Disorders Essays and Term Papers
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Interventions in the Narcissistic Disorders
Introduction Understanding the Narcissistic Phenomenon The so called ‘narcissistic personality disorder' is a complex and often misunderstood disorder. The cardinal feature of the narcissistic personality is the grandiose sense of self importance, but paradoxically underneath this grandiosity the narcissist suffers from a chronically fragile low self esteem. The grandiosity of the narcissist, however, is often so pervasive that we tend to dehumanize him or her. The narcissist conjures in us images of the mythological character
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General Purpose: Eating Disorder
General purpose: Eating disorder ( Anorexia) Specific purpose: I. Anorexia nervosa, which is commonly referred to anorexia, is a type of eating disorder. A. In the 1980s, it was difficult to find anybody who knew the true meaning of these terms, much less to know someone truly suffering from one of these syndromes. 1. Characters with eating disorder started appearing in books, plays and television series. B. Today disordered eating is alarming common, and it
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Stop Being So Full of Yourself: Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Stop being so full of yourself: Narcissistic Personality Disorder A young handsome man, who views his female suitors as unworthy of his beauty is condemned by the gods to never find true love. One day he saw his reflection in a pool, and he stares at himself lovingly for so long eventually he simply withers away and dies. This is the story of Narcissus in Greek mythology for which Narcissistic Personality Disorders is named for.
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Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar Disorder is a mood disorder that affects two-million people in the United States alone. Bipolar Disorder is characterized by extreme shifts in mood, up and down. Elation followed by depression. Categories of bipolar disorder include Bipolar1 and Bipolar 2. Cyclothymic Disorder is another form of bipolar disorder that is more chronic but is much less severe. Bipolar is a brain disorder that is chronic and left untreated can continue to increase in severity. A
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Across Developmental Trajectory: Cognitive Processing of Threat in Children, Adolescents, and Adults
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder across Developmental Trajectory: Cognitive Processing of Threat in Children, Adolescents, and Adults Everybody experiences intrusive thoughts once in a while, yet we think nothing of it most of the time. However, for people with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, such thoughts occur frequently, and they are likely to be interpreted with more emotional intensity, and are highly uncontrollable. Obsessions signify the extreme end on a continuum of normal, unwanted, intrusive thinking. Studies have shown that
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Obsessive compulsive disorder, or OCD, is one of the anxiety disorders. It is a strong disabling condition that can persists throughout a person’s life. People who suffer from this mental illness have continuing upsetting thoughts and use rituals to control the anxiety of these thoughts. In most cases, the rituals end up controlling them so the individual becomes trapped in a pattern of repetitive thoughts and behaviors that are senseless. The patient
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Amino Acid Disorders
An account of amino acid metabolism disorders in humans beings with an emphasis of the underlying molecular defects Amino acids are monomers which join together to form a protein and are multi-functional in the human body. However, defects in amino acid metabolism occur which cause a numerous amount of disorders in humans. One of the most common amino acid disorders is phenylketonuria (PKU). There are two types of PKU and they are known as the
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Disorders in Hawethorne’s "the Birthmark"
In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s story “The Birthmark” you find a couple fairly prevalent disorders. Although psychology was as of yet not existence, Hawthorne describes them quite well. Alymer suffered from an obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, while his actions caused Georgiana to develop a body dysmorphic disorder. Both of which attributed to the eventual demise of Georgiana. Alymer is an older scientist who marries a beautiful woman much younger then himself. Even though Alymer finds his young bride
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The Thick & Thin of It...Eating Disorders
Eating Disorders One of the most prevalent disorders amongst the youth of this era is eating disorders. While some overlook it and don’t think it is a problem eating disorders should be given serious consideration. This is because the psychological ramification of eating disorders tends to have lasting effects over the course of the adolescents’ life. An eating disorder is any of various psychological disorders, such as anorexia nervosa or bulimia, which involves insufficient or
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Studies show that twenty two percent of Americans over the age of eighteen suffer from a mental illness. There are a numerous amount of mental illnesses that are discovered all over the world; one of these illnesses is obsessive-compulsive disorder. About every one in eighty two people have obsessive-compulsive disorder. The interesting thing about OCD is that many people that have it are very aware of their actions but they don’t think that it
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
What if you couldn’t leave your house until you checked at least 8 times to see if the oven is shut off? What if you couldn’t hold your own child’s hand because of fear of being contaminated? These are only two instances Obsessive Compulsive Disorder patients have to face daily. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder is a very time consuming, mind boggling condition. It is currently classified as an anxiety disorder marked by the recurrence of intrusive
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Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar disorder, known by many as BD, manic depression, or manic depressive disorder, is a condition characterized by extreme mood swings that vary between high, elevated, but not necessarily “good” moods, and those of very low, depressed nature. While almost everyone tends to experience mood swings at one time or another, those endured by people suffering from bipolar disorder are beyond the ups and downs known to a regular person and sometimes have the ability
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Bi-Polar Disorder
