Abnormal psychology

Everyone has a bad day every once in awhile. Imagine a life full of bad days with no good ones in sight, and having to go to school and acting like nothing is wrong. This is the case for many teens suffering from mental illness. A mental illness is a condition of the brain that impacts people’s behavior, thoughts, and feelings. There are many different types of mental illnesses but the most common types include major depression, anxiety disorder, bipolar disorder, and obsessive compulsive…

In the world today, girls and boys suffer from trying to impress other people with their body image. You can start to have eating disorders which cause the people to do things to their body that they shouldn't. One eating disorder we are going to talk about is anorexia and bulimia nervosa which we will talk about later. You may also see that people may do self mutilation which is really bad for you and your body, it can lead to cutting yourself and doing things to your body that you shouldn't do…

Anorexia? Anorexia is an emotional disorder characterized by an obsessive desire to lose weight by refusing to eat. It is a lack or loss of appetite for food as a medical condition. (Oxford Dictionary). “Laura,18, died after refusing treatment in anorexia battle”. (Hope 2013) “Anorexia tragedy of teenage cover girl: Parents tell of their grief over 19-year-old who ‘didn’t realize how beautiful she was’.” (Levy 2012) A couple of similar articles were published in the Daily Mail in years 2010,…

Most people would associate anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress as the same disorder. Some people believe that post-traumatic stress disorder is a mental disorder only for individuals who served in the military, abuse victims or those who have been in a traumatizing accident. During my research, I found this to be false. In addition to military personnel suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), I found that some women who suffer from a miscarriage. There are also, children…

Case Summary of “Art Austin” Art experienced a tragedy, which traumatized him for a period of time. One night a young woman had come to his home and ask to see his son, she did not provide any information pertaining to identity. Art’s son, who lived in his basement, never came upstairs to see what the young lady wanted. As he goes back to the front door to respond to the young lady that was standing in the driveway for his son, a crowd of men bombarded him with guns and force their way into his…

Suicide: The Real Threat to U.S. Veterans United States Army Colonel Andrew T. Poznick commissioned as an infantry officer in 1993. That same year he married his best friend Trish and embarked on a long and distinguished career. Andrew and Trish had two children John and Emma. They led the typical military lifestyle following orders to multiple duty stations throughout the United States. Military orders also led Colonel Poznick to two tours in Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In 2011,…

Today a mental illness is defined as a chemical imbalance in the brain which causes person to act differently. In the Past psychiatrists did not have medication to treat mental illnesses. Instead they relied on physical methods such as lobotomies, shock therapy, asylums, exorcism, trephining and many more. It is important to become aware of past treatments to better understand the reason for current treatments, it also provides us better information to move forward and create better, more…

Every so often we turn on the news, read the newspapers, listen to stories around us or even close experiences, which talk about suicide or a crime that was a result of the individual being mentally ill. This is inevitably an issue that we are aware of as we go about our daily lives. Like obesity, mental health diagnoses and treatment has a history in the USA. In the past, mental illness was considered spiritual or a form of punishment by god. When I was growing up in Nigeria, a mentally ill…

People with bipolar disorder have periods of great excitement alternating with depression. Schizophrenia causes: confused thinking, hallucinations, paranoia; periods of depression, withdrawal and isolation. Pedophilia is a paraphilia that involves an abnormal interest in children ages 13 or younger. Interventions given to mentally disordered offenders range from medication to psychotherapy, such as cognitive-behavioral therapy, inpatient and outpatient treatment among others. Although the number…

The stigma that surrounds mental illness can he heavily influenced by how mental illnesses are portrayed in books and films. Although some texts are able to accurately portray the affect a mental illness can have on a person’s life, there are some texts that romanticise and inaccurately depict mental illnesses such as depression, anorexia, bulimia, bipolar, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder. This can have a damaging effect on how mental illnesses are viewed in society. In turn, this can…