorder, research suggests it is, rather, a variant of obsessive-compulsive disorder. The principle effects of the theft are repetitive, unwanted intrusions of thoughts, and an inability to avoid the compulsion to perform the theft, and the relief of tension following the act (Dannon, 2002). Comparison of both disorders, their comorbidity with other psychiatric disorders, and the treatment used to reduce and eliminate symptoms may have a baring on the “correct” classification. Kleptomania, listed in the DSM-IV as an impulse control disorder not elsewhere classified, is a psychiatric condition still poorly understood and subject of only a few systematic studies (Presta, Marazziti, Dell‘Osso, Pfanner, Pallanti, & Cassano, 2002). Kleptomania is characterized by the persistent impossibility to resist the drive to steal objects. Kleptomania should be distinguished from shoplifting, in which the action is usually well-planned and motivated by need or monetary gain. Often a kleptomaniac steals things he or she could have easily bought or things that are not expensive. The objects stolen are not stolen for their immediate utility or monetary value; on the contrary, the person will most likely discard them, give them away, or collect them. This behavior is usually associated with...
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...SPE 357 – Characteristics of Emotional/Behavioral Disabilities and Strategies to Teach Individuals with EBD Professor Karen Moeller Causal Factors Tamika Camano Emotional and Behavioral disorders can result from one or any number of combinations of causal factors from the students biological, familial, cultural, or educational background and/or environment. This essay will discuss causal factors, the implications, and possible mitigation regarding EBD students. Biological factors are responsible for certain conditions that are the cause of certain emotional and behavioral disorders. Whether or not the parent was using recreational drugs while pregnant or if they have a history of mental illness can have an effect on the student with EBD. (Emotional and Behavioral Disorders: Causes and Prevention) Disorders such as Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia, Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), as well as mental conditions such as Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia are found to be caused by genes that are passed down from the parents to student (Causal Factors for Emotional Disorders). Family relationships play a part in whether or not a student will have EBD. If there is physical abuse and constant turmoil in the home, the student is much more likely to have EBD. (Emotional and Behavioral Disorders: Causes and Prevention) The school environment also plays a role in the behavior of the student. Undesired behavior can result from inappropriate...
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...206 Prof. T. Walter Psychological Paper REPORT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION DISCLAMER: The case that follows is fictional and was developed for educational purposes. Any resemblance in actions, events, or persons discussed herein to actual actions, events or persons is merely coincidental. NAME: Michael Jackson AGE: 50 DATE: May 25, 2009 PRESENTING INFORMATION AND REASON FOR REFERRAL: Michael Jackson is a 50 year-old African-American male who under the advice of his family and friends, has agreed to seek voluntary counsel for on going issues related to an illness known as body dysmorphic disorder (BDD). Michael does not openly admit that he suffers from BDD, even though in the past 25 years he has gone through multiple cosmetic surgical procedures. Michael stated “I thought I was ugly - my skin was too dark, and I decided that my nose was too wide. It was no help that my insensitive father and brothers called me 'Big Nose”. ( J. Randy Taraborrelli, 2008). Michael Jackson was referred to me for a diagnostic evaluation. HISTORY OF PRESENTING PROBLEM AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Based on my clinical interview with the patient, from a very young age, he grew up in the spotlight, and as his career progressed his insecurities about his body have become increasingly apparent. At the age of 21, Michael had his first rhinoplasty after breaking his nose, he quickly followed this with two more, citing “ the surgery had not been done properly “, and a fourth...
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...Develop the team member background information by writing an historical, descriptive overview of the team members. This should include: An insight into the dynamics of the team and the symptoms they are experiencing. Details such as the skills of the members, relationships among participants, environmental factors, organizational support and other relevant detail. I have thought myself to be a team player throughout my life. In my personal life I enjoy helping people and stepping where I have seen or felt I was needed. I have become a communicator and am not afraid to speak up, as I may have been a number of years back. I feel that if we do not speak up then there is no room for complaints. I get very involved in areas of interest and at times this may be misconstrued as being too aggressive. I have been described as “type A” and OCD but it may be true since giving my all does not allow me to fail or make mistakes. This is a fault and something I work on and try not to project on others. I do expect people however to be respectful of deadlines if we are working together towards a goal and within a team. I do feel it is important to acknowledge others and the work they have put in when you have benefited from it. This may come from my passion of sports and once having been part of sports teams. When games are won it’s not only one person taking home the trophy. We all work hard together in order to win together. My skillsets have improved since being here at JIU...
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...it covers Tourette’s syndrome and Coprolalia in extension. It expounds on the Coprolalia disorder, its symptoms, causes, manifestations and its relation with its comorbid disorders. Coprolalia disorder is a symptom of other malaises like Tourette’s syndrome or schizophrenia and has links with other medical disorders or conditions. The word Coprolalia stems from two Greek words, ‘kopros’, which means feces, and ‘lalien’, which means to talk. Therefore, Coprolalia is characterized by the profuse and uncontrolled usage of foul or obscene language punctuated by words related to feces. Coprolalia occurs solely or as a manifestation of several other associated comorbid conditions such as ADHD (Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder), OCD (Obsessive compulsive disorder) Tourette’s syndrome, tics and schizophrenia. The presence of these comorbid disorders raises the probability of a patient suffering from Coprolalia quite significantly. Coprolalia includes phrases remarks and words that are tabooed in a culture and are thus unacceptable for social use especially when they are used in out of context situations. Indeed,...
