in childhood and may go unnoticed until adulthood (Kelly). The DSM-IV lists Compulsive Hoarding only as a symptom of OCD. The DSM-IV does not list hoarding behavior in the diagnostic criterion of OCD. However with the DSM-V‚ soon to be out‚ hoarding disorder or compulsive hoarding is expected to be defined as its disorder rather than being a symptom of OCD (Cluttergone). The Little Mermaid is based on the fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen. The Little Mermaid is the story
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‘The value of objective and subjective evidence in understanding mental health conditions’ It is important to consider both subjective and objective evidences to gain a comprehensive picture of any mental health condition. I am going to demonstrate through examples how parallel considerations can be used by clinicians to gain a full understanding of mental health disorders. Subjective evidence is how the patient interprets the working of his own mind. It includes what he reports about his thoughts
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OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER: WHO IS AFFECTED AND HOW TO TREAT IT? Abstract Sometimes we think we know ourselves better than anybody else. But haven’t you asked yourself why you’re acting the way you act and you can’t even figure the answer out? This tells us that we don’t truly know ourselves because there are still questions unanswered. Try to imagine how our behavior changes to the point that we are no longer in control of it. We experience strange behavior once in our life but is
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value that clutter living spaces enough that they can not be used for the activities for which they were designed causing significant distress or impairment in functioning (Squalor Survivors‚ 2008). Frost estimates that 2% to 3% of the population has OCD‚ and up to a third of those exhibit hoarding behavior (Squalor Survivors‚ 2008). That is an exceptionally high percentage of people suffering from this strange disease. Studies show that people who hoard say they do it for sentimental value‚ utility
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Turning points are often crucial events in a person’s life. In the excerpts from Jackie Robinson’s biography‚ ”I Never Had It Made‚” Rebecca Maksel’s auto-biography‚“The Father of Chinese Aviation‚” and Melba Beals’‚ “Warriors Don’t Cry‚” each person faced important turning points that changed their lives and their countries. One broke the color line in baseball and changed the United States‚ another changed aviation and industrialized China‚ and the last made it so schools were not labeled by
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also expressed the need of having to address other issues such as his OCD which he felt was the underlying source of the problem. I listened intently as Edwin began to relay his story to me in detail‚ he was very detailed in laying out the turmoils that he has been facing in the recent years since being diagnosed with OCD. Edwin feels that his father has treated him very different since he has found out that Edwin suffers from OCD. Edwin also expressed that he has even become frustrated with himself
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December the 7th‚ 1941 is a day that President Roosevelt described as “a date which will live in infamy” (Matt Pearce). The United States and Japan had been butting heads for several decades over land‚ mineral rights‚ and China (Deborah Bachrach). This clashing led up to the most ferocious surprise attack and American loss on the United States soil known to this day. The Japanese had scrupulously planned‚ successfully struck‚ and triumphantly destroyed the naval base Pearl Harbor‚ which left many
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Amelia Earhart and Malala were two very different people but they both had one goal. That was to make the world a better place and especially to change the world. Amelia Earhart was the very first woman pilot to fly around the world while Malala fought for girl’s education. They had very similar traits and differences but one thing is for sure. They both changed the world. Amelia Earhart and Malala couldn’t be more inspiring to young girls and boys but they were inspiring in different areas and they
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refer to my client as Julie throughout this case report. Referral Julie is a 19-year-old single female who was referred by her surgery based counsellor for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)‚ to help with recurring obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) episodes. Whilst the referral did not identify any background history about Julie’s obsessions‚ the referral did suggest that these episodes ranged from mild to moderate in nature and had started when Julie was about sixteen years of age. The referral
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A majority of the first question was discussed in reference to Macbeth’s nature and the fact that Lady Macbeth was the one that ultimately influenced him to do everything that he did. It was agreed that they were both equally guilty. I challenged this idea by expressing that Lady Macbeth is morally sound on every account and that if she contributed anything at all‚ it was about 10% of the actual problem. Although there was disagreement after that notion‚ I emphasized that there were a lot of dark
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