1. Introduction to Anxiety Disorders Anxiety is a common and essential process of daily life. It is highly important‚ evolutionary speaking‚ as people typically experience anxiety when faced with environmental threats such as encountering a lion (not so common a concern in modern society for most people)‚ scarcity of food or other resources‚ or acceptance among one’s peers and society at large. This anxiety orients the individual toward anticipating dangers‚ motivates the person to act in order
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Delusional Disorder Abstract This paper explains the mental illness of delusional disorder. It explains the different types of delusions that exist‚ what could cause them‚ and how they are possibly treated‚ though it’s often confused with schizophrenia‚ delusional disorder is quite common‚ especially in women. What does it mean to be delusional? What is a delusional disorder? This paper will include all information on delusional disorders and what could
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Ashley Norton Psy-270 Final Project- Marla’s Disorder Due-Sunday Dysthymia Disorder 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 are causing problems for her at work‚ where she is an accountant. Before I could tell Marla’s that she may be suffering from Dysthymic Disorder I would need to really take a look in her life and understand
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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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Genetic disorders are a topic in biology that can not be avoided. The fact is that genetic disorders can happen in humans‚ plants or animal. No one and nothing is safe from a genetic disorder. A genetic disorder can appear in the first years off life‚ or can appear much later in life when least expected. A basic principal of biology states that the behavior of chromosomes during the meiosis process can account for genetic inheritance patterns. There are many reasons for genetic disorders. To start
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Childhood Disorders • Behavior disorders o Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) o Conduct Disorder o Oppositional Defiant Disorder • Separation/anxiety disorder • Elimination disorders o Enuresis o Encopresis • Disorders in cognitive‚ motor‚ and communication skills o Learning disorders Reading disorder (dyslexia) • Deficits in ability to read Mathematics disorder • Deficits in mathematics skills Disorder of written expression • Deficits in the ability to write
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Conversion disorder is a disorder in which patients suffer from neurological symptoms‚ when in fact they have no explanation. Generally when diagnosed with conversion disorder the patient will complain of one sudden debilitating symptom. The symptoms of this disorder range from blindness and the inability to speak to paralysis and hemianesthesia. The symptoms of conversion disorder often reflect previous ailments experienced by themselves or of others. Symptoms of conversion disorder usually go away
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Criteria Conversion disorder is classified as a conversion disorder or a dissociative disorder depending on the diagnostic criteria used. The DSM-5 classifies conversion disorder as a somatoform disorder‚ whereas the 10th edition of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10) classifies conversion disorder as a dissociative disorder. With the publication of the DSM-5 in 2013‚ the association between somatoform and dissociative disorders was acknowledged
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has a language disorder. Speech and language disorders refer to problems in communication and related areas such as oral motor function. These delays and disorders range from simple sound substitutions to the inability to understand or use language or use the oral-motor mechanism for functional speech. Some causes of speech and language disorders include hearing loss‚ neurological disorders‚ brain injury‚ mental retardation. Frequently‚ though the cause is unknown. Language disorders can affect you
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these feelings when there is nothing to worry about. These people may be diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. Anxiety disorders are mental illnesses that are can cause feelings of anxiety‚ nervousness‚ and panic more often than usual (Barrios). There are many different types of these disorders‚ including general anxiety disorder (GAD)‚ agoraphobia‚ and panic disorder. Some common symptoms of these disorders are frequent panic attacks‚ which can involve hyperventilation‚ shaking‚ and derealization (disconnection
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