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...Crime is extremely prevalent and occurs often. Most people want to avoid talking about crime, out of fear. Whenever an act of violence happens, most people turn to the news to provide them with information regarding the incident. The information gets twisted, and a whole group of people get shamed for something out of their control. The negative ideas about mental health that come from the public are heavily influenced by the media’s negative portrayals when crime is committed by those with mental illnesses. When one “crazy” person does something wrong, every single person with OCD, for example, is also viewed as deranged and unpredictable. Although mental illnesses may ignite something in the brain to act, mental health can not fairly be the...
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...716 Index major depressive disorder, brain imaging studies, 70–71 malignant catatonia, 333 malingering, 530–531 ‘manic depressive insanity’, 45 manic states, 250, 253 abnormal beliefs and perceptions, 254 amphetamines and, 266 course and outcome, 274 delusional, 16 in HIV patients, 345 in ICD-10, 42 in old age aetiology, 369 clinical features, 370 treatment, 370 in old age, 369–370 mixed state with depression, 255 sensations in, 6 stroke and, 344 stupor in, 31 manic states, 15–17 Marchiafava-Bignami syndrome, 206, 338 Marijuana Anonymous, 239 marital status, and suicide, 454 masculinity drunkenness and, 428 sense of, 395 Massachusetts Male Aging Study, 402 Massachusetts Women’s Health Study (MWHS), 442 masturbation, 396 McNaughton Rules, 558 McNaughton, Daniel, 558 m-CPP 435 , MDMA (3, 4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine; ‘ecstasy’), 328 medial temporal lobe volume in Alzheimer’s disease, 359 MRI for detecting, 75 medical conditions anxiety disorders in, 170 depression treatment, 521 detection of psychiatric illness, 483 feigned illness, 530–531 mental disorders due to, 327 anxiety disorders, 333 cannabis and psychosis, 330 catatonia, 332 cognitive disorders, 334 delusions, 329 depression and Parkinson’s disease, 332 general principles, 327 hallucinations, 328 mood disorders, 330 personality disorder, 333 psychotic disorder, 328 stimulant psychosis, 329 mental disorders due to, 326–335 relationship to affective change...
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...Wednesday, April 9, 2014 PSY/460 - WEEK ONE SHORT ANSWER Environmental psychology is likely to be a new field for you, although many of the concepts are probably familiar. Provide your own definition of the discipline. Discuss an important milestone or influence in the development of environmental psychology and provide reasoning as to why you chose this one. Environmental psychology is a branch of psychology that studies how the environment affects individuals, and vice-verse. There is a reciprocal relationship between people and the environment they live in, as they both affect each other. The relationship between nature and the human species has been an object of study for many decades, and understanding this relationship can help individuals learn about the importance of conserving and maintaining the world that supports them (Steg, 2013). The environment provides humans with food, water, air, and all the other necessities individuals need to survive, even if, in a world dominated by technology and progress, it is easy to forget that one way or another, everything we need to survive comes from the earth. Environmental psychology focuses not only on the physical influences humans and environment have on each other, but also in which ways nature affects individuals’ behaviors. One important aspect of this discipline is the belief that people’s behaviors are not determined solely by the environment (Steg, 2013). Most psychologists in this area believe in free will...
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...count:2106 Introduction This paper will discuss methods and techniques used to personalise screeds to suit clients that we are working with. How we decide which modality to use on our clients, how important an initial consultation can be and my argument for using personalised screeds. I will discuss the factors involved in creating personalised screeds, and the benefits of creating a personalised screed for clients. Using different modalities and whether a script should be authoritative or permissive. The more personalised hypnotherapy is the more effective it will be, as whilst all of us appear quite similar, we are different in many ways. We have different likes and dislike; come from different cultural backgrounds; and will have been brought up in environments that have provided us with different outlooks, values and perspectives. If the best possible results are to be obtained in a hypnotherapy session there is a need to work closely with individuals in order to identify their likes and dislikes as well as their personality. In this way we can gain their trust and assist them in reaching a deep state of hypnosis. When we communicate with people we do not only use words but body language, with tone also playing a large part in what is actually being communicated. Some people will use words that will assist you in determining which modality would suit them best. For example somebody who would say “looks good to me” shows signs that Visual is...
