Melvin Udall is a misanthrope who works at home as a best-selling novelist in New York City. He suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder which‚ paired with his misanthropy‚ alienates nearly everyone with whom he interacts. He eats breakfast at the same table in the same restaurant every day using disposable plastic utensils he brings with him due to his pathological mysophobia. He takes an interest in his waitress‚ Carol Connelly‚ the only server at the restaurant who can tolerate his behavior
Premium New York City Emotion Trip
1. Characteristics of the following: obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) – the client has intrusive thoughts of unrealistic obsessions and tries to control these thoughts with compulsive behaviors. · Clients who engage in constant ritualistic behaviors may have difficulty meeting self-care needs (i.e. personal hygiene‚ grooming‚ nutrition‚ fluid intake‚ elimination and sleep) · If rituals include constant handwashing or cleaning‚ skin damage and infection
Premium Psychology Anxiety Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is‚ “a mental disorder that causes uncontrollable unwanted thoughts or feelings making the person feel compelled to do something repetitively to reduce the intruding thoughts.” For example‚ a person that obsesses over feeling dirty constantly and not feeling clean even after taking numerous showers will continuously wash themselves. This repetitive act will consumes the person life and interfere with their daily routines creating distress and discomfort for them. The
Premium Psychology Anxiety Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor
other room she started to giggle in the other room.” This shows how she almost had no feeling for killing her husband and that she is mentally unstable. The most prominent cause of Mary’s strange behavior is how she is most likely OCD. “Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a an anxiety disorder in which people have repeated thoughts‚ feelings‚ ideas ‚ sensations (obsessions)‚ or behaviors that make them feel driven to do something (compulsions)”
Premium KILL Psychology Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor
Davis‚ John M.‚ M.D.‚ Preskorn‚ Sheldon H.‚ M.D.‚ Ayd‚ and Frank J.‚ Jr.‚ M.D. (1993) Principles and Practice of Psychopharmacotherapy. Baltimore‚ MD: Williams & Wilkins. McCullough‚ Philip K.‚ M.D. & Maltsberger‚ John T.‚ M.D. (1996) "Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder‚ ’ in Synopsis of Treatments of Psychiatric Disorders‚ Second Edition. Gabbard‚ Glen O.‚ M.D. and Atkinson‚ Sarah D.‚ M.D. (Eds). Washington D.C.: American Psychiatric Press Turkat‚ Ira Daniel (1990). The Personality Disorders
Premium Mental disorder Personality disorder Abnormal psychology
Udall is a novelist from New York that is working on another one of his books. To his readers‚ Udall may seem to be a normal person however; he is struggling to do everything right in his life. He has the symptoms of a person dealing with obsessive-compulsive disorder. This is exemplified by his obsession with developing a loving relationship. He has not found love of his own‚ and that is why he is so obsessed with eating at the same restaurant in the same seat with the same waitress because this is
Premium
Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a common mental illness in which people feel burdened by unwanted thoughts or forced to repeat troublesome actions. This disorder can become evident during adulthood‚ but is most common to appear during adolescence. When this disorder appears during those stages of life it is known as Pediatric OCD and it usually manifests itself between the ages of 7-12‚ through the obsession‚ compulsion‚ and it slowly disables a person’s life until they get treatment. I will take
Premium Psychology Anxiety Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor
1. Universitat autonoma de barcelona; obsessive symptoms in childhood can multiply the probabilities of an obsessive compulsive disorder. (2009). Psychology & Psychiatry Journal‚ ‚ 27. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/214849534?accountid=35619 A research group led Miguel Angel Fullana‚ researcher at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona Department of Psychiatry and Legal Medicine‚ psychologist the Institute of Psychiatric Treatment of Hospital de Mar in Barcelona and researcher at
Premium Psychiatry Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor Body dysmorphic disorder
studying; compulsive placement of any objects he handled; grotesque hissing‚ coughing‚ and head tossing while eating; and shuffling and wiping his feet while walking. Dion grew up in a loving and nurturing household that included himself‚ his mother and father‚ and his younger brother. He was always quiet and withdrawn and he had few friends. However he was preformed very well academically and functioned reasonably well until the seventh grade.
Premium Body dysmorphic disorder Psychosis Psychology
Sarah Carpenter Professor Herzog Final Paper Silver Linings Playbook Silver Linings Playbook The narrative of Silver Linings Playbook is formed in the heart of Philadelphia around a middle class family at it’s breaking point. Pat’s‚ the protagonist‚ family has very much shaped his current situation; he has clinical bipolar disorder and struggles with stress-induced manic outbursts. After Pat’s release from a mandated rehabilitation center‚ he handles the next recuperating stage of his life in
Premium Mental disorder Body dysmorphic disorder Mental illness