Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

7% of the population at any given time. The fear of interaction with other people is a form of Social Anxiety, while it also brings on self-consciousness, feelings of being negatively judged and evaluated, and as a result leads to avoidance. This disorder puts a huge weight on ones shoulders; people who do not go through this might not truly understand the outcomes of being “controlled” by this Anxiety. Social Anxiety has a detrimental effect on peoples mind; it affects one’s involvement with…

Clinical conditions associated with problems caused by living alone:- 1: - Chronic loneliness: - This is one of the most common conditions seen in people living alone. Research presented at the American psychiatry association conference counted living alone as being a risk factor for this chronic loneliness. In addition, other research shows that living alone does cause reduced psychological well-being however it also shows that this is mainly attributed to the feeling of loneliness. Chronic…

Having a diagnosis of a mental illness can cause someone to feel confused and scared to speak up. Often times when being diagnosed with a mental health illness children could feel afraid telling someone because it will bring judgment and people will think he is going crazy. Nonetheless, society has created labels for anyone and anything. It has become a norm in society to label the car people drive, the grades given to children, the clubs children are part of, the house people live in, and the…

Anorexia Nervosa Anorexia nervosa is a serious eating disorder that can become fatal. It is characterized by a preoccupation with food to the point of starvation, weight loss, and a disturbance in a person’s body image. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition (DSM-V) lists diagnostic criteria as the following: “restriction of energy intake relative to requirement, leading to a significantly low body weight”; “intense fear of gaining weight or becoming fat, or…

Lockwood, Serpell, & Waller (2012) conducted a study to examine the effectiveness of CBT-E on anorexia patients with different levels of illness severity and co-morbid disorders. They hypothesized that those individuals with greater severity of illness and co-morbid disorders would be more likely to drop out within the first ten sessions, and that an individual’s level of severity would correspond with how much weight they gain during that first ten sessions. Forty female participants were…

girls with different spin-offs of eating disorders. The impacts these illnesses put onto the girls resulted in great emotional and physical pain. As deadly as they can be, many people can greatly underestimate the power of eating disorders. If not treated effectively and correctly, they can cost individuals and their families great deals of money and difficulty, maybe even sometimes a loved one's life. Eating disorders should be classified as mental disorders because they are biologically based,…

Depression affects more than 15 million Americans over the age of 18 every year, that is approximately 6.7 percent of the United States population. Depression is life changing and often times people who suffer from depression struggle to continue their lives normally. Depression is a common mental health illness that many people throughout the world experience and can be found in several popular novels. For instance, in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dr. Jekyll seemed to fall into…

Anxiety What is an Anxiety Disorder? An anxiety disorder is a mental health condition that can affect anyone at any point in their lives. It is estimated that it affects 5% of the Australian population each year. There are many different types of anxiety, each one with its own causes and symptoms, but all curable. Many people experience anxiety everyday as it is human nature to worry, but this does not necessarily mean that they have an anxiety disorder. The main difference between the two is…

Emily Schmitt Mrs. Meyer English 12 4 November 2015 Obtaining Insurance Coverage: Eating Disorders In this day and age being skinny is being beautiful. Hip bones, collar bones, thigh gaps, and most recently the “bikini bridge;” there is no such thing as being too thin. Eating disorders plague young people all over the world and this could be because the drive to become and be considered beautiful has affected too many in negative ways and consequently now hold negative outcomes. It is said…

when it comes to identifying if they have status and wealth and successful intimate relationships (Ullrich et al., 2007). As Schizotypal Personality Disorder tends to first appear in children and adolescences, there is a good chance for SPD going into remission if situations are changed. Children and adolescents with Schizotypal Personality Disorder were found to improve when they were taken out of a negative environment and experienced positive achievement experiences and positive…