Dissociative Disorder Essays and Term Papers
310 Essays on Dissociative Disorder. Documents 226 - 250
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Discretion and Disorder
Discretion and Disorder June 3, 2006 Discretion and Disorder It’s 10:45 pm on a particularly hot Saturday night in June. There is a group of approximately ten teenage boys and girls talking and playing basketball in the neighborhood park. The kids are a little on the noisy side, but they are generally well-behaved. They are not drinking or using any drugs. A police car cruises through the park, the officer observes the group and
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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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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (adhd)
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder known as ADHD, it is a disorder that is found in children and can continue into adulthood. The child has the symptoms of inattention and a combination of hyperactive impulsive behavior. Some children don’t develop these symptoms till late childhood or early adolescence. This disorder occurs more with boys than girls. They say it possible that boys have more of a chance genetically in getting this disorder. There are a
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Eating Disorders
One Drink or Five This past weekend I went to my fair share of parties. I watched and studied several people at each party. What I noticed was an unusual amount of binge drinkers. Binge drinking is consuming five or more alcoholic drinks in the duration of the night. I used to drink all the time, but as I have developed into a grown up I realized that you really don’t have to drink to
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Prevalence 3.6-8.0% of U.S. adults May occur at any age; triggered by trauma Women more likely affected Minority groups have much higher rates of PTSD than do non-Hispanic white persons 30% of the men and women who have spent time in the war zones Pathophysiology Reduced hippocampal volume among those exposed to combat trauma, sexual assault, or MVA’s Increased regional cerebral blood flow to limbic and paralimbic areas
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Eating Disorders
Throughout the last few centuries, eating disorders have become very popular for not only teenage girls, but people of all ages and gender. Many doctors compare having eating disorders to abusing alcohol; alcoholic uses alcohol to relieve mental pain, just as a person with an eating disorder can use eating, purging, laxatives or excessive exercise to accomplish a personal goal of theirs. According to the Publishers of electronic Eating Disorders, Rader Programs, some of
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Auditory Processing Disorder
Auditory processing is a term used to describe what happens when your brain recognizes and interprets the sounds around you. Humans hear when energy that we recognize as sound travels through the ear and is changed into electrical information that can be interpreted by the brain. The "disorder" part of auditory processing disorder means that something is adversely affecting the processing or interpretation of the information. Auditory Processing Disorder is an impaired ability to attend
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Sleeping Disorders
Sleep Disorders Sleep disorders are disorders which interfere with one’s pattern of sleep. There are many different sleep disorders, three of the most prominent being insomnia, narcolepsy and sleep apnea. Insomnia is a case of recurring problems in falling or staying asleep and bothers 10 to 15 percent of adults. Narcolepsy is characterized by periodic attacks of uncontrollable, overwhelming sleepiness. People who complain of sleep apnea suffer from temporary cessations of breathing during their sleep
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Obsession Compulsive Disorder
OCD: Obsession Compulsive Disorder Obsessive Compulsive Disorder or commonly known as OCD affects every 1 in 50 adults in the United States and twice that many have had OCD at one point in their life. OCD is a mental disorder in which there is a problem with information processing and an anxiety problem. 4 OCD is essentially an anxiety problem that causes people to be stuck in a state of habit, compulsion and repeating thoughts
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Living with Bipolar Disorder
Living with Bi-Polar Disorder Introduction: What is it like to have Bi-Polar and how does it affect the people around you? I. Bi Polar Disorder A. What is Bi Polar Disorder? B. Treatments for Bi Polar C. Symptoms of Bi Polar II. Who can get Bi Polar? A. How many people are affected? B. What are the ages of the people affected? C. How early can Bi Polar be detected? III. Life with Bi Polar
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Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Pervasive Developmental Disorders The Pervasive Developmental Disorders are characterized by varying degrees of impairment in communication skills, social interactions, and by restricted, repetitive and stereotyped patterns of behavior. According to the definition set forth in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) (1994), “Pervasive Developmental Disorders are characterized by severe and pervasive impairment in several areas of development: social interaction skills, communication skills, or the presence of stereotyped behavior, interests, and activities” (p.
