Abnormal psychology

“Wire Hangers”: Hollywood’s Version of Mental Illness The air of the bedroom has gone as still as the breath of the child cowering in her bed. A figure, her mother, stares hauntingly into her closet as a maddening inhuman shriek claws its way out of her throat. She turns toward her daughter, wearing a grimace of seemingly inhuman nature, and screeches “No. Wire. Hangers!!” Spittle forming at the corner of her snarl, cold eyes wide and unblinking, and veins protruding from every vessel in her…

These disorders are characterized by feelings of extreme fear and/or anxiousness. The four major types of anxiety disorders are panic disorders, obsessive compulsive disorders, general anxiety disorders and finally phobias. A person with a panic disorder experiences periods of extreme fear. These "panic attacks" are accompanied by shortness of breath, rapid heartbeat, dizziness, numbness, sweating and trembling. Along with these symptoms, the person may also experience a fear of death.…

Task I. If I could, I would rename Part One of Skin Game “The History of My Skin.” This would be a good title for this section because it it gives a the most background on Caroline Kettlewell’s life. It describes her struggle with anorexia and self-mutilation, her sort of broken family background, and her teenage years. Then I would title the final chapter “Closing Wounds.” This chapter is very short, but packs an emotional punch. It talks about how she just stopped one day, that after two…

Teen Depression Among adolescents, one in eight may suffer from depression. A mere 30% receive any sort of intervention or treatment, and the other 70% simply struggle through the pain of mental illness. At Liberty High School we have 950 students. If this statistic applies, it means we have roughly 118 students dealing with depression. As of right now, there are no programs within the school to offer help to these students. Even though this is a nationwide problem, there are many kids at our…

intention of this report is to provide a comprehensive investigation into the abnormal behaviours, diagnoses and treatment options of Diana Miller. Abnormal behaviour is comprised of such revealing features as deviating from societal norms, experiencing distressful thoughts and feelings, severe dysfunctional interruptions to daily life and ongoing endangerment of the self and/or others (Comer, 2015). These areas of abnormal functioning must be wholly assessed prior to the diagnosis and…

The American culture portrays beauty in many different mediums, magazines, television shows, movies, and online. For decades women have been put under pressure to maintain a certain standard; girls in our current society are forced from a very young age to look, act, and feel a certain way. Women and young girls are obsessively trying to change their physical looks to have the perfect body that is portrayed in all types of media, although most of it is photoshopped and airbrushed pictures.…

mentally ill man. He intruded a woman’s house and was looking confused when the woman came home with her 2 children. She was armed with a handgun and shot David. He ended up dying of the single shot wound. He was acting in a way that would be seen as abnormal, which makes people uneasy and skittish (Cowley 2016, Crump et al.…

Before this book I was not aware what Borderline Personality Disorder even was, so everything was quite a shock to me. I believe Kiera did a fantastic job of describing how she felt in specific and different situations, so it made it clear what Borderline Personality Disorder really consists of. It disgusted me how everyone tried convincing her that she did not have this disorder or how no one really talked about it because of the stigma around it. That is why it impressed me when she kept…

Separation Anxiety Disorder Separation anxiety disorder (SAD) is characterized by persistent and frequent fears or worries that do not correspond to the norms of normal development (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). There is age inappropriate anxiety when the individual is separated from their attached figure, which causes significant distress and impartment to their life. SAD can causes persistent, excessive, and recurrent distress…

As a nation, we face a crisis. We cannot see it, we cannot hear it, we can not touch it, taste it, or smell it. It is all in our heads, and frankly, it is mental. There are an increasing number of mental disorders that are affecting the lives of all those involved, and yet, no one seems to acknowledge the seriousness and depravity of the situation. The taboo of mental disorders precedes the treatment and acknowledgement of them, leading to many ignoring their symptoms and struggles for the sake…