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    Definition of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder is a chronic or a brain disorder in which it is the “ongoing pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity that interferes with the functioning or development” (www.nimh.nih.gov) in basic terms having trouble with paying attention‚ controlling impulsive behavior or being overly active. Whereas‚ inattention is having trouble or not able to concentrate and focus on a task‚ not as much persistence

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    Chapter 13 psychological disorders Psychological disorders review Michelle Valle Methodist University Psychological disorders Every person at some point gets anxious‚ depressed‚ withdrawn‚ or suspicious‚ just less intensely than someone with a psychological disorder. Psychological disorders are deviant‚ distressful ‚ dysfunctional patterns of thought‚ and they have changed since the 1700s. There are six types of personality

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    Living with Schizophrenia Kaplan University CM107: College Composition Living with Schizophrenia According to Schizophrenia.com‚ "The number of people who will be diagnosed as having schizophrenia in a year is about one in 4‚000. So about 1.5 million people will be diagnosed with schizophrenia this year‚ worldwide" (Schizophrenia.com‚ 2010). Men and women are affected the same by this disease‚ but women start their symptoms around ages 16-30. Men usually generate this illness around the teenage

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    Schizotypal is a Cluster A personality disorder. It is characterized by unusual behavior‚ appearance‚ thought patterns and lack of social skills (Wood 2001). Schizotypal personality disorder is marked by an inability and acute discomfort for forming close relationships (APA 2000). It also involves having cognitive and perceptual distortions (Fundukian 2008) and displaying eccentricities of behavior (APA 2000). Schizotypal also involves odd‚ coherent‚ but unimportant speech (Fundukian 2008). The

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    Before going into much detail it is important to understand the general concept of schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a disease of the brain that leads to disorganized thinking‚ delusions and hallucinations. Although the illness primarily affects cognition it can also affect emotion‚ and behavior. There are many misconceptions about this mental illness such as the idea of split or multiple personalities which will be discussed further later on‚ (Smith‚1993). In Canada it affects 1% of the population

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    Mental Illness & Deinstitutionalization The most serious forms of mental illness are psychotic disorders‚ such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder‚ which affect the mind and alter a person’s ability to understand reality‚ think clearly‚ respond emotionally‚ communicate effectively‚ and behave appropriately. People with psychotic disorders may hear nonexistent voices‚ hallucinate‚ and make inappropriate behavioral responses. Others exhibit illogical and incoherent thought processes and a lack of

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    behavior and sinister visions. From this point on we receive the stories of her discussions with Christ and her reflections on sainthood (potentially her own). Critics read the postpartum scenes as the prime example of her postpartum or postnatal psychosis‚ all in order to invalidate her later divine revelations and intentions. In the article “The Functional Eccentricity of Margery Kempe”‚ Mary Hardman Farley presents arguments regarding Margery’s mental well-being and her intentions as a writer. Farley’s

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    When Postpartum Depression Leads to Psychosis Tammy J. Stratton Having a baby is a happy time for new moms! But for some moms it can turn into something worse! Dads helping out with a new baby can prevent new moms from having severe postpartum depression! This is what happens when a new mom doesn’t get help or enough rest. But the end result could lead to postpartum psychosis if this mom doesn’t get enough rest!! The mothers that you see are stressed out from dealing with a new baby. This

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    The Psychosis of Lady Macbeth Lady Macbeth is the leading lady in the Shakespearian tragedy‚ Macbeth. Written by William Shakespeare in 1603‚ the tragedy of Macbeth italicize the entire title surrounds the downfall of an honorable man driven by blind ambition. As the play progresses‚ Macbeth gradually becomes a blood-thirsty tyrant. In turn‚ Lady Macbeth transitions from an assertive stoic into a submissive and timid sleep-walker. Lady Macbeth most likely suffers from postpartum psychosis brought

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    images in the pattern on the wallpaper‚ eventually believing that she‚ herself is a woman that has climbed out of the wall. However‚ the narrator of the story is not simply nervous‚ as her husband suspects‚ but actually has a case of postpartum psychosis. Her husband’s ignorance and prescribed treatment for her clearly

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