Psychological Disorder Paper XXXXX XXXX Psychology 450- Diversity and Cultural Factors in Psychology Prof. X Psychological Disorder Paper Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is defined as an anxiety disorder that most people acquire as a result of seeing or enduring dangerous events (National Institute of Mental Health‚ 2013). Danger comes in many forms and in most cases‚ danger that cannot be detected such as an earthquake‚ a robbery or an accident. We are all equipped with the ability
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have become aware of hoarding from TV. It is argued whether hoarding is a mental disorder. People are not hoarders from the day they are born‚ although‚ it is proven to have a brain abnormality. Hoarding can ruin someone’s life but overcoming it can also save many lives. Compulsive hoarding not only affects the hoarder’s mental‚ emotional‚ and physical health‚ but also their loved ones’. Hoarding is a devastating disorder but can be overcome. Hoarding has really become popular in only the past few
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being ill without actually appearing to be sick. This is exactly what an anxiety disorder looks like. Victims silently suffer within their own mind‚ and no one can visualize their mental exhaustion or pain. Anxiety disorders silently lurk in many ordinary people and can often go completely unnoticed. Although anxiety disorders cannot be cured‚ they can be monitored‚ addressed‚ treated and researched. Anxiety disorders are disruptive feelings of fear‚ apprehension‚ or anxiety‚ or they can also be
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Mr. Robert Jakubovic English Composition 1001-40 13 February 2012 The Compulsive shopper and The Thrifty Shopper Have you ever met someone that was born during the Great Depression‚ or someone born during the Baby Boomer years? They are bound to have different spending habits. I’m a product of the Baby Boomer Generation. A time when things were plentiful; my mother was born during the Great Depression Generation when things were not so plentiful. I love to shop and spend money; my method of
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Compulsive Hoarding is a mental disorder marked by an obsessive need to acquire and keep things‚ even if the items are worthless‚ hazardous‚ or unsanitary. This is the story of Augustine a 68 year old woman from Gretna‚ Louisiana. In the past two decades‚ Augustine has paid more than $30‚000 for city mandated cleanups. Augustine’s home is in violation of city code and her gamily fears the house will be condemned and she will have no place to go. According to hoarders expert‚ Augustine’s house
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An eating disorder is an illness that causes serious disturbances to your everyday diet‚ such as eating extremely small amounts of food or severely overeating. People with eating disorder may have started out just eating small or large amounts of food‚ but at some point‚ the urge to eat lessened or gained and spiraled out of control. Severe distress or concern about body weight or shape may also signal an eating disorder. ("Eating Disorders." NIMH RSS. Web. 5 Oct. 2015.) Eating disorders include extreme
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is almost incapable of feeling at ease with other people around‚ thus‚ her independent lifestyle is shown to be the only way she can feel serene. Louisa’s compulsive nature leads her to maintain her home in a very particular way. Any disruption upsets her disposition greatly. She seems to prefer an orderly life over human companionship. Obsessive organization is what brings Louisa peace‚ as she “had almost the enthusiasm of an artist over the mere order and cleanliness of her solitary home” (Freeman
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Anxiety Disorders Maria Vivar Aug. 6‚ 2012 Jose J. Juarez Anxiety Disorders A psychological disorder‚ also referred to as a mental disorder‚ is an ongoing behavioral pattern‚ thoughts‚ feelings or actions that are deviant‚ distressful‚ and dysfunctional. It impacts multiple life areas which create hardships for the person experiencing these symptoms that can seriously affect your day-to-day function in life and interfere with your ability to interact in society (Unknown‚ Psychological Disorders-Symptoms
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Reflection Paper A niece of mine had been diagnosed with a mood disorder when she expercied the death of a close classmate at the age of 16. She exhibited all the signs of a major depressive episode depressed mood for most of the day‚ nearly every day had lost interest and pleasure in all‚ or almost all‚ activities‚ for at least two weeks. She slept most of the time over a two week period‚ than she tried to kill herself‚ by taking a whole bottle of aspirin. Suicide lead to her hospitalization for
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Research Paper: Anxiety Disorders Stephanie Hathaway Liberty University Abstract Anxiety Disorders are characterized by many symptoms and often associated with depressive tendencies. Although the majority are produced in a person based off of their genetic material‚ other influences exist environmentally that can encourage or discourage the severity of the symptoms and prognosis it has on one’s overall well-being. Early diagnosis and a systematic combination of treatments
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