Factitious disorder

neurodevelopmental disorders. My heart and goals were learning about Physical Therapy. After a while, my mindset and goal changed. When looking more into the PEAK major and I took the Occupational Therapy route. I realize that chemistry classes were not my forte. That is when I looked more into Occupational Therapy and started learning that neurodevelopmental disorders are one of the important aspect of Occupational Therapy including motor skills of everyday life. Neurodevelopmental disorders…

Being a Clinician Sounds Interesting As we have gone through class this semester I have thought about this assignment but never knew exactly whom I wanted to interview for it because I am not 100% sure what I would like to do in my future. I recently thought about what I have enjoyed about this class and it got me to ponder through many of the interesting things we discussed, I then came to my conclusion that for me, the most interesting thing that we have talked about in class was…

Excessive daytime sleepiness, difficulty inducing or sustaining sleep and irregular events arising during sleep are symptoms related to sleep disorders. It is estimated that anywhere from 50 to 70 million Americans chronically contain some form of sleep disorder that is affecting their day-to-day living (Altevoga et al., 2006). According to The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey (2015), among 74,571 adult in 12 states, 37.9% reported accidentally falling asleep during the…

Stress. The word itself can start someone’s heart into a beating frenzy. Thousands of Americans across the nation struggle with overcoming their stress and even I am not fortunate enough to not fall under this statistic. In spite of the fact that stress itself is unavoidable, the long term effects of a stressful life should not be. Although many Americans such as myself currently struggles with the overbearing burdens of stress, I want to understand the importance of finding healthy methods to…

stigmatised. This can have extremely adverse implications on a person’s recovery. Ill mental health can be described as a condition that causes serious disorders in a person’s behaviour or thinking (Szabo, 2014). Schizophrenia is one mental illness in particular that has a serious impact on the way people think. It is a relatively rare disorder that affects around 1% of the population (Golightley, 2008). Schizophrenia is largely characterised…

Social Media Effects on Teenage Mental Health Assignment 1 Question B The effect of social media on today’s youth is a subject of much debate. This essay will analyse an article from the CNN website, which presents statistics from a range of surveys, as well as a qualitative case study of a young boy’s road to recovery due to social media, and one from CBS Atlanta which, in contrast, focuses on quantitative statistics and data from the Ottawa Public Health. The comparison of these two articles…

are not blood tests or scans that you can do in determining whether or not you have a specific mental illness. People’s behavior must be observed and after that, doctors typically refer back to the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) for diagnosis. Even though there is no scientific or chemically proven way to show that you do in fact have a mental illness, I do still believe that they are there. Like medical illnesses, one’s mental illness can be understood by…

Violence Reducing Community Juvenile delinquency is defined as committing offenses or actions by person of the age 18 or younger. Delinquent juveniles mostly only receive conventional criminal prosecutions if the option for their offenses is possible. Virginia has a vested interest in promoting state and local policies that prevent juvenile delinquency (Blanco, Miller, & Peck, 2007). Not only Virginia, but many other states now offer programs to juveniles to give them a second chance. Several…

Many of us face challenges everyday in our life, sometimes there is good or bad ending depending upon the circumstances. Our whole life we struggle in a way or another. We can’t run away from our problems yet it’s always best to tackle them with being positive but not every time it’s easy as one may assume. Well I can definitely say these struggles reshape us in a way or another and dealing with such struggles might have changed who we are or how we later approached life. Today students of all…

girls admit that body shape is an important factor of their self esteem. [1] Shatkin. (2009). Common Eating Disorders Eating disorders are classified into one of several disorders, but the three most common include: anorexia nervosa; bulimia nervosa; and binge eating disorder. Each of these disorders will be covered in this module. [2] American Psychiatric…