Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder of the brain and behavior that occurs in two forms, obsessions and compulsions. Obsessions are recurring thoughts and emotions which become very distracting and compulsions are a set of behaviors which become rituals that a person feels compelled to perform. Repeating these behaviors are supposed to counteract or diminish the anxiety associated to your obsessions or averts something bad from occurring. However, preforming the compulsion only offers a temporary relief from anxiety of the obsession.…
What is obsessive-compulsive disorder? It can be described as “thoughts, images, or urges” that can cloud an individual’s mind with persistence, often “invading” their level of consciousness (Comer, 2014, p. 127). It makes the person suffering from this disorder act in a “repetitive and rigid” way in order to “prevent or reduce” the anxiety that they feel (Comer, 2014, p. 127). Statistics estimate that about 1 percent of the…
Obsessive Compulsive (different from OCD because it begins early in childhood): They become highly ritualized and they repeat weird behaviors over and over again.…
According to the American Psychiatric Association (APA) (2013), Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a serious mental illness which negatively impacts relationships and an individual’s sense of self. BPD is characterized by pervasive instability of moods, the distortion of self-image and emotion regulation. A core aspect of BPD is an intense fear of abandonment. Whether real or imagined, this fear may lead to frantic efforts to avoid abandonment, panic or hostile behavior. Identity issues frequently affect intense changes in relationships, goals and interests. Impulsivity can become self-destructive and can manifest itself in “substance abuse, reckless driving, gambling, binge eating, unsafe sex, or unwise spending” (APA, 2013).…
Skills and characteristics are essential in the Human Service Profession to be efficient in helping the clients. The Human Service Professional is a one of a kind individual, which requires skills and certain characteristics that very few people have. This paper will discuss the skills and characteristics and the definition of the two which are essential in this field, as well as the writer’s skills and characteristics that will lead to a successful career as a Human Service Professional.…
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is an anxiety disorder that currently affects more than 3 million Americans every year. Usually beginning in adolescence or early adulthood, OCD causes feelings of extreme panic, fear, and guilt and compels the sufferer to perform certain actions. When left untreated, OCD can reach frightening levels, impacting on a person's relationships, home life, and career. If you are suffering from OCD, it is important to know that you are not alone. The causes of OCD are largely biological, and a variety of effective treatments exist to treat the symptoms of OCD.…
The population that Dialectical Behavior Therapy works with is usually women with borderline personality disorder. One study took seventy-three women who met the criteria for borderline personality disorder with the DBT treatment as the intervention and the control condition was normal psychiatric treatment (Carter, Wilcox, Lewin, Conrad, & Bendit, 2010). The women were measured after six months of treatment (Carter, et al., 2010).…
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National Institute of Mental Health. (2013, May 30). Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Retrieved from NIMH.NIH.GOV: http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd/index.shtml…
As defined by the National Institute of Mental Health, obsessive-compulsive disorder is “characterized by recurrent, unwanted thoughts (obsessions) and/or repetitive behaviors (compulsions).” So what does this mean? Imagine a thought in your head. This thought gets replayed over and over again. It’s like an avalanche, and the only way to get rid of this thought is to immerse yourself in some type of repetitive behavior. The most common behavior, or symptom is washing of the hands over and over. This helps to alleviate the anxiety caused by the thought that’s stuck in your head. Some other common symptoms include the need to repeatedly check things, such as a door lock or light switch. Also, an inability to throw away anything. This is commonly referred to as hoarding. These “rituals” can become very time consuming. A 2001 study conducted in 19 clinics right here in northern California determined the severity of symptoms in patients having new-onset OCD. Now as you can see from this illustration, 38% had mild symptoms which occupied up to 2 hours of their day. 19% had moderate symptoms which occupied 2-6 hours of their day. And finally, 8% had severe symptoms which occupied more than 6 hours of their day. With the remaining 35% unable to be determined. As you can see, OCD can be very…
A mental health system is one that has perpetually plagued society and the one being focusing on will be alcoholism in the mental health. Approximately 64% of Americans drink. Many Americans are exposed to alcoholism in the family and of the over 15 million alcoholics in this country,500,000 are youth between the ages of nine and twelve. (National Institutes of Health [NIH] and NIAAA 2007).Psychologist, clinical social workers,mental health therapists, and marriage and family therapists reveal that their potential for treatment error essentially revolves around the limited resources for behavioral health and the unpredictability of clients crisis. Most community healthcare systems are simply unable to accommodate everyone 's mental heath needs. Thus, the required prioritization of available resources inevitably leads to error when violent, homicidal or suicidal tendencies are missed. Alcoholism is a physical and psychological addiction to a psychoactive substance. It includes chronic health and behavioral disorders. Fifty years ago, a person seeking help for a serious alcohol problem would have been treated for months in a psychiatric hospital diagnosed using the American Psychiatric Association Greybook. Today people with alcohol abuse disorder have a better chance of being identified and finding support and/or being required by the criminal justice system to undergo treatment. In order to determine which philosophy of alcoholism best fits with their own beliefs and practices, mental health provider 's must understand the fundamental tenets of behaviorism.…
A psychological disorder is defined as behavioral or psychological processes that impact multiple kinds of distress or impairment in one's life. There have been various psychological disorders that were identified and classified, some of which are: mood disorders, such as depression; personality disorders, such as antisocial personality disorder; and others. One individual can be diagnosed with multiple psychological disorders. In this paper the following topics will be discussed, psychological disorders, diagnostic and statistical manual, dissociative disorders, mood disorders, and suicide. There are specific criteria which indicate psychological disorders through mental and behavioral processes.…
According to the U.S. National Library of Medicine Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) can be described as, “ an anxiety disorder in which people have unwanted and repeated thoughts, feelings, ideas, sensations (obsessions), or behaviors that make them feel driven to do something (compulsions).” Essentially, the obsessions are the spontaneous and tedious contemplations, while the compulsions are the actions that result from the disorder. Even though OCD…
Multiple Personality Disorder is a growing illness that is effecting more and more people in today’s time. Multiple Personality Disorder, also known as MPD, is a psychiatric identity disorder in which a single person plays two or more different identities. Some psychologists say it’s like multiple people sharing one body and taking turns using it (“Multiple Personality Disorder“, 2008).…
Multiple Personality Disorder is also known as Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), which is a severe condition in which two or more identities, or personalities, are present and take control of an individual. The person will also experience memory loss, causing them not to remember any of their identities but their own. DID was called Multiple Personality Disorder until 1994, when the name was changed to reflect a better understanding of the condition, that it is characterized by a fragmentation, of identity rather than by a growth, of separate identities. Most of us have experienced mild dissociation, which is like daydreaming or getting lost in the moment while working on a project. However, dissociative identity disorder is a severe form of dissociation, a mental process, which produces a lack of connection in a person 's thoughts, memories, feelings, actions, or sense of identity.…