a) How could a psychological disorder (either affective or anxiety or psychotic) be treated biologically? An affective disorder commonly treated biologically is depression. Depression is a disorder characterised by the DSM –IV with 9 symptoms‚ at least 5 of which must be present within a 2-week period. These symptoms include depressed mood‚ insomnia or hypersomnia‚ feelings of worthlessness and recurrent thoughts of death. To treat depression biologically‚ a clinician would prescribe an anti-depressant
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unmentioned psychiatric condition—the dissociative identity disorder. “Dissociative identity disorder is a severe condition in which two or more distinct identities‚ or personality states‚ are present in—and alternately take control of—an individual.” (“Psychology Today: Dissociative Identity Disorder‚” 2014). The condition is “characterized by a fragmentation‚ or splintering‚ of identity” (“Psychology Today: Dissociative Identity Disorder‚” 2014). “Usually‚ a primary identity carries the individual’s
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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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the necessary emphases that should be placed on psychological health. Hank Green‚ narrator of the educational series Crash Course‚ states in the video titled “Psychological Disorders: Crash Course Psychology #28”‚ “Mental health clinicians define psychological disorders as deviant‚ distressful‚ and dysfunctional patterns of thought‚ feelings‚ or behavior.” For further understanding he goes on to explain that‚ to be deviant is “thoughts and behavior that are different from most of the rest of [ones]
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argument that there is a genetic influence on numerous human behaviors‚ such as homosexuality‚ intelligence and personality. One indication that behavior has a genetic basis is that behavior is often species specific. Examples include the warning behavior of prairie dogs or the mouth to mouth sharing of blood amongst vampire bats. The closer our genetic resemblance is to a certain species‚ the more behaviors we have in common. Since long it has also been known that behavior can be bred true‚ which is
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Bipolar 1 Bipolar 1 disorder‚ also referred to as manic depression is a mental illness where patients affected experience the manic episode at least once in their lives. A manic episode can be defined as abnormal behavior accompanied by high energy and abnormally an elevated mood that disrupts life for a given period. Additionally‚ people affected by bipolar 1 disorder can experience depressive episodes. Mostly‚ there is a pattern cycle which alternates between depressive and manic episodes;
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Grace V. MSC 103 BSBA-3D Prof. Consumer Behavior Case “How Unilever’s Brands Connect with Consumers” 1. How is Unilever applying its understanding of internal consumer processes in the psychological core to market its products? One company that has maintained its dominance over time is Unilever. The company make used of their understanding of internal processes which are a series of changes that occur within the individual‚ which includes the psychological processes: motivation‚ perception‚ attitude
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delusional behavior.He has a very manipulative and controlling personality.He believed that the Beatles song Helter Skelter predicted a race war in America He reinforced this idea using the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr as proof His signature behavior was that with every murder he orchestrated it was to try and start the race war he had said was predicted.Every victim was an upper class person in California. The words “War”‚ “Pig”‚ “Political Pig”‚ and a panther paw‚ the symbol of the Black Panthers
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A Review of Psychological Disorders in As Good As It Gets Patricia A.Chambers Chattahoochee Technical College A Review of Psychological Disorders in As Good As It Gets Hollywood film producers and authors of fictional novels destined for the big screen have often given their characters psychological disorders. Producers and writers seek ways to add depth to their characters’ personalities and give them something to struggle against during the course of the story. The average movie-goer
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Social Influences on Behavior PSY/300 July 14‚ 2010 Social Influences on Behavior Several social situations can determine an individual’s behavior. There are phenomena that can facilitate certain behavior’s‚ like social
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