abnormal mental process and behaviors. Mental disorders have the potential to be very serious and debilitating. Four examples of mental disorders include ADD and ADHD, Schizophrenia, OCD, and Bipolar disorder. It is important to recognize common symptoms, prevalence, contributing factors, and possible treatments for these disorders. ADD is attention deficit disorder, which is described as the inability to concentrate. ADHD is attention deficit hyperactive disorder, characterized by behaviors that are excessive
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The DSM-IV is an important tool for clinicians. It provides a standard for diagnoses to be standardized across psychology; however, the DSM-IV is not as precise for diagnosing personality disorders as some psychologists would like. Give an example of each of the following problems identified in your readings and explain how these problems could negatively affect a diagnosis. 1. Some criteria used for reaching a diagnosis cannot be observed directly. Subjective patient analysis has to take
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are controlled by this unwanted yet unavoidable urge to compete an objective. Unfortunately for them and many others like them, their objective is unreachable, leaving them utterly unfulfilled. Obsession has been defined by dictionary as “a compulsive preoccupation with fixed idea or unwanted feeling or emotion, often with symptoms of anxiety.” It can often lead to an addictive habit that becomes hard to resist or a habit where a person becomes dependent upon someone or something. For example
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RUNNING HEAD: Week 5 Assignment Week 5 Assignment Walden University For this week's assignment, we were instructed to select a character from a movie, TV show, literature or a play that would qualify for a personality disorder diagnosis. For this assignment, I have chosen Dr. Gregory House from the TV series “ House”. In this particular show, Dr. House provides diagnostic medical treatments for patients. He takes pride in making the appropriate diagnosis and treatments to the point that
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Josie Ferrell Psychology 100 4-20-2015 Case Study Client Two A. I am going to diagnose Sandra with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. I came up with this diagnosis because this disorder is caused constant unwanted thoughts that affect one’s life by creating compulsions through their life. The unwanted thought in Sandra’s life is safety of her child, Melissa, from choking. The thought of having Melissa safe from items that will make her choke has caused serious compulsion of vacuuming her apartment
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Obsessive compulsive behavior Nomophobia can be described traditionally as an anxiety or discomfort that manifests itself in a human being due to unavailability of a cellular phone, personal computer and in most recent times literally any virtual communication device including tablets. This is typically a social phobia that is brought about by the prevalent use of emerging technologies that cause changes in a person’s normal habits and behaviors (King, Valenca, & Nardi, 2012). Obsessive
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Psychoneuroses Psychoneuroses or neuroses are behavioral disorder brought about by emotional tension resulting from frustration, conflicts, repression, or insecurity. The person who develops a neurosis breaks down under the pressure of outer and inner stresses and displays a host of distress symptoms, although not serious enough to require instituonalization. These psychoneuroses although indirectly due to the head injury, were disabling factors and frequently led to some instances permanent
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The Interplay of Risk and Resilience Factors in Childhood Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Introduction The emotional disorders are termed the ‘internalising disorders’ and comprise depression and the anxiety disorders. Although the emotional disorders of childhood are discussed as separate entities, in reality it is not that easy to separate them because there is a lot of common ground. The reason they are seen as separate entities is due to the clinical approach of DSM IV. Often, in any
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1. Introduction This paper provides a brief overview of evidence based psychological treatments for anxiety disorders. It addresses the following questions: • How common are anxiety disorders? • What psychological treatments have empirical support? • What recovery rates can be achieved with these treatments? • How enduring are their effects? • Is there value in combining psychological treatments with medication? Psychological treatments can be delivered in a variety
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Personality Disorder Personality disorders are mental health conditions that affect how people manage their feelings and how they relate to other people. Disturbances of feeling and distorted beliefs about other people can lead to odd behavior, which can be distressing and which other people may find upsetting. The main symptoms are: being overwhelmed by negative feelings such as distress, anxiety, worthlessness or anger avoiding other people and feeling empty and emotionally disconnected
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