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    Men vividly illustrated how a mental disorder can interfere with everyday life (Bailey‚ Griffin‚ Rapke‚ Scott‚ Starkey‚ & Scott‚ 2003). Roy Waller‚ played by Nicholas Cage‚ is smart‚ scrupulous and straight forward. Living alone‚ he is acutely aware of his mental illnesses (Bailey‚ Griffin‚ Rapke‚ Scott‚ Starkey‚ & Scott‚ 2003). He lives his life by depending on an illegally obtained medication (Bailey‚ Griffin‚ Rapke‚ Scott‚ Starkey‚ & Scott‚ 2003).

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    Running Head: WHAT ABOUT BOB ANALYSIS OF CHARACTER AND THEORY What about Bob: Analysis of Characters and Theories Margaret Oliver 201340-PSY-2012-06T Professor Leonard Abstract In the film What about Bob‚ the movie starts off with Bob Willey sitting in bed telling himself “I feel great‚ I feel good‚ and I feel wonderful.” Without these words of encouragement he wouldn’t make it through day. Bob Wiley is quite the interesting character; he suffers from so many disorders

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    In the movie “What About Bob‚” Bob is a patient under a psychiatrist named Dr. Leo Marvin. The Psychiatrist took on Bob after Bob’s previous therapist dropped him and canceled his practice‚ so Dr. Marvin being a very arrogant and egotistical doctor thinks this will be an easy task. Later on Dr. Marvin goes on to vacation and unbeknownst to him‚ Bob follows him to his vacation home‚ since he needed some extra therapy. This causes some dysfunction become Marvin doesn’t see patients on vacations and

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    Steve Jobs: Genius or Just Obsessive Compulsive? It is rumored that Steve Jobs‚ the developer of Apple Electronics‚ suffered from the mental disease: OCPD. Jobs presented many symptoms of OCPD or Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder. He was considered a creative genius‚ but in order to reach that position he ruined his family relationships‚ his health‚ and even his happiness. OCPD is very similar to OCD‚ but there are slight differences. OCD causes people’s brains to send unwanted

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    What about Bob? Reaction Paper The movie‚ What About Bob‚ was about a man who suffered from several psychological issues‚ in which he sought therapy from a psychiatrist. Bob‚ the main characters name‚ had many phobias as well as anxiety and social disorders. This caused Bob to seek constant attention from his psychiatrist‚ including lying to the operator saying that he was a detective to obtain his psychiatrist’s address. Toward the end of the film Bob had a break through while his life was

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    What about Bob Bob Wiley is diagnosed with multiple phobias causing a hindrance in his life to function in the real world. Bob’s agoraphobia (STELTER‚ R. 2009)‚ a fear of public places‚ causes him to be confined and work from his home. For that reason‚ his only friend is a pet fish named Gill that he carries around with him in the movie. When Bob does decide to leave his house‚ he has difficulty touching anything in public. This phobia is known as {text: bookmark-start} Aphephobia {text: bookmark-end}

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    New york college-empire state college OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER (OCD): SYMPTOMS & TREATMENT Abnormal Psychology Cleopatra Papathanasiou Fall Semester 2014 There are numerous and different mental illnesses and disorders that affect millions of people around the world. One such disorderobsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is defined as the persistent‚ uncontrollable‚ unwanted and obsessive feelings‚ thoughts or images and compulsive behaviors such as routines or rituals in

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    A Case Study of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Some Diagnostic Considerations INTROD UCTION Prior to 1984‚ obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) was considered a rare disorder and one difficult to treat (I ) . In 1984 the Epidemiologic Catchment Area (ECA) initial survey results became available for the first time‚ and OC D prevalence figures showed that 2.5 % of the population m et diagnostic criteria for OCD (2‚3) . Final survey results published in 1988 (4) confirmed these earlier reports

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    Trichotillomania The Compulsive Hair-Pulling Disorder Madeline Roy Psychology 100 Charlotte Prokop 31 October 2013 Trichotillomania is the compulsive urge to pull out‚ and in some cases eat (Trichophagia)‚ ones hair leading to noticeable hair loss‚ distress‚ and social or functional impairment. The term comes from the Greek words trich (hair)‚ till (pull) and mania (madness). Francois Henry Hallopeau‚ a French Dermatologist‚ coined this term in 1889 after encountering a young

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    Comparison Paper Watching these two movies‚ “What about Bob?” And “A Beautiful Mind” really opens your eyes to problems that many people in our world face throughout their daily lives. These movies provide us with an opportunity to become better acquainted with the reality of disorders and help us realize that real people do struggle with these issues and that these issues can affect the person themselves or their family or even their psychiatrist. But what we also can learn from these movies is that

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