The main types of mental ill health according to the psychiatric (DSM/ICD) classification system e.g.: mood disorders‚ personality disorders‚ anxiety disorders‚ psychotic disorders‚ substance-related disorders‚ eating disorders‚ cognitive disorders‚ sexual and gender identity disorders Key strengths and limitations of the psychiatric classification system e.g. Strengths - developed by experts‚ clarity for practitioners‚ synthesis of knowledge‚ consistency‚ coherence‚ clarity for patients‚
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Delusional Disorder Abstract This paper explains the mental illness of delusional disorder. It explains the different types of delusions that exist‚ what could cause them‚ and how they are possibly treated‚ though it’s often confused with schizophrenia‚ delusional disorder is quite common‚ especially in women. What does it mean to be delusional? What is a delusional disorder? This paper will include all information on delusional disorders and what could
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Motion sickness Overview: The motion sickness is a deeper malaise - whose symptoms are nausea‚ vomiting‚ fatigue - due to non-uniform motion caused from traveling in a car‚ a ship‚ a train or a plane. Causes: You get motion sickness when one piece of your offset detecting framework (your internal ear camera.gif‚ eyes‚ and tactile nerves) detects that your body is moving‚ yet alternate parts don’t. Case in point‚ in the event that you are in the lodge of a moving ship‚ your internal ear may sense
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Discuss Biological Treatments for Schizophrenia (24 marks) The vast majority of people who suffer from schizophrenia will receive some form of treatment to try and diminish their symptoms. There are drug therapies that help patients to function as well as possible‚ and were founded in the 1950’s when the drugs were given to hospital patients to try and calm their anxiety before surgery but were also found to relieve the symptoms of schizophrenia and so consequently were used for treatment of
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By Christopher Young Treatment‚ Assessment and Planning Teacher: Phoebe Spry- Bailie Turning Point‚ Victoria A client is displaying symptoms‚ which may be associated with alcohol withdrawal: This essay will discuss the phenomenon of neuroadaption within the human body‚ which may be associated with alcohol withdrawal. Along with this‚ it will also describe the clinical features from
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Throughout the film‚ A Beautiful Mind (2001)‚ the main character John Nash experiences a series of strange events that ultimately lead him to believe that he is being pursued by top officials in the CIA. Later in the film‚ we come to find out that most of the events in addition to some of the characters are just a figment of John’s imagination as he is diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. According to the DSM-IV-TR‚ criteria for this type of schizophrenia under Axis I consists of "preoccupation
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A Beautiful Mind Review If you ever wondered and wanted to experience how a person with schizophrenia thinks and acts‚ A Beautiful Mind is the perfect example. The movie tells the life story of John Nash. You get a point of view of a real person who struggles with schizophrenia in their everyday life. In this movie the phototype of schizophrenia is described as a person who lives their life thinking and believing that there’s an actual living person or people they talk to‚ but in reality it’s
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder vs. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder In this essay there will be comparisons and contrasts between the Generalized Anxiety Disorder and the Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. A few comparisons are that both disorders can cause physical and mental symptoms such as restlessness‚ irritability‚ poor concentration‚ worrying‚ and can effect anyone. A few contrasts are that GAD is usually triggered by nothing specific‚ while OCD is triggered by one or a few specific things‚ and OCD
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It is explained in Cultural Formation‚ a section found in the DSM-5‚ that the “understanding of the cultural context of illness is essential for the effective diagnostic assessment. (American Psychiatric Association‚ 2013‚ p. 789).” Cultures have different terms to express psychological distress‚ a good example is the Cambodian term for depression thela tdeuk ceut ‚ which translates to the water in my heart (Singh‚ 2015). Not only does the terminology differ depending on the culture‚ different syndromes
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The film “A Beautiful Mind” effectively portrays the life of a person living with schizophrenia and offers viewers several comments on the effects of mental illness without limiting the scope to simply this aspect. Being a genius does not preclude the possibility that someone has a mental illness such as schizophrenia‚ and such is the case in the character of John Nash‚ the mathematician and Nobel Prize winner portrayed in the movie‚ partially about abnormal psychology‚ “A Beautiful Mind.” John Nash
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