This Essay will discuss Anxiety disorders and its prevalent diagnosis within society with a focus on patients who choose to self-medicate‚ exploring the reasons behind why they choose to do so and the inherent social and health dangers associated with this behaviour. I will discuss why anxiety disorders are almost at epidemic proportions in all sections of society today with a majority still undiagnosed. The possible failure in diagnosis and treatment of this condition and discuss reasons as to
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Clinical Simulation Critical Thinking Case Study for Depression and Suicide with Grading Rubric Directions: Read the case study and type using 12 fonts directly into the rubric. Save the document‚ print it and submit to your clinical instructor (turn in to secretary) when due (see course calendar). Darlene‚ age 62 years‚ has been admitted to the local psychiatric facility for inpatient treatment of depression. She became severely depressed when her son experienced a traumatic brain injury
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Avoidant personality disorder University of Wilmington Abstract This research report discusses the Avoidant Personality Disorder. It discusses the inciting incident that may have given birth to the very development of this disorder. Furthermore the effects of the incident will be overviewed showing the varying aspects of an individual’s life that are directly affected. I have included the various types of treatment and their effectiveness at attempting
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New Research about Facebook Addiction Are you a social media enthusiast or simply a Facebook addict? Researchers from Norway have developed a new instrument to measure Facebook addiction‚ the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale. ON THE RISE: More and more people get addicted to social media‚ such as Facebook. Researchers at University of Bergen have created a scale to measure Facebook addiction. PHOTO: Colourbox. BY SVERRE OLE DRØNEN – The use of Facebook has increased rapidly. We are dealing
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head: Gender Identity Disorder Gender Identity Disorder Abstract Gender identity disorder is defined as a sense of one’s self as a female‚ male‚ or transgender when one’s gender identity and their biological sex are not the same and causing conflict within the person. The DSM classifies GID as a disorder but that has caused a lot of uproar from the transgender community stating that it is not a disorder but a way of life so
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Jessica Krauth Rainey-Gibson‚ Ph.D. Abnormal Psychology December 5‚ 2011 Eating disorders are considered critical attitudes‚ emotions‚ and eating behaviors. Minimized food intake‚ overeating‚ and the perceptions of body image‚ weight‚ and shape are some examples. There can be contributing factors and influences that develop the idea of an eating disorder. There are three types of eating disorders‚ binge eating disorder‚ anorexia nervosa‚ and bulimia nervosa. The two most common forms are anorexia
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In 1980‚ the APA which is the American Psychiatric Association added Post Traumatic Disorder to DSM-III. PTSD is very unique disorder because of the great important placed on the traumatic stressor‚ an etiological agent. PTSD was a psychological condition of Veterans who were unable to face their experiences on the battlefield. PTSD is an anxiety disorder where some people develop after living or seeing event that caused or threatened serious death of a person or serious harm. PTSD is related to
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Emotional and Behavioral Disorders (EBD) -as defined in IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) Difficulty to learn that cannot be explained by intellectual‚ sensory‚ or health factors. “…a condition exhibiting one or more of the following characteristics over a long period of time and to a marked degree that adversely affects a child’s educational performance: 1. Difficulty to build or maintain satisfactory interpersonal relationships with peers and teachers. 2. Inappropriate
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a diagnosis of major depressive disorder. What constitutes major depressive disorder is that the client must experience five or more symptoms for at least two-weeks. Although the client displays five symptoms listed in the major depressive disorder section‚ the client has been experiencing the symptoms for five-years instead of two-weeks. The client states that she experience mild depression‚ but does not state that she was diagnosed with major depressive disorder. Therefore‚ the client does not
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Social anxiety disorder is a mental health condition involving the fear of social interactions. There is an intense fear of being negatively judged or humiliated by others. People with social anxiety disorder (SAD) feel like their anxiety is beyond their ability to control‚ affecting their day to day activities. Effects on Social Development Social situations almost always provoke fear and anxiety in patients with SAD. Anxiety symptoms may also arise from anticipating difficult interactions. Some
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