PS124: Psychological Disorders and Treatment Prof: Marjorie Vandemark Kaplan University Everyone has a personality with character traits‚ but when these traits are rigid and self-defeating‚ they may interfere with functioning and even lead to psychiatric symptoms. A psychological disorder is describe as any disturbance of emotional equilibrium‚ as manifested in maladaptive behavior and impaired functioning‚ caused by genetic‚ physical‚ chemical‚ biological‚ psychological‚ or social and cultural factors
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11 hours | Adolescents (10–17 years) | 8.5 to 9.25 hours | Adults‚ including elderly | 7 to 9 hours | Pregnant women | 8(+) hours | On the other hand‚ Sleep deprivation may leads to mood alternation‚ increased irritability‚ reduced motor skills or reduced immunity. Stages of sleep: Stage 1: It is the stage of transition between wakefulness and sleep‚ relatively rapid‚ low amplitude brain waves‚ Non Rapid Eye Movement‚ 4-5 % of sleep time. Stage 2: Is deeper than stage 1‚ characterized
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the article‚ “Teen Texting Soars: Will Social Skills Suffer” by Jennifer Ludden notes‚ “58% of students with mobile phones say they’ve sent a text message during class.” The article clearly states that students during class are easily distracted by their phones‚ this of course could affect them in their grades because they missed what was being thought‚showing that technology is a negative influence on
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Counseling skills Prepared by: Gulle Bakir Abdulla Avesta Kaife Hamad Dahen Luqman Raza Dawan Qadr Omar Kurdistan Rashid Xurshid Date of submission 22/2/2014 Content Pages Introduction 1 History of counseling skill and counseling definition 1-2 Skill and counseling skill definition ‚ type of counseling and important of counseling 3 advantage and aim of counseling 4 Basic of counseling skill 5-6 Field of counseling 6-7 The difference between the counseling‚ psychotherapy and psychoanalytic
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Psychological Disorder 1 Psychological Disorder Paper Sonya Surber Nichols PSY450: Diversity and Cultural Factors in Psychology Rockel Etienne September 24‚ 2012 Psychological Disorder 2 In medicine‚ an individual’s physical health is typically classified
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Anxiety Disorders A patient who is diagnosed with an anxiety disorder feels like the world is closing in on them‚ and feels a need to escape. Psychologists have determined that this is possessing a fear of the unknown or something that we cannot control. There are several types of anxiety disorders that are: panic disorder‚ obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)‚ post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)‚ Social anxiety disorder‚ specific phobias‚ and generalized anxiety disorder (WebMD‚
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In this project we are attempting to use our experience in more ergonomics in the purpose of making our study target a better place from the ergonomically point of view. We have chosen to visit a pharmacy which is our study target to apply our skills in ergonomics. Our pharmacy is al Hajry pharmacy which is located in al Mangaf city in al Ahmadi. During our visit to the pharmacy we noticed many errors in workstation design and the manual handling. Those errors will increase the risk to have injuries
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description of what an anxiety disorder is and how the relationship between human development and socialization is affected by this psychological disorder. Anxiety Disorder Anxiety disorder is a common disorder that affects any race‚ culture‚ gender‚ and age that has increase in the modern world. However‚ they are probably as old as mankind‚ since a panic attack is the way for the body to detect and prepare to "fight or flight” imminent danger (McNally‚ 1990). This disorder is very common in life‚
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Eating disorders are conditions defined by abnormal eating habits that may involve either insufficient or excessive food intake to the detriment of an individual’s physical and mental health. Bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa are the most common specific forms in the United Kingdom.[1] Other types of eating disorders include binge eating disorder and eating disorder not otherwise specified. Bulimia nervosa is a disorder characterized by binge eating and purging. Purging can include self-induce
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Introduction Anorexia Nervosa is a serious and often fatal eating disorder in which the individual deliberately restricts themselves of food due to an obsession with thinness and weight loss. I chose to focus on Anorexia because it is both a serious and growing public health concern within Canada. This paper will focus on the characteristics‚ prevalence‚ and treatment for Anorexia Nervosa as well as how this applies to social work practice. As Anorexia is such a fatal condition‚ understanding
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