Somatoform Disorders PSY/410 Somatoform Disorders “Somatoform disorders are characterized by the presence of physical symptoms or concerns that are not due to a medical disorder” (Hansell & Damour‚ 2008‚ p. 224). Individuals who suffer from somatoform disorders experience symptoms of physical disease or defect when there is nothing wrong with their bodies medically. Factitious disorders are similar to somatoform disorder in that individual’s fake bodily symptoms to give others the perception
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Mental Disorders Millions and millions of people have been‚ and are‚ plagued by some type of mental disorder. There are many types of disorders such as mood disorders‚ anxiety disorders‚ personality disorders‚ and substance-related disorders. The mental disorders can range from minor cases to very strong‚ extreme cases. Two mental disorders that deal with the shifting of a human’s personality and character are schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Schizophrenia is a mental illness that is characterized
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Bipolar disorder is a mood disorder in which a person experiences uncontrollable highs and lows. Bipolar disorder was first accurately described by Jean-Pierre Farlett as foile circulaire (circular insanity) and by Julles Baillarger as foile à double forme (double form insanity) in 1984 (Marneros and Angst‚ pg 8-9). In 1952‚ bipolar disorder was officially added to the DSM‚ referred to as manic depression. There are three different levels of bipolar disorder Bipolar I‚ Bipolar II‚ and Cyclothymia
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When you hear the phrase‚ psychiatric disorder‚ what does it mean to you? People separate the mental health problems or difficulties as psychiatric disorder by categories of disorder with diagnosis by psychiatrists. Especially‚ children who have mental health difficulties in early ages are diagnosed such as ODD‚ ADHD‚ and Bipolar disorder. However‚ there is a problem about how psychiatrists diagnose children because each psychiatrist has different view and diagnosis to label them. There is no clear
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Youth Disorder Defined The concept of youth disorder has been examined and studied in detail and length‚ describing as well as exploring the extent and depth of the nature of construct. The existing definitions of youth disorder vary with the complexities of characterizations and classifications that have been attach to the concept (Gotfredson‚ 2001). The concept falls opposite of the word conformity in which any contradiction for the set social expectations is viewed negatively by the majority
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Pd. 1 Research Paper 25 November 2008 Shakespeare’s Female Characters “Come‚ you spirits‚ That tend on mortal thoughts‚ unsex me here‚ And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full Of direst cruelty!” demanded one of them furiously (Shakespeare 853). “If I be waspish‚ best beware my sting‚” sneered the other (Shakespeare 333). Although they emerged nearly five centuries ago‚ the women who said these lines are undeniably two of Shakespeare’s most famous female characters. Lady Macbeth and Katherine
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of Bipolar Disorder The concept of a drastic shift in mood being classified as an illness was first described by the French psychiatrist Jean-Pierre Farlet in 1851 (Marmol‚ 2008). Farlet coined the term “Folie Circulaire” to label a disorder characterized by manic and sad episodes separated by symptom-free intervals (Marmol‚ 2008). As time passed‚ the description along with the classification changed‚ altering from an entity on its own to a unified disorder with other mood disorders (Marmol‚ 2008)
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personality disorder is the basis of many circumstances of maladaptive behavior including substance abuse‚ self-harm‚ suicide‚ and criminality. My three points for this paper are the three different types of personality disorder‚ what the causes are‚ and how to get help. There are three different clusters of personality disorders. Cluster A is the odd and eccentric cluster. It includes paranoid personality disorder‚ schizoid personality disorder and schizotypal personality disorders. The most common
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Blood Disorder and Components Adrienne Lynch HCA 240 Group ID: AAGR0P54X7 Richard Jones 05/23/2010 ------------------------------------------------- In each body‚ human or animal there is a blood flow that circulates throughout the body that helps them to maintain life. It is a fluid that sustains the internal organs to continue to give nutrients for the body to continue to live. Blood is one of the essential parts of the body functions. We need blood to supply nutrient to other organs
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of Eating Disorders among Young Girls in Today’s Society. Due to the prevalence of mass-media advertising in the United States‚ eating disorders among young girls are more pervasive in the U.S. than other well-developed countries. According to the estimates of The National Institute of Mental Health in the US‚ “between 5 – 10% (i.e. 5-10 million people) of girls and women suffer from eating disorders (Hastings et. al.‚ 2002).” Eating disorders‚ specifically binge eating disorder‚ is also becoming
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