underwear" and "picture them on the toilet." To all of these (and especially that last one about the loo)‚ I say‚ "Ew." And how distracting! Not only do you have to remember your speech but now you have to visualize people in unflattering positions? No thank you. Instead‚ visualize yourself delivering your speech calmly and confidently. And as for what to do with your audience? Look at them as people interested in hearing what you have to say and strive to make a connection with them. Instead of making
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ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY: MOOD DISORDERS A mood disorder is the term given for a group of diagnoses in the DSM IV TR classification system where a disturbance in the person ’s emotional mood is hypothesised to be the main underlying feature. The classification is known as mood (affective) disorders in ICD 10. English psychiatrist Henry Maudsley proposed an overarching category of affective disorder. The term was then replaced by mood disorder‚ as the latter term refers to the underlying or longitudinal
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frequently due to a reemerging night terror. I experience this nightmare an average of three times per week. I awaken startled‚ sweating profusely‚ and out of breath. It is a reoccurring nightmare of the evening that my college roommate was badly beaten by two people in our dorm room parking lot. The dream is always the same and very similar to the exact real life incident that I had experienced. I am watching television in the dorm living room area. Suddenly‚ I hear frantic yells coming from outside. Students
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are anxiety and mood disorders. There are different types of mood disorders such as unipolar depressive disorder‚ bipolar and related disorder that are related to the terms depression and mania. Depression normally involves loss of interest in activities causing an interruption in daily life. Depression can be described as feelings of extraordinary sadness and dejection. Mania is characterized by periods of great excitement‚ delusions‚ euphoria‚ and over activity. Unipolar depressive disorder is characterized
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Social Anxiety Disorder Social anxiety disorders affect many people throughout the country. They can‚ in a sense‚ cripple the attitude that a person has towards the outside world. Sometimes a social anxiety disorder can be though of as just being shy‚ but it never goes away or lessens. As time goes on‚ the person will get worse and worse if no treatment is administered. They could possibly confine themselves to their own home‚ and never set foot outside unless it is absolutely necessary.
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object. Lowry (1984) added that this loss can be real or imaginary. However‚ some may question what separates the overwhelming sadness caused by‚ say‚ the death of a loved one‚ and depression? The psychoanalytic approach fails to answer this. In PJ Clayton’s study‚ widows and widowers were studied for a year after the death of their spouses. While depression brought about by the death of a loved one is excluded as being a depressive episode by most psychologists‚ Clayton found that 45% of his subjects
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The estimated prevalence of Separation Anxiety Disorder is 4-5%‚ making it one of the most common childhood psychiatric disorders. In the United States‚ recent research has shown that 1.6% of the population‚ approximately 4 million people‚ are diagnosed with Borderline Personality disorder. Childhood Disintegrative Disorder‚ while rare‚ is also a threat‚ and only 1.7 per 100‚000 children is diagnosed with it. In "Painted Rain"‚ it is shown that healthy relationships with other children and adults
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Mood Disorders You never know why a person does the things they or even what has cause them to be the person that they are. For example‚ you might never have known that famous people like Drew Carey‚ Jim Carrey‚ Sheryl Crow‚ even Pablo Picasso have depressive disorders. By reading‚ you will get an insight‚ if any‚ on mood disorders‚ along with how I found a relation in my personal life. As well as something relating to what I like to do in my free time. Mood disorders are fairly attention-grabbing;
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characteristics of the anxiety disorder and (b) name and (c) describe four anxiety disorders Anxiety disorders are a class of disorders marked by feelings of excessive apprehension and anxiety. There are 5 principle types of anxiety disorders: Generalized anxiety disorder – chronic‚ high level of anxiety not tied to any specific threat. Phobic disorder – persistent irrational fear of object or situation that presents no danger. Panic disorder – recurrent attacks of overwhelming anxiety that occurs
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as depression‚ anxiety‚ and bipolar disorder are not diseases they are disorders. Although there are many different types of mental illnesses three of the ones most people hear about are depression‚ anxiety‚ and bipolar disorder. Some people will say a lot of these disorders are in people’s head but they are very serious disorders. A mental illness can affect a person’s way of thinking and/ or living‚ normally it is a negative effect but there might be a positive effect depending what the mental illness
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