treated if their diagnosis is incorrect. Sensory Processing Disorder is one of the top misdiagnosed mental disorders in children. The main contributor to the increasing misdiagnosis of SDP is classification system of mental illness used by medical providers (NCBI‚ 2009). There are more than 200 forms of mental illness (Triad Mental Health‚ 2015). Medical professionals use many criteria within a detailed system to evaluate and diagnose these disorders as well as categorize them. It is assumed that the system
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a diagnosis of major depressive disorder. What constitutes major depressive disorder is that the client must experience five or more symptoms for at least two-weeks. Although the client displays five symptoms listed in the major depressive disorder section‚ the client has been experiencing the symptoms for five-years instead of two-weeks. The client states that she experience mild depression‚ but does not state that she was diagnosed with major depressive disorder. Therefore‚ the client does not
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Autism spectrum disorders are life long and have been found to be prevalent in up to 1% of the adolescent population (Simonoff et al.‚ 2008). Many studies have shown that the prevalence of autism spectrum disorders have increased radically (Vismara & Rogers‚ 2008). However‚ there may be many cases not yet reported or diagnosed correctly. The disorder covers a range of individuals with impairments that change from one person to the next. One individual may have difficulty with language communication
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Hoarding According to the Mayo Clinic hoarding also known as compulsive hoarding syndrome is the excessive collection of items‚ living or un-living‚ along with the inability to discard them. There are many symptoms of hoarding; the main being the inability to throw away items. Other symptoms include cluttered living space‚ keeping stacks of newspapers‚ magazines or junk mail‚ acquiring unneeded or seemingly useless items such as trash‚ and difficulty organizing items or managing daily activities
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Approximately 40% to 88% of children with various disabilities have a concurrent diagnosis of a sensory processing disorder (SPD) (May-Benson & Koomar‚ 2010). The SPD impairs a child’s ability to detect‚ modulate‚ interpret‚ and respond to sensory stimuli from the body and the environment. Children with the SPD have decreased frequency‚ duration‚ and complexity of adaptive responses‚ impaired self-esteem and confidence‚ and decreased fine motor‚ gross motor‚ cognitive‚ and social skills (Parham‚
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�PAGE � �PAGE �1� Social Anxiety Disorder RUNNING HEAD: SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER RESEARCH PROPOSAL Social Anxiety Disorder Research Proposal May 16‚ 2011 � ABSTRACT Social anxiety disorder is an illness in which those affected are excessively self-conscious and overwhelmingly anxious in everyday social situations. According to American Psychiatric Association (2000‚ p. 456)‚ the diagnostic criteria for social anxiety disorder is defined as a "marked and persistent fear of one or more social
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Compare and Contrast Types of Personality Disorders Written Assignment 5: Compare and Contrast Types of Personality Disorders and Identifying the Three Clusters into Which Most Personality Disorders are Grouped By: Keturah Albright Abnormal Psychology HDV-284074-01X-10FA2 Professor/ Instructor: Jonathan Gibralter Compare and Contrast Types of Personality Disorders Personality disorder is defined as‚ gradual development of inflexible and distorted personality and
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Personality Disorder Personality refers to our pattern of thoughts‚ feelings and behaviors that make us different from each other and the individuals that we are. People don’t behave and think the same way. Everything depends on the situation we are in and the people we are surrounded with as well as many environmental factors. However‚ as individuals we tend to behave in quite dependable ways according to unspoken social norms. There are traits that can characterize us and with these sets if
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moving “as if he’s play a scale” (Ostwald‚ 1998‚ p. 41). However later in his life‚ Gould started displaying symptoms of Asperger Disease – “a marked fear of certain physical objects‚ disturbances in empathy‚ social withdrawal‚ self-isolation‚ and obsessive attention to ritualized behavior” (Ostwald‚ 1998‚ p. 42). His self-isolation began when he was in grade school. Gould found a friend in the musically
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Major Psychological Disorders Psychological disorders affect a person’s everyday life‚ as well as the lives of the people around them. “Psychologist typically define abnormal behavior broadly‚ considering it to be behavior that causes people to experience distress and prevent them from functioning in their daily lives” (Feldman‚ 2009‚ p.518). In order to diagnose psychological disorders we need to be able to judge what normal and abnormal behavior is. In this essay I will address the topic of
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