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    well as difficulties at home, concerning odd and disruptive behaviors, obsession concerning her mother’s safety, anxiety, and declining academic performance. Diagnosis Based on her presenting symptoms, Vera meets the full criteria for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). The DSM-5 (American Psychological Association, 2013) diagnosis of OCD requires the presence of either obsessions, compulsions, or both. Obsessions are characterized by recurrent, unwanted images, thoughts, or urges that cause a…

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    need to be in or around water to deal with his inner demons caused by Peter. It left a mental strain on his lifestyle so David could not deal with it in a “normal” psychological way. Unfortunately, many people suffer from the disorder (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) from trauma or a mental illness, which is often caused by poor…

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    A Figure Of OCD In The Things They Carried, O'Brien illustrates obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) through the story of lieutenant Jimmy Cross and Martha. In modern medicine, physiologists define OCD as obsessive and/or compulsive behaviors significantly interfering with a person's daily life; in reality a person spends so much time on their obsessions or compulsions that they neglect their daily life and responsibilities. Also, psychologists assert that people with OCD know that their thoughts…

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    Through my own research after my diagnosis, I have since learned that there are five subsets of OCD, each one vastly different from the other; the only thing that connects the five groups together is that they both involve obsessive thoughts that are often exhibited in behaviors that are known as rituals. Contamination OCD involves obsessive thoughts about germs which leads to rituals of cleaning (Kelly 4). Symmetry OCD involves obsessive thoughts about counting and organization which leads to…

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    OCD? Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a mental health disorder that affects people of all ages and walks of life, and occurs when a person gets caught in a cycle of obsessions and compulsions. Obsessions are unwanted, intrusive thoughts, images or urges that trigger intensely distressing feelings. Compulsions are behaviors an individual engages in to attempt to get rid of the obsessions and/or decrease his or her distress. Most people have obsessive thoughts and/or compulsive behaviors at…

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    Introduction Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Children today are being diagnosed with disorders generally associated with adults. One of these disorders is also called OCD. OCD is found in many children today. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, also called OCD is found in many children today. OCD is an anxiety disorder where people have repetitive thoughts (obsessions) which lead them to act on their feelings (compulsions). Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is a treatable disorder. It is a type of…

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    Lady Macbeth described symptoms that are associated with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). People with OCD are diagnosed when the obsessions and/or compulsions disrupt their everyday lives for more than an hour per day or cause substantial distress or impairment (Beidel, Frueh, & Hersen, 2014). If we broke down the diagnosis, obsessions are defined as recurring thoughts, urges, or images that you try to suppress, and compulsions are repetitive actions that people may engage in to avoid or…

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    are compulsions. There are thoughts and there are obsessions. The only difference between each two are the uncontrollable and volatile nature that is intrinsic to compulsions and obsessions. Together, they become the genetic condition of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, or OCD. Imagine repeatedly checking if a door is locked nine times every night before bed. Imagine obsessing over a conversation that occurred many years ago that nobody remembers. Imagine never being able to stop thinking about…

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    This paper begins by discussing the creation of a new diagnosis, Excessive Nose Picking. The paper explains why Excessive Nose Picking should be classified as a mental disorder and should be implemented into the next revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). Included in this discussion, the paper reviews the specific behaviors and/or characteristics for the new diagnosis. It is important to note that the second section takes an in-depth look at the…

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    Asperger’s Syndrome, which is also known as Asperger’s Disorder, was originally described by Hans Asperger. Asperger was studying several cases in which patients had symptoms similar to those of autism; however, Asperger noticed that unlike autism, patients in the cases he was studying were experiencing more motor deficits and fewer speech delays. Asperger also noticed that all of the patients experiencing these additional symptoms were boys, and of the boys who were experiencing the symptoms,…

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