Trichotillomania The Compulsive Hair-Pulling Disorder Madeline Roy Psychology 100 Charlotte Prokop 31 October 2013 Trichotillomania is the compulsive urge to pull out‚ and in some cases eat (Trichophagia)‚ ones hair leading to noticeable hair loss‚ distress‚ and social or functional impairment. The term comes from the Greek words trich (hair)‚ till (pull) and mania (madness). Francois Henry Hallopeau‚ a French Dermatologist‚ coined this term in 1889 after encountering a young
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Eating disorders are characterised by an abnormal attitude towards food that causes someone to change their eating habits and behaviour. A person with an eating disorder may focus excessively on their weight and shape‚ leading them to make unhealthy choices about food with damaging results to their health. Types of eating disorders Eating disorders include a range of conditions that can affect someone physically‚ psychologically and socially. The most common eating disorders are: anorexia
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder across Developmental Trajectory: Cognitive Processing of Threat in Children‚ Adolescents‚ and Adults Everybody experiences intrusive thoughts once in a while‚ yet we think nothing of it most of the time. However‚ for people with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder‚ such thoughts occur frequently‚ and they are likely to be interpreted with more emotional intensity‚ and are highly uncontrollable. Obsessions signify the extreme end on a continuum of normal‚ unwanted‚ intrusive
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Mariah Allen University Success Due Date: 9-30-12 Courtney McGinnis Teen Eating Disorders The teenage community today is based on the views and opinions of society. Though this may seem harmless on the outside‚ these opinions have become the poison apple of today’s culture‚ tearing teenagers lives apart. Specifically‚ teenagers are falling to eating disorders due to the pictures and habits in the everyday community. Large billboards of flawless models‚ magazines with dieting tips and get-skinny
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A review of her medical records indicates that she suffers from chronic back pain due to compression fractures. She is followed by Dr.Allan vrable at the spine institute for pain management. She suffers from chronic advanced COPD and is oxygen dependent at 2L/min continuously. She is followed by Dr. Pandya for pulmonary. She suffers from Atrial Fib for which she takes Coumadin. She is follow by Dr. Chalassani for cardiology. He also monitors her Coumadin level monthly. She suffers from co-morbidities
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COMPULSIVE HOARDING BY RACHEL DILLIE THOMAS EDISON STATE COLLEGE Hoarding 2 While some people believe it is not‚ hoarding is a mental disorder that is difficult to treat and is often judged as a personal problem rather than a mental disorder. The new appearance of television shows that are specific to this mental disorder‚ place this disease in the spotlight. Compulsive hoarding has become something that is looked down upon and that the person whom it is affecting is just messy and disgusting
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Compulsive Gambling and It’s Cost to the Economy More than 5 million Americans are pathological‚ compulsive and problem gamblers‚ and another 15 million are at risk of becoming just like them. A common definition of problem gambling is: a progressive disorder characterized by a continuous or periodic loss of control over gambling and irrational thinking and behavior despite the consequences. When gambling interferes with any one’s life‚ it can be categorize as an addiction or disease‚ just
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compulsiveCompulsive shopping and spending is described as a pattern of chronic‚ repetitive purchasing that becomes difficult to stop and ultimately results in harmful consequences. It is defined as an impulse control disorder and has features similar to other addictive disorders without involving the use of an intoxicating drug. There are many social and cultural factors that tend to increase the addictive potential of shopping and spending. The easy availability of credit and the material focus
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Compulsive Hoarding Revealed Mikayla Casteel April 30‚ 2012 I. Definition A. Compulsive hoarding is a common and potentially disabling problem‚ characterized by the accumulation of excessive clutter‚ to the point that parts of one’s home can no longer be used for their intended purpose B. Compulsive hoarding could be a subtype of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)‚ which is defined as an anxiety disorder characterized by unreasonable thoughts and fears (obsessions) that lead to repetitive
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have become aware of hoarding from TV. It is argued whether hoarding is a mental disorder. People are not hoarders from the day they are born‚ although‚ it is proven to have a brain abnormality. Hoarding can ruin someone’s life but overcoming it can also save many lives. Compulsive hoarding not only affects the hoarder’s mental‚ emotional‚ and physical health‚ but also their loved ones’. Hoarding is a devastating disorder but can be overcome. Hoarding has really become popular in only the past few
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