had opened her cabinet Kristen suddenly came out from it and grabbed Alice. This symbolizes that her last personality‚ Kristen was still there in her mind and that she wasn’t completely cured. III. Disorder featured Dissociative Identity Disorder‚ formerly referred to as Multiple Personality Disorder‚ is a condition wherein a person ’s identity is fragmented into two or more distinct personalities. Sufferers of this rare condition are usually victims of severe abuse. The person also experiences
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Disorders Panic Disorder Obsessive compulsive disorder Post-traumatic stress disorder Social phobia (social anxiety disorder) Specific phobias Generalized anxiety disorder Symptoms -During attacks of terror‚ flush or chill feeling‚ numb/tingly hands -Nausea‚ chest pain‚ smothering sensations -Sense of unreality‚ fear of impending doom‚ fear of losing control -Fear of one’s own unexplained physical symptoms -Persistent‚ upsetting thoughts (obsessions) -Using common rituals (compulsions)
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Primary diagnosis: Affective (mood) disorder Secondary diagnosis: Anxiety disorders. The claimant was a 41-year-old woman. Alleged disability: bipolar disorder‚ high anxiety‚ deep depression. The claimant had difficulties with her personal hygiene and with most activities of daily living. She had mobility difficulties‚ ambulated with a cane because of knee problems. She had “a hard time” lifting objects‚ and was unable to do house chores. She did not do well with new people. She did not
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VALIDITY OF AUTISTIC DISORDER IN PAST‚ PRESENT‚ AND FUTURE DSM’S Analysis on the validity of Autistic Disorder in Past‚ Present and Future DSM’s Monica Gilbert Carlos Albizu University Abstract Several studies were examined on the validity of Autistic Disorder in present DSM; DSM-IV-TR and on the future proposed DSM; DSM-V. Past DSM’s were also examined in order to analyze the history and pattern of the diagnostic criteria. Furthermore‚ studies that compared Autistic Disorder with Asperger’s
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Although dissociative identity disorder (formerly called multiple personality disorder) is extremely rare and difficult to diagnose‚ it seems to be awfully popular with numerous Hollywood interpretations. The Three Faces of Eve does a fairly admirable job of conveying the disorder even though information defining the illness was (and still is) limited at the time the movie was made. Eve White‚ Eve Black‚ and Jane‚ all played by Joanne Woodward‚ had distinct personalities. Eve White was the quiet
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Giovanna Eynaudi According to diagnostic criteria provided in the DSM-5‚ Mr. Fife should be diagnosed with social anxiety disorder. As mentioned in the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for social anxiety‚ an individual should experience clear fear or anxiety about one or more social situations in which he or she is being observed and possibly analyzed by others (Criterion A). For instance‚ Mr. Fife’s information‚ he meets criterion A as he mentions how social situations such as speaking to strangers or
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experiences episodes of Dissociative identity disorder. However‚ in the film‚ she was diagnosed with its former name multiple personality disorder. Faces of Eve is based on a true story of women in the 1920s to 50s who had at least 3 different personalities that would come with certain triggers. Someone diagnosed with Dissociative identity disorder is the presence of two or more distant personality. Each personality has it own name and characteristics. People with this disorder may do self-harm‚ experience
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A person suffering from a dissociative identity disorder has two or more separate identities or personality states (Coon & Mitterer‚ 2009). In the movie Mr. Brooks‚ Earl Brooks is a wealthy‚ successful businessman who recently was honored as "Man of the Year." Brooks is also a serial killer‚ known as the "Thumbprint Killer" by the police. He is encouraged by his id‚ manifested as an alter ego who he refers to as Marshall‚ whom only Brooks can see or hear. Marshall loves to kill‚ and even talking
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A DSM-IV Diagnosis as applied to the portrayed character John Nash in the film "A Beautiful Mind" In the movie‚ "A Beautiful Mind"‚ John Nash displays classic positive symptoms of a schizophrenic. This movie does a fair job in portraying the personality and daily suffering of someone who is affected by the disease‚ although the film does not give a completely historically accurate account. In the film‚ John Nash would fall into the category of a paranoid schizophrenic‚ portraying all the symptoms
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The second person was my ex boyfriend. He taught me how to love someone and the type of person I really want in a relationship. What I soon realized about these two people is that they both had psychological disorders. My old best friend had a form of PTSD and my ex had anxiety‚ depression and from what I remember a form of PTSD as well. With both of them‚ I changed their world‚ their symptoms would go away or be lessened with spending time with me. (This sounds very egotistical‚ but they
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