Mental Block

an animal assist someone struggling with anxiety, or another psychiatric disorder? Support animals have been widely used to assist many with disabilities such as blindness and in recent years they have been offered to support people suffering from mental disorders or brain injuries. What does an animal offer to…

It is easy to see how and why we have a variety of ideas regarding the cause, diagnosis and cure of psychological maladies. The complexity of the human brain is beyond our current level of understanding, so it makes sense that we have difficulties in determining what causes it to malfunction. In the case of my chosen subject (who I will refer to as Ryan), there are a variety of conditions which he struggled to comprehend. Ryan didn’t become aware of his psychological condition until he…

Psychological Literary Criticism: Different Methods in which Individuals Respond to Shame Individuals respond differently from one another when society bestows shame upon them. Many, but not all, individuals utilize various coping mechanisms in order to deal with their guilt. For example, from a psychological perspective, Freud’s defense mechanisms protectively serve to reduce one’s anxiety by unconsciously distorting reality. Some individuals may practice repression and avoid any thoughts that…

hallucinations, delusions, disorganized speech and disorganized behavior. Negative symptoms may include lack of motivation, social withdrawal, poverty of speech and lack of pleasure. Seven cognitive domains have been identified by the National Institute of Mental Health Measurement and Treatment Research to Improve Cognition in Schizophrenia (NIMH-MATRICS) to be impaired in patients with schizophrenia including social cognition (2-4). Antipsychotic…

The medication typically takes 12 weeks before any improvement in condition can be noticed. Sometimes the medication that works for one does not for another and they may need more than one drug. The medication will not cure the patient but it will block the obsessions and impulses. Once the patient discontinues use of the medication, their symptoms will return. Some less commonly recommended treatments of BDD are hospitalization and cosmetic procedures. In extremely severe cases a patient may be…

Schizophrenia is a severe mental illness that affects human beings in varying degrees. It is a persistent and incapacitating brain ailment that has affected many people throughout the world. (http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/schizophrenia/index.shtml, October 25, 2014). Statistics show that 2.2 million people in USA, and 51 million people worldwide suffer from schizophrenia. Its prevalence tends to be the same throughout the world with about .5% to 1% in every country. It is present in all…

from the past a new identity is created to block bad memory. People with this disorder have a weak memory and can memorize something if it is explained to a large extent and in detail (Gillig, 2009). They may have memories of other personalities as well. People with this disorder want a lot of attention (Gleaves, 1996). A therapist can tap into the minds of people with this disorder and try to figure out the exact cause of it, but there are many blocks and the different personalities are…

Post traumatic stress disorder is one of the least researched psychiatric diseases(Wiley-Blackwell, 2010). This mental health condition can be developed by anyone, have a severe impact on the brain, and has minimal treatment methods. PTSD is a disorder in which a person has difficulty recovering after experiencing or witnessing a terrifying event, and this can ruin their life forever. Even though the disease itself is not a killer, the effects it has on the body can be fatal. PTSD is caused by a…

Groupthink and The Past Groupthink is a term that means a group that makes a faulty decision, and it is because the group place’s pressures on an individual that lead to deterioration of a mental capacity, reality testing, or moral judgment( What is Groupthink. (n.d.). Groups that are affected by groupthink ignore various alternatives and tend to take irrational actions that lead to dehumanization to other groups. A group is usually vulnerable to groupthink when the members of it are…

Psyc 106 D900 Nov 4 2014 Amarpreet Kaur Grewal 301221829 Film Review Assignment Identifying and Dealing With Schizophrenia For a film to accurately portray a mental illness, characters that come to life in terms of how they are depicted in every action, and their persona is vital. In Ron Howard’s “A Beautiful Mind” Russell Crowe elegantly captures the positive symptoms and standard characteristics displayed by ones suffering from paranoid schizophrenia. Despite minor supplants, through Russell…