Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Kirsten Boozer Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Obsessive Compulsive Disorder‚ also known as OCD‚ is an anxiety disorder that is characterized by uncontrollable‚ unwanted thoughts‚ and repetitive rituals that someone feels compelled to perform. This can cause the brain to get stuck on a certain thought or urge. People with OCD most likely fall under the categories: Washers‚ Checkers‚ Doubters and Sinners‚ Counters and Arrangers‚ and Hoarders. If someone
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Elizabeth Deiter: Well in this article Elizabeth Deiter from Pennsylvania is a compulsive shopper and is definitely not in denial about it. Elizabeth and her husband just recently caught up on their rent‚ in just four to five months she has close to 100 purses and was still trying to buy one at bargain price! Explanation of Compulsive Shoppers: According to Bonny Forrest a psychologist from San Diego‚CA‚ For Compulsive shoppers buying something creates a feeling related to the EUPHORIA that alcohol
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INTRODUCTION Hoarding reality shows may make for good TV‚ but hoarding makes for miserable families. (Tolin‚ 2008‚ pp. 334-344) Aside from the notoriety very little research has been done to until the last 15-20 on what is now being officially called a disorder. Reflecting the new thinking produced by the more recent research Hoarding Disorder has been added to the newest diagnostic manual - the DSM-V. (Butcher-Hooley & Mineka‚ Butcher‚ J.‚ 2014‚ p. 206) Often hoarders are presented as people who
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder across Developmental Trajectory: Cognitive Processing of Threat in Children‚ Adolescents‚ and Adults Everybody experiences intrusive thoughts once in a while‚ yet we think nothing of it most of the time. However‚ for people with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder‚ such thoughts occur frequently‚ and they are likely to be interpreted with more emotional intensity‚ and are highly uncontrollable. Obsessions signify the extreme end on a continuum of normal‚ unwanted‚ intrusive
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Outline for Informative Speech Compulsive Hoarding Specific Purpose: At the end of my speech my audience will know about compulsive hoarding. I will inform them what hoarding is‚ the signs and symptoms and as well as treatments for hoarding. Introduction 1. Compulsive Hoarding is considered to be a clinical syndrome reported to affect approximately 3 million Americans across the United States. We believe however‚ that these statistics are highly underrepresented due to the difficulty
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Speech 101 10/22/2010 Informative Speech The Symptoms of Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: After hearing my speech‚ my audience will know more about the symptoms of Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder. Thesis: Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder is a disorder which involves an obsession with perfection‚ rules‚ and organization‚ which leads to routines and rules for ways of doing things. Organization Pattern: Topical Introduction
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One in every one hundred people is affected by OCPD. Even more are affected by its symptoms. Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder is a disorder which involves an obsession with perfection‚ rules‚ and organization‚ which leads to routines and rules for ways of doing things. According to Dr. Steven Phillipson‚ a person with OCPD is comfortable with their high standards and rigid mindset. In fact‚ a person with OCPD will justify their actions instead of admitting any sort of problem‚ which they
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Hoarding disorder‚ also known as compulsive hoarding‚ is a chronic behavioral syndrome that is characterized by difficulty discarding possessions‚ regardless of their value. The hoarding condition exists along a continuum from normal collecting to a serious psychological condition that interferes not only with the quality and safety of life of the individual‚ but their family members‚ or others closely associated with them as well. Hoarding disorder used to be considered a symptom of other disabilities
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I. When does hoarding/cluttering constitute a disability for purposes of the FHAA/FEHA? Hoarding is defined as: 1. the acquisition of‚ and failure to discard‚ a large number of possessions that appear to be useless or of limited value; 2. living spaces that are sufficiently cluttered so as to preclude activities for which those spaces were designed; 3. the presence of significant distress (to any concerned party) or impairment in functioning. According to an FAQ sheet published by the Metropolitan
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Compulsive Gambling and It’s Cost to the Economy More than 5 million Americans are pathological‚ compulsive and problem gamblers‚ and another 15 million are at risk of becoming just like them. A common definition of problem gambling is: a progressive disorder characterized by a continuous or periodic loss of control over gambling and irrational thinking and behavior despite the consequences. When gambling interferes with any one’s life‚ it can be categorize as an addiction or disease‚ just
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