TABLE OF CONTENTS I 2 ABSTRACT ii 3 INTRODUCTION : • Definition of abnormal psychology 1 4 ANXIETY DISORDER • Panic Disorder • Phobia • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder 2 5 CAUSE OF ANXIETY DISORDER • Psychoanalytic Theories • Behavioural Theories 4 8 CONCLUSION 9 9 REFERENCE 10 Abstract Abnormal Psychology is the overview/study of the mental or psychological disorder of mankind which caused by several of factors that occur in the daily routine
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MULTIPLE PERSONALITY DISORDER Who should I be today? Taylor M. Dilay Clover Park High School January 8th‚ 2016 What is multiple personality disorder? After 1994 what was known as multiple personality disorder was better known as dissociative identity disorder giving people dealing or not dealing with the disorder a better understanding of it. Multiple personality disorder or dissociative identity disorder is when one’s personality is split into two or more different personalities usually
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Paranoid Personality Disorder and Substance Use Disorder: Co-occurring Personality disorders affect 10-15% of the adult US population. A personality disorder is a very rigid pattern of inner experience and outward behavior. According to SAMHSA over 8.9 million persons have co-occurring disorders; that is that they have both mental and substance use disorders. Only 7.4% receive treatment and 55.8% receive no treatment at all. The National Survey on Drug use and Health states that there were 45
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Borderline Personality Disorder‚ Narcissistic Personality Disorder and Anti-social Personality Disorder all have commonalities yet are different enough to be able to distinguish between the three. To compare these disorders‚ all three of them consist of the inability to successfully connect with and understand others emotions. People with these disorders tend to focus on themselves and make decisions based on their own good and benefits. Rarely do people with these disorders take others into consideration
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Perspectives of Psychology: Understanding the Columbine Massacre In Psychology‚ there are perspectives and approaches that are looked into when trying to understand how the intricate human mind works. These perspectives are respectfully derived from different ideas and time periods‚ exemplifying different ways of thinking. These perspectives include: sociocultural‚ biopsychological‚ psychodynamic‚ behaviorism‚ cognitive‚ and humanism. These approaches are critically essential in solving something
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Functionalism For my main perspective I have chosen Functionalism. Why?? Intersting to know and understand what builds society. Haralambos and Holborn (2004) gives a brief description of the subjects history. The most influencial of early sociologists was french female Emile Durkheim. The theory was officially founded by talcott Parson in the 20th century. From the 1960’s onwards its popularity decreased largely due to competing perspectives and fashion. Functionalists analyse and cocclude the
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Daniela Jordan Health 101 Aaron Detty 4/30/16 Depression Research Paper Approximately 6.7 percent of the American adult population suffer from major depression disorder and around 350 million worldwide‚ making it important for us to be informed of the possible dangers‚ symptoms and treatments involved with this mental disorder. There are different factors that may be a trigger for depression some of which include economic issues‚ divorce‚ death of a loved one and illness. Depression is mistakenly
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Schizophrenia is a severe disorder that affects the brain which leads to the person affected by this illness to interpret reality abnormally by affecting how that person feels‚ behaves‚ and thinks. While schizophrenia is not very common as other mental disorders there are reportedly more than 200‚000 cases per year in the united states alone and the symptoms can be extremely disabling. Risk Factors With the help of science and our advanced technology‚ scientists have known that schizophrenia sometimes
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Clinical Diagnosis Robin presents with known diagnoses of Major Depressive Disorder‚ Substance Abuse‚ and Bulimia Nervosa; repeated suicide attempts and self-inflicted cuts and burn on multiple occasions are also present. Precipitating the suicide attempts are stressful confrontations with her husband‚ making her feel hopeless and unloved. Stress inducing encounters from other than her husband have led to a dissociative state‚ in which Robin will self-mutilate or attempt suicide without remembering
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Brittany Jewell Brittany Jewell Two Fishermen 1. a) Michael Foster – “a tall‚ long-legged‚ eager young fellow” Michael is a newspaper reporter for the town newspaper‚ the Examiner. He becomes fishing buddies with K. Smith (Smitty)‚ but doesn’t associate with him in front of other people. b) Mr. Ted Bagley – Mr. Bagley is a spatulate-fingered man who owns Bagley’s hotel. c) K. Smith (nicknamed Smitty) – “A mild‚ harmless-looking little guy” Smitty is a lightly-built man with greying hair;
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