Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is an Axis I Anxiety Disorder in the American Psychiatric Association’s (APA) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders–Fourth Edition (DSM-IV). The primary diagnostic criteria are the existence of obsessions or compulsions‚ some degree of recognition of the irrationality of the behavior‚ and significant interference with everyday functioning. This article provides an up-to-date summary of the state of knowledge regarding obsessive-compulsive disorder. The content
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Eating Disorders: Unhealthy and Dangerous Maintaining a healthy weight is always a good thing. Usually in efforts to make their bodies look good‚ girls tend to take extremes with either bulimia or anorexia not realizing the dangers‚ and the more effective and healthy ways to look good. Both bulimia and anorexia are medical conditions that take extreme and dangerous routes. In efforts to sell a certain look‚ the media portrays a girl’s beauty in how skinny she is‚ not realizing how many young
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Impulse Control Disorder General Psychology 11:00-12:15 T/H 11/29/13 What is impulse control disorder? Impulse control disorder is more than just acting on a whim. People with an impulse control disorder‚ a newer form of personality disorders‚ can’t resist the urge to do something harmful to themselves or others (Ploskin‚ 2007). People with these disorders may or may not plan the acts‚ but the acts generally fulfill their immediate‚ conscious wishes. Most people‚ however‚ find their
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Definition of The Concept of “Mental Disorder” Jo Ann M. Cummins Baker College Abstract The Concept of Mental Disorder outlines the history of the term and discusses poorly constructed examples of early terminology. Valérie Aucouturier and Steeves Demazeux raise several provocative questions about authority and diagnosis which need further comparison to the contemporary attitudes toward diagnostic terminology. Aucouturier and Demazeux have done vast amounts of research in the philosophical and
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Fashion’s efforts to triggering eating disorders Do you believe that fashion triggers eating disorders? “Specialists in eating disorders warn that the focus on fashion implies that certain illnesses such as anorexia and bulimia are primarily caused by the desire to look like a model” (Kimberly Conniff Timer). On November 14‚ Ana Carolina Reston was only 88 pounds when she died. She was the second model in most recent months to die from an eating disorder. About two years after her very first
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Schizotypal is a Cluster A personality disorder. It is characterized by unusual behavior‚ appearance‚ thought patterns and lack of social skills (Wood 2001). Schizotypal personality disorder is marked by an inability and acute discomfort for forming close relationships (APA 2000). It also involves having cognitive and perceptual distortions (Fundukian 2008) and displaying eccentricities of behavior (APA 2000). Schizotypal also involves odd‚ coherent‚ but unimportant speech (Fundukian 2008). The
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eating disorders. Of the many effects that the media has on these eating disorders one of them is that they are driven by the culture and society rather than the genes. According to the article written by Megan Ogilvie "How Biology Trumps Image As Cause
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disturbing‚ distressing‚ maladaptive‚ and often the result of distorted thoughts. Sleep disorder is one type of abnormal behavior that happened around us and people around us in “dot-com” era. Sleep disorders are problems with sleeping‚ including trouble falling or staying asleep‚ falling asleep at the wrong times‚ too much sleep‚ or abnormal behaviors during sleep. There are two main categories of sleep disorders‚ which are dyssomnias and parasomnias. Dyssomnias are problems connected with the amount
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4) SLEEP DISORDERS‚ SYMPTOMS‚ KNOWN CAUSES AND TREATMENTS. Sleep is something that every person needs. Without sleep a normal days task seem never ending. Your body suffers and you suffer even people who come in contact with you suffer too. Without sleep you can function normally. Your moods change changing your personality‚ changing how you perceive the world. The average adult needs eight hours of sound sleep each night. However most adults get between five and six hours‚ " (Encarta 1998)
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Borderline personality disorder is a disordered behavior pattern that develops by early adulthood‚ and is characterized by multiple types of psychological instability and impulsiveness‚ often involves intense and frequent mood changes‚ fear of abandonment‚ and a risk of suicide according to Merriam-Webster.com. In Oldham’s article “Personality Disorders” he states that in many important ways‚ we are what we do. It is easier to determine the “what” of our personality rather than the “why”. We all
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