Study: Generalized Anxiety Disorder Abstract Generalized anxiety disorder is a paralyzing mental disorder that causes an individual to be plagued with a constant and overwhelming sense of anxiety from any number of sources throughout their daily experiences. This anxiety is crippling because it affects the individual’s ability to function in daily tasks. This case study focuses on Rachel‚ a 22-year old college senior with a long history of reoccurring anxiety and debilitating
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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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with daily. Obsessive-compulsive disorder is one‚ if not the most unique disorder since no two people have it in the exact same way. In my opinion‚ the narrative entitled Opinionator by Beth Boyle Machlan is more effective in addressing the issue of OCD than Plague of Tics by David Sedaris because it shows it from a serious perspective rather than David Sedaris’s comedian-like narrative take on the issue. Obsessive-compulsive disorder is an anxiety disorder in which people have unwanted and
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PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDER ANALYSIS Psychological Disorder Analysis Your Name Your School Marla‚ a 42-year-old Hispanic female‚ came to the mental health clinic expressing complaints of feeling “jumpy” all the time‚ having trouble sleeping‚ and is experiencing problems with concentration. Marla states these symptoms are beginning to cause problems for her at her job. The limited information provided makes it difficult to analyze Marla’s disorder. However‚ the symptoms suggest that Marla
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PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS Presentation Influences on Behavior and Psychological Disorders Presentation Jocelyn F. Oatman & Sofia Moran University of Phoenix Introduction to Psychology PSY 103 Michelle McCoy-Williams October 29‚ 2008 Influences on Behavior and Psychological Disorders Presentation The previous evaluation on the pathophysiology of anxiety constantly records the requirement for more examination on biological characteristics of childhood social phobia‚ separation anxiety disorder‚ and
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Being nervous is a normal phenomenon prior to taking a test. The degree of nervousness however may be correlated to how prepared someone is for their exam. I personally felt nervous and stressed throughout the 2 or 3 days leading up to the day I took my practical. I was even more nervous as I was standing behind the door‚ prior to walking in to be examined. The anticipation alone can increase the stress levels. However‚ as soon as I entered the lab I started taking deep breaths to decrease my heart
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Background Ankit is a 22 year old male‚ he is a first year undergraduate politics student. Ankit moved to university six months ago‚ he is from a small town located 200 miles away. His family is very large‚ consisting of six children of which Ankit is the eldest. Growing up Ankit felt isolated‚ his mother was often preoccupied with his younger siblings‚ and his father worked long hours. His relationship with his mother was pleasant‚ though Ankit never felt worthy of her time and rarely approached
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The movie‚ “As Good as It Gets‚” describes a person who suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). OCD is an anxiety disorder and it contains a group of conditions that share similar characteristics. Anxiety disorders all typically become aroused when a person experiences apprehension over an anticipated problem. There are physical‚ cognitive‚ and emotional symptoms which are elicited from the apprehension. Physical symptoms may include increased heart rate‚ accelerated respiration‚ sweating
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NORW1IA Sue Smith 1831 Discuss the relationship between stress‚ anxiety‚ habits and phobias and describe how you would treat these issues using hypnotherapy. Stress and anxiety are the natural reactions to fear and change. There is no single cause of stress and we will all have experienced it at times in our lives. It can be potentially very harmful‚ both physiologically and psychologically and professionals agree it is vital that we try to understand the causes of our
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Outline and evaluate the biological therapies for phobic disorders (8+16) One biological therapy for phobic disorders is chemotherapy. Drug therapies include Anti-Anxiety drugs‚ Beta blockers and Antidepressants. They aim to alter abnormal behaviour by intervening directly in bodily processes (helps with the symptoms).Those that experience psychological problems or show disturbed behaviour patterns go to their family doctors. The first line of treatment is medical. Drug therapies are most common
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