Week 8 Assignment Marc McDougal Chapter 15 - #1 Anxiety disorders are a class of disorders marked by feelings of excessive apprehension and anxiety. Studies suggest that anxiety disorders are quite common, and affect roughly 19% of the population. For this assignment I am focusing on a subject with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Post-traumatic Stress Disorder involves enduring psychological disturbance attributed to the experience of a major traumatic event.
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Nicail Black Professor Freyre Human Biology 170 9 March 2015 Pica Millions of people have to deal with inner demons on a daily basis, some more serious than others but one that is severe, is Pica disorder. Pica is a feeding disorder characterized by the persistent eating of nonnutritive substances. Some of the substances ingested are chalk, glass, cigarettes, toy parts, thread, hair, foam, clay, and feces. Although some people with DD seem to consume nonfood items rather indiscriminately,
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Eating Disorders Latonya Lewis BEH/225 Pamela Applewhite June 26, 2015 Most people think that hunger is all in one’s stomach; however, research shows that this is not the case. Hunger is controlled by a complicated system of chemicals that transmit signals between one’s brain and the body. “The cells in the hypothalamus communicate with cells in other parts of the brain to coordinate the release and uptake of chemicals that help regulate how much and what you eat” (Kirby, Jane RD., 2014)
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cognitions, personality, or a combination of these. In infants a common disorder is autism spectrum disorder (ASD), this disorder is characterized by abnormal social and communication development, restricted interests and repetitive behavior. Individuals with autism function poorly throughout adolescents and adults, however a few seem to improve with age. No one environmental cause has been identified for this disorder to develop, researchers believe that there are multiple pathways through which
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Individual Programmatic Assessment University of Phoenix PSYCH / 630 Individual Programmatic Assessment: Bulimia Nervosa Introduction Psychological disorders occur frequently. A common psychological disorder, selected, is bulimia nervosa. Bulimia nervosa has several therapeutic interventions that can help when treating the disorder. Therapeutic interventions can be helpful, but have different measures of effectiveness. The measures of effectiveness consist of validity, efficacy, symptom
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Bulimia Nervosa Recurrent episodes of binge eating characterized by both 1. Eating, in a discrete period of time (e.g., within any 2-hour period), an amount of food that is definitely larger than most people would eat during a similar period of time and under similar circumstances. 2. A sense of lack of control over eating during the episode, (such as a feeling that one cannot stop eating or control what or how much one is eating). * Recurrent inappropriate compensatory behavior
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are not watching the high-sugar diets they are eating or the high fat foods. They have to stay away from Trans fat and saturated fat food because it is full of high fats, sugars, and carbohydrates. People have to eat the healthy fats to make sure they are not harming the heart or other harmful diseases. People consume a large amount of alcohol; either from a restaurant or having a gathering at home. Anorexia nervosa is when people have a fear of eating because they want to decrease their food intake
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In the movie Super Size Me, we meet a man named Morgan Spurlock. He does a documentary on the effects of eating McDonald’s and more importantly how it can negatively impact your life. Before showing the effects of eating fast food everyday for 30 days; he had to compare it to his current physical condition. He was fairly healthy before, stable lifestyle (hardly drank, non-smoker, well-balanced diet, along with exercise, little to no family history). He had three main doctors check his progress: a
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As a society, there are some things that we hold to a higher standard than other. These include appearance, employment and socioeconomic status to name a few. Although disheartening, some believe they cannot achieve everything they deserve without some if not all of these attributes. This tends to be true for adolescence who have been brought up by these ideals. The film Mean Girls directed by Mark Waters, makes it clear that popularity and appearance is all that teenage girls need to get ahead.
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by over excessive dieting and exercising. About 13% of women the age over 50. Have been affected. In a average study 79% has claimed that their weight has affected their self esteem. “A first-of-a-kind study looking at older women finds that eating disorders are common -- and 62% of those surveyed say their weight or shape has damaged their lives”. Janice, Lloyd and TODAY USA. "Body Image Can Affect More Than Just Teens."This leads to mental illnesses as depression and anxiety. The body image or
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