The movie‚ “As Good as It Gets‚” describes a person who suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). OCD is an anxiety disorder and it contains a group of conditions that share similar characteristics. Anxiety disorders all typically become aroused when a person experiences apprehension over an anticipated problem. There are physical‚ cognitive‚ and emotional symptoms which are elicited from the apprehension. Physical symptoms may include increased heart rate‚ accelerated respiration‚ sweating
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children with disabilities‚ including DS‚ Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)‚ and Prader–Willi syndrome (PWS). Studies show that children with DS show similar mental age-related changes in compulsive/repetitive behavior as a comparison group without DS (source 1). Younger children with and without DS exhibit more compulsive behaviors than older children (source 1). Also‚ children with DS display the same number of repetitive‚ ritualistic‚ and “Just Right” behaviors that are considered typical in early development
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drugs‚ others are addicted to substances such as gambling‚ tanning‚ or even food. “What does it mean to be a food addict?” one might ask. Being a food addict is to be someone who overeats excessively for no purpose; “A food addict experiences a compulsive need to eat‚ even when they’re not hungry‚” according to Mara Tyler‚ author of the article “Food Addiction” from healthline. Some people overeat only on certain occasions such as holidays or when at a restaurant‚ whereas those who have become addicted
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mode. Benjy was very sensitive to changes in others around him‚ such as when Caddy wore perfume and understood that she lost her virginity; these revelations upset Benjy greatly as he would howl and moan in sadness. Being diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder‚ I have taken a liking to things being in a particular order‚ and when my order is obstructed I tend to become very irritated. As I have grown up‚ I have learned to deal with my issues and have been able to tackle them before they got the
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outcomes and therefore is reinforced. The behavioural approach also suggests that compulsive rituals are learned due to a link between the anxiety associated obsession and the reduction of that anxiety. As a result ritualistic behaviour is reinforced and a person may link the act they have performed with changing the fearful situation which causes an accidental association to be formed which has the potential to become compulsive when an individual faces thoughts or situations which provoke anxiety. Another
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CASE STUDY #1 1. Provisional Diagnosis: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder 2. Rationale for the diagnosis: A. Presence of obsession‚ compulsion‚ or both: Obsession: the persistent thoughts of the client and attempts to ignore‚ suppress or neutralize these thoughts‚ impulses‚ or images ---- he feels some foods contain poisonous germs and diseases‚ any personal hygiene would interfere with his studying‚ he believes that the special rituals before eating‚ such as loud hissing‚ coughing‚ would allow the
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over rule ones’ life‚ to the extent they cannot live a casual or satisfactory life. Obsessive-Compulsive personality disorder is one of many personality disorders that outweighs ‘normal’ personality traits and cause detrimental effects on individuals who suffer from the personality disorder‚ but are still capable of living a ‘successful’ life‚ which sounds completely paradoxical. OCPD (Obsessive-Compulsive personality disorder) stems during early adolescence and is easily misdiagnosed‚ which also results
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Compulsive Acts : A Psychiatrist’s Tales of Ritual and Obsession. Berkeley‚ CA‚ USA: University of California Press‚ 2008. p 26. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ecpi/Doc?id=10229950&ppg=26 Aboujaoude‚ Elias (Author). Compulsive Acts : A Psychiatrist’s Tales of Ritual and Obsession. Berkeley‚ CA‚ USA: University of California Press‚ 2008. p 26. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ecpi/Doc?id=10229950&ppg=26 Aboujaoude‚ Elias (Author). Compulsive Acts : A Psychiatrist’s
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individuals have absent/delusional beliefs‚ those are when the individual is convinced that something bad will definitely happen if they do not perform the rituals (American Psychiatric Association 3). Another primary and very common symptom of obsessive-compulsive disorder is anxiety. As mentioned before‚ there are very close relations between the two disorders. Anxiety can be triggered by the obsessions and compulsions
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Wilson REFERRED BY: Dr. Robert Green REASON FOR REFERRAL Reexamination was requested by the patient‚ Melvin Udall‚ on June 10‚ 1997 to determine his psychological dynamics and functioning‚ and confirm the previous diagnosis of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Melvin was first diagnosed in his early to mid-twenties and the effects have been dynamic on his personal‚ social‚ and professional life. The psychiatric and psychological reevaluation was requested by Melvin to decrease his obsessions
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