Mental Illness Awareness Assignment Literature Review HSP3U Obsessive-Compulsive disorder is factor that affects the daily lives of many‚ especially in the twenty-first century. Through a questionnaire aimed to evaluate the true awareness of Obsessive-Compulsive disorder in the modern day high-school‚ society may finally be able to take a look into how educated in mental illnesses today’s children truly are. Such research is essential‚ through these statistics it will help society analyze
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Voice: Informal Audience: OCD patents/ OCD caretakers By: Christopher Chukwura OCD Imagine being constantly worried about catching a serious illness such as Malaria. Although you know it’s difficult to contract the disease‚ you’re always worried. At first washing your hands after contacts with other person is regular. Soon your fear gets worse‚ causing the urge to wash your hands every opportunity open‚ to the point where avoiding parks and public places is a must. This is a struggle that
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Do you know what these drugs are? Temazepam Temazepam is used to treat insomnia. Nitrazepam Nitrazepam is a hyponotic drug of the benzodiazepine class. This is used for the short term relief of severe‚ disabling anxiety and insomnia. Serequal serequal is used to treat symptoms of schizophrenia‚ bi-polar disorder and major depressive disorders. Bisoprolol Bisoprolol is a drug belonging to he group of beta blockers. These are primarily used in Cardiovascular diseases. Diazepam Diazepan is commonly
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The movie "As Good As It Gets" gave the viewer an inside look at someone who suffers from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Melvin Yudal‚ the character in the movie displayed ritualistic obsessions from avoiding cracks in the sidewalk‚ eating at the same diner‚ ordering the same meal‚ to avoiding touching people in order to avoid germs. According to the DSM V‚ individuals who suffer from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder like Melvin in the movie suffer from recurrent obsessions and/or compulsions. Melvin
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Psychology Extra Credit "As Good As It Gets" (A Breakdown Of OCD) Melvin Udall is a successful novelist who suffers from a moderate level of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). He steps around cracks. He repeatedly checks door locks and light switches. He wears gloves and tries not to touch people. He washes his hands frequently and will never use the same bar of soap twice. When he eats out he has to have his own specific table‚ specific waitress‚ and he always brings his own plastic utensils
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder is defined as a disorder in which a person has recurrent and unwanted thoughts‚ a need to perform repetitive and rigid actions‚ or both. According to DSM-5‚ a diagnosis of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder is called for when obsessions or compulsions feel excessive or unreasonable‚ cause great distress‚ take up much time‚ and interfere with daily functions (Comer‚ 2015). The obsessions cause intense anxiety‚ while the compulsions prevent or reduce anxiety. Nina’s life revolves
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COMMON ADOLESCENTS’ ANXIETY‚ TENSION AND DEPRESSION IN CASA DEL BAMBINO EMMANUEL MONTESSORI This Research Study Presented to The High School Faculty of Casa del Bambino Emmanuel Montessori In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for High School Diploma By: Bool‚ Mhariel G. Contreras‚ Elloisa Mae M. De Castro Flaubert Kyle S. Hidalgo‚ Jolaila M. Zamora‚ Shernafel E. January‚ 2013 APPROVAL SHEET This research paper entitled “COMMON ADOLESCENTS ANXIETY‚ TENSION AND DEPRESSION”
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Anticoagulant Medications Cherie Hubbard St. Petersburg College Anticoagulant Medications As our population ages‚ patients are living longer as a result of advances in medical technology‚ surgical procedures‚ and drug development(Bressler MD & Bahl PhD‚ 2003). The average older person is taking two to five prescription medications daily and one in five of this age group has a medication related hospitalization annually (McLean & LeCouteur‚ 2004). In my eighteen years of nursing
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“Depression is often called the common cold of mental illness.” Many people argue that it is more effective to treat depression with medication‚ while others argue that such a common problem should be approached with a change in lifestyle rather than as a chemical issue. While it takes more than a simple “lifestyle change” to effectively attack a medical issue such as depression‚ it is not more medication that this Country needs more of‚ but rather a greater awareness‚ better mental health
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Trichotillomania also known as “trick” is a rare physiological disorder‚ also categorized as a impulse control disorder. It is a condition where you have extreme repeated urges to pull out hair to relieve anxiety‚ whether it is from the scalp or any other party of the body with hair‚ but most commonly it starts on the scalp. The hair pulling leaves bald patches and scars. The process of hair pulling is a slow one and most people with the disorder will pull the hair one by one over several hours until
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