PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDER ANALYSIS Psychological Disorder Analysis Amy Verhagen Axia College of University of Phoenix The diagnosis given to Maria is Dysthymic Disorder. Maria has been having trouble sleeping at night‚ feeling ‘jumpy’‚ and not able to concentrate. I suspect this has been going on for a while and possibly co-occurs with other psychological symptoms. Further questioning Maria about her past and present symptom onset will help in confirming this diagnosis to help treat her appropriately
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Psychological Disorder Analysis There are many disorders that Marla may have. The one I found to be the most common that she may have is Major depression disorder. Based on the little information given about Marla it is stated that she has had trouble sleeping‚ feeling jumpy‚ and unable to concentrate. All of these things have affected Marla’s life and her work. I think out of those symptoms she would most likely fall under the category of Major depression disorder. Many people develop depression
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Take A Bite On This Attention Getter: February 4‚ 1983 was the day that opened the eyes of America to the view of the damaging effects of eating disorders. This day marks the death of the very famous singer of the time‚ Karen Carpenter. Looking glamorous and confident on the outside‚ most did not know she was suffering from Anorexia Nervosa (B5). Throughout her teenage years‚ she was overweight. In 1967‚ weighing 140 pounds‚ Karen was put on a water diet by her doctor. This brought her down to
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Psychological Disorder Analysis October 30‚ 2011 PSY/270 Marla is a 42-year-old Hispanic female who comes to the mental health clinic complaining of having trouble sleeping‚ feeling “jumpy all of the time‚” and experiencing an inability to concentrate. These symptoms cause problems for her at work‚ where she is an accountant. As a psychiatrist I would need to diagnose Marla with the proper disorder‚ explain information about the diagnosis‚ and discuss possible treatments with her. It would
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Topic: Eating Disorders General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about eating disorders. Central Idea: Today I would like to share with you about eating disorders: what they are‚ their effects‚ how you can treat them‚ and how to recognize if someone you know has an eating disorder. INTRODUCTION Attention-getter: Did you know that it is estimated that eight million Americans have an eating disorder and only one in ten people with eating disorders actually get help
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such as running away or quick escapes does not allow the patient to learn that by staying in the feared situation for a sufficient length of time would subsidize the anxiety eventually. Without this experience to teach the patient they would not be able to know of the effect of self-exposure for long periods of time on their anxiety and discomfort in the avoided situations. The goal of the experience is for the patient to re-enter the avoided situation and maintain in that circumstance until they
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happy that I attended this "Beating Anxiety" session because I was able to learn a lot about the mental illness that affects millions including myself. At this session‚ I learned exactly what anxiety is a disorder‚ how it affects your brain and body‚ and how to treat and prevent further anxiety. One fact that I found interesting was that the fight‚ flight‚ and freeze response correlates and can be used to describe the three steps of long term anxiety which are anxiety‚ procrastination‚ and depression
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antithesis would result in the best theory of a phenomenon (Sternberg‚ 2003). Dissociative identity disorder (DID)‚ formerly known as multiple personality disorder‚ is a dramatic condition in which two or more relatively independent personalities appear to exist in one person (Sue‚ Sue & Sue‚ 2003). Because of the complexity of the disorder‚ many theories have been developed to offer explanations for the cause of the disorder. As with most explanations for complex phenomena‚ these theories often clash
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Anxiety By Grace Paley Speaker- First person limited (the lady in the window is telling the story but she also talks in third person when she is not in the scene as if she was observing them.) Occasion- Twentieth century outside of a school in April at 3pm during the depression Audience- For people who take things for granted and don’t realize what their doing might effect not only them but others Purpose- To show others those little situations of carelessness can affect one’s life (like
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Sensory Over-Responsivity Disorder Sensory processing disorder (SPD)‚ is a sensory disorder that makes it difficult to process different sensations and stimuli. This disorder affects 5 to 16 percent of school age children nevertheless; it has yet to be recognized as a distinct neurological disorder. This is because; it has been associated with other mental disorders; if the disorder was recognized it was diagnosed as an underlying disorder to a different mental disorder. (Ben Sasson er al.‚ 2007
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