Causes An interaction between biophysical factors and traumatic situations may cause anxiety disorders. Neurotransmitters of the central nervous system like norepinephrine and serotonin‚ peptides like corticotropin-releasing factor are the major mediators for the cause of anxiety disorder. Biological Low levels of GABA‚ a neurotransmitter that reduces activity in the central nervous system‚ contribute to anxiety. A number of anxiolytics achieve their effect by modulating the GABA receptors
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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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Bipolar disorder Bipolar disorder is classified by the DSM IV as a mood disorder. Therefore in order to understand it one must understand what a mood disorder is. A mood disorder affects a person’s emotions dramatically enough to disrupt normal life. It does not just affect the patient but also his/her friends and family. The patient is distressed most of the time and suffers in his/her social‚ work‚ and love aspects of life. For example: Johnny is suffering from mayor depression‚ he keeps having
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a) How could a psychological disorder (either affective or anxiety or psychotic) be treated biologically? An affective disorder commonly treated biologically is depression. Depression is a disorder characterised by the DSM –IV with 9 symptoms‚ at least 5 of which must be present within a 2-week period. These symptoms include depressed mood‚ insomnia or hypersomnia‚ feelings of worthlessness and recurrent thoughts of death. To treat depression biologically‚ a clinician would prescribe an anti-depressant
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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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Take A Bite On This Attention Getter: February 4‚ 1983 was the day that opened the eyes of America to the view of the damaging effects of eating disorders. This day marks the death of the very famous singer of the time‚ Karen Carpenter. Looking glamorous and confident on the outside‚ most did not know she was suffering from Anorexia Nervosa (B5). Throughout her teenage years‚ she was overweight. In 1967‚ weighing 140 pounds‚ Karen was put on a water diet by her doctor. This brought her down to
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Borderline Personality Disorder What is Borderline Personality Disorder? Borderline personality disorder is a mental illness characterized by a repetitive pattern of disorganization and irresolution in self-conception‚ interpersonal relationships‚ mood‚ and demeanor. The instability associated with this disorder is often disruptive to the individual ’s personal and professional life‚ long term goals‚ and self identity. Webster ’s New World Medical Dictionary states‚ "Distortions in cognition
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SOMATIZATION DISORDER OUTLINE • • • • • • • • Introduction Epidemiology Etiology/pathophysiology Risk factors Clinical features Investigations Diagnosis Differential diagnosis OUTLINE • • • • • • Treatments Complications Prognosis Prevention Conclusion References INTRODUCTION • Somatization disorder is a form of somatoform disorder characterized by recurring multiple and current‚ clinically significant complaints about somatic symptoms • It is also
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Personality Disorder Personality refers to our pattern of thoughts‚ feelings and behaviors that make us different from each other and the individuals that we are. People don’t behave and think the same way. Everything depends on the situation we are in and the people we are surrounded with as well as many environmental factors. However‚ as individuals we tend to behave in quite dependable ways according to unspoken social norms. There are traits that can characterize us and with these sets if
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Bipolar Disorder Gail Fryer SOC 313 Instructor Sabrina Geoffrion October 29‚ 2012 Bipolar Disorder Bipolar disorder is a medical illness that causes extreme shifts in mood‚ energy and functioning. These changes can be subtle or dramatic and vary greatly over a persons’ life. Bipolar disorder affects men and women equally and usually starts between the ages of 15-25 years old. In this paper‚ I will explain the different types of bipolar disorder and some of the symptoms of each‚ the lifestyle
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