Mood disorders

symptoms related to Bulimia Nervosa (BN). According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder, 5th edition or the DSM-5 , JA’s eating disorder has disrupted her everyday life (DSM-5, American Psychiatric Association, 2013). People who are diagnosed with Bulimia usually experience similar symptoms that have common features that correspond to the DSM-5 's description of this disorder. Criteria A: Recurrent episodes of binge eating where excessive amounts of food are consumed in…

Psychological disorders and mental health issues in today’s society affect many people in a variety of ways. Many people in society are often stigmatized and labeled because of a psychological disorder shunning them from society, the work place, schools, friends, and more. However, recently through my research I see how many people are working their jobs, handling their careers, never stop working and aspiring with their goals, and face varied challenges at home, work, and out socially using a…

but hopefully it decreases his mood swings greatly. He should be able to stay with his family, keep his job, and be a coach. His cognitive ability should be fine with the medication. Bipolar disorders seem to be effectively treated different for each person. Some people live more normally than others. It is a life long illness, but it can be managed with certain medications. Changing George’s medication and finding the right one for him could change how often he has mood swings. One medication…

I chose to write about the movie split. The character in that movie has a personality disorder, and it was extremely interesting to watch and learn about. 3Personality disorder is characterized by enduring maladaptive patterns of behavior, cognition, and inner experience. 4The movie split is about three girls who get kidnapped by a man that is diagnosed with 523 distinct personalities. The girls try to escape from him before his 24th frightful personality emerges. In this paper I will be giving…

It was thought that Fred had this disorder, because the disorder usually presents itself during early adulthood, which Fred is categorized under. Schizoaffective includes “marked symptoms of schizophrenia and a major depressive episode or manic episode” (Comer, 2016, p. 386). Fred’s symptoms were not attributable to the effects of a substance or medical condition, which is also a criterion for schizoaffective disorder. Although Fred was seen as unapproachable or aggressive at…

Schizophrenia disorder is characterized by abnormalities in one or more of the following domains: delusions, hallucinations, disorganized thinking, grossly abnormal motor behavior, and negative symptoms (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). According to the DSM-5'…

As mentioned earlier, eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa come coupled with the extreme desire to lose weight. A dieter with such desire may do anything to lose weight including becoming malnourished. For example, someone with anorexia who eats little to nothing…

There is a long list, I believe of psychological disorders. Some psychological disorders are also, considered mental disorders. We will take a look at factitious disorder, conversion disorder, somatic symptom disorder, and some traditional psychological disorders. Furthermore, I feel that some people just think that they have something wrong with them and run to a medical doctor, or another health care professional just to run up expensive bills, which whatever the person got diagnosed with…

she had sex with before she was admitted in the hospital. She has a strained relationship with her parents and she does not get along with them. She has a father is extremely angry, controlling, overbearing, and aggressive at times. Her mother’s mood flips back and forth from highs to lows and happiness to tears. This unstable environment caused to Susanna to have the symptoms, and this is an environmental experience she faces. Susann continues to have unstable relationships with her peers…

Manic depressive disorder, or more commonly called bipolar disorder is a mental illness that has been in described in literature since ancient Greece several thousand years ago. Descriptions of bipolar disorder have appeared independently in many civilizations throughout history including Ancient Greece, Roman, European and Chinese. Bipolar disorder is defined by experiencing elongated periods of mania with high energy followed by periods of depression with very low energy. The periods of mania…