Mental disorder

More so, people suffering from psychological disorders are stigmatized, trivialized, simply ignored or condemned to suffer alone for they lack social support due to the stigma attached to their illness. Moreover, over the past decade or so, it’s become commonplace to use mental disorder phraseology to describe common often trivial situations or problems and terms like “depressed”, “OCD”, “bipolar” have become integrated…

Schizotypal Disorder is a mental disorder characterized by severe social anxiety, paranoia, and often unconventional beliefs. Additionally, It has more than 200,000 cases diagnosed per year. It typically begins in the early adulthood stage of the individual which is between the ages of 20 and 40 years old (Mayoclinic.org). Sadly, there is no cure, but medicine may help. Schizotypal Disorder can last for years or be a lifelong battle. To summarize, Schizotypal Disorder is a horrible disease…

physical or mental-illness the list of barriers blocking people from reaching corporate America is a long and tedious one. The latter, being mental-illnesses or disorders, may be the most conspicuous and common disabling obstacle that – in the same light – remains the most unheeded. The term, mental-illness, is defined as “a medical condition that disrupts a person 's thinking, feeling, mood, ability to relate to others and daily functioning (nami.org),” And although most, if not all,…

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM5) lists symptoms one could encounter when a traumatic event has occurred or is occurring in their life. The exposure to actual or threatened death, serious injury, or sexual violence is the first step in recognizing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in a person. DSM5 discusses the feelings that are a result of trauma—terror, helplessness, and horror. However, there are many factors that delineate PTSD; the DSM5 lists them into…

of the most common cold of mental disorders. Most people will be affected by depression in their lives either directly or indirectly, either through a friend or a family member. For example, confusion is one of the many common signs about depression. Some questions that people ask are What is depression? How it is caused? What are the different types of depression? What are the symptoms? and how can it be treated? Many people believe that depression is not a real disorder, but the truth is it…

In 1980, the American Psychiatric Association added PTSD to the third edition of its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III) nosologic classification scheme. PTSD diagnosis has filled an important gap in psychiatric theory and practice. The key to understanding PTSD is the concept of trauma. According to the DSM-III PTSD was conceptualized as being a catastrophic stressor outside the range of normal human experiences. While most people exposed to traumatic events do not…

Silver Linings Playbook illustrates a tale of a young man, Pat, who struggles with mental illness and his life after his mental “snap”. Pat is not the only person in this film to struggle with a mental disorder, his father and his soon to be girlfriend all have their own battle. Pat, the main character, is just released from a mental institution because of, what is referred to in the movie, his “snap”. Soon after being released from the institution, the viewers are informed Pat is diagnosed…

For years, anorexia has been a serious mental and physical illness. Anorexia is a serious, sometimes deadly mental disorder that can affect children as young as eleven when exposed to peer pressure. Anorexia is a serious mental disorder that anyone as young as eleven can develop when struggling with peer pressure and body image. Many social media sites, the most popular one being Tumblr, create triggering trends that encourage anorexic tendencies. These trends include, “#thinspiration”,…

A mental disorder is a certain behavioral or mental pattern that can lead to difficulty in functioning in an ordinary life. Many people suffering from mental disorders are not able to live healthy lives due to their condition. Ray is a 29 year old father who faces bipolar disorder, he has constant mood swings and is often suicidal. Also we can see that he represses lots of his feelings because of his grandmother. Ray has bipolar disorder, which is a mental disorder in which the patient…

Before 9th grade, I never thought about mental illness and how it affected me. I thought my heart beating out my chest from a simple social encounter happened to everyone. I was formally diagnosed last year with PTSD, Social anxiety, Generalized anxiety disorder, Panic disorder, a sprinkle of OCD, and severe depression. There’s a lot more but I haven’t had a definite answer. I’m suppose to be taking Prozac and going to therapy but screw that. Contrary to what many people think, PTSD comes from…