Eating disorders are characterised by an abnormal attitude towards food that causes someone to change their eating habits and behaviour. A person with an eating disorder may focus excessively on their weight and shape‚ leading them to make unhealthy choices about food with damaging results to their health. Types of eating disorders Eating disorders include a range of conditions that can affect someone physically‚ psychologically and socially. The most common eating disorders are: anorexia
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depression. Psychotherapy is a great method to openly express what is going on in the minds of the victim of depression. There is also “recent data showing possible increased risk for suicidal behavior among children and adolescents treated with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) antidepressants have created significant concern among patients‚ families‚ and providers‚ including concerns about the risk of individual antidepressants”
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Robert DeCooman Mr. Holcomb AP Psychology 16 May 2014 Hypochondriasis Hypochondriasis also knows as‚ hypochondria is a type of mental illness. It is a type of somatoform disorder which causes bodily symptoms. It is an anxiety disorder in which people think they have a disease or are convinced that they do have a disease. Hypochondriacs still think they have a disease even though medical tests show that they are not sick. For example‚ if a hypochondriac has a headache‚ he may think that it
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the situation of those mentioned above ( faster heartbeat‚ tensed muscle‚ light-headed ) will reduce. (HELPGUIDE.ORG) Whereas the medication methods include: Giving antidepressants : • As for the antidepressants‚ it includes medication in the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) and serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI) classes which are generally the first-line medication treatments. Doctors usually use antidepressants to treat anxiety disorders in general. (Mayo
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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder A former Findlay man has been indicted in Licking County on two counts of murder‚ in connection with the June 21 death of his 3-year-old stepson. Licking County Assistant Prosecutor Dan Huston argued during the trial that the offender punched the child in the stomach‚ probably several times‚ after becoming frustrated with him for soiling his pants. However‚ friends of the alleged perpetrator testified that he served in the U.S. Army until he suffered a tramatic
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Outline and Evaluate Biological Explanation for Mental Illness The Biomedical model of Mental Illness states that metal illness is caused by either a physical problem with the brain‚ for example that some schizophrenic patients have parts of there hippocampus missing. Genetics‚ meaning that you inherit a genetic pre-disposition to depression or some other mental illness as someone in your close family had that mental illness‚ or down to neurotransmitter (serotonin‚ dopamine...) imbalances in
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1. Describe the behavior of Melvin. Melvin exhibits repetitive rituals such as locking his front door and opening the light switch multiple times. He is uncomfortable when others are touching him‚ and is troubled by the thought of germs and infections which is why he brings his own utensils in the restaurant and does not wear the suit provided by the restaurant. Also‚ he doesn’t want a change in his patterns which was evident when he wasn’t able to eat breakfast when Carol‚ the waitress who usually
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activities. a. A Psychiatrist is a medical practitioner specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness. In this situation‚ the psychiatrist may prescribe a drug to help with the patients with true clinical depression. b. Selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRI) or serotonin-specific reuptake inhibitor are a class of compounds typically used as antidepressants in the treatment of depression‚ anxiety disorders‚ and some personality disorders. They can ease the symptoms
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Week 4 Assignment: Depression Paper Axia College of University of Phoenix Situational depression is a normal recurrence for many of us during our lifetimes. We have life events that trigger depression‚ stress and anxiety to include the death of a loved one‚ the unwanted change in our work status and possibly a divorce. Such changes in emotions are temporary and directly related to specific events are part of the way in which we respond to these changes. Outside these
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is a disease that affects the lives of countless people daily. Each case is different and yet significantly important regarding ultimately finding the most effective treatment and cures for the survivors of these life changing ordeals. The movie Saving Private Ryan depicts this PTSD and its causes in a very graphically detailing way. Through this explicit portrayal‚ the audience was given a glimpse of what goes on in the minds of survivors‚ as well as why some people
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