Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) At some point during their lifetimes‚ some people are bound to suffer from a psychological disorder. They may be afflicted with schizophrenia‚ borderline personality disorder‚ major depressive disorder‚ bipolar disorder‚ or post-traumatic stress disorder. However‚ one anxiety disorder interests me personally‚ which locks the individuals that suffer from it into a perpetual cycle of continuous thoughts and behaviors. This disorder is obsessive-compulsive disorder‚ which is
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The world is in a panic. Everyone is shaking; their hearts are racing. Their hands and feet are going numb‚ and they cannot get a grasp on reality. This is not just a panic that is happening; it is a panic disorder. A panic disorder is‚ “an abrupt surge of intense fear or intense discomfort that reaches a peak within minutes‚ and which during the time four (or more) of the following symptoms occur: palpitations‚ sweating‚ shaking‚ shortness of breath‚ feelings of choking‚ nausea‚ dizziness‚ chill/heat
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MTV Essay Bodily Dismorphic Disorder: Pamela and Mandie’s story Mia Professor Benson Psychology 1010 Fall 2012 Mon/Wed 7:30 pm Due: 12/03/12 Bodily Dismorphic Disorder: Pamela and Mandie’s story BDD‚ also known as Bodily Dismorphic Disorder is a mental condition in which the affected person obsesses endlessly about perceived defects of their physical features. In the MTV True Life episode “I Hate My Face” 26yr. olds Pamela and Mandie‚ both suffer from this debilitating
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The hypothesis that social anxiety disorder is associated with heightened self-focused attention has a long lineage and is well supported. Within the Clark and Wells (1995) model‚ self-focused attention increases the individuals awareness of interoceptive information that is likely to be taken as a sign that they are about to fail‚ or have failed‚ to convey an acceptable impression to others. In other words‚ individuals with social anxiety attend to their own internal experience‚ monitoring their
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common misconceptions is that anxiety is something that everyone experiences. On some level‚ this belief is true. Anxiety is natural to feel in certain situations where danger is present‚ and the fight-or-flight instinct kicks in. However‚ the fine line is drawn when someone experiences anxiety when there is no discernible threat—this is when anxiety starts becoming a disorder and not just a natural response to the environment. Many people do not understand the effect anxiety has on the brain‚ and it
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Relationship Between Anxiety and Insomnia Natalia Salzano Hunter College‚ CUNY Abstract Anxiety is commonly associated with insomnia. Many research have been done in this area. The results of the previous research studies often revealed strong relationships between anxiety and insomnia. Often‚ anxiety and insomnia can be frequently associated with depression. This research study was conducted among Hunter College students in order to investigate a relationship between anxiety and insomnia. There
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Analyzing Psychological Disorders Tammy Richards PSY/240 October 10‚ 2012 Rose Ann King‚ PhD Diagnosing psychiatric diseases or disorders can be very difficult. Because of this‚ diagnosis is usually done by determining the symptoms of each patient and comparing them to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association‚ DSM-IV-TR. Schizophrenia is one of those disorders. The areas of the brain that are affected by this disorder are the forebrain‚ hindbrain and
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Abstract Anxiety is becoming a prevalent problem in American society. Bad news and tragedies that come from every source of media have got more than 18% of the adult population suffering from one of six anxiety disorders. I am researching the effects of ethnicity‚ gender‚ and age on levels of anxiety. It is hypothesized that Chinese students will be more anxious than Caucasians‚ females more anxious than males‚ and older students less anxious than younger students. The participants of this study
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athletes to react both physically and mentally in a manner that may negatively affect their performance abilities. Stress‚ arousal‚ and anxiety are terms used to describe this condition. Competitive state-anxiety usually follows a pattern of subjective feelings such as tension and inadequacy‚ combined with heightened arousal of the autonomic nervous system. This anxiety type includes state and trait dimensions both of which can show themselves as cognitive and somatic symptoms. Over the years many
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single-system design aimed at improving the participant’s score on the Clinical Assessment of Anxiety through the intervention of meditative breathing. A baseline of three weeks was measured followed by four weeks of treatment phase. During the treatment phase‚ the participant completed meditative breathing exercise three times daily for five days each week. The participant completed the Clinical Assessment of Anxiety each Friday of the treatment phase. The results indicated improvement in the scores‚ however
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