Psychological Disorders Analysis UOPX PSY/270 February 2‚ 2013 Instructor: Renee Green The world of abnormal psychology is filled with many different types of disorders‚ symptoms‚ and treatment options. Today‚ I will be working with Roger‚ a middle-aged accountant living in San Francisco‚ California who experienced a car wreck a few months ago. He has been experiencing shakiness‚ breathlessness‚ heat flashes‚ and nightmares. He has been trying to cope with the symptoms that he is experiencing
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Bipolar Disorder: Its Causes and Effects At least 2 million Americans suffer from bipolar disorder‚ more commonly known as manic-depression. This illness usually begins in adolescence or early adulthood and continues throughout life. Although it may come into affect at any time‚ most individuals with the disorder experience their first mood episode in their 20 ’s. However‚ manic-depression quite often strike teenagers and has been diagnosed in children under 12. The risk of suicide among
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Autism Spectrum Disorders All around the world‚ there are many children and adults that suffer from an autism spectrum disorder. Unluckily‚ autism is a disorder that is not easily identifiable‚ especially in children. However‚ families that are fortunate enough to identify this disorder in children at most have no idea of how to cope with the disability or how to even handle the child. For that reason‚ it is essential to clarify the misapprehensions most people make and alert them on and how to handle
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In this paper‚ I will be examining the relationship between panic disorder and stress. A panic disorder is when someone has a reoccurring feeling of terror that lead to psychological and physical symptoms. Panic disorder can lead to having a panic attack that makes the person feel as if they are dying with shortness of breath and dizziness. Having a consent fear of things around you can lead to stress because someone will always be on the edge that something bad will happen. So if this is a reoccurring
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Genetic Disorders: Schizophrenia April 18‚2011 Background Genetic Disorders occur when there is a change or mutation in the information contained in the genes. When cells get older or they have been exposed to something harmful disorders can occur. Genetic disorders can be caused by a mutation in one gene called monogenic disorder‚ by mutations in multiple genes called multifactorial inheritance disorder‚ by a combination of gene mutations and environmental factors‚ or by damage to chromosomes
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with daily. Obsessive-compulsive disorder is one‚ if not the most unique disorder since no two people have it in the exact same way. In my opinion‚ the narrative entitled Opinionator by Beth Boyle Machlan is more effective in addressing the issue of OCD than Plague of Tics by David Sedaris because it shows it from a serious perspective rather than David Sedaris’s comedian-like narrative take on the issue. Obsessive-compulsive disorder is an anxiety disorder in which people have unwanted and
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Social Anxiety Disorder 1 Running Head: LIVING WITH SOCIAL ANXIETY Social Anxiety Disorder Amy McCormick Louisiana Delta Community College Psychology 101 Robinson December 7‚ 2005 Social Anxiety Disorder 2 Social Anxiety Disorder is the world ’s third largest mental health problem which affects over seven percent of the world ’s population. Social Anxiety is the fear and anxiety one has in a social situation‚ or the feeling of being judged by other people in public. It can
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Tatiana Saunders PS124: Psychological Disorders and Treatment Prof: Marjorie Vandemark Kaplan University Everyone has a personality with character traits‚ but when these traits are rigid and self-defeating‚ they may interfere with functioning and even lead to psychiatric symptoms. A psychological disorder is describe as any disturbance of emotional equilibrium‚ as manifested in maladaptive behavior and impaired functioning‚ caused by genetic‚ physical‚ chemical‚ biological‚ psychological‚ or
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Eating disorders are major health issues where people have ongoing problems with how they eat and have unrealistic thoughts about their eating‚ weight‚ and body shape. These problems can harm both the emotional and physical health of individuals‚ especially those in college. An eating disorder is a serious disease that many college students can be affected by at some point in their college life because the years spent in college are an important time of change and growth‚ where students can encounter
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communication disorder. More specifically‚ a person who has "a communication disorder‚ such as stuttering‚ impaired articulation‚ or a voice impairment that adversely affects a child’s educational performance" is someone who has a speech impairment. There are three basic types of speech impairments. The first is when a person continuously creates errors in the construction of their speech sounds; this is known as articulation disorders. The second basic type is fluency disorder which is when
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