The information gathered from the case study best illustrates the symptoms related to obsessive compulsive disorder. According to the DSM-5‚ a person with this disorder is characterized by two important terms‚ including obsessions and compulsions. Scott has an obsession‚ that being an idea or thought that continually preoccupies or intrudes his mind‚ which in this case is his obsession over the contamination of germs. He also has a compulsion‚ that being an irresistible impulse to perform an act
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2 The DSM-IV-TR has two general categories for a person’s response to stress; they are adjustment disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder. Many factors influence a person’s response to stressful situations. Several relatively common stressors; prolonged unemployment‚ loss of a loved one through death‚ and marital separation/divorce‚ may produce a great deal of stress and psychological maladjustment‚ resulting in adjustment disorder ( Butcher‚ Minkea & Hooley‚ 2010). The DSM-IV-TR states
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Through his actions at Harpers Ferry along with the evidence from the DSM-IV‚ I believe that John Brown was a crazy man. Also‚ the evidence from his letter to one of his investor’s thirteen-year-old son that shows his early recognition of slavery and how bad it was shows me that he had been thinking about some type of attack
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References: American Psychiatric Press Inc. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders DSM-V (5th ed.). Doweiko‚ H. E. (2012). Concepts of chemical dependency (8th ed.). Belmont‚ CA: Brooks/Cole Ghaemi‚ S.‚ Ko‚ J.‚ & Goodwin‚ F Hauser‚ M.‚ & Correll‚ C. U. (2013). The significance of at-risk or prodromal symptoms for bipolar I disorder in
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De La Salle University – Dasmariñas College of Business Administration and Accountancy Marketing and Advertising Department The Influence of Sin Tax Law on Cigarette Local Brand Preference of Smokers of 3rd and 4th year of Marketing and Advertising Students of De La Salle University – Dasmariñas In partial fullfilment of the course requirement in Marketing Research For the degree of Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Major in Marketing and Advertising
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and melancholia on our cultural radar (Healy). The symptoms he used to diagnose mania were that of nausea‚ shivering‚ insomnia‚ and lack of thirst (Healy). Until recently‚ bipolar II disorder has been virtually unknown and highly underdiagnosed. DSM-IV has separated bipolar disorders into two types‚ bipolar II and I. (Chengappa‚ Levine‚ Gershon‚ Kupfer). These two disorders may have differing genetic‚ biological‚ phenomenological attributes and course of illness
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individuals who are labeled antisocial personality. Authors of the DSM-V deemphasized underlying traits and negative intentions and enumerated specific types of behavior seen as definitive of antisocial personality disorder. Diagnosis of pathologically nonconforming individuals was predicated firmly on documentation of a history of continuous and
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that last for a minimum of 3 days and at the longest 1 month after the trauma” (Cwik et al‚ 2014‚ pg. 1). According to the case study‚ Suzy was directly exposed to a sexual violation which led me to the trauma and stressor-related disorders in the DSM. After‚ Suzy’s report of symptoms such as intrusive memories and nightmares related to the assault‚ flashbacks to the event‚ decreased
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The main aim of the study was to establish the prevalence of (ED) in adolescents of both genders. The study sample consisted of 1960 adolescents (1026 girls and 934 boys)‚ 14–15 years of age. The participants completed the (SEDs)‚ including DSM-III-R and DSM-IV diagnoses for all subcategories of (ED). As a result of this studied the rates of ED showed that the prevalence of any (ED) among girls was 17.9% that consisted in: (AN)‚ 0.7%‚ (BN) 1.2%‚ (BED) 1.5%‚ and EDs (EDNOS) 14.6%. Corresponding numbers
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myself off” and “go on down‚ all the way down” are signs of severe depression or suicide. (Song‚ 2013) There is no mention of delusions of grandeur or uncontrollable rapidly changing thoughts which are symptoms of bipolar disorder according to the DSM-IV-TR (2000). Psychoactive substances‚ such as cocaine‚ mock symptoms of manic depression. Cocaine provides a feeling of “increased confidence” (Ryan‚ 2013‚ p 102). Withdrawal from this psychoactive substance can manifest itself as a depression‚ change
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