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Summary: Research Question: “To what extent does medication used as anti-depressants have a negative effect on the body and its recovery?” My focus questions concentrated on the role and treatment of antidepressants amongst individuals combined with the psychiatrist’s opinion and diagnosis in comparison to the patients’. My research question was chosen through personal interest in the field of medicine. I am intrigued by the mechanisms of the human body and the effects that antidepressants…

Hope Schamberger Dr. Rothschild-Massa Waubonsee Community College 16, June 2017 Psychological Disease Assignment 1. The name of a serious mental health disorder is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). 2. Obsessive Compulsive disorder is considered a generalized anxiety disorder because, people with the disorder commonly have severe anxiety when their obsessions and compulsions are afflicting their mind. This disorder has also been associated with an Impulse control disorder, but because OCD is…

OCD is short for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (Shelton 1). People with OCD worry about the little things. They live with endless doubt, trapped by uncontrollable fear. (Kato 1). “This disorder can affect every part of someone’s life emotionally, sexually, professionally and mentally.” (Shelton 1). This causes severe anxiety in those affected. “If it becomes severe enough, it can destroy a person’s capacity to function in the home, at work or at school.” (Hendrix 1). OCD is a worldwide disorder…

treatment for OCD is known as cognitive behavior treatment (BPT) or medication. Exposure and response treatment is most well known for treating OCD as it is known in studies done. There is also medication that you can take called serotonin reuptake inhibitors known as SRI. This type of therapy is meant to desensitize fears so that it won't trigger your warning that much as before you wouldn't be scared of triggering them as were beforehand. Repeatingly facings one fears it desensitized the…

A common theme between A Brave New World and an article titled “Drugs aren't solving mental illness” is that the use of drugs or other medications to calm the mind are only causing more harm than improvement in patients. In the article it is asserted by Dr. Insel, “Four decades of drug development resulting in over 20 antipsychotics and 30 antidepressants have not demonstrably reduced the morbidity or mortality of mental disorders,” therefore it has been scientifically proven that the intake of…

ntroduction. Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental disorder characterised by obsessions and compulsions. In OCD, obsessions are manifested by recurrence and persistence of unwanted thoughts, whereas the compulsions can be manifested as a variety of behaviours in response to this obsession (DSM-V), (Bokor and Anderson, 2014). It has no restriction of cultural or ethnic group (Lewis-Fernández, Hinton, Laria, Patterson, Hofmann, Craske,... Liao, 2010). The prevalence among females is…

OCD OCD can be considerably challenging to live with. That’s a fact. There’s a numerous amount of tasks that people with OCD do differently than people without it. Do you have questions about OCD? Well, luckily for you, I have answers! I’m here to tell you everything you need to know about OCD. First of all, what exactly is OCD? OCD is commonly misunderstood. Many people believe that it’s just a fear of germs. It’s all that, but more. OCD stands for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. It’s a mental…

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Josephine Beker Thomas Jefferson University Description of condition Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a heterogenous, chronic condition which can be further divided into subgroups dependent on the symptoms presented (Bjorgvinsson, Hart & Heffelfinger, 2007). It is characterized by obsessive thoughts or images, which cause stress or anxiety for the patients, as well as compulsive behaviors, which are often repetitive in nature and…

OCD is a mental disease that nearly everyone has heard of at least once in their life, but not many people actually know much about it. Some people think that it is simply another word for a person who likes things to be nice and orderly. This, however, is completely inaccurate, and the term should not be used as such. OCD is completely different than what most people think, and using it as another word for a tidy person can be very offensive to someone who actually has the disorder.…

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a type of anxiety disorder characterized by thoughts and fears (obsessions) that lead to repetitive behaviors (compulsions). Despite ones most valiant efforts, the distressing thoughts of obsessive-compulsive disorder keep coming back. (Greenberg, 2009) Obsessive-compulsive disorder symptoms include both obsessions and compulsions. OCD obsessions are repeated ideas, thoughts, images or impulses that occur spontaneously and seem to make no sense. These…