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    Personality Disorders

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    Personality Disorder Personality refers to our pattern of thoughts‚ feelings and behaviors that make us different from each other and the individuals that we are. People don’t behave and think the same way. Everything depends on the situation we are in and the people we are surrounded with as well as many environmental factors. However‚ as individuals we tend to behave in quite dependable ways according to unspoken social norms. There are traits that can characterize us and with these sets if

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    Eating Disorders

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    Cause and Effect – Eating Disorders Eating disorders are becoming an increasingly common issue in North American society. There are three general types of eating disorders anorexia nervosa‚ bulimia‚ and binge eating. It is a shocking fact that girls at the young age of 13 are attempting to lose weight. Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any mental illness. In anorexia alone 20 percent of people will prematurely die from problems related to their disorder‚ for example‚ heart disease

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    Eating Disorder

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    Eating Disorders: Dying To Be Skinny Lyric Stembridge Berkmar High School Ms. Destang March 13‚ 2014 Abstract Eating disorders are very dangerous eating conditions that involve either overeating or not eating at all. There are two main eating disorders; anorexia

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    Factitious Disorders

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    FACTITIOUS DISORDER Facticious means artificial or unnatural‚ a definition that could not be more appropriate. People who suffer from factitious disorder (FD) “are great con men or con women‚ although what they obtain through their conning most people would far rather not have”[1]. The earliest accounts of factitious disorders are recorded in the times of Galen‚ a Roman physician in the second century A.D. The term ‘factitious’ itself‚ is derived from a book‚ published in 1843 by Gavin‚

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    Mood Disorders

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    ------------------------------------------------- As many as 19 million Americans million are affected by mood disorders ( The two main types of mood disorders are bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder which are described as disturbances in mood‚ behavior and emotion.“ Bipolar disorder is a complex disorder in which the core feature is pathological disturbance in mood ranging from extreme elation‚ or mania‚ to severe depression usually accompanied by disturbances in thinking and behavior

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    Eating Disorders

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    Eating Disorders: Anorexia Nervosa‚ Bulimia Nervosa‚ and Binge Eating Disorder Taylor N. Dougherty Grand Canyon University: BIO-319 December 5‚ 2012 Eating Disorders In today’s society‚ humans feel the need to be perfect and appealing. Fit‚ size zero models are seen on every corner. Many women and men cannot handle the pressure and develop one or more eating disorders. “Eating disorders are a group of serious conditions in which one is so preoccupied with food and weight

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    Mood Disorders

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    “Depression” is often used to describe general sadness or unhappiness. This loose use of the term confuses a normal mood swing with a clinical syndrome Depressive disorders can bring sever and long-lasting psychological pain that may intensify as time goes by. Major depressive episodes – exist in both Major Depressive Disorder and Bipolar disorders Extremely sad mood or anhedonia (loss of interest or pleasure in life’s activities) Symptoms last for > 2 weeks Cognitive symptoms (loss of concentration

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    Psychological Disorder

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    A psychological disorder is defined as a disorder of the mind involving thoughts‚ behaviors‚ and emotions that cause either self or others significant distress. Significant distress can mean the person is unable to function‚ meet personal needs on their own‚ or are a danger to themselves or others.( Brogaard ). There are a number of ways in which psychological disorders can be treated‚ they treatments range from insight‚ behavior‚ cognitive‚ group and biological therapies. Within my case study‚

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    Stress Disorders

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    Axia College Material Appendix D Psychological and Psychophysiological Stress Disorders Respond to the following: 1. Stress can be the root cause of psychological disorders. Name four symptoms shared by acute and posttraumatic stress disorders. • Re-experiencing traumatic events; recurring nightmares‚ dreams‚ or memories connected to a traumatic event. • Avoidance towards activities that bring memories of the traumatic event. • Lack of responsiveness

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    Dysthymic Disorder

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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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