Major Neurocognitive Disorders Possibly Due to Huntington’s Disease Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-5) Psychological disorders are abnormalities of the mind‚ which lead to behavioral or mental patterns that cause suffering or poor ability to carry out ordinary life functions. Psychological disorders are also referred to as mental disorders‚ psychiatric disorders or mental illnesses. The official criterion and classification system for psychological disorders utilized by mental health professionals
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of Bipolar Disorder The concept of a drastic shift in mood being classified as an illness was first described by the French psychiatrist Jean-Pierre Farlet in 1851 (Marmol‚ 2008). Farlet coined the term “Folie Circulaire” to label a disorder characterized by manic and sad episodes separated by symptom-free intervals (Marmol‚ 2008). As time passed‚ the description along with the classification changed‚ altering from an entity on its own to a unified disorder with other mood disorders (Marmol‚ 2008)
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personality disorders as if they were entirely different from "normal" personality traits. It groups them into three clusters: Cluster A - 3 disorders characterized by odd or eccentric begaviors and thinking: paranoid personality disorder‚ schizoid personality disorder‚ and schizotypal personality disorder Cluster B - 4 disorders characterized by dramaitc‚ erratic‚ and emotional behavior and interpersonal realationships: antisocial personality disorder‚ histrionicpersonality disorder‚ borderline
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Neurocognitive Disorders Paper Sheila Henderson PSY 410 July 22‚ 2014 Dr. Donald Collins Neurodevelopmental and Neurocognitive Disorders Paper The neurodevelopmental disorder of autism spectrum (ASD) is defined by the American Psychiatric Association ’s Diagnosis and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) as a sole condition to include syndromes which are formerly regarded as individual‚ these were autism‚ asperger syndrome‚ children’s disintegrative syndrome and pervasive developmental disorder (Mayo
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The Dangers of Binge Drinking and Disordered Eating in College Students My hope for this literature review is to shine some light on a prevalent issue that affects college students all over the United States. Binge drinking and eating disorders are becoming the two biggest health-related issues on college campuses. They can lead to alcohol abuse‚ obesity‚ and a host of other ailments. A web-based study (Weeder‚ 2011) from a private university collected data using a very descriptive self-report
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Ch 15 Psychological Disorders Perspectives on Psychological Disorders: Textbook Learning Objectives 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4‚ 5‚ Explain how we define psychological disorder. Different behavior that causes distress to the person’s life. Harmful dysfunction by quirk. Fear of spiders only disorder if the fear harms the person’s life. Explain the biopsychosocial perspective on disordered behavior. The biopsychosocial perspective on disordered behavior recognizes that both biological and environmental factors
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1.) Discuss the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies’ (ISTSS) new PTSD practice guideline grading system. In November of 2007‚ the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS) issued new post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) practice guidelines. Using a grading system from “A” to “E‚” the guidelines label several PTSD treatments as “A” treatments based on their high degree of empirical support. They include: Prolonged-exposure therapy‚ Cognitive-processing therapy‚ Stress-inoculation
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self actualization which is the process of fulfilling our potential Wundt: Established first psychology laboratory at the University of Leipzig‚ Germany James: Memory researcher and president of American Psychological Association Schools of Psych & Personality Personality: individual’s characteristic pattern of thinking‚ feeling‚ and acting Psychoanalytic: Free association- method of exploring the unconscious in which a person relaxed and says whatever comes to mind‚ no matter how trivial
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Narcissistic Personality Disorder is a condition in which people have an excessive sense of self-importance‚ an extreme preoccupation with themselves‚ and lack of empathy for others ( Board‚ A.D.A.M. Editorial). Three parts of this disorder will be dabbled upon in this paper‚ the description‚ the causation‚ and the treatment of Narcissistic Personality Disorder. The first of which will be the description. Narcissistic Personality Disorder is characterized by a long-standing pattern of grandiosity
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Psych rotations has been a hug revelation for me. I was terrified to start psych rotations‚ but it is not bad at all. My first week scared me the most. I was walking to the entrance and I glance over into a patient’s window and I see a patient with long black hair staring at me out of their window. That was the first impression that it got and scared me. But as I got into the unit and took a tour‚ my nerves started to ease. The first couple of weeks I played it safe and chose the patients with mood
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