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Behavior Disorders in the Shinning
The Shining The Shinning, a horror movie that was released in 1980, featured Jack Nicholson, as a writer who is left in charge of the Overlook hotel during the winter. During this time Jack began to developed schizophrenia among many other personality and mood disorders and attempts to murder his own family. After reviewing this film it became apparent that there was a mixture of accuracy and exaggeration of the development of schizophrenia. Jack
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Dissociative Identity Dissorder
Dissociative Identity Disorder: A Preliminary Examination & Dealing with the Disorder as an Adult Peter Limmer 10002355 Box 1460 Dr. Beth Veale Human Development II: PSYC 2123A 28 February 2005 Dissociative Identity Disorder Dissociative Identity Disorder, or DID, is defined as: “The result of a marvelously creative defense mechanism that a young child uses to cope with extremely overwhelming trauma” (Hawkins, 2003, p. 3). Ross describes DID in this way: “In its childhood onset
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Living Multi Personality Disorder
Works Cited 1. M. Keenan, "The Devil and Dr. Braun," New City article, 1995-JUN-22: Mentioned in FMS Foundation Newsletter, at: http://www.fmsfonline.org/fmsf99.n24.html 2. The International Society for the Study of Dissociation has a web site at: http://www.issd.org/ Its official publication is the Journal of Trauma and Dissociation. See: http://www.issd.org/indexpage/jtdauthorsinfo.html There are allegations that the ISSD controls the content of the The Journal of Psychiatry & Law (JPSLA). These are not to be mistaken for the The
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Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar Disorder 1 Bipolar Disorder The event of bipolar disorder has been a mystery since the 16th century. Records have shown that this problem can appear in almost anyone. It is clear that in our social world many people live with bipolar disorder. Regardless of the number of people suffering from the disease, we are still waiting for an explanation regarding the causes and cure. One fact of which we are aware, is that bipolar
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a behavioral disorder that is typified by distractibility, inability to sit still, restlessness, and difficulty concentrating on one thing for any period of time. ADHD generally occurs in children; however a rising amount of adults are being diagnosed with the disorder. In the United States, ADHD is the most frequently diagnosed childhood psychiatric disorder, as it accounts for 30-50% of all mental health referrals (Nigg, 2006). ADHD is present
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Nightmares and Disorders of Dreaming
Nightmares and Disorders of Dreaming When a person goes to sleep, they hope to have a good night’s sleep. Some people dream nice dreams while others have what we call nightmares. Some people go to sleep scared because they think that they are going to have a nightmare. They wake up screaming bloody murder because they have just had a horrible dream called a nightmare. When it comes to the human mind, it is
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Could Attention Deficit Disorder Be Considered a Disability in a Learning Environment
Could Attention Deficit Disorder be Considered a Disability in a Learning Environment? Abstract Attention Deficit Disorder is one of the most commonly diagnosed behavioral disorders amongst school age children. The foremost characteristic of this chronic disorder is the inability to pay attention, and the ability to become easily distracted by irrelevant sights and sounds. This study demonstrates that based on symptoms caused directly by an Attention Deficit Disorder, in accordance with definitions and legal standings
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Mood, Substance, and Personality Disorders
Mood, Substance, and Personality Disorders Do you know a person that has sudden mood swings? Do you wonder why they act like they do? Their actions could be a result of a type of mood disorder. Mood disorders are part of the Axis One disorders that are found in the DSM IV. Axis One is all categories of disorders except for personality disorders. People who have mood disorders are diagnosed to have a pattern of
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Eating Disorders
I choose to do these weeks health paper on eating disorders. I myself have dealt with an eating disorder and know the effects it can have on those you love and yourself both physically and mentally. Bulimia and Anorexia are serious, functional eating disorders. There are a lot of similarities between the two, but the few differences differentiate the two. Anorexia is an eating disorder in which a person has an intense fear of gaining
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Pro-Anorexia : Promoting Psychological Disorder
As described in the DSM IV, the essential features of Anorexia Nervosa are the refusal to maintain a minimally normal body weight - meaning below 85% of what is considered normal for one's age and height - an intense fear of gaining weight which often increases as actual weight decreases, and distortion in the perception of the shape or size of one's body. Individuals with Anorexia develop a total pre-occupation with food and often devise
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Eating Disorders
Christie Roberts Psychology 102 Eating Disorders An eating disorder is a compulsion in which the main problem is a person eats in a way which disturbs their physical health. The eating may be too excessive (compulsive over-eating), too limited (restricting), may include normal eating punctuated with episodes of purging, may include cycles of binging and purging, or may encompass the ingesting of non-foods. ( Dictionary) Most eating disorders start before the age of 20,
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Paranoid Personality Disorder
PPD PERSONALITY PROFILE The key word for Paranoid Personality Disorder (PPD) is "mistrust." It is conceivable that, under certain circumstances, wariness, looking for hidden motives, or not trusting others may be adaptive--even life-saving--but the paranoid personality adopts this stance in most or all situations, including the most benign. VIEW OF SELF: The paranoid personalities see themselves as righteous and mistreated by others. VIEW OF OTHERS: They see other people essentially as devious, deceptive, treacherous, and
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Eating Disorders
Eating Disorders Eating disorders are characterized by a severe disturbance in eating behavior. The two most common forms of eating disorders are anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. At the heart of both of these disorders is an intense and pathological fear of becoming overweight and fat, and a pursuit of thinness that is relentless and sometimes deadly. There is also another category of eating disorders which is called EDNOS (eating disorder not otherwise specified). This
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Anxiety Disorders
Anxiety Disorders affect about 40 million American adults age 18 years and older (about 18%) in a given year, causing them to be filled with fearfulness and uncertainty. Unlike the relatively mild, brief anxiety caused by a stressful event (such as speaking in public or a first date), anxiety disorders last at least 6 months and can get worse if they are not treated. Anxiety disorders commonly occur along with other mental or physical illnesses,
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