Eating Disorders Eating disorders are characterized by severe disturbances in eating behavior. (Strada 2001) An eating disorder can be viewed as normal by the affected person. Just as an alcoholic uses alcohol to avoid or deal with their problems‚ a person with an eating disorder can use eating‚ purging or not eating food to deal with their problems. Some of the problems that are associated with an eating disorder include low self esteem‚ depression‚ feelings of loss of control‚ feelings of worthlessness
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compulsive hoarding seems to be a severe mental health disorder‚ it is currently not categorized as a psychiatric disorder and not listed in the DSM-IV. In the DSM-IV however‚ one of the 8 criteria for Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder is ‘the inability to discard worn-out or worthless objects even when they have no sentimental value’. There is currently a proposed revision for Hoarding in the DSM-V‚ with a push to include it as its own disorder; this includes an argument of whether or not it
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Stress‚ Anxiety and Arousal: Effects on performance In sports and games an athletes performance can be influenced by many factors both physical and psychological‚ what makes the difference if all athletes are in their peak physical condition‚ many believe that the difference is psychological factors. These factors can be such things as stress‚ anxiety and arousal. These 3 psychological areas can have both positive and negative effects on an athletes performance. Arousal Arousal is the
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has different mechanism for dealing with anxiety. There are many strategies and things people do in order to reduce their anxiety. Each day people in the world get into situations where their anxiety might rise and their ego feels like it might lose control. The ego fights anxiety during these situations and uses different techniques in order to do so. The basic defensive mechanism against anxiety is repression. Repression automatically pushes conscious anxiety thoughts down so that people forget about
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Dissociative Disorders What are dissociative disorders? A dissociative disorder is the breakdown of one’s perception of his/her surroundings‚ memory‚ identity‚ or consciousness. There are four main kinds of dissociative disorders: 1. Dissociative amnesia 2. Dissociative fugue 3. Dissociative identity disorder (previously called multiple personality disorder) 4. Depersonalization disorder What are the main characteristics of each dissociative disorder? Dissociative amnesia: A
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Analysis of Island Man Millie Manning 10.1 Island man is a poem by Caribbean poet Grace Nichols. The poem tells the story of a Caribbean man who wakes up every day in London‚ dreaming he is in the Caribbean. The poem is written in 3 main stanzas‚ with the final line being separate to the 3. There is no definite rhyme except for the occasional couplet for example ‘of grey metallic soar’ followed by ‘to dull north circular roar’. This occasional rhyme helps the poem become more typical of the poetic
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One CBS News story written by Daniel Schorn tells the story of Kennedy Pieken‚ a girl who was just four years old when she began battling the effects of anorexia. Doctors at the Omaha Children’s Hospital suggest that her eating disorder was triggered by changes in her brain that occurred after she suffered strep throat. It was suspected that the trigger was present through genetics because her mother‚ Jodi Pieken‚ spent years battling anorexia herself. By the time Kennedy was seven
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‘’DISCUSS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STRESS‚ ANXIETY‚ HABITS‚ AND PXHOBIAS‚ AND DESCRIBE HOW YOU WOULD TREAT THESE ISSUES WITH HYPNOTHERAPY’’. In this essay I shall discuss the relationship between stress‚ anxiety‚ habits and phobias and describe how you would treat these issues with hypnotherapy. What is stress? Stress is the feeling of being under too much mental or emotional pressure. Pressure turns into stress when you feel unable to cope. People have different ways of reacting
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The top three criteria for determining psychological disorders are deviance‚ maladaptive behavior‚ and personal distress. How one defines normal depends on the society one lives in. Although every Culture has ideals of what they consider normal behavior‚ these ideals vary from one Culture to another . When someone deviates from their respective cultures ideal of normal ‚ They may be labeled mentally ill. The book gives the example of transvestic fetishism‚ where A man
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Someone once said‚ “Living with anxiety is like being followed by a voice. It knows all your insecurities and uses them against you.” You see‚ the feelings of isolation‚ depression‚ anxiety and pain‚ go way back starting in sixth grade. Imagine having to prepare yourself for every insecurity they’re going to point out. Imagine having to sit in the back of the class in fear of people making horrible comments about you. I used to pretend I was sick so‚ I wouldn’t have to suffer a day with people
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