WHAT IS A MENTAL DISORDER? GETTING UNDER THE SKIN OF THE DSM Today’s Learning Outcomes In this session‚ you will learn… How the DSM originated Why the DSM is so influential How the contents of the DSM are decided How the DSM finds a cut-off between normality and disorder The pros and cons of the DSM system The answer to the question ‘what is a mental disorder?’ has two parts: 1. Which kinds of behaviour / experiences / beliefs get categorised as kinds of mental disorder? 2. Where is the
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neurosis. Through extensive research Fuss asserts that Dickinson suffered a form of agoraphobia that kept her tethered to her home. Dickinson’s imagery in many of her works seem to indicate some sort of mental malady; be it depression‚ bi-polar disorder or agoraphobia one can only speculate because the diagnoses for such ailments did not come about until after Dickinson’s death. The article was published in the autumn edition of differences: A Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies. It is a very
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Personality Analysis Shrek is a roughly 30-year-old ogre. His parents sent him away from home at age seven‚ as per ogre tradition. He lives alone in a swamp in the middle of the forest. His swamp was remodeled to mimic a human home‚ complete with outhouse. He has two friends‚ Donkey and Princess Fiona. He also has a variety of acquaintances from numerous fairytales‚ such as Pinocchio‚ Big Bad Wolf‚ and the Gingerbread Man. He is sent on a mission to rescue Princess Fiona in order that
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An Observation of Borderline Personality Disorder Observation The first time I heard the phrase “mommy dearest” was when I was in Junior high school. My classmates were joking around about how their mother’s yelled and lecture them and telling stories. Jokingly‚ one of my classmates suddenly yelled out “mommy dearest” and they started to laugh. I vividly remember thinking at that time‚ what’s mommy dearest? And what does that mean‚ am I missing out on something that everyone already knew
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result in personality disorders. i. Histrionic personality disorder: a pattern of excessive emotionality and attention seeking including need for approval and inappropriate seductiveness. ii. Borderline personality disorder: is characterized by splitting (alternating between idealizing and demonizing others) and mood disturbances. Individuals with this disorder are incredibly sensitive to how others treat them and they will engage in self-harm. iii. Avoidant personality disorder: a pervasive
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here because of a case”. This movie is based on a mental hospital/prison‚ so most of people in it have one kind or another abnormality. But I only focus on Andrew’s disorders. Most mental illness patient will hold multiple disorders‚ like he also has persecution mania and proclivity for violence. Before diagnosis his disorder‚ I think the background knowledge and social factors introduction for that period is necessary. The World War Two was end by 1945 and this story happened in 1954. During
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Pavlov‚ B.F Skinner‚ John B Watson‚ | Behaviorism suggests that all behavior can be explained by environmental causes rather than by internal forces. | Psychoanalytic Theory | | a theory developed by Freud that attempts to explain personality‚ motivation and mental disorders by focusing on unconscious determinants of the behavior | Humanism | | | Cognitive perspective | | a psychological approach that emphasizes mental processes in perception‚ memory‚ language‚ problem solving‚ and other areas
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"Multi-phobic personality characterized by acute separation anxiety . . ." This is Dr. Leo Marvin’s diagnosis of Bob Wiley in the movie What About Bob. But exactly what does this mean? We all seem to have a vague understanding of what a phobia is‚ whether is be from watching movies or our own personal experiences. But what exactly constitutes a phobia‚ and how does acute separation anxiety fit in to the diagnosis of this character? The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders‚ Fourth
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Tyler is 15 year old boy who has the Schizoid Personality Disorder. He is currently living at home with his mother and younger sister. His mother describes Tyler as “always being an odd child” who had significant difficulty relating to his peers. As a child he would spend a great deal of time alone involved in role playing. She said that social situations always provoke great anxiety in Tyler and he is extremely socially inept. Currently Tyler rarely socializes‚ and when he is not in school he spends
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psychiatric disorder in Australia and the world‚ but is given far less publicity than other disorders. Schizophrenia‚ which occurs in less than 1% of our population‚ receives far more media coverage than sociopathy‚ which occurs in a staggering 3% of our population. The eating disorder anorexia occurs in 3.43% of our population‚ a similar proportion to sociopathy‚ yet anorexia is classified as an epidemic‚ whereas sociopathy is almost unheard of by most people. Sociopathy is a personality disorder classified
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