compulsive hoarding seems to be a severe mental health disorder‚ it is currently not categorized as a psychiatric disorder and not listed in the DSM-IV. In the DSM-IV however‚ one of the 8 criteria for Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder is ‘the inability to discard worn-out or worthless objects even when they have no sentimental value’. There is currently a proposed revision for Hoarding in the DSM-V‚ with a push to include it as its own disorder; this includes an argument of whether or not it
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All people experience stress‚ and for those in public safety‚ individual stressors can be compounded by a variety of factors. In addition to the stress employees experience at work‚ their personal life and support system are likely also contributing factors. Educating yourself to the signs‚ and symptoms caused by stress can help you manage your body’s physicological response. Police officers often receive harsh criticism from the media and scant graditude from the public they protect and serve
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Some causes of getting a disorder may be because of (reason doesn’t have to be because of one of these): * Family history with personality Disorder * Experiencing abuse/negation as a child * Loss of parents/divorce * Low income * Unstable life Some causes of getting a disorder may be because of (reason doesn’t have to be because of one of these): * Family history with personality Disorder * Experiencing abuse/negation as a child * Loss of parents/divorce
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is has successfully applied classical and operant condition to its theories. This is strength as it is used in different therapies such as systematic desensitization‚ which is a type of behaviour therapy to help overcome phobias and other anxiety disorders; it is based on classical conditioning. Another strength is that it uses scientific methods of research making it much more objective‚ measurable and observable as well as being able to obtain reliable results. An example of this is Banduras’ bobo
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Anorexia nervosa (AN): an eating disorder characterized by an in ability to maintain normal weight‚ an intense fear of gaining weight‚ and distorted body perception. Clinicians diagnose an individual with anorexia nervosa when he or she shows three basic types of symptoms: severely restricted eating‚ which leads the person to have an abnormally low body weight‚ intense and unrealistic fear of getting fat or gaining weight‚ and disturbed self-perception of body shape or weight. In other words people
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I feel as though emotional contagion is a process where an individual or group influences the behavior and emotions of another person or group by both conscious and unconscious induction of behavioral attitudes and emotional states. The lessons in the article are so relatable to me. There is nothing in my experience more painful than the mood swings of bipolar disorder‚ panic attacks‚ anxiety attacks and depression. For me I used to always let people energy get to me which was bad. Common example
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Bipolar Disorder Abstract When many hear the words Bipolar disorder‚ they immediately think someone is borderline psycho. Known originally as manic depression‚ Bipolar Disorder is a mental illness that creates mood swings that affect an individual’s behavior and emotions‚ which can result in a lot of pain. This disorder has two types: Type I and Type II with both having manic and depressive phases in each. These phases are episodes that have symptoms from one extreme
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America that have an eating disorder that wake up every morning feeling dizzy and the rest of their days‚ skipping meals. Many people who develop an eating disorder are between 13 and 20 years old. This is a time of emotional and physical changes‚ academic pressures‚ and a lot of peer pressure. Moreover‚ eating disorders like anorexia‚ bulimia‚ and binge-eating disorder affect over five million people. Teenager between the ages of 13 and 20 suffer from an eating disorder‚ teenage girls between the
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English 101 Composition and Rhetoric Essay 2: Causal Analysis Argument About the Media Rhonda L. Carter 17 March 2014 ENGL 101-C02 LOU The debate over the connection between television and aggression in children has been ongoing for many years. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)‚ “Extensive research evidence indicates that media violence can contribute to aggressive behavior‚ desensitization to violence‚ nightmares‚ and fear of being harmed (Vol. 124 No. 5 Nov 1‚ 2009
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Bipolar Disorder: Two Personalities‚ One Body Jordann Watts West Georgia Technical School Abstract Bipolar Disorder is a mental illness. It affects the mood of a person causing them to be incredibly happy or incredibly depressed. There are three types of Bipolar Disorders: Bipolar I Disorder‚ Bipolar II Disorder‚ and Cyclothymic Disorder. Bipolar I Disorder can make a person feel happy and extremely energetic. Bipolar II Disorder does the opposite. It can make a person
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