Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

A mental disorder, or psychiatric disorder is a diagnosis of a behaviour or mental pattern that causes suffering or a poor inability to function in everyday life. Such attributes may relapse, be persistent or can occur as a single episode (). Pedophilia is an example of a psychiatric disorder in which an older adolescent or adult experiences an exclusive sexual attraction to prepubescent children(). There is much discussion in the world in mental health and psychology of what actually constructs…

For example, the lead character in Monk has obsessive compulsive disorder. He regularly attends therapy and takes his prescribed medications, yet he has not improved. They emphasize the stereotypes that mental illnesses are incurable and treatments are ineffective (Tartakovsky). Rarely, when slight progress is…

As life stressors continue to increase in everyday society, anxiety levels and generalized anxiety disorders also increase. In the United States, anxiety is one of the most common mental illnesses and impacts over 40 million adults; as one in 10 Americans take antidepressants to treat this disorder, it is essential that individuals have other forms of treatments or modalities besides medications (ADAA, 2015). One modality that continually keeps growing in popularity for mental health is yoga.…

What’s wrong with her? Amber has an eating disorder called Anorexia Nervosa. Her mind tells her she doesn’t need food, she has a distorted vision of her body. Some people would say that Amber just wants attention, but an eating disorder should be treated as a mental disorder. Through advancements in medical technology and research, one can now see how an eating disorder is directly linked to a mental disorder. Eating…

A disruptive, impulse-control and conduct disorder it is a psychological disorder which is most common on childhood and adolescence. This disorders makes the child aggressive and tend to have a not great behavior. This disorders it often seen as the precursor to an antisocial personality disorders as, they are not a diagnosed is until the child is 18 years old. They have the ability to recognize the feelings of the rest of the people. The child without a CD is unable to place themselves in other…

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder of early onset, highly variable in its clinical presentation. It includes the development of abnormal cortical circuitry that underlies autistic cognitive processes, social impairment and other behaviors. According to National autism association (2014), autism is the fastest growing developmental disorder, which affects 1 in 68 children. Autism greatly varies from person to person. The rate of autism has steadily grown over…

violence, IPV leads to other psychological and physiological disadvantages. Its psychological impacts include increased risk of anxiety, depression (particularly postpartum depression) and symptoms that are characteristic of Post-traumatic stress disorder (Makayoto et al, 2012). Physically, it can have effects on the pregnancy directly by resulting in complications…

behavior.” says Howes. Insanity is having what is called “ Character Disorders”. Are also referred as Personality disorders, “ a personality disorder can be diagnosed if there are significant impairments in self and interpersonal functioning together with one or more pathological personality…

Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. The main cause for suicide is depression. Depression is more than being sad. Depression is this feeling of complete emptiness. It’s not feeling sad or miserable, it is being emotionless. Its comparable to being an empty body with no person inside, it’s just like you’re a thing or object with no purpose. You don’t have the energy to care or show emotion about everything. It is physically and mentally draining. When someone feels like this…

Many different factors can contribute to an anxiety disorder. One main theory is major life stressors. Things that are included in major life stressors are grief, financial difficulties, relationship difficulties, or a major trauma. Some examples of major trauma include witnessing a violent crime, major illness, childhood trauma, or abuse, and encountering a major environmental disaster. Anxiety can also be cause by good stressors. Some examples of good stressors include planning a wedding,…