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...Assistance Program A new company has landed a major government contract and will be acquiring an increase in employment. The new employees will span across a wide range of backgrounds and my job is to create an assistance program that will be included in the benefits package. There will be a need to describe what is considered normal versus abnormal behavior within the workplace. This will help to me define how these labels relate and effect a successful working atmosphere. I will also provide a description pertaining to the different psychological perspectives in relation to abnormal and normal behavior. Finally, I will discuss whether labeling a person “normal” is appropriate or not. Abnormal Psychology and Defining Abnormal and Normal There are many different branches in the field of psychology, including abnormal psychology. This branch deals with abnormal behaviors and psychopathology (Cherry, 2013). Abnormal p [psychology covers a wide range of different disorders; depression, obsession-compulsive disorders (OCD), to sexual deviation (Cherry, 2013). This branch looks at looks at different modes of stress or distractions that cause a person to act in a particular manner (McLeod, 2008). For instance, a person’s behavior that interferes with their daily life routine, working or taking care of their children, creates a need to address this behavior. To understand this concept better one needs to get a better realization of the terms “normal” and “abnormal.” When thinking...
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...------------------------------------------------- Somatoform disorder From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Somatoform disorder | Classification and external resources | ICD-10 | F45 | ICD-9 | 300.8 | DiseasesDB | 1645 | eMedicine | med/3527 | MeSH | D013001 | In psychology, a somatoform disorder is a mental disorder characterized by physical symptoms that suggest physical illness or injury – symptoms that cannot be explained fully by a general medical condition, direct effect of a substance, or attributable to another mental disorder (e.g. panic disorder).[1] The symptoms that result from a somatoform disorder are due to mental factors. In people who have a somatoform disorder, medical test results are either normal or do not explain the person's symptoms. Patients with this disorder often become worried about their health because the doctors are unable to find a cause for their health problems. This causes severe stress, due to preoccupations with the disorder that portrays an exaggerated belief about the severity of the disorder. [2]Symptoms are sometimes similar to those of other illnesses and may last for several years. Usually, the symptoms begin appearing during adolescence, and patients are diagnosed before the age of 25 years. [3] Somatoform disorders are not the result of conscious malingering (fabricating or exaggerating symptoms for secondary motives) or factitious disorders (deliberately producing, feigning, or exaggerating symptoms) – sufferers...
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...ENG122 5/27/15 Music Therapy through Ages Constant irrational fears plaque the mind like the shadows of the night. An automatic switch is turned on in the most inappropriate of moments. Crawling in the overbearing darkness, on hands and knees, panicking, an off button cannot be found. The acknowledgment of what is happening is not enough cause to stop it. A faded melody plays in the background. Slowly, it grows louder and the shadows slowly begin to dissipate. The focus changes gently, taking it’s time to calm the mind. The beat gets louder and eventually all is well again like nothing ever happened. Anxiety disorders are a strong unwelcome force, but with music therapy can be calmed and treated no matter how old you are or what situation you might be in. Anxiety disorders are a form of stress. There are different types of anxiety disorders and symptoms differ from person to person. Of course, there are some basic signs someone with anxiety exhibits, but what they could be anxious about changes depending on the person. A person with anxiety shows signs of nervousness, rapid breathing, sweating, or trembling. While their internal symptoms may include, but are not limited to, powerlessness, sense of panic from false dangers, feeling fatigued, and having trouble concentrating on anything but what they are worried about. A common anxiety disorder called General Anxiety Disorder, or GAD, causes excessive and persistent worry, where the worry “is usually out of proportion to...
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...CAREER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM _________________________________ THE RESUME Office of Career Development 44 West Fourth Street, Suite 5-100 New York, New York 10012 212-998-0623 http:// www.stern.nyu.edu/ocd Introduction: The Stern Resume______________ Your resume should highlight key points, which are relevant to your future employment objectives. The Office of Career Development has one required resume format. The purpose of this handout is to describe the specific requirements of the format and to assist you in writing relevant content. Your resume is an important marketing document designed to sell your background to a targeted reader. It is an outline of your professional and educational background; it should highlight relevant key points, which relate to your future employment objectives. Your resume should be tailored strategically to present those accomplishments, skills and experiences that relate specifically to the position you are seeking. You should consider the interview while composing your resume. How well you present these experiences in the resume is a measure of how well you will articulate these experiences in the employment interview. AVOID THE “DATA DUMP” TRAP Write your resume for the reader, supplying the information he/she will find important to know. Remember, more is not better. Select only your experiences that are relevant to the function and industry you are looking to be a part of in the future. It is not the reader's job to try...
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...1. Description of “abnormal” behavior Pat Solatano was released from a mental institution after eight months of treatment due to a triggering event that caused him to beat a man nearly to death for sleeping with his wife. This was after previously having a delusion of his wife and that man going against the school they work at by embezzling money. He was a danger to others by getting very angry and aggressive when he heard his wedding song because that was playing when he caught his wife cheating, or if he sees someone he loves get hurt. We learned in his first therapy session after being released that he was being defiant for not taking his medication because it made him feel worse about himself physically and mentally. When anything in life was seen negatively, Pat experienced significant distress and was unable to comprehend the reason to it. For example, after finishing a novel by Ernest Hemmingway that had a death at the end, he became enraged and threw the book out the window and woke up his parents in the middle of the night continuously talking about how upset he was. When Pat experienced his manic stage, he was unable to cope like someone without a mental illness. The moment he couldn’t find the video tape from his wedding, he began to panic and frantically looking all over the house while yelling in the middle of the night causing him to wake up his neighbors, and led to him accidentally hitting his mom in the face and getting into a fight with his dad afterwards....
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