Dissociative disorders

Delusional Disorder, also known as psychosis, is a disorder that which a person cannot tell what is real from what is imagined. People with this type of disorder tend to think that things and people are always out to get them. They jump at the fear of their own shadows and are always constantly thinking that people are trying poison or kill them. They are afraid that people will deceive them, conspire against them, or love them from a distance. What could have happened in a dream may be a…

The digital revolution has made it imperative for virtually all individuals to learn how to use and access the Internet. The latter provides a highly convenient and cost effective channel of obtaining information on a wide array of topics and subjects. The creation of websites is one of the popular ways in which the Internet is used to create a specific place where information on a specific topic can be accessed. A website can be described as an umbrella that houses an ocean of relevant facts…

The subjective experiences of the world around us are different for everyone. These experiences that one is having is part of consciousness. Consciousness has to do with everything we do in our daily lives. Through consciousness we are able to walk and understand the meaning of words without having to think twice about it. Consciousness is responsible for is sleep. Sleep is an altered state of consciousness where the awareness of the outside world is turned off (Gazzaniga, Heatherton, & Halpern)…

The first topic, and one I found most interesting is how people alter their consciousness through drugs and alcohol. This was really interesting to me as I grew up in a home with drug addiction, so learning about what makes drugs so appealing and addicting really opened my eyes. A lot of the information covered in that section was information that I was already familiar with, however I did read some things that did surprise me. For example, marijuana was listed as a hallucinogen which really…

is an eating disorder. Eating disorders do not discriminate; males and females, the young and the old, can all suffer from an eating disorder (Eating Disorder). There is not just one type of eating disorder there are actually many, but Anorexia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder and Bulimia Nervosa are the most common types. Eating disorders are no joking matter, up to 30 million people are affected by an eating disorder (Eating Disorder). Some things that can help treat eating disorders are…

sexual objects in media, which can confuse adolescent girls into thinking that they have to portray sexuality in their self-image, and can result in being objectified themselves. Being an objectified adolescent can have a negative outcome, eating disorders or…

Would gun control minimize school shootings? School shootings have been on the rise in the past couple of years. Most people ask themselves would gun control help reduce school shootings. It seems that the gun control topic is only brought up when a school shooting occurs. We shouldn’t think about controlling guns every time a school shooting happens. A school shooting is defined as anybody getting injured or killed by a gun. According to the FBI a mass shooting is one where at least four people…

and rejuvenating it. Without sleep a person experiences fatigue and depression. They also become forgetful, and it impairs their decision making. There are so many factors that can alter ones sleep and one of them is insomnia. Insomnia is a mental disorder that stops one from staying asleep or getting quality restorative sleep. About 40% of american adults suffer from Intermittent Insomnia and about 10-15% of them suffer from Chronic Insomnia. (Ramirez 2007 s.4) Insomnia can effect ones life…

Physical safety and mental health have been common issues work places have come across and tried to deal with. In a number of ways, they have been able to diminish the amount of preventable injury through stricter training and regulation methods as well as imposing work-safe programs which give benefits for years gone by accident free. School systems offer security measures and rule based regulations to create safer learning environments for their students and staff. Mental health programs have…

Dix’s interest in mental health reform didn’t materialize out of the ether. It had roots in her personality, as well as experiences she had while in England. Dix’s personality had the desire to make some sort of mission out of her life, hungering to find a cause to devote herself to. Without any solid purpose in her life, she floated, untethered. In 1838, in response to a letter that Dix had sent her, Dix’s friend Anne noted that Dix was a “…wanderer, doomed to know many a thing of grief and…