Selected perspectives on the etiologies of Phobias. “I just feel really closed in, I feel like my heart is going to start beating really fast…I won’t be able to get enough air, I won’t be able to breathe, and I’ll pass out.” A Phobia is “a persistent fear of circumscribed stimulus (object or situation)” and the common examples include fear of animals, heights and enclosed places. (DSM-III R: 243). Phobias in general are classified as ‘Anxiety disorders’ in DSM –IV and are considered the most
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with it live on a daily basis. People suffering with this disorder fear from being judged by others. They fear going out and being a part of society, they fear that they will have a massive panic attack out of know where. This disorder creates social anxiety, affects personal life, and creates panic attacks in the person suffering. Social anxiety is the extreme fear of being scrutinized and judged by others in social or performance situations “Anxiety and depression association of America, 2014.”
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corruption of information and data – Encrypt IP data transmissions with VPNs. Back up and store data in off-site data vaults (online or physical data backup) with tested recovery procedures. Remote Access Domain - Brute-force user ID and password attacks – Establish user ID and password policies requiring periodic changes (i.e., ever 30 or 60 days). Passwords must be used, passwords must have more than eight characters, and users must incorporate numbers and letters. System/Application Domain
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Anxiety Disorders Panic disorder People with this condition have feelings of terror that strike suddenly and repeatedly with no warning. Other symptoms of a panic attack include sweating, chest pain, palpitations (irregular heartbeats), and a feeling of choking, which may make the person feel like he or she is having a heart attack or "going crazy." Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) People with OCD are plagued by constant thoughts or fears that cause them to perform certain rituals or
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years causing problems in all aspects of his life. Cliff worries about issues that are not life threatening or of emergency. They also do not cause negative mood changes nor noticeable physical symptoms leading me to eliminate Panic Disorder and Panic Attack as a possible choices. As for Cliff’s background information it does not state he has suffered a traumatic life experience or avoiding triggering stimuli which is a unique symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, eliminating it as a potential diagnosis
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Section I: Based on the information provided, we thought it would be best to first look at the provided software and instructions from the assignment. We decided to use the program that was given to us which was Rainbowcrack. The reason behind this being that none of us has had a large amount of experience cracking passwords and there seemed to be a lot of literature on how to use Rainbowcrack online. Dually, to be noted is that we were informed that salting was used on the passwords in order to
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Nosocomephobia Imagine, if you will, that you break your ankle, and you have to get surgery. You are fine for now and your surgery was a success, but they have to keep you overnight. When you are sleeping you have these flashes of blood, and a creepy clown is laughing with a bloody knife in his hand. You wake up screaming, and panicking your parents have to calm you down. How do feel? Are you scared? If so then you might have Nosocomephobia. What is Nosocomephobia? Nosocomephobia is defined as
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will experience panic disorder at some point in their life. (p.19)” Actions all over the world have been taken to better treat individuals that suffer from anxiety disorders like panic disorder (Rachman and Silva, 2009, p.x). Although not every panic attack is associated with panic disorder, if untreated, it can become severe and possibly chronic (Rachman and Silva, 2009, p.19). Panic disorder afflicts approximately 1.5 to 3.5 percent of the entire population, specifically women (Root, 2000, p. 1).
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P2 Case Study 1 – Jane has recently been diagnosed with agoraphobia after she was mugged whilst on her way to town. She has been referred to the community mental health team and following an assessment has been referred to the behavioural therapist within the team. She is undergoing systematic desensitisation as a form of treatment for her phobia. The behaviourism approach is applied to this case study. According to the behaviourism approach, Jane would receive systematic desensitization by using
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disorder feels that they going to have a heart attack. Panic Disorder shares the same biological characteristics with physical illnesses, such as asthma and hypertension. In the United States, women are twice as likely as men to have panic attacks; both have different biological in hormones and neurotransmitter as well when they have anxiety-provoking situations. According to the book,” Hormone
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