As Good As It Gets Overview Melvin Udall‚ from As Good As It Gets‚ presents today in your clinic. He has a history of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Although past attempts at treatment were unsuccessful‚ Melvin wants to try again. He has just begun a relationship with Carol Connelly‚ a waitress‚ who has urged Melvin to explore treatment that will help him abandon some of his rituals‚ improve his social skills‚ and ultimately manage the anxiety and obsessions that cause his behavioral and
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As Good As It Gets Before further investigation‚ I thought that As Good As It Gets was about a man‚ Melvin‚ with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. At first glance‚ this seemed like the obvious diagnosis; he portrayed both obsessions and compulsions. Melvin was very careful not to touch things that may have been germ ridden‚ such as door handles‚ borrowed jackets‚ and coughing children; he even brought his own dining utensils out to eat with him. He also engaged in some compulsions‚ such as when
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A study presented by Borkovec (1995) concluded similarities and distinctions made between anxious and non-anxious subjects. The study shows that worry produces motivation to get things accomplished‚ prepare for future events and/or avoid/prevent that future event from happening. The motivation is a potentially adaptive behavior created by the worry that subjects feel. Preparation and avoidance are only adaptive behavior if realistically the negative events that may occur are realistic. Worry has
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As Good As It Gets‚ a movie about a man with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)‚ has many interesting aspects to an abnormal psychology student. “Obsessive-compulsive disorder is an anxiety disorder in which people have unwanted and repeated thoughts‚ feelings‚ ideas‚ sensations (obsessions)‚ or behaviors that make them feel driven to do something (compulsions).” (Berger‚ 2012) There have been several unproven propositions as to what causes OCD including head injuries and infections. Those who
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2Calculate how much of your grade a project is worth. Prioritize. You won’t get a high score if you don’t aim for one. 3Homework comes first over everything else: set yourself goals and make sure you reach them before you go out and party. Social life is important too‚ but make sure your work comes first. But don’t become a social outcast because that is as unhealthy as bad grades. Keep the grades up and have a social life. When you get a bad grade just think that you can still bring it up in the future
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As Good As It Gets Life tends to become quite frantic and intense for most people now in days. Depending on how the events of their everyday lives are carried out‚ they could have a great affect on a persons’ mood. In the movie "As Good As It Gets" starring Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt‚ several of the Mood Disorders that affect people are portrayed in Nicholson’s character. Jack Nicholson plays the role of Melvin Udall‚ a writer that lives in the city of Manhattan‚ who is diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive
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the one we are living today‚ can be very challenging for students. As the world gets more competitive‚ students are pressured more and more to achieve success. The pressure that students receive by parents‚ school‚ and society to succeed‚ has caused students to take some drastic actions. Many students are pressured by their parents to excel in school. Although many parents think that pressuring their kids to get good grades may be helpful‚ in reality‚ it can become overbearing. In the case of many
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How to Get Good Grades Aaliyah Council Gateway Community College Topic: Ways people stay focused and determined to getting good grades Specific Purpose: To inform my audience me members the special ways and methods to get good grades and keep their grades up Introduction I. Does your grade point average ever frustrate you or make you depressed? Are you tired of getting bad grades on everything you put so much effort into? II. Achieving success in school‚ takes more than just one’s typical intelligence
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The movie As Good As It Gets sets in New York City where the main character Melvin Udall (Nicholson) finds his life turned upside down when he is left with the responsibility of taking care of his neighbour Simon’s dog while he is being hospitilized. Melvin is a cranky‚ rude‚ bigoted obsessive writer that suffers from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). He eats breakfast at the same table in the same reestaurant everyday and brings along his own platsic utensils due to his fear of germs and takes
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Psychopathology in the Movies: As Good As It Gets Obsessive Compulsive Disorder‚ DSM code 300.3‚ is a mental disorder that impairs an individual because they are “so preoccupied with order‚ perfection‚ and control that they lose all flexibility‚ openness‚ and efficiency” according to the book Fundamentals of Abnormal Psychology Sixth Edition by Ronald J. Comer. The patient’s obsessions can render them completely irrational in their thought process and this irrationality effects the person’s subsequent
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