Disorder

Eating disorders are common, relatively chronic and potentially life-threatening psychiatric disorders conditions primarily affecting young women. Eating disorders are also associated with psychological suffering, acute and long-term health impairments, a high rate of suicide attempts as well as an increased risk of mortality early detection and treatment improve the prognosis, but the presentation of eating disorders is often cryptic. This paper will compare the constructs of two assessment tools

Dissociative Identity Disorder Imagine waking up in a new house, town, city, even state and not knowing how you got there. Now add onto that thought of forgetting almost a year of your life because someone else, or something, has taken over your body. That is just a look into dissociative disorders in general. Dissociative Disorders are ‘extreme distortions in perception and memory” (Terwilliger 2013). Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), or previously known as Multiple Personality Disorder, is often the

Roman 1 There are multiple kinds of psychological disorders and each one affects a person in many different ways. I chose to write about this topic because I’ve always been super curious about psychological disorders and how they affect certain things about a person, such as their brain, personality, sleeping patterns, the ability learn, and their life in general. A psychological disorder reflects psychopathology which is sickness or disorder of the mind and can range from many different illnesses

is mood disorder? Mood disorders are characterized by severe disturbances in mood and emotions—most often depression, but also mania and elation .All of us experience fluctuations in our moods and emotional states, and often these fluctuations are caused by events in our lives. We become elated if our favorite team wins the World Series and dejected if a romantic relationship ends or if we lose our job. At times, we feel fantastic or miserable for no clear reason. People with mood disorders also experience

ANXIETY DISORDERS Introduction: Anxiety disorders are a constellation of mental disorders which is marked by extreme feelings of apprehension and trepidation. It is a syndrome which has both physical and psychological modules. Psychological symptoms include anxiety that is beyond the control of the subject, impatience, disturbed sleep patterns, difficulty in staying focused, and hypervigilance. Physical symptoms include sweating, palpitations and dry mouth. Although a bit of apprehension is common

Topic: Panic Disorder General Purpose: To Inform Specific Purpose: To inform what panic disorder is. Thesis: Panic disorder has four important aspects; origin, who it afflicts, symptoms, and treatments. Name: Sara Medina Estimated Time: 11:00 Actual Time: Introduction I. According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America and the National Institute of Mental Health, roughly six million adults are affected by panic disorder in the United States, with one in every five

Bipolar disorder, also known as manic depression, is a mental illness that affects many Americans both young and old. It is a chronic disease that presents itself in many ways, including depression, hyperactivity, thoughts of grandeur, unusual amounts of energy and even suicidal thoughts. A person that is diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder exhibits mood swings that are extremely high, also called mania or hypomania to extremely lows called depression with moments of "normal moods" in between ("Manic

been an increase in cases of eating disorders in adolescence and young adults around the world. Although the development for this mental disorder in unclear, many different factors including biologic factors such as genetics and metabolism, psychological factors including stress, perfectionism and coping with personal trauma are causes. Though in recent studies researchers have found a strong correlation between sociological pressures in the rise of eating disorders in teens and young adults. In this

Introduction Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Begin your paper with the introduction. The active voice, rather than passive voice, should be used in your writing. First discovered in the 19th Century, the neurosis of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is a complex disorder consisting of obsessive thoughts often accompanied by compulsive behaviors that sufferers repeat in order to alleviate the anxiety caused by these thoughts. Discovery Prior to being seen as a legitimate mental health issue, OCD was originally

suffering from an eating disorder. What about overly health conscience, extreme muscle mass, and obsessively exercising? New disorders like Muscle Dysmorphia are being discovered in males that have not been brought to the forefront of news today. The male population is severely under calculated and usually passed over when people cover statistics and findings for eating disorders. This stigma and stance that people have while thinking only females suffer from eating disorders only makes it more difficult