<center><b><a href="http://www.geocities.com/vaksam/">Sam Vaknin’s Psychology‚ Philosophy‚ Economics and Foreign Affairs Web Sites</a></b></center> <br> <br>Incest is not such a clear-cut matter as it has been made out to be over millennia of taboos. Many participants claim to have enjoyed the act and its physical and emotional consequences. It is often the result of seduction. In some cases‚ two consenting and fully informed adults are involved. Many types of relationships‚ which are defined as
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Childhood‚ and Transvestic Fetishism. These were later revised when the DSM-IV was released. Gender Identity Disorder replaced both Transsexualism and Gender Identity Disorder of Childhood‚ while Transvestic Fetishism was reclassified into a sexual paraphilia (Bryant). The latest revision to be made was in the DSM-5 when Gender Identity Disorder was changed to Gender Dysphoria. These additions have been controversial since they were first added and the controversy surrounding them has heightened throughout
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CU261P/CT261 Understand Mental Health problems 1. 1.1 The main types of mental ill health according to the psychiatric (DSM/ICD) classification system are as follows; Adjustment Disorder- A significantly more difficult adjustment to a life situation than would normally be expected considering the circumstances. For example; Adjustment Disorder with Anxiety and Adjustment Disorder with Mixed Disturbance of Emotions and Conduct. Anxiety Disorder- Experience of abnormal or inappropriate anxiety without
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"Imagine‚ if you can‚ not having a conscience‚ none at all‚ no feelings of guilt or remorse no matter what you do‚ no limiting sense of concern of the well-being of strangers‚ friends‚ or even family members. Imagine no struggles with shame‚ not a single one in your whole life‚ no matter what kind of selfish‚ lazy‚ harmful‚ or immoral action you had taken” (Thompson‚ Ramos‚ and Willett 486). Sociopathy is a personality disorder manifesting in antisocial behavioral tendencies and lack of conscience
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In R v Hoyle (No 2)‚ the Court considers the sentencing of the offender‚ Arthur Hoyle‚ who was found guilty of an act of indecency without consent and sexual intercourse without consent. While determining an appropriate sentence‚ the Court had reference to three medical reports tendered on behalf of the offender‚ the authors of which each had “a different speciality.” The medical history of the offender and the subsequent diagnosis provided by the medical reports presented a unique challenge to the
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As Good as It Gets In the movie As Good as It Gets Jack Nicholson’s character‚ Melvin Udall‚ suffers from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder‚ known as OCD for short‚ is a type of anxiety disorder. In this movie‚ Melvin displayed many compulsions. When he comes back to his apartment he locks his door 5 times and turns on and off the lights 5 times. He also washes his hands with 2 new bars of soap each time he washes his hands. When he walks‚ he avoids stepping on any
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PSY 281-01 Biography Assignment July 15‚ 2013 RADIO Cuba Gooding Jr. starring as Radio Radio is a Drama/Sport movie filmed in 2003 that revolves around Radio‚ portrayed by Cuba Gooding Jr. Radio displays multiple behaviors that are consistent with the psychological disorder‚ Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder‚ defined in The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV (DSM-IV). His life consists of rigid structure and exhaustive daily rituals. This will soon be drastically altered
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Deceleration behavior therapy and acceleration behavior therapy are to primary methods that behavior therapy uses to affect the frequency of the occurrence of target behaviors. Acceleration behavior therapy increases the frequency of the occurrence of a target behavior‚ while deceleration behavior therapy decreases the frequency of the occurrence of a target behavior. There are three primary deceleration strategies that are used in behavior therapy; differential reinforcement‚ punishment‚ and aversion
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Nrmality is quite hard to define. The line between what is considered normal and abnormal is not always clear. There are different ways to look at normality. Normal Behaviour refers to a lack of significant deviation from the average. Normality is thus the deviation from average. There are quite some models for looking at normality. One model is to place behaviour on a straight line between two point. One extreme point is supernormality‚ and the other is abnormality. Normality is found around
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Hybristiphilia is defined as a “paraphilia in which sexual arousal‚ facilitation‚ and attainment of orgasm are responsive to and contingent upon being with a partner known to have committed an outrage‚ cheating‚ lying‚ known infidelities or crime‚ such as rape‚ murder‚ or armed robbery” (Hickey‚ 2006‚ pp. 197). The affliction is derived from the Greek word “hubrizein‚” meaning‚ “to commit outrage” (2006‚ pp. 199)– outrageous‚ it would appear‚ is only the inception of a rabbit hole of enigmatic depravity
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