LIFE EVENTS AND PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS * RITA CHATTERJEE‚ M.A.‚ M. Phil (Medical and Social Psychology Trainee); MANU ARORA‚ M.D.‚ D.P.M.‚ Senior Resident; Central Institute of Psychiatry‚ Ranchi‚ India. * drmanu2004@rediffmail.com * Citation: Chatterjee‚ R. & Arora‚ M. (2005) Life events and psychiatric disorders. Mental Health Reviews‚ Accessed from <http://www.psyplexus.com/mhr/.html> on CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS Life Events Researchers have long been interested in understanding
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Ashley Norton Psy-270 Final Project- Marla’s Disorder Due-Sunday Dysthymia Disorder Marla is a 42-year-old Hispanic female who comes to the mental health clinic complaining of having trouble sleeping‚ feeling "jumpy all of the time‚" and experiencing an inability to concentrate. These symptoms are causing problems for her at work‚ where she is an accountant. Before I could tell Marla’s that she may be suffering from Dysthymic Disorder I would need to really take a look in her life and understand
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DESCRIPTION Depression is one of the commonest psychiatric disorders. Depression ranges in seriousness from mild‚ temporary episodes of sadness to severe‚ persistent depression. Patients of depression often present with vague somatic symptoms or aches and pains in general clinical practice‚ for which no physical cause is found on assessment. Clinical depression is the more severe form of depression‚ also known as major depression or major depressive disorder. It isn’t the same as depression caused by
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Let alone‚ one topic that resonated with me is the topic about psychological disorders. I didn’t really know a lot of the disorders that this topic talk is about but after the course and the topic‚ I was able to understand different kinds of disorders that affects one and what one can do to prevent all those disorders. For instance‚ obsessive-compulsive disorders were one of the disorders that resonated me because learning this disorder enabled me to understand more how people get stressed. In the
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an adolescent male born 07/24/2002‚ who has been diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder‚ generalized anxiety‚ panic disorder‚ social phobia‚ social anxiety‚ anorexia‚ self-injurious behavior. His treating provider‚ Ricardo P. Bayola‚ MD recommended that he be placed in continued adolescent inpatient psychiatric care from 02/11/2016 forward. The carrier has denied coverage of continued adolescent inpatient psychiatric care as not medically necessary. A letter from the carrier to the member‚ dated
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Psychiatric Disorders‚ Diseases and Drugs Psychiatric Disorders‚ Diseases and Drugs Axia University Instructor: Allen Meyer Date: July 31‚ 2010 Axia University Instructor: Allen Meyer Date: July 31‚ 2010 Avery Paco Avery Paco Schizophrenia‚ emotional disorders‚ Anxiety and Tourette’s syndrome are all classified as psychiatric disorders. There is a thin line between neuropsychological disorders and psychiatric disorders. Though the two types of disorders are a result of a dysfunctional
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Among the many psychiatric disorders‚ schizophrenia is one that has the least known about it. This disorder is characterized by a disruption in the individual’s ability to regulate their own thoughts‚ emotions‚ and actions or rather their overall behavior. The onset of schizophrenia is not until later in an individual’s life‚ typically beginning at the end of their teenage years extending into early adulthood. However‚ the time of diagnosis as well as the progression is essentially unique to each
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Analyzing Psychological Disorders Tammy Richards PSY/240 October 10‚ 2012 Rose Ann King‚ PhD Diagnosing psychiatric diseases or disorders can be very difficult. Because of this‚ diagnosis is usually done by determining the symptoms of each patient and comparing them to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association‚ DSM-IV-TR. Schizophrenia is one of those disorders. The areas of the brain that are affected by this disorder are the forebrain‚ hindbrain and
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Psychological Disorder Analysis PSY/270 July 18‚ 2010 Aubrey Noble Psychological Disorder Analysis Psychological disorders can be very debilitating for those who suffer from them. Psychological disorders affect a person’s ability to function normally in their daily lives. In the following case study‚ you will be introduces to Marla‚ a Hispanic female who is suffering from an undiagnosed mental disorder. There are many different possible causes that are leading to Marla’s
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There are many psychological disorders that we have studied through the years. The categories for most of them are anxiety‚ personality‚ and dissociative disorders. The one that has helped identify the majority of criminals is antisocial personality disorder. This disorder is one that develops early in people‚ as early as the age of three‚ and as stated before can lead the person to become a criminal. However‚ if the person who has this disorder is raised well he could end up being a hero of
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