Chronic back pain is one of the most common ailments suffered by people in North America. Almost everyone experiences "ordinary" back pain at one time or another but chronic pain is different. Chronic pain is persistent pain‚ usually lasting for more than three months‚ it often gets progressively worse‚ and its cause is sometimes difficult to pin down. Only someone who has experienced excruciating and continuing pain can realize how devastating and demoralizing it really is and it gets to the stage
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Obsessive-compulsive disorder also known as OCD is a brain disorder that affects millions of people worldwide. In the United States alone‚ one 1 in 40 adults and 1 in 100 children are faced with the negative effects of OCD. The average age of diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder is 19 years of age. As a mental disorder‚ OCD can cause people to contemplate suicide. Around 5 to 25 percent of people with OCD have had the thoughts of killing themselves because of how much it controls their life
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Abstract Obsessive compulsive disorder is a common psychiatric illness that has become recognized among adolescents. The onset of the disorder typically occurs in adulthood but many findings have reported the onset during childhood. Obsessive compulsive disorders can have a negative effect on an individual’s quality of life if it goes untreated. Early detection of this disorder can be beneficial to the client by helping them to cope and understand that the disorder is treatable. Cognitive behavioral
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Name: Title: Institution: GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid) is the principal inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain and known to exert most of its function by activation of so-called GABA-A receptors. Abnormalities in the inhibitory amino acid neurotransmitter system of gama- aminobutyric acid (GABA) play a role in the pathophysiology of major depressive disorder (MDD). Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H MRS) studies that have investigated of these GABAergic abnormalities in vivo in patients
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The 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) is a scale used to identify depression. Postpartum depression affects about 22% of mothers in the first year following childbirth (Gjerdingen‚ et.al.‚ 2009). Mood‚ pleasure‚ energy‚ concentration‚ self-worth and sleep can all be affected by depression. In postpartum depression‚ not only is the mother affected‚ but her relationship with her child and the child’s well-being may also be affected. The article‚ “Postpartum Depression Screening at Well-Child
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How can one manage anxiety or stress? Some people engage themselves into fun‚ worthwhile activities or simply doing some relaxation techniques. On the other hand‚ a person with obsessive compulsive personality disorder deals anxiety in another way. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder in which a person experiences recurrent‚ unwanted thoughts (obsession) and manifests repetitive behaviors (compulsion). People with this kind of disorder are usually preoccupied with orderliness
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Kristin Parramore-Eaker Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: clinical psychology application of treatments and approaches. October‚ 20‚ 2013 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) has a cognitive-behavioral component that includes a distortion of an individual’s environment. OCD has similar components to many anxiety disorders. Anxiety is a result of a disrupted and dysfunctional thought patterns. Anxiety produces adverse reactions affecting the nervous system and an overload of stimulation. Research
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Abnormal Psychology Worksheet 1 – Unit 2 Anxiety Disorders 1. Describe (in your own words) why “compulsive gamblers” and “compulsive eaters” are not considered compulsive according to the definition of DSM-IV. Illustrate with an example. Compulsive eaters‚ and compulsive gamblers are not considered compulsive because they seek eating or gambling as way to fulfill their need for it. A person with OCD do the things they do because they feel they have to‚ and wouldn’t do these things
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OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER: WHO IS AFFECTED AND HOW TO TREAT IT? Abstract Sometimes we think we know ourselves better than anybody else. But haven’t you asked yourself why you’re acting the way you act and you can’t even figure the answer out? This tells us that we don’t truly know ourselves because there are still questions unanswered. Try to imagine how our behavior changes to the point that we are no longer in control of it. We experience strange behavior once in our life but is
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*Still‚ in the most severe OCD cases‚ patients may lose such rational perspective on their illness and start thinking that their obsessions and compulsions make sense and are justified. *The presence of either obsessions or compulsions. *The person recognizes that these obsessions or compulsions are excessive or unreasonable. *The obsessions or compulsions cause distress and disability‚ and take up more than an hour daily. *The obsessions or compulsions are not better explained by another mental
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