Borderline Personality Disorder is a mental disorder characterized by a pervasive pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships‚ self-image‚ identity‚ and moods. These individuals are often so desperate to have relationships with other people that they often do not respect boundaries of another person and have strong‚ one-sided feelings toward a person that the individual is trying to maintain a relationship with. Individuals with this disorder tend to be impulsive and often engage in behaviors
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not a recent phenomenon. The term paedophilia is officially added to the DSM-II (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders- II) in 1952‚ it began to be viewed by experts as a mental disorder and a type of sexual deviation. In the DSM-III released in 1980‚ the term paedophile is given in full description (Haran‚ 2014). Paedophilia is also a psychiatric disorder in which sexual attraction some adults feel towards to prepubescent children that may lead to adult-children sex. The word also
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Cognitive disorder Cognitive disorders are a category of mental health disorders that primarily affect learning‚ memory‚ perception‚ and problem solving‚ and include amnesia‚ dementia‚ and delirium. While anxiety disorders‚ mood disorders‚ and psychotic disorders can also have an effect on cognitive and memory functions‚ the DSM-IV-TR does not consider these cognitive disorders‚ because loss of cognitive function is not the primary (causal) symptom. Causes vary between the different types of disorders
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Major Psychological Disorders Psychological disorders affect a person’s everyday life‚ as well as the lives of the people around them. “Psychologist typically define abnormal behavior broadly‚ considering it to be behavior that causes people to experience distress and prevent them from functioning in their daily lives” (Feldman‚ 2009‚ p.518). In order to diagnose psychological disorders we need to be able to judge what normal and abnormal behavior is. In this essay I will address the topic of
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Psychological disorders have the tendency to destroy a person’s life. One major psychological disorder that comes to mind is bipolar disorder. Bipolar disorder is one of the more common psychological disorders. Thankfully‚ the mood changing disorder is treatable. The best way to understand these types of disorders is to read about them‚ for example‚ BP Magazine is a reliable source that has monthly issues that describes the disorder and also helps people coop with it. In BP magazine‚ Winter 2016
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Antisocial personality disorder Antisocial personality disorder is when the person shows no respect for others or ignores others rights. These people tend to manipulate or tease others. Another name for this disorder would be sociopathy. Antisocial personality disorder is thought to be caused by several things such as abnormalities in the development of the nervous system‚ it can be possibly inherited‚ linked to head injuries‚ or even caused by a dysfunctional family and or home life. Some of the
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Bipolar Disorder: Finding the Light in the Dark Affecting nearly one percent of the population of the United States‚ bipolar disorder has quickly become one of the leading forms of mental illness (Spearing). While advancements in medical science and technology have allowed researchers and physicians to understand its elements more clearly‚ the effects of bipolar disorder are tragic and often deadly. Often the negative results occur due to a lack of proper diagnosis: some seventy-five percent
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Sexual Disorders Throughout different cultures and different situations‚ many people have various opinions and ideas about what is considered normal or abnormal sexual behavior. Most people agree that there is a universal interest in sex that is shared amongst all people. Throughout the late twentieth century‚ as psychologists became more aware of the diversity of “normal” sexual behaviors‚ they increasingly narrowed their definition of abnormal sexual behavior (Morris & Maisto‚ Psychology: An
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Assess different psychological approaches to study In this assignment I am going to look back at each theory and explain the different psychological approaches to health and social care practice and then think about and describe the strengths and weaknesses of each one. * Behaviourism: Behaviourism has many different strengths and weaknesses. One strength of the approach is that is has successfully applied classical and operant condition to its theories. This is strength as it is used in different
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Pharmacological treatment approaches It is widely accepted that at least one in three patients with depression will not respond adequately to a series of appropriate treatments.1 There have been several approaches to defining this difficult-to-treat depression. One recently developed proposal is the Maudsley staging method — a points-based model of degrees of treatment resistance‚ which takes into account details of the specific treatments employed and the severity and duration of the
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