Impulse Control Disorder General Psychology 11:00-12:15 T/H 11/29/13 What is impulse control disorder? Impulse control disorder is more than just acting on a whim. People with an impulse control disorder‚ a newer form of personality disorders‚ can’t resist the urge to do something harmful to themselves or others (Ploskin‚ 2007). People with these disorders may or may not plan the acts‚ but the acts generally fulfill their immediate‚ conscious wishes. Most people‚ however‚ find their
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is unknown‚ it ranges anywhere from 0-3 years. He does not have an occupation‚ and no information is given on his family. The psychological disorder that Piglet possibly has is Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Symptoms of this disorder‚ from the DSM-IV-TR‚ include “excessive anxiety and worry (apprehensive expectation)‚ occurring more days than not for at least 6 months‚ about a number of events or activities (such as work or school performance).” Piglet often worries about things such
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became convinced that he has reactive attachment disorder. According to the DSM-IV-TR‚ “RAD is
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Mental Health 1. Panic attack Abrupt experience of intense fear and discomfort‚ consumer feels a sudden elevation of fear‚ may occur anytime. Consumer having the attack show’s physical symptoms such as dizzines and palpitation. How it relates to or affects my clinical practice: If the consumer is having panic attack the nurse can calm the consumer and the nurse can assisst the consumer through out the episode
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disorder that involved physical symptoms that were the result of repressed anxiety that provoked the impulses of physical symptoms (Hansell & Damour‚ 2008). In 1980 the DSM-IV-TR moved away from the term “hysteria” and associated the symptoms as specific somatoform disorders (Hansell & Damour‚ 2008). According to the DSM-IV-TR‚ there are five subcategories of somatoform disorders: Psychogenic pain
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head injuries‚ life events‚ or neurological illnesses affect onset and course of compulsive hoarding symptoms in adults. C. The most commonly known cause is that compulsive hoarding is a variant or subtype of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). IV. Identifying A. Compulsive hoarding is identified as the acquisition of and inability to discard items even though they appear to have no value. B. Other characteristics of compulsive hoarding include: unable to discard large quantities of possessions
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WHAT IS MENTAL DISORDER? Distinguishing "normal" from "abnormal" is no simple task. Three classic symptoms suggest severe mental disorder: hallucinations‚ delusions‚ and extreme affective disturbances. Hallucinations are false sensory experiences‚ such as hearing nonexistent voices. Delusions are extreme disorders of thinking that involve persistent false beliefs. If you think you are the President of the United States (and you are not)‚ you have a symptom of psychopathology. Similarly‚ those whose
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limited to‚ wide-open spaces‚ as well as uncontrollable social situations such as the possibility of being met in shopping malls‚ airports‚ and on bridges. Agoraphobia is defined within the DSM-IV TR as a subset of panic disorder‚ involving the fear of incurring a panic attack in those environments. In the DSM-5‚ however‚ Agoraphobia is classified as being separate to panic disorder. The sufferer may go to great lengths to avoid those situations‚ in severe cases becoming unable to leave their home
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Introduction to the Analysis of Lester Burnham When I was told to choose a movie to perform a psychoanalysis on a character. I did not know what movie to choose. After watching the two hour long film on the multiple characters that seemed to be struggling to find their inner happiness: American Beauty. I knew that I should not look any further. One character that especially stood out was‚ Lester Burnham. A forty-two year old father with a mid-life crisis. In the film‚ American Beauty Lester Burnham
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considerations of jonestown and peoples temple. Jonestown project. Transcript of Recovered FBI tape Q 42.‚ San Diego State University. Antisocial personality disorder- Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fourth edition Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR) American Psychiatric Association (2000) pp.645-650
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