1. Introduction to Anxiety Disorders Anxiety is a common and essential process of daily life. It is highly important‚ evolutionary speaking‚ as people typically experience anxiety when faced with environmental threats such as encountering a lion (not so common a concern in modern society for most people)‚ scarcity of food or other resources‚ or acceptance among one’s peers and society at large. This anxiety orients the individual toward anticipating dangers‚ motivates the person to act in order
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PS 375-1 these are the kids I deal with that come in foster care * Number of factors can contribute to teen substance abuse. Contributing factors include individual characteristics such as aggressive behavior‚ poor social skills and mental illness. Families who provide inadequate parental supervision or have a history of parental substance abuse or criminal behavior increase the likelihood of teen substance abuse. Additionally‚ community factors include readily available drugs and poverty
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patients. I have come to be familiar with this as my mother is a therapist and we have talked about her work and diagnosing people with a variety of mental health disorders. The problem with such language and expressing that language in a book like the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual) is that it can be used against people in a way that is not healing but harmful and something that very often too few people consider. This language is sometimes used to take very human and real and normal life situations
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Body dysmorphic disorder or (BDD) is a body-image disorder in which those affected are consistently and obsessively preoccupied with an illusory or small defect in one’s own appearance (Varma & Rostogi‚ 2015). These defects or perceived defects might cause the afflicted to fixate on their arms‚ face‚ nose‚ stomach‚ or other afflicted body part. People with BDD are constantly worried about what other’s think of their appearance and go to great lengths to hide it from the public. Those affected might
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suffering from depression the trigger may be different and the symptoms may be affecting their lives differently and therefore both the classification and diagnosis of depression is difficult. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders V (DSM V) is currently in use in the UK for diagnosing people with clinical depression. The system requires the patient to have been suffering from five of the symptoms which are presented to them for a minimum of two weeks. Also‚ one of the five symptoms
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Needs Your Attention! Thesis: The chronic problem of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is widespread with increasing growth in the armed forces. It alters daily lives of survivors and produces psychobiological impairments. At least 1/3 of individuals who develop PTSD remain symptomatic for three years or longer and are at higher risk of secondary problems.(Gaskell). In order to find possible treatment options for PTSD patients we must first define it and
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Disorder‚ defined in The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV (DSM-IV). His life consists of rigid structure and exhaustive daily rituals. This will soon be drastically altered by a succession of unforeseen events‚ resulting in unplanned struggle to overcome his disorder. He has many preoccupations and impulses which are consistent with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (DSM-IV 300.30). The DSM-IV identifies those with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder as having “obsessive or recurrent
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Armstrong‚ T. ( 1997). ADD: Is it Myth or Fact? NEA Today‚ 15 (6)‚ 15. Bromfield‚ R. (1996). Is Ritalin Overperscribed? Yes. Priorities‚ 8 (3)‚ 22-24. Eysenck‚ H.J. & Wakefield‚ J.A. & Friedman‚ A.F. (1983). Diagnosis and Clinical Assessment: The DSM-IV. Annual Review of Psychology‚ 34 167-193. Laws‚ A.R. (1997). ADD: An outline for Patients and Their Families. [On-line]. Available: www.addmed.com/addmed/add/pages/behave/html. Myers‚ David. Psychology. Worth Publishers: New York‚ 1998 Reason‚ R
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according to the psychiatric (DSM/ICD) classification system: mood disorders‚ personality disorders‚ anxiety disorders‚ psychotic disorders‚ substance-related disorders‚ eating disorders‚ cognitive disorders | There are many different conditions/symptoms that are recognised by the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM) or the international classification of disease (ICD) as mental ill health.MOOD DISORDERS:-the most common mood disorders according to the dsm are depression and bipolar
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current methods of classifying and identifying these individuals does not have the patients bests interests in mind‚ partly due to the negative stigmas that come hand in hand with the label. I find that aside from the benefits that systems such as the DSM provide for a patient‚ it can place many negative stereotypes; compromising ones dignity as well effecting his/her family. This paper will provide arguments proving that the labels placed on oneself can be horrifically damaging to many aspects of life
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