Joshua Hammer Jessica Worthington PSY 101-232 21 June‚ 2013 Sleeping Disorder A sleeping disorder that was discussed in Module 7 was Narcolepsy. Many people around the world are affected by this disorder a person with such disorder may go an entire day feeling the urge to sleep and always feeling fatigued. Narcolepsy is defined as a “Chronic disorder that is marked by excessive sleepiness‚ usually in the form of sleep attacks or short periods of sleep throughout the day. The sleep attacks
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the psychology behind eating disorders like what causes individuals to obtain these disorders. Research shows that eating disorders like anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa have been linked to low self-esteem‚ stress‚ conflicts‚ and depression. Eating disorders can be addressed with a behavioral perspective‚ psychodynamic perspective‚ and with a cognitive perspective. Psychology of Eating Disorders “To eat or not to eat‚ that is the addiction” (Voelker 2007). Eating disorders are
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Psychological Disorder‚ Causes and Treatments In the UK about one quarter of the population will experience some kind of psychological disorder in the course of a year. These disorders include‚ but are not limited to Anorexia‚ Social Phobia‚ Agoraphobia‚ Schizophrenia‚ Amnesia and Depression. Many of these disorders have therapies developed from psychological theories to treat the disorders. A number of factors can influence whether a person develops a disorder‚ it could be due to heredity factors
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Psychological Disorders: Eating Disorders Eating disorders have drastically been on the climb in the recent years. It has become increasing popular to be extremely thin and focus on the superficial aspects of the body. Currently 8 million people are living with some kind of eating disorder. There are three different types of eating disorders that include anorexia nervosa‚ bulimia nervosa‚ and binge eating. These are all psychological disorders that can be very detrimental if not treated and improved
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The social environment around us and in the media has been a huge contributor to many young females developing eating disorders. There is a lot of pressure on females to be skinny and have the perfect body. Carrie is definitely susceptible to these pressures‚ especially since she grew up in the figure skating world; she was constantly told that she needed to stay skinny and watch her weight. When she was placed on the strict diet for skating at age 14‚ she was complimented on how skinny she was
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Psychology Goes to the Movies -The Face in the Crowd The face in the crowd is a movie featuring a woman‚ Anna Marchant after surviving an attack by women serial killer. Anna fell over the bridge and hit her head over the railings as she was trying to escape from the killer after witnessing him commit a murder. This accident left Anna with a condition known as prosopagnosia‚ a brain disorder commonly describes as face blindness. This injury prevents Anna from recognizing faces‚ including the face
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TABLE OF CONTENTS I 2 ABSTRACT ii 3 INTRODUCTION : • Definition of abnormal psychology 1 4 ANXIETY DISORDER • Panic Disorder • Phobia • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder 2 5 CAUSE OF ANXIETY DISORDER • Psychoanalytic Theories • Behavioural Theories 4 8 CONCLUSION 9 9 REFERENCE 10 Abstract Abnormal Psychology is the overview/study of the mental or psychological disorder of mankind which caused by several of factors that occur in the daily routine
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ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY: MOOD DISORDERS A mood disorder is the term given for a group of diagnoses in the DSM IV TR classification system where a disturbance in the person ’s emotional mood is hypothesised to be the main underlying feature. The classification is known as mood (affective) disorders in ICD 10. English psychiatrist Henry Maudsley proposed an overarching category of affective disorder. The term was then replaced by mood disorder‚ as the latter term refers to the underlying or longitudinal
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Bipolar Disorder Mental illness has plagued human kind for as long as we have been on this earth. The science of psychology has made great strides in past century. The stigma of being mentally ill has begun to fall away and people are finally starting to get the help that they need to recover. Bipolar disorder is one illness that we have come to more fully understand. Through assistance from a psychiatrist‚ family and medication a patient with bipolar disorder can enter remission and
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Chapter 9: Physical Disorders and Health Psychology • psychosomatic medicine- psych factors affect physical function • behavioral medicine- applied to prevention‚ diagnosis and treatment of medical problems • health psychology- psych factors that are important to the maintenance and promotion of health o psych and social factors: • (1) affect biological processes • (2) long-standing behavior patterns put ppl at risk for certain disorders o 50% of deaths from top 10 leading causes in US can
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