Compulsive hoarding is the impulse to hold onto unnecessary items due to the idea that they hold some sort of emotional value. It is a severe problem that affects the United States and it can lead people to awful and unfortunate situations such as illness and even homelessness. Studies have shown that one in four people are hoarders with the leading causes being depression or loss of a loved one. It is also apparent that a large amount of the homeless population was evicted from their housing due
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The protagonist of George Owen’s “Shooting an elephant” demonstrated that people under the pressures could prioritize self-protection over morality‚ there is no wonder that if his imaginary situations that the obsessive idea has given to him could have pushed him to being armed and plan on the first attack before the neighbor’s attack. According to the New York Post‚ his mother said that he said‚ “All of a sudden‚ now I’m on a cliff and there’s nowhere to go. No
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Hoarding behaviors can occur in a variety of psychiatric disorders and in the normal population‚ but are most commonly found in people with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Those people who report compulsive hoarding as their primary type of OCD‚ who experience significant distress or functional impairment from their hoarding‚ and who also have symptoms of indecisiveness‚ procrastination‚ and avoidance‚ are classified as having compulsive hoarding syndrome (www.ocfoundation.com). An estimated 700
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introduced into the brain. This electrical stimulation‚ used in conjunction with anesthesia like propofol and muscle relaxant medications like saxicoline‚ produces a mild generalized seizure or convulsion. While used to treat a variety of psychiatric disorders‚ it is most effective in the treatment of severe depression‚ and provides the most rapid relief currently available for this illness. It is usually indicated when patients need rapid improvement because they are suicidal‚ self-injurious‚ refuse to
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A Closer Look at Anxiety Disorders Can you imagine how it would feel to have constant feelings of fear and dread? These feelings are a reality for the twenty-nine percent of people who suffer from some kind of anxiety disorder in their lifetime (Comer 96). There are many different types of anxiety disorders. They include generalized anxiety disorder‚ phobia‚ panic disorder‚ and obsessive compulsive disorder. The symptoms of these disorders vary‚ but they all have an underlying similarity; fear
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Anxiety Disorders A patient who is diagnosed with an anxiety disorder feels like the world is closing in on them‚ and feels a need to escape. Psychologists have determined that this is possessing a fear of the unknown or something that we cannot control. There are several types of anxiety disorders that are: panic disorder‚ obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)‚ post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)‚ Social anxiety disorder‚ specific phobias‚ and generalized anxiety disorder (WebMD‚
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Psychological Disorders 3] Briefly describe how mental illness was viewed prior to Philippe Pinel’s push for reform. What things were thought to cause it? How were those with disorders “treated”? What view and treatment approach did Pinel advocate? Finally‚ how are psychological disorders viewed today (i.e.‚ what model)? Before Pinel pushed for reform‚ mental illness was viewed in a very negative manner. Since there was not much research done on the topic‚ many theories arose. It was also
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DISODERS: INTRODUCTION: A learning disorder can defined as a difficulty in an area of cognitive functioning. Learning disabilities are neurological differences in processing information that severely limit a person ’s ability to learn in a specific skill area. Learning disorders/disabilities are the result of actual differences in the way the brain processes‚ understands‚ and uses information. The term "learning disabilities" is used to describe a group of disorders characterized by inadequate development
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Psychiatric Disorders‚ Diseases‚ and Drugs Conditions that are characterized by the individual presenting with behaviors that are defined as abnormal are termed psychiatric disorders o psychiatric disease. An abnormal behavior is one that has been defined within the field of mental health as being atypical or unusual. Those patients who are diagnosed as suffering psychiatric disorders or diseases may have altered perceptions of reality or have impaired abilities to interpret reality. This alteration
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ANXIETY * General term for several disorders that cause nervousness‚ fear‚ apprehension‚ and worrying. * Considered to be a normal reaction to a stressor. ANXIETY DISORDER * a blanket term covering several different forms of a type of common psychiatric disorder characterized by excessive rumination‚ worrying‚ uneasiness‚ apprehension and fear about future uncertainties either based on real or imagined events‚ which may affect both physical and psychological health The Common Anxiety
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