Most Diagnosed Mental Disorders By Meredith Bower If you had to guess‚ what illness would you say is more prevalent in developed countries -- cancer or maybe heart disease? Nope. Believe it or not‚ it’s mental illness. Like cancer and heart disease‚ mental illness is a medical condition‚ and those who have mental disorders struggle to cope with everyday life because of their altered moods‚ thinking or behavior. Fortunately‚ treatment for mental illness or mental disorders can lead to recovery;
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The patient is a 47-year-old female; she can communicate well with staff‚ and interacts appropriately with other patients. The patient is admitted for homicidal ideation with plans substance abuse. She was diagnosed with Bipolar disorder I mixed and Major depression disorder. The patient arrives via a private vehicle by self. She reports as depressed‚ and her best friend is in late stage cancer. Patient is having homicidal thoughts toward ex-boyfriend with plans to shoot him. While she is at a flea
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description for each of the following conditions (use the back of the page if necessary): a. Anxiety Disorders- This condition is when the person would worry more than the average person. b. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder- This condition is when the person will do several actions repeatedly caused by unreasonable thoughts and fears. c. ADHD- This condition is a mental disorder that cause problems such as; hyperactivity‚impulsive
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Daniela Jordan Health 101 Aaron Detty 4/30/16 Depression Research Paper Approximately 6.7 percent of the American adult population suffer from major depression disorder and around 350 million worldwide‚ making it important for us to be informed of the possible dangers‚ symptoms and treatments involved with this mental disorder. There are different factors that may be a trigger for depression some of which include economic issues‚ divorce‚ death of a loved one and illness. Depression is mistakenly
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The Rorschach and Bipolar Disorder Singer‚ Hedy K.‚ Brabender‚ Virginia. (Spring‚ 1993). The Use of the Rorschachto Differentiate Unipolar and Bipolar Disorders. Journal of Personality Assessment. 60‚ 333-345 The article begins by stating that the DSM-III-R‚ the most current issue at the time‚ divides affective disorders into 2 categories: unipolar and bipolar. Those with unipolar disorders only experience depressive episodes. Individuals with bipolar disorder experience episodes of mania‚ as well
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Bipolar Disorder and Normal Relationships with others Bipolar disorder is more widely known as maniac depression. It happens in the case of extreme emotional activity that interchanges with depression. And on the other hand there are periods of relatively normal state of mind. Almost every person experienced depression. Sometimes even the most optimistic of us may be out of spirits. Fortunately the majority of people don’t stay in blue mood for long. More serious forms of depression however include
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Seasonal Affective Disorder‚ which causes depression during the cold and dark months. Overall‚ throughout this investigation the causes‚ treatments and differences between the locations in relation to Seasonal Affective Disorder has
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alone‚ one topic that resonated with me is the topic about psychological disorders. I didn’t really know a lot of the disorders that this topic talk is about but after the course and the topic‚ I was able to understand different kinds of disorders that affects one and what one can do to prevent all those disorders. For instance‚ obsessive-compulsive disorders were one of the disorders that resonated me because learning this disorder enabled me to understand more how people get stressed. In the book‚ psychology
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Running head: MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER Major Depressive Disorder LaTisha Green Cameron University Abstract At one time or another one has felt depressed‚ sad‚ lonely‚ or misunderstood. Being depressed is normal for everyone at one point of time and is a natural reaction to a loss‚ difficulties in life‚ and a deflated self-esteem. When this feeling of sadness becomes intense‚ lasts for a long period‚ and it prevents one from living a normal life is when the depression needs to be looked
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normal to feel stressed out once in a while. People with generalized anxiety disorder experience the feeling of stress to the extreme. “Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). GAD is the most commonly diagnosed anxiety disorder and occurs most frequently in young adults” (Gale‚ 2007‚ p.1). Anxiety has a wide variety of symptoms. In the DSM-5 it states restlessness or feeling
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