Psychology 2 10 May 2014 Eating Disorders Many men and women suffer from eating disorders. Anorexia nervosa‚ bulimia nervosa‚ and binge eating disorder are three common types of eating disorders. Anorexia nervosa is when a person has a compulsion to lose weight even though they are severely underweight. A person that is bulimic has a compulsion to eat a great amount of food‚ then vomit or take laxatives to get rid of the food. Binge-eating disorder is when a person has a compulsion to binge‚
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Schizoid Personality Disorder: The Nature and Characteristics of Schizoid Cole Butler Sonoma State University Abstract Eugen Bleuler first used the term “Schizoid” in 1908 and described it as “...a human tendency to direct attention toward one ’s inner life and away from the external world”. Schizoid Personality Disorder (SPD) is characterized by a lack of interest in any form of social relationship‚ a solitary lifestyle‚ and secretness. People
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mental disorders in the workplace? Americans with mental disabilities are one of the largest groups in America with some type of disability. Mental disorders can include depression‚ anxiety‚ schizophrenia‚ and trauma; posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Although‚ many of them are still able to have “jobs‚” the real question is are they actually working efficiently‚ for the better of the company? Depending on the mental disorder can we or can we not utilize people with mental disorders in the
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from both the present wars and being diagnosed with this disorder. Post traumatic stress disorder occurs as a result of experiencing a highly traumatic event such as combat‚ death‚ rape‚ abuse and so on. People suffering from post traumatic stress disorder often have flashbacks of that traumatic event. Flashbacks can often be triggered by something that reminds them of that traumatic event. People diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder often feel helpless from preventing the same traumatic event
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personality disorder is a serious mental illness marked by unstable moods‚ behavior‚ and relationships. Because some people with severe borderline personality disorder have brief psychotic episodes‚ experts originally thought of this illness as atypical‚ or borderline‚ versions of other mental disorders. While mental health experts now generally agree that the name "borderline personality disorder" is misleading‚ a more accurate term does not exist yet. The symptoms of borderline disorder were first
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Fluency disorder is a communication disorder that involves speech with many disfluencies‚ which interrupts the flow of communication. To have this disorder means that you have some trouble speaking fluently. Some symptoms of a fluency disorder are pauses‚ interjections‚ and revisions. Primary features of a fluency disorder are part-word repetitions‚ sound prolongations‚ and blocks. Secondary features are lip tremors‚ tensing‚ eye blinking‚ negative feelings‚ head jerking‚ and fist clenching. (Kurth)
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Histrionic Personality Disorder Aleyshka Vigil PSY 2012 01/0 7/13 Professor Shaw Histrionic Personality Disorder This paper will describe Histrionic Personality Disorder. When one usually thinks of mental illness Clinical Depression‚ Bipolar Disorder or maybe even Schizophrenia comes to mind‚ but Histrionic Personality Disorder is not commonly used today in respect to mental illness. This may be due to the probability
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A person suffering from a dissociative identity disorder has two or more separate identities or personality states (Coon & Mitterer‚ 2009). In the movie Mr. Brooks‚ Earl Brooks is a wealthy‚ successful businessman who recently was honored as "Man of the Year." Brooks is also a serial killer‚ known as the "Thumbprint Killer" by the police. He is encouraged by his id‚ manifested as an alter ego who he refers to as Marshall‚ whom only Brooks can see or hear. Marshall loves to kill‚ and even talking
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To Sleep or not to Sleep The most common types of sleep disorders are hallucinations‚ insomnia‚ sleepwalking‚ and poor sleep resulting from nightmares may be associated with posttraumatic stress disorder or PTSD (“Sleep Disorders”). In William Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ sleep disorders such as hallucinations‚ insomnia‚ and sleepwalking are used to portray how the guilt of murder plagues Macbeth and his wife Lady Macbeth demonstrating how the consequences of their crimes are ultimately fatal. Being
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Case Report Name: Anna Munsch Class Name: Abnormal Psychology What diagnosis has been given to this client? Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia Background Information Please outline the major symptoms of this disorder. According to the DSM‚ the major symptoms of Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia are recurrent panic attacks with anxiety about experiencing another attack. Also present is anxiety being in a public place where escape will be difficult or embarrassing or where it will be difficult
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