Criteria Conversion disorder is classified as a conversion disorder or a dissociative disorder depending on the diagnostic criteria used. The DSM-5 classifies conversion disorder as a somatoform disorder‚ whereas the 10th edition of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10) classifies conversion disorder as a dissociative disorder. With the publication of the DSM-5 in 2013‚ the association between somatoform and dissociative disorders was acknowledged
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Social anxiety disorder is a condition where the individual feels high anxiety in social situations due to fears that they will be negatively judged by others feel bad about themselves or embarrassment. The disorder varies from person to person so the individual fears can be specific or can be more general. For example‚ a specific fear could be eating in public and a more general fear could be messing up in front of other people. This disorder makes individuals judge themselves and feel as if they
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A psychological disorder is defined as a disorder of the mind involving thoughts‚ behaviors‚ and emotions that cause either self or others significant distress. Significant distress can mean the person is unable to function‚ meet personal needs on their own‚ or are a danger to themselves or others.( Brogaard ). There are a number of ways in which psychological disorders can be treated‚ they treatments range from insight‚ behavior‚ cognitive‚ group and biological therapies. Within my case study‚
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My current position within the school is being a Personal Care Instructional Aide. The student I am with‚ I have been with for the past three years. However‚ the beginning of this past November she started attending a different school within the district. She was transferred to this new school so she could receive full day learning support. I accompanied my student with this transition. I was the only familiarity she had in this new setting. Prior to this transition‚ she was at her home school
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Psychological Disorders’ Presentation “Psychological disorders are behaviors or mental processes that are connected with various kinds of distress or impaired functioning (Nevid & Rathus‚ 2005).” Many people battle different kinds of disorders ranging from anxiety‚ dissociative‚ somatoform‚ moodiness‚ schizophrenia‚ personality‚ and many other disorders (Nevid & Rathus‚ 2005). Some are so mild that people do not recognize when they have it‚ and some are so severe that they become a
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Mental disorders Panic disorder: Definition- a psychiatric disorder in which debilitating anxiety and fear arise frequently and without reasonable cause. Signs and symptoms- Shortness of breath or hyperventilation. Heart palpitations or a racing heart. Chest pain or discomfort. Trembling or shaking. Choking feeling. Feeling unreal or detached from your surroundings. What are the effects – (Emotional effects) Inability to focus Failure to relax Expecting danger Absentmindedness Getting easily
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not suffer from medically diagnosed anxiety struggle to grasp how difficult it is for an individual. Medically diagnosed anxiety is not the same thing as typical anxiety; it makes normal life challenging at almost every moment of the day. There are branches of anxiety disorders such as panic disorders‚ phobias‚ social‚ and generalized anxiety. I will focus more towards generalized anxiety because it is the common denominator in the other specific anxiety disorders. By understanding and empathizing
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Title Pages Introduction and treatments of Anxiety By: Junjie Wang;Belvin Student Number: 12061501 For: Mr.David M Macleod Course: ICEAP Level 5 Essay Paper Due: October 19 Anxiety We always worry about something or are afraid of something in our life‚ but when we over-worry about our life or afraid‚ it is absolutely abnormal. Anxiety‚ one of the emotions of people‚ not only just belonging to us‚ but also effecting and undermining life. If there are some people
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Anorexia nervosa (AN): an eating disorder characterized by an in ability to maintain normal weight‚ an intense fear of gaining weight‚ and distorted body perception. Clinicians diagnose an individual with anorexia nervosa when he or she shows three basic types of symptoms: severely restricted eating‚ which leads the person to have an abnormally low body weight‚ intense and unrealistic fear of getting fat or gaining weight‚ and disturbed self-perception of body shape or weight. In other words people
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1. Separation anxiety is a common stage that a child go through‚ where the child becomes nervous and fearful when separated from parent‚ another caretaker or a person the child is attached to. This condition happens between 8 months of age to 3 years of age (Ricci‚ Kyle &Carman‚ 2013‚ pg. 1128). people’s attitudes about separation of babies are cultural‚ since western cultures encourage autonomy at a very early age while in other cultures separation of mother and baby is not encouraged especially
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