Bipolar Disorder What Causes Bipolar Disorder? There is no single cause for bipolar disorder. Indeed‚ like all psychological disorders‚ bipolar disorder is a complex condition with multiple contributing factors‚ including: Genetic: Bipolar disorder tends to run in families‚ so researchers believe there is a genetic predisposition for the disorder. Scientists also are exploring the presence of abnormalities on specific genes. Biological: Researchers believe that some neurotransmitters‚ including
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DYSTHYMIC DISORDER & BRIEF THERAPY DEPRESSION  Mild‚ chronic depression has probably existed as long as the human condition‚ although it has been referred to by various different names. The DSM-III replaced the term "neurotic depression" with dysthymic disorder--which literally means ill-humored’-and it was added to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders‚ 1980  Dysthymic disorder‚ also called dysthymia‚ is a type of depression involving long-term chronic symptoms
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Bipolar disorder‚ formerly known as manic depression‚ is a condition that affects your moods‚ which can swing from one extreme to another. If you have bipolar disorder‚ you will have periods or episodes of: depression – where you feel very low and lethargic mania – where you feel very high and overactive (less severe mania is known as hypomania) Symptoms of bipolar disorder depend on which mood you are experiencing. Unlike simple mood swings‚ each extreme episode of bipolar disorder can last for
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There are many different life factors that affect the way a person develops and acts. When a person is going through their different stages of development‚ factors that are around them can define the way they are. Major life events may also have an influence on the way the person develops through the life stages. In this essay I am going to discuss the effects of five different life factors and also two predictable and two unpredictable major life events‚ which may affect the development of an individual
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Theory Name: Rational-Emotive Behavioral Therapy (Murdock‚ 2013)‚ A-B-C Theory (Digiuseppe‚ Doyle‚ Windy‚ and Backx)‚ Rational Therapy‚ 1961 (Dryden‚ 2005) Theory Originator: Albert Ellis (DiGiuseppe‚ 2014) Theory Time Period: 1955 (David‚ Szentagotai‚ Eva‚ Macavei‚ 2005) Theory Approach: This is a cognitive behavioral approach that is ahistorical and active oriented to managing cognitive‚ emotional‚ and behavioral disturbances (David‚ Szentagotai‚ Eva‚ Macavei‚ 2005). Rational emotive behavior
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inauthentic emotion. Their study revealed that in all 3 experiments‚ 19-month-old infants‚ but not 16-month-old infants‚ detected inauthentic emotional communication and differentially responded to the environment accordingly. These findings demonstrate that infants do not simply take all emotional communication at face value and are sensitive to features of emotional contexts beyond what is expressively communicated by the adult (Walle & Campos‚ 2014). This evidence is valid documentation that our emotions
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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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Mental/Behavioral Case Studies Jean Izean HCS/245 May 11‚ 2015 Tynan Mara Jim Wolf is a 45 year auto-parts old store owner who incessantly washes his hands. He continually checks and rechecks his part lists‚ equipment‚ and his employee’s schedules. His wife becomes concerned about his work performance and inability to sleep‚ she advises him to a physician. After a complete evaluation‚ a psychiatrist has diagnosed him with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Obsessive
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COMMUNICATION DISORDERS What is Communication Disorder? • a speech‚ language and hearing disorder which refers to problems in communication and in related areas such as oral motor function. • The symptoms vary depending on the particular type of communication disorder‚ but they generally center around problems communicating. • Children with communication disorders have deficits in their ability to exchange information with others. COMMUNICATION • a multidimensional dynamic process that
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Historical Origins & Major Contributions: In the early 1960’s there was a drift towards Cognitive Behavior Therapy as people turned away out of disappointment in the psychodynamic theory for psychotherapy. Also at this time social learning theory was the new and upcoming study. This is when Cognitive theory emerged with Alfred Adler. He was the first Cognitive therapist who came up with the idea that an individuals beliefs and ideas is what makes up their behavior (Lantz‚ 1996). He believed
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