fluctuations of bipolar or manic-depressive disorders have been around since the 16-century and affect little more than 2% of the population in both sexes‚ all races‚ and all parts of the world (Harmon 3). Researchers think that the cause is genetic‚ but it is still unknown. The one fact of which we are painfully aware of is that bipolar disorder severely undermines its’ victims ability to obtain and maintain social and occupational success. Because the symptoms of bipolar disorder are so debilitation
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Psychiatric Disorders‚ Diseases‚ and Drugs PSY/240 The Brain‚ the Body‚ and the Mind Psychiatric Disorders‚ Diseases‚ and Drugs There are five main psychiatric disorders and they are schizophrenia‚ depression‚ mania‚ anxiety disorders‚ and Tourette syndrome. Psychiatric disorders are “disorders of psychological function sufficiently sever to require treatment” Pinel‚ J. P. J. (2011). The main fact about these psychiatric disorders is that they are difficult to diagnose. They use the DSM-IV-TR
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anxiety and mood disorders. There are different types of mood disorders such as unipolar depressive disorder‚ bipolar and related disorder that are related to the terms depression and mania. Depression normally involves loss of interest in activities causing an interruption in daily life. Depression can be described as feelings of extraordinary sadness and dejection. Mania is characterized by periods of great excitement‚ delusions‚ euphoria‚ and over activity. Unipolar depressive disorder is characterized
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Mood Disorders Mood disorders are quite interesting; especially if you’re realizing that you have many of the symptoms. With mood disorders one experiences long periods of depression or elation‚ that causes ones everyday activities to be disrupted. The main mood disorders are major depression‚ and bipolar disorder. Another type of mood disorder is called seasonal affective disorder. This is caused by the lack of sunlight that people with the disorder receive in usually the winter months. Apparently
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Dissociative Identity Disorder? Paula Stewart suffers from Dissociative Identity Disorder. This is a disorder in which an individual dissociates from their mind and has two or more different personalities. After being suggested to see a clinical psychologist at the university attends she meets Dr. Harpin. Dr. Harpin is astonished with the disorder due to its rarity and the fact that he’s never treated a patient with this condition let alone believing it existed. DID is a very difficult disorder to treat
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Depressive Disorder Jane a 29 year old lady has reported cases of feeling sad all day‚ accompanied by daily crying spells in her day. She also reported cases of distressed and disturbed sleeping patterns where she would experience insomnia in some days. Her sleeping patterns included cases of difficulty in falling asleep where she would spend several hours trying to fall asleep. Other times Jane could not fall asleep at all‚ and if she did‚ it was only for very few hours. All this time was spent
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psychological disorders Psychological disorders review Michelle Valle Methodist University Psychological disorders Every person at some point gets anxious‚ depressed‚ withdrawn‚ or suspicious‚ just less intensely than someone with a psychological disorder. Psychological disorders are deviant‚ distressful ‚ dysfunctional patterns of thought‚ and they have changed since the 1700s. There are six types of personality disorders: 1
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symptoms for this disorder are compulsive hoarding‚ meaningless repetition of your own words‚ and repeatedly going over things constantly. Generalized Anxiety Disorder also known as GAD interferes with people with this disorder daily lives. This type of anxiety can be treated and cured unlike some of the other anxieties. Some of the symptoms for this disorder are‚ restlessness‚ constant worry‚ and trouble concentrating. Social Anxiety is a fear of social interactions. This disorder makes interacting
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Behavior Disorders (Emotional Disturbance Pg 207-210) I. Facts: * Behavior disorders include mental health problems with a focus on behaviors that both identify emotional problems and create interpersonal and social problems for children and adolescents in the course of their development. * Currently‚ students with such disorders are categorized as having a serious emotional disturbance‚ which is defined under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)‚ Public Law 101-476‚ as follows:
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Delusional disorders account for one of the most common types of psychological disorders that exist in the world today. Studies suggest that this disorder accounts for 1% to 2% of admissions to inpatient mental health facilities in the world. Delusional disorders can be defined as the‚ “the presence of one or more non-bizarre delusions that persist for at least 1 month”. The non-bizarre delusions are considered to be plausible which means that the person’s theory could actually occur a small proportion
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