COMPULSIVE HOARDING BY RACHEL DILLIE THOMAS EDISON STATE COLLEGE Hoarding 2 While some people believe it is not‚ hoarding is a mental disorder that is difficult to treat and is often judged as a personal problem rather than a mental disorder. The new appearance of television shows that are specific to this mental disorder‚ place this disease in the spotlight. Compulsive hoarding has become something that is looked down upon and that the person whom it is affecting is just messy and disgusting
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Often Overlooked: What’s Causing Adolescent Compulsive Behavior? ______________________ Southern Illinois University EPSY 412 July 25‚ 2011 Often Overlooked‚ What’s Causing Adolescent Compulsive Behavior? If you are constantly washing your hands‚ counting your steps‚ or impulsively repeating tasks in life‚ perhaps you are always counting things or checking things. If these actions are taking over your life or constantly occupying your mind‚ perhaps
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In Germany‚ psychiatrists regarded OCD as a disorder of intellect. The German word for “obsession” is Zwangsvorstellung and was translated as “obsession” in Great Britain and “compulsion” in the United States. The term “obsessive-compulsive disorder” became the compromise term. Over time‚ the way people view O.C.D. has changed. For example‚ in the seventeenth century people who suffer from obsessions and compulsions were thought to be religious fanatics or melancholic (Frankel‚ 2011). It wasn’t until
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“Researchers estimate that 3 to 14 percent of all medical (versus psychiatric) patients have hypochondriasis‚” stated psychologist‚ Dr. Paul Moglia (Moglia 2). According to HopkinsDepression.com‚ “The condition . . . is a chronic anxiety disorder characterized by a preoccupation with being or becoming seriously ill despite evidence to the contrary (“Hypochondria: Is It All in Your Head?” 58).” Hypochondriasis‚ a mental psychological disorder‚ consists of genetic‚ self-inflicted‚ and surrounding
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What makes people more vulnerable to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) following a traumatic event‚ and how can PTSD be prevented? The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) IV defines an individual with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as having been exposed to a traumatic event in which both of the following have occurred; firstly‚ the person either experienced or witnessed an event that involved “actual or threatened death or serious injury‚ or a threat to the physical
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This is a case of a man living opposite to my friend’s tuition center. He washes his hand after he touches any thing. He feels that everything he touches the dirt on it would make him sick. This is a psychological disorder named as obsessive-compulsive disorder. Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder characterized by intrusive thoughts that produce uneasiness‚ apprehension‚ fear‚ or worry‚ by repetitive behaviours aimed at reducing the associated anxiety‚ or by a combination
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actors or actress‚ who tend to make them binge eat and extreme dieting. The actions impact the psychological aspect with anxiety by trying to be perfect. Treatment can be effective when trying psychotherapy‚ behavioral treatment‚ and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressants. Having the combination of all three interventions can stabilize an individual from relapsing from weight recovery (Hansell & Damour‚ 2008). Substance Abuse Drug abuse is common in America with substance misuse
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The objective of this paper is to develop a thorough understanding of treatments available for mothers with postpartum depression and formulate a research question that can provide for future direction. Postpartum depression is universally recognized as a serious condition affecting 10-15% of women within a year of birth (O’Hara & Swain‚ 1992). The high prevalence of postpartum depression among mothers makes this an issue worth exploring the type of treatments available. A set of physical and psychological
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of strangers as claustrophobia is to fear of A. heights. B. closure. C. social situations. D. enclosed spaces. 6. _______ drugs focus on efforts to change the concentration of neurotransmitters in the brain. For example‚ selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors concentrate serotonin in synapses between neurons. A. Antidepressant B. Antipsychotic C. Mood stabilizer D. Anti-anxiety 7. Regarding perspectives on abnormality‚ what is the common ground between the medical and psychoanalytic perspectives?
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Source: Dear PTSD TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Letter of transmittal 2 II. Abstract 3 III. Introduction 4 IV. about ptsd 4-5 a. Re-experiencing 5-7 b. Arousal
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