Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Of all the major health risks and concerns during this current time‚ I believe obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is among the worst. According to www.dictionary.com‚ a “concern” is something that engages a person’s immediate attention‚ interest‚ or care. The numbers‚ compulsions‚ and illusive prevention make obsessive-compulsive disorder a perfect fit as a major health concern. First‚ it is important to mention what obsessive-compulsive disorder is: an anxiety disorder characterized
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Paranoid Personality Disorder Paranoid personality is a disorder that causes people to feel as though close friends or even totally strangers have it out for them and that people are trying to hurt them. It is a disorder that lasts a life time and can only be treated not cured. People with PPD tend to get it during adulthood and it is primarily found in males. PPD destroys the lives of about 2.5% of the human population including the life of celebrity Miley Cyrus. PPD is said to be a minuet personality
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“A MINI PROJECT REPORT” OF PAPER-8 “Psychotherapy for Mental Disorders” ON TOPIC: OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER Submitted for the partial fulfilment of the Degree of Masters in Psychotherapy By: Ms. Roshni Sondhi Roll No.: IIH/048/PG/PTH/2009J Second Year THE GLOBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY NAGALAND TABLE OF CONTENTS Title page 1 Table of contents 2 Introduction 4 Features of obsessions and compulsions 5 The psychodynamic perspective 8 The behavioural
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The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5; American Psychiatric Association [APA]‚ 2013) defines multiple personality disorder (MPD) as a disruption of identity characterized by two or more district alter personalities. Many studies have shown that experiences of sever abuse and family environment in which they can occur may be significant factors in the development of MPD. These factors include traumatic separations‚ physical abuse‚ emotional neglect
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Eating Disorders: What Causes Eating Disorders? Eating disorders are defined as elaborate conditions that come from several causes that can stem from the victim’s childhood (What Causes Eating Disorders? 1). Eating disorders normally start with an obsession of ones food and weight. Almost all cases of eating disorders they have deeper reasons behind them then just the obsession of food and weight. Sometimes‚ an eating disorder starts as a way for someone to deal with emotions‚ but eventually an
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Research Proposal: Stigmatization of Mental Disorders Introduction When picturing an individual with a mental disorder‚ what is the first image that pops into your head? I admit‚ for me‚ my first thoughts were of a violent out of control individual with a mission to kill. But then I thought‚ I have family members with mental disorders and I myself have been diagnosed with OCD‚ and this description was completely inaccurate in describing my family and me‚ which must also mean it is inaccurate in
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Copyright ª Blackwell Munksgaard 2005 Bipolar Disorders 2005: 7(Suppl. 3): 5–69 BIPOLAR DISORDERS Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) guidelines for the management of patients with bipolar disorder: consensus and controversies Yatham LN‚ Kennedy SH‚ O’Donovan C‚ Parikh S‚ MacQueen G‚ McIntyre R‚ Sharma V‚ Silverstone P‚ Alda M‚ Baruch P‚ Beaulieu S‚ Daigneault A‚ Milev R‚ Young T‚ Ravindran A‚ Schaffer A‚ Connolly M‚ Gorman CP. Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments
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Depression and Bipolar Disorder Depression because they share the symptoms of sadness‚ hopelessness‚ pessimism; anxiety and sleep problems; However Unipolar Depression and Bipolar Depression take very different directions. It is important that we are able to tell them apart because the treatments are very different. Making an inaccurate diagnosis can result in making the disorder worse. There are two types of mood disorders: Unipolar Depression and Bipolar Disorder. It is believed both are
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there is a tension that fills the air when one mentions the words eating disorder. The well known facts and horror stories are enough for one to shrink back into an uneasy state when the topic is brought up in conversation‚ and often the topic is quickly changed. Eating disorders are serious life threatening‚ and phycological disorders‚ but contrary to the minimal discussion of eating disorders‚ studies suggest that eating disorders amidst adolescents have steadily increased over the last 50 years (Morris
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EFFECT OF ANXIETY DISORDER Nowadays people suffer from not only physical healt peoblems but mental problems are also quite common.Anxiety disorder is one of the mental problem which people face to handle commonly.Therefore; what is anxiety disorder ? In article of Anxiety Attacks and Anxiety Disorders explained that ;’’ Anxiety attacks( panic attacks )‚ are episodes of intense panic or fear’’ (2012)*.Some Effects of the anxiety disorder are faster heart beating and breathing‚changing social behaviour
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