Bipolar Disorder My twenty-six year old brother, Anthony, has bipolar disorder. He was also diagnosed with other disorders, such as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder, Antisocial Personality Disorder, and Depression. It was not until Anthony was twenty-one and facing a prison sentence that he was finally diagnosed with bipolar disorder by his family physician. This is a very up close and personal view of his life, and mine, as well
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Eating Disorders
There are many different types of eating disorders in our world today and many people suffer from them. Bulimia, Anorexia, and binge eating are eating disorders that are extremely common in young women and the incidence of anorexia and bulimia are rising. The two main eating disorders are anorexia and bulimia. Anorexia is an eating disorder that is characterized by a person with a body weight less than 85% of what is considered normal
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Various Eating Disorders
Anorexia nervosa is the unrelenting pursuit of thinness. When a person has anorexia nervosa they weigh 85%, or less than, of what is estimated for their age and height. A person suffering from anorexia nervosa is petrified of becoming fat; they fear gaining weight even though they are distinctly underweight. The dangers of low weight isn’t apparent, or is denied by these people, and they’ll report feeling fat even when they’re exceptionally thin. In addition
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Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Oppositional Defiant Disorder, according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, is a recurrent pattern of negativistic, defiant, disobedient, and hostile behavior toward authority figures that persists for at least 6 months and is characterized by the frequent occurrence of at least four of the following behaviors: losing temper, arguing with adults, actively defying or refusing to comply with the requests or rules of adults, deliberately doing things that will annoy
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Personality Disorders
After reading over the ten personality disorders presented in chapter nine I decided which personality I would prefer to work with and which one I would most likely decline. Both of the disorders that I chose lie within the personality disorders characterized by dramatic, emotional, or erratic behavior. I found it very interesting to see how these disorders characterized under the same classification are so similar yet hold different attributes that set them far enough
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Psychological Disorders
Introduction Psychological disorders have been prevalent throughout time and have been recorded since the time of the ancient Greeks. Once thought to be the expression of the devil on earth, psychologists have discovered that there are many causes to why people may develop psychological disorders. While there are biological, psychoanalytic, cognitive, and behavioral methods to explain these disorders, it is more likely that a combination of many leads to psychological disorders. Mood Disorders Mood disorders
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Annotated Bibiliography on Eating Disorders
Zabinski, F. M., Wilfley, E. D., Calfas, J. K., Winzelberg, A. J., & Taylor, B. C. (2004). An interactive psychoeducational intervention for women at risk of developing an eating disorder. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 72, (5), 914-919. Retrieved February 4, 2005, from PsycINFO database. The study explored the use of online involvement by using chat rooms, and message boards to deter eating disorders, and image dissatisfaction. Sixty women from a west cost university,
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Mental Disorders
Through reading the psychology textbook, Fundamentals of Psychology in Context, I have learned about a wide variety of psychological disorders. A psychological disorder is basically a combination of cognitive, emotional, and behavioral symptoms that create significant distress, impair daily living, or lead to a risk of harm. In 1952, the first manual of mental disorders was published. This manual was called the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. In the manual, there are 17
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Imagine if you couldn’t get your job done because throughout your shift you had to continuously wash your hands. To many people this would be an easy problem but not if you have obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Several little thoughts or rituals irritate a person with OCD daily. There are many factors, symptoms, and treatments regarding OCD. OCD is known as one of the anxieties disorders (geocities). It can be a crippling condition
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Eating Disorders
Eating disorders and the media Through out our history food has been a main staple of our survival why is it that food is now, in our society become somewhat the enemy for so many young women. If we need food to survive how it can be a bad thing to eat, why do so many women have such a hard time eating, one of the big reasons to this could be that our
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Impulse Control Disorders
IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS Many of the self-control disorders involve disturbances in the ability to regulate an impulse - an urge to act. People with impulse control disorders act on certain impulses involving some potentially harmful behavior that they cannot resist. Impulsive behavior in and of itself is not necessarily harmful; in fact, we all act impulsively upon occasion. Usually our impulsive acts have no ill effects, but in some instances they may involve risk. Consider
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
“ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) is like living in a fast moving kaleidoscope where sounds, images and thoughts are constantly shifting.” (NIMH-ADHD) ADHD can be very frustrating and difficult for children. Medication and treatment are available and have been proven effective. Parents can also get frustrated and they could do something wrong. ADHD is effectively treated with medication and therapy. There are three basic types of ADHD. They are inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity. (NIMH-ADHD)
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Eating Disorder
What is Disordered Eating? Disordered eating is when a person’s attitudes about food, weight, and body size lead to very rigid eating and exercise habits that jeopardize one's health, happiness, and safety. Disordered eating may begin as a way to lose a few pounds or get in shape, but these behaviors can quickly get out of control, become obsessions, and may even turn into an eating disorder. Even if you don’t have a full-blown
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