Bipolar Disorder Tanya Reece PSY/103 December 8‚ 2014 Tricia Ferre Introduction What is Bipolar disorder? Bipolar disorder symptoms and warning signs Cause of Bipolar disorder Prevention of Bipolar disorder Thesis Statement Bipolar disorder has a severe impact on the human population that affects individual sleep patterns‚ causes mood swings and occasionally violence. It is a severe disorder that can ruin relationships and lives if left untreated‚ however new therapies and medications can
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A Beautiful Mind illustrates many of the topics relating to psychological disorders. The main character of the film‚ John Nash‚ is a brilliant mathematician who suffers from symptoms of Schizophrenia. His symptoms include paranoid delusions‚ grandiosity‚ and disturbed perceptions. The disease disrupts his social relationships‚ his studies‚ and his work. The more stressful his life becomes the more his mind is not able to distinguish between reality and fantasy. Nash’s first hallucination is in
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Anxiety‚ Mood‚ Dissociative‚ Somatoform Disorders The DSM-IV-TR presents diagnostic categories and classifications for the use of identifying and diagnosing mental disorders (Hansell & Damour‚ 2008). This paper will look at the areas of anxiety disorders‚ mood and affective disorders‚ dissociative disorders‚ and somatoform disorders. The probable classifications and symptoms under these categories will also be discussed. In addition‚ an in depth look at a disorder from each category will be dissected
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A reflection on two approaches Both psychodynamic and Focusing-oriented therapies regard trauma as a painful and challenging experience. They understand trauma as something that can alter a person’s sense of self. They both acknowledge the survivor’s attempts to avoid the pain. Also‚ both approaches note that there is an adaptive aspect to the survivor’s responses (as they attempt to avoid the pain) (see Mackay‚ 2002; Vantarakis‚ 2014). These approaches aim to help the clients to integrate their
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Study of Perception as viewed by William James. Whilst part of what we perceive comes through our senses from the object before us‚ another part (and it may be the larger part) always comes out of our own mind.” (James‚ 1890). With regard to your coverage of perception in this module‚ outline the ideas and thinking behind this statement. In most dictionaries perception is more or less described as “the process by which an organism detects and interprets information from the external world by
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Domestic Violence and Psychological Disorders in Children In my paper‚ I will be discussing how domestic violence is linked to psychological disorders in children. This subject is important to me for many reasons. One is that I come from a home where there was domestic violence and as a child‚ and now also as an adult‚ I have dealt with anxiety‚ which I link to my upbringing. I believe this information is important to the field of Human Development and Family Studies
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“War”‚ “Pig”‚ “Political Pig”‚ and a panther paw‚ the symbol of the Black Panthers‚ were written and drawn with the blood of the victims. His childhood was very interesting. His mother was 16 when he was born and they really don’t know who his biological
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Biological and Psychological Models of Abnormality Introduction The many different models used to explain the nature and treatment of mental illness compound the problems of defining and classifying abnormal behaviour. Five major schools of thought are summarised below. The biological (medical) model The medical of abnormality model has dominated the psychiatric profession since the last century . The underlying assumption of this model is that mental illnesses resemble physical
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Introduction When summertime comes around‚ bug spray is a necessity. Bug spray is especially important to ward off the blood sucking parasites called mosquitos. A mosquito bite does not hurt‚ but it cause an itchy sensation on the skin. However‚ in third world countries‚ like Africa‚ a mosquito bite could lead to a deadly disease. Malaria is a disease spread by mosquitos. An individual will start to experience high fevers and chills. If left untreated‚ the individual could die (Heyneman‚ 2014). Antimalarial
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Biological methods of stress management try to control the body’s response to stress by reducing physiological activity. The most well-known biological method of stress management is drug therapy. One method is using drugs called Benzodiazepines (BZs). These are the most common type of drug to relieve stress and anxiety issues. They work by slowing down the Central Nervous System activity. GABA‚ the hormone responsible for anxiety relief naturally in the human body is enhanced by the BZs. The BZs
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