Autistic Disorder is considered a development disorder and also called autistic spectrum disorder‚ People with autism usually produce abnormal behaviors in their social skills‚ motor skills‚ and have behavior problems. The abnormalities may be due to abnormal amygdale activity in the brain. (Ishitobi‚Kosaka‚Omori‚Matsumura‚Monesue‚Mizukami‚Shimoyama‚Murata‚Sadato‚Okazawa‚ and Wada ‚2010).It is a important disorder because it provides evidence of how the brain can affect the way individuals process
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Mood Disorders (ICD-10 F30/39 DSM-5): A disorder where there is a disturbance in the persons mood i.e. Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) also known as clinical depression and moods that swing between ‘feeling high’ or ‘feeling low’ which can be categorised as Bipolar Depression. The onset of such ‘mood swings’ can be very rapid. Personality Disorders (ICD-10 F60 DSM-5): A disorder whereby the person will exhibit behaviour that will differ from the expected norms. This disorder can present itself in
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Antisocial Personality Disorder Belinda B. Fultz CRJ 308 Peggy Allen January 27‚ 2013 “Of all the personality disorders‚ one stands far above the others in terms of its relation to antisocial and criminal behavior: antisocial personality disorder” (DeLisi‚ 2013). Antisocial Personality disorder is a pervasive pattern of disregard for‚ and violation of‚ the rights of others and that begins in early childhood or early adolescents and continues into adulthood. Some think there is a strong
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INTRODUCTION: Dissociative identity disorder (DID)‚ also known as multiple personality disorder (MPD)‚ is a disorder that is part of a group of conditions known as dissociative disorders. According to WebMD‚ dissociative disorders "are mental illnesses that involve disruptions or breakdowns of memory‚ awareness‚ identity and/or perception." Individuals who suffer from DID possess two or more personalities‚ and they may be unaware that they have multiple personalities. This particular mental
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and Less Common Psychological Disorders Many people often confuse normal and abnormal psychology because a lot of people know only about the abnormal behaviors. Everyone has psychology whether it is normal or abnormal. The abnormal form of psychology consists of disturbances‚ disorders‚ and destructive behaviors. There are several common psychological disorders‚ much more than the less common. One of the top common mental illnesses is Anxiety Disorders. These disorders are those that individuals respond
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Antisocial Personality Disorder The novel “In Cold Blood” by Truman Capote‚ is a nonfiction piece that pursues the Clutter family homicide in Holcomb Kansas‚ while examining and expressing the thoughts of the two murderers. One of the killers Perry Smith is described to have Antisocial Personality Disorder. Capote clearly expresses Perry’s (APD) symptoms‚ such as self appraisal‚ as well as lack of coping mechanisms‚ and impulsivity‚ characterized by his distraught childhood. Capote shows Perry Smith’s
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Antisocial personality disorder is a type of chronic mental condition in which a person’s ways of thinking‚ perceiving situations and relating to others are dysfunctional — and destructive. People with antisocial personality disorder typically have no regard for right and wrong and often disregard the rights‚ wishes and feelings of others. Those with antisocial personality disorder tend to antagonize‚ manipulate or treat others either harshly or with callous indifference. They may often violate
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Phonological disorder Meta description: Phonological disorder is the condition in which children are not exhibiting the ability to sound out words‚ or articulate properly for their age group ability. Phonological disorder is fairly common‚ and hinders a child from being able to articulate sounds or words appropriately. A phonological disorder can be seen in most frequently in younger children who have not developed the ability to master their speech. Children with these developmental issues are
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Tatiana Saunders PS124: Psychological Disorders and Treatment Prof: Marjorie Vandemark Kaplan University Everyone has a personality with character traits‚ but when these traits are rigid and self-defeating‚ they may interfere with functioning and even lead to psychiatric symptoms. A psychological disorder is describe as any disturbance of emotional equilibrium‚ as manifested in maladaptive behavior and impaired functioning‚ caused by genetic‚ physical‚ chemical‚ biological‚ psychological‚ or
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over the amount of food they consume. They are the people who suffer from the binge-eating disorder. (Fairburn‚ 1995) What is Binge-Eating Disorder? Binge-eating disorder is a common illness that faced by many today‚ particularly those in western countries such as the United States (U.S) and United Kingdom (Fairburn‚ 1995). In U.S alone‚ four million out of the general population suffers from this eating disorder. This number is far greater than the number of people suffering from either anorexia nervosa
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