1. A) B) C) D) E) Midori's therapist suggests that she developed a dissociative identity disorder as a way of protecting herself from an unconscious awareness of her own hatred for her abusive mother. The therapist's suggestion most directly reflects a ________ perspective. cognitive social-cognitive humanistic biological psychoanalytic Michael’s sexual obsession with unusual and often inanimate objects, such as otters and dryer sheets, would best be described as which of the following sexual
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scale that measures a person’s overall level of psychological, social, and occupational functioning on a continuum” (Association, 2000). Schizophrenia is a chronic, disabling mental illness characterized by a wide range of symptoms, including: abnormal thinking, loss of contact with reality, and hallucinations. This illness usually starts in late adolescence or early adulthood,
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Anxiety disorder is a mental illness that causes people to be scared and distress in certain situations. Anxiety disorders can cause depression, low self esteem, alcohol abuse; drug abuse and isolation from love ones. Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illnesses in America: they affect around 20 percent of the population at any given time. Fortunately, there are many good treatments for anxiety disorders. Unfortunately, some people do not seek treatment for their illness because they do
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Unit 619 Understand mental health problems Describe the main types of mental ill health according to the psychiatric (DSM/ICD) classification system: mood disorders, personality disorders, anxiety disorders, psychotic disorders, substance-related disorders, eating disorders, cognitive disorders MOOD DISORDERS BIPOLAR DISORDER In bipolar disorder, formerly known as manic-depression, there are swings in mood from elation to depression with no external cause. During the manic phase of this
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Compulsive Lying Is your husband or wife, boyfriend or girlfriend a compulsive/pathological liar or a sociopath? To begin with, it may help to understand the difference between a pathological or compulsive liar and a sociopath (see, types of liars). Ultimately, making this type of distinction may not be that useful. Because in either case, the outcome is typically the same: dealing with a compulsive or pathological liar is very difficult to do. And unfortunately, sociopaths cannot be
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In reflecting on the article Screening for anxiety disorders in children the authors, Ellin Simon and Susan Bogels, made many excellent discoveries and brought to light many new ideas that will help diagnose and treat children who suffer from mental disorders. The premise of their research was to examine the effectiveness of screening methods for mental disorders in school age children, differentiate between different disorders, and predict disorders that may arise in children. The mental disorders
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Disorders Paper II Johnia Sharp Psy/410 March 16, 2013 Rosalyn Davis Pg. 2 Photographic memories stick in people’s minds. Emotions and reactions that cannot be erased and are burned into the memory in one’s mind can have detrimental effects as well as saving someone’s sanity. A simple song or sunset can trigger a person into a rage or to completely withdrawal from society. Post-traumatic stress disorder can break up families that have had the strongest bond and foundation. Post-traumatic
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a total of 138 children in foster homes and started research. Of the models he took homes where there were the ill health and death, mental factors, social delinquency, and a series neglect of cruelty. Of the crowd 25 percent of the children had abnormal personalities and conduct difficulties. The result showed that there was not a big significant relation between the children and the behavior from a broken home (Russell, p. 24). Another study done by C.L Loutitt who conducted 14 studies however
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When reviewing and discussing Williams situation from the perspective of traditional psychology, I can't help but be focused first, on improving the problems that exist in Williams daily life that cause him to feel that his life is pointless. In Williams' case just from the reading, it would be safe to say that William needs help in improving these symptoms. According to the reading, William suffers from many different symptoms. These symptoms include rarely seeing his two daughter due to a divorce
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delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, disorganized behavior, and the so-called “negative” symptoms, not everyone with this ill will have all symptoms in one. The causes of schizophrenia is usually comes from genetic, environmental, and abnormal brain structure. Some of the possible effects are: problems in relationship, disrupting daily activities, alcohol and drug abuse and the risk of suicide (Segal and Smith,2014). The most interesting mental illness to me is schizophrenia. Schizophrenia
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