Obsessive-Compulsive Behaviors "Compulsive" and "obsessive" have become everyday words. "I’m compulsive" is how some people describe their need for neatness‚ punctuality‚ and shoes lined up in the closets. "He’s so compulsive is shorthand for calling someone uptight‚ controlling‚ and not much fun. "She’s obsessed with him" is a way of saying your friend is hopelessly lovesick. That is not how these words are used to describe Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder or OCD‚ a strange and fascinating sickness
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Definition Paper October 31‚ 2005 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder is an anxiety disorder and is characterized by recurrent‚ unwanted thoughts (obsessions) and/or repetitive behaviors or compulsions. Some of these unwanted obsessions can be anywhere from counting‚ checking various items‚ cleaning‚ or hand washing. These actions are performed with the hope of preventing obsessive thoughts or making them disappear. However‚ when someone performs these actions they
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Critically Analyse the Research Findings on the Acute and Chronic Effects of Exercise on Anxiety and Depression It has long been speculated that there is a relationship between exercise and it effects on anxiety and depression. However‚ it is not until recently that research has shown that exercise is associated with positive changes in mood and reductions in anxiety and depression. According to the Mental Health Victoria‚ depression is characterised by prolonged feelings of sadness‚ dejection
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Eli Lilly: Developing Cymbalta Case Study 1: Analysis The given discussion is based on Eli Lilly‚ a research-based pharmaceutical company. The first core strategy of Eli Lilly and company was to replace its premier drug “Prozac” before losing its patent. The second is differentiating the company and its brand. Lilly began concentrating and devoting its resources to other possible assets: R-fluoxetine‚ OFC (olanzapine-fluoxetine combination)‚ 5HT2 Antagonist‚ SSRI‚ Business Development Opportunities
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Marketing Anti-Depressants: Prozac and Paxil Introduction: The expiration of Prozac’s patent necessitates swift‚ defensive action from all companies in the SSRI industry. As generics enter the market‚ demand for more expensive‚ branded medications will fall as price sensitive consumers switch to the cheaper alternatives. Additionally‚ incident prices on consumers themselves‚ in the form of copayments‚ will rise as insurance companies pressure their constituents to switch to more cost-effective
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Memory Deficit Miriam Perez Duarte Nova Southeastern University Professor Weylin Stemglanz Introduction to Psychology Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a mentally crippling anxiety disorder‚ which is defined by obsessive thoughts‚ images‚ or impulses that persist regardless of the person’s endeavors to defeat them (Gerrig & Zimbardo‚ 2010). Some common OCD experiences are: extreme checking‚ extreme cleaning‚ and any habit that is taken to the extreme;
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The debate over antidepressants has waged on for over more than half a century. Two heads of the Department of Psychiatry in Washington University discovered that depression was just as much biological as it was physiological meaning that people with depression had an abnormal chemical make-up in the brain. This discovery increased the demand for research on methods to alter this abnormality effectively and efficiently. Thus antidepressants were created‚ sparking a psychiatric revolution. Antidepressants
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Effects of parental favoritism happen every single day. Studies show that siblings who sensed that their parents consistently favored or rejected one child over another were more likely to exhibit depression‚ unloved‚ unwanted‚ distant and behavioral changes in middle age. Every child deserves to be loved and cherished by their parents‚ feeling safe and comfortable to speak to them about all that’s on their mind. These “unfavorable” children don’t have the trust nor courage within themselves to speak
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Eating disorders are not a fad diet or an experiment to lose weight‚ but they are serious complex disorders that can take many years to recover from. Eating disorders affect five percent of women and one percent of men in the United States. The South Carolina Mental Health Department reports that five to ten percent of girls with eating disorders will die within ten years of having the disease. ("Statstics Eating" INT) Teenagers need to be aware of the warning signs‚ risk factors‚ and long and short
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Megan Brooks PS124 Unit 9 Assignment 5/21/13 Alicia Alicia she was just a worrier. She said she would feel keyed up and unable to relax. At times it would come and go‚ and at times it would be constant. She is now afraid to go to a simple dinner party or even go to a restaurant. She stays in bed most days and hardly leaves her house. Thoughts Alicia has are racing and she says it’s hard to let things go. Alicia also has sleeping problems‚ trouble concentrating‚ lightheadedness‚ and worries
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