Analyzing Psychological Disorders By Stephanie Marsh-Walker University of Phoenix Schizophrenia is a complex brain disorder. Like many other illnesses‚ schizophrenia is believed to result from a combination of environmental and genetic factors. All the tools of modern science are being used to search for the causes of this disorder. The term schizophrenia is Greek in origin‚ and in the Greek meant "split mind." This is not an accurate medical term. In Western culture
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An estimated 5 million Americans suffer from eating disorders and most are teenage girls and young women. Among the three types of eating disorders‚ anorexia nervosa is the most common type. It is a disorder in which the person has a distorted body image and an intense fear of being fat. Binging‚ or eating large quantities of food in a short period of time‚ and then purging‚ or vomiting to empty the stomach of food‚ are all actions commonly found in anorexics. An anorexic is extremely afraid
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Schizophrenia Understanding the Psychological Disorder Mariah J. Ordaz Coastal Bend College Schizophrenia: Understanding the Psychological Disorder Schizophrenia‚ it’s a term many people associate with crazy‚ psychotic‚ and bizarre behaviors. This disorder has many signs and symptoms and the cause has yet to be discovered. Various studies have been conducted‚ but one singular cause of the disorder has not been discovered. Understanding this serious and baffling psychological disorder is an important and
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with one word: Pica. But what exactly is Pica? Pica is a very rare disorders with an interesting history‚ where signs and symptoms help diagnosis the treatments for it. Pica is a disorder in which you have an appetite or weird craving for things that have no nutritional value. There is no age limit for the disease; anyone can have Pica at any point in time. Pica can be associated with mental and stress related disorders. Stress factors such as family issues‚ pregnancy‚ poverty‚ parental
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Analyzing Psychological Disorders Final Project Malari Danielle Burch Psy/240 Tami R Gannon 6/22/14 My name is Malari Danielle Burch‚ and I would like to first thank you for this opportunity with your company. I believe that my vast knowledge of the following subjects and more will prove to be a great fit for the position which I seek. I love the thought of being able to help others who are currently going through the same things that I myself have gone through in the past. I have included
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Psychological and Psychophysiological Stress Disorders Respond to the following: 1. Stress can be the root cause of psychological disorders. Name four symptoms shared by acute and posttraumatic stress disorders. You could experience any one of these if not more than one; Re-experiencing the Event‚ Avoidance and Emotional Numbing‚ Hypervigilance‚ irritability or sleep problems‚ Alienation‚ depression and physical symptoms (headache‚ stomachache) 2. What life events are most likely to trigger
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Psychological Disorder Research: Fight Club The movie‚ Fight Club‚ published in 1999‚ portrays two topics of psychology: Insomnia and Dissociative Identity Disorder. The unnamed narrator has not been able to sleep for six months straight‚ and he looks for treatment. He refuses to take medication prescribed by his doctor‚ so his doctor suggests for him to attend a testicular cancer group meeting. The doctor suggests this‚ because the narrator complains about the misery he has to deal with‚ but
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Psychological Disorders Part A. What is schizophrenia‚ people may ask‚ It is a brain disease that is chronic and very severe‚ that “more than two Million Americans” (schizophrenia.com‚ 2004)‚ are having to deal with each day. Understanding the causes and treatments of schizophrenia is the first thing that needs to be done when taking a look at the causes and the treatments of this disorder. The cause of schizophrenia is in a person’s genetics‚ or DNA as the professionals would say
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around and contemplate the fact that they might be responsible for their own child’s struggles? That question prompts reflection about an article saying children who are raised in an abusive home are more likely to suffer from a higher risk of psychological disorders. Substandard parenting can lead to behavior problems‚ poor coping skills and mental health problems. There might come a day‚ if you are a parent‚ that you will receive a phone call stating just how poorly your child is doing. As a mother
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a) How could a psychological disorder (either affective or anxiety or psychotic) be treated biologically? An affective disorder commonly treated biologically is depression. Depression is a disorder characterised by the DSM –IV with 9 symptoms‚ at least 5 of which must be present within a 2-week period. These symptoms include depressed mood‚ insomnia or hypersomnia‚ feelings of worthlessness and recurrent thoughts of death. To treat depression biologically‚ a clinician would prescribe an anti-depressant
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