PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS Psychotic disorders are severe mental disorders that cause abnormal thinking and perceptions. These are mental disorders in which a person’s personality is severely confused and that person loses touch with reality. When a psychotic episode occurs‚ a person becomes unsure about what is real and what isn’t real and usually experiences hallucinations‚ delusions‚ off-the-wall behavior‚ chaotic speech and incoherency. A person behaving in this manner is often referred to as being
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What is Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD)? What "Internet addiction disorder" (IAD) is still difficult to define at this time. Much of the original research was based upon the weakest type of research methodology‚ namely exploratory surveys with no clear hypothesis or rationale backing them. Coming from an atheoretical approach has some benefits‚ but also is not typically recognized as being a strong way to approach a new disorder. More recent research has expanded upon the original surveys and
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Angela Deibler Mr. Milnes Honors Psychology 25 December 2016 Obsessive Compulsive Disorder– Psychology Research Paper Obsessive compulsive disorder is a chronic and common psychological disorder in which the sufferer experiences repetitive unwanted thoughts and subsequently feels the need to perform certain actions in response to these thoughts. The victim suffers from urges to repeat these thoughts and behaviors routinely. The recurring thoughts are referred to as obsessions‚ while the resulting
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DELUSIONAL DISORDER AND SHARED PSYCHOTIC DISORDER Discuss the Delusional and Shared Psychotic Disorder A delusion develops in an individual in the context of a close relationship with another person(s)‚ who has an already-established delusion. The delusion is similar in content to that of the person who already has the established delusion. The disturbance is not better accounted for by another psychotic disorder (e.g.‚ schizophrenia) or a mood disorder with psychotic features and is not due to
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Eating Disorders: Dying to be thin. Media and society are often looked at as a source of daily entertainment‚ gossip and news. Every day‚ people are constantly exposed to thousands of images of glamour‚ beauty‚ celebrities‚ and much more. The media is so compelling that it has the power to change what people believe in. The images that are shown repeatedly make a way into teenagers mind and they want to be a part of what the media shows. Teens feel the need to change their body to look a certain
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Anxiety Disorders Anxiety disorders are common place these days‚ with as many as 17% of people will/have suffer/ed some form of anxiety in their lives (Somers‚ Goldner‚ Waraich‚ & Hsu‚ 2006)‚ from being concerned about most anything‚ to full blown attacks with physical symptoms. Anxiety disorders seem to be a result of a combination of biological‚ psychological and other individual factors (CAMH‚ 2014). If one feels nervous or fearful about a situation‚ this is normal‚ but if the feelings are
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MENTAL ILLNESS AND METABOLIC DISORDERS Name of Student Institution affiliation Abstract Objective of the study: To identify the relationship between low income mental patients‚ and metabolic disorders among the 235‚000 patients who have been diagnosed with mental health issues. The study did not target any specific mental health disorder i.e. it conducted a general study of the mentally ill patients in-order to be in a position whereby they could investigate the relationship. Design: Prospective
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder is a disorder that affects various people throughout the world‚ and is one the main categories that psychological disorders are split into. According to Hyman and DuFrene (2008)‚ “OCD [Obsessive-compulsive disorder] is a complex condition with a wide variety of symptoms…there are two elements common to all forms of OCD... these two elements are called obsessions and compulsions” (2008‚ pg. 3). This disorder impacts about an estimated 3%
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with anorexia nervosa‚ an eating disorder in which girls use starvation diets to try to lose weight. They starve themselves down to skeletal thinness yet still think that they are overweight. Bulimia‚ meanwhile‚ is a disorder in which young women binge on food and then force themselves to vomit. They also often use laxatives to get food out of their system. All of these young women who suffer from this problem are considered to suffer from a psychiatric disorder. While the causes are debatable‚
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EATING DISORDERS/HOW THE MEDIA PLAYS A KEY ROLE Eating disorders is a worldwide problem that affects far too many Canadians at a very young age. No matter where one looks today‚ one will notice that our culture places a high value on women being thin. It is estimated that 7 million Canadians have an eating disorder. 6 million women‚ 1 million men. Eating disorders are often caused by stress and are also tied into depression and anger‚ resulting from the pressures of modern living. Most eating disorders
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