Essays on Disorders

Nausea and vomiting can indicate the presence of gastrointestinal disorders (GI), metabolic disorders, neurological issues, or adverse reactions to drugs or substance abuse (Arcangelo & Peterson, 2013). Although the exact medical history of HL is unknown, based on the drugs used in the patient’s treatment, it is possible to assume that the patient suffers from hypertension, chest pain, breathing disorders, ulcerative colitis, or hormonal imbalances (Cerner Multum [CM], 2012; CM 2013a; CM 2013b).

Because diarrhea occurs simultaneously with vomiting and nausea, my diagnosis would be viral gastroenteritis, which should resolve spontaneously within five days (Arcangelo & Peterson, 2013). Medication related ...

Unipolar depression is a psychological disorder which has seen a surge in the last 50 years. It has been discussed in numerous works of art, and has even become a public health issue because of its prevalence. Evidently, this psychological condition is complicated, and diminishes performance in many areas. Due to the fact that it has been reaching epidemic proportions, it has become a mayor health issue in many countries around the world, as it interferes with the capacity to work, maintain social bonds, and be productive in general. One of the main problems with this disorder is that ...

Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by symptoms such as delusions, hallucinations, and disorganized speech. The simulation process is scary, and it is hard to imagine going through such an ordeal on a daily basis without treatment. The inability to control thoughts and emotions on various issues makes a person lack confidence and peace. It is a disturbing experience, especially when the people around do not notice the symptoms of schizophrenia and help the patient to seek medical help.

The experience does not seem real, and it is heart breaking to imagine that someone goes through it each day. ...

Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) is a type of psychotherapy that aids people to address dysfunctional or unhealthy thinking habits, feelings and behaviors. CBT has been known to be effective in the treatment of psychological and psychiatric disorders. These psychological and psychiatric disorders may range from problems such as depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorders, eating disorders to even drug misuse. According to Simone (2013), Cognitive behavioral therapy is well-suited to address the varied and often longstanding problems of patients with psychological disorders such as Personality Disorders for several reasons. Unlike other forms of psychotherapy, CBT only deals with the current ...

This essay describes Asperger’s Syndrome (AS) using the case of Jake, a 2 year old AS patient. It will attempt to use the case in demystifying the experiences and symptoms of AS in children. Rudy (2008) defines Asperger’s Syndrome as a form of autistic disorder that causes its victims serious deficits in their interpersonal skills. The article further relates children that suffer from AS to those that lack the ability to resolve conflicts, manage their anger, participate in teamwork, and communicate effectively and assertively. It implies that such individuals would not only dislike ...

Fibromyalgia (FM) is a condition characterized by stiffness, non-restorative sleep, chronic fatigue, and widespread musculoskeletal pain. The pain is persistent when the tender points are palpated, but unlike myofascial pain, the patients do not complain about burning pain localized in specific sites (LeBlond, Brown, & DeGowin, 2009). FM is diagnosed by palpating 18 standardized tender points, which are bilaterally distributed on the anterior and posterior sides, and the diagnosis is concluded if the patient experiences pain in at least 11 points (Arcangelo & Peterson, 2013). Although the exact cause of FM is unknown, many healthcare providers and researchers consider it a ...

Chest pain, shortage of breath, and similar complaints are frequent, but they are broad symptoms that can occur in several disorders. For example, chess pain is a common symptom in angina pectoris, pulmonary embolism, pericarditis, coronary syndrome, lung tumors, aortic dissection, and various other disorders (LeBlond, Brown, & DeGowin, 2009). Because the symptoms of those disorders often overlap or show slight differences, the nurse is responsible for performing a thorough assessment, which includes screening the patient’s medical history, performing a differential diagnosis by performing physical assessments, and recommending further lab tests and examinations. Without a thorough assessment, chances of ...

Early research of the biopsychology has proved that cerebral cortex of human being constantly manages lots of information primarily received by our eyes and ears. However, contemporary research supplements the previous findings by stating that other sensory organs are also involved in the visual process of the human brain. According to neuroscientists, visual cortex is not just associated with information received by our eyes. A separate area of the brain is responsible for discrimination of spatial information. In short, the human brain is like a super computer that normally processes a vast ...

Abstract

The paper is an analysis of a seminar plan for a proposed educational screening and intervention program for children diagnosed with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). A seminar plan should contain various important constituents that need to be explored comprehensively. A critical analysis of the positive and negative aspects of the seminar plan is explored including a validation of the ideas indicated, a clarification and improvement on various sections. Some of these subject areas include the official letter at the beginning of the project, the introductory paragraph containing the aim, mission and objectives of the seminar together with ...

Introduction

Human beings have a certain threshold within which they can withstand stressful and traumatic situations. When this threshold is surpassed, then they develop psychiatric conditions. Post traumatic syndrome is one of the resultant problems in this case. In light of current research, physical abuse, emotional problems, child abuse, environmental toxins, extended combat and terrorism are some of the main causes of this syndrome. Post- traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a recurrent disorder. This is a syndrome that people develop after experiencing aberrantly distressing, traumatic and threatening events. This is a psychological issue that has been present in the world ...

Part A discussion

The concept of acculturation describes the process of psychological and cultural change, which results as different cultures come together. Acculturation effects can be observed at multiple levels in the cultures that are interacting. Therefore, this may lead to a phenomenon called acculturative stress. Acculturative stress is essentially the psychological impact as a result of adaptation to a different new culture.

After reviewing articles from Glimpse website, one of the articles that interested me is an article titled “Acculturative Stress: The Experience of the Hispanic Immigrant” by two authors, David W. Smart and Julie F. Smart. The authors of this ...

How does society view variant sexual behaviors today?

Variant sexual behavior is a term that is usually used to refer to sexual behaviors that are deemed abnormal since most people do not practice them. Although most people view such behaviors as abnormal and unjustified, most parts of the society today have come to view and accept these behaviors. This is because individuals have remained numb to these behaviors which tend to flood the media and spread every day (Write work contributors, 1).

Consequently, if individuals in present day society were really opposed to these behaviors, they could be determined to change the worsening situation. This has not ...

Question 1

Disruptive behavior problems include violence and aggression and are connected to various difficulties a child is facing in the school environment such as poor academic performance and problems in peer relationships. These disruptive behaviors normally affect the child, his or her family members as well as classmates at school. However, instilling the child with social skills and minimizing aggressiveness can effectively solve these problems. Social skills programs can provide the child with a range of skills required to cope with school environment, both socially and academically. One of the important skills learnt in program is the problem solving skills, ...

Dante Cicchetti and Stephen Hinshaw scan how collaborative efforts in the “Prevention and Intervention Sciences” (2002) can do better than the present conditions. Naming diagnoses, specifying developmental processes, discussing psychopathology is not what the article is about. The authors’ interest is bringing our attention to what we know about published studies. Not the studies themselves but the tests. And the not tests themselves but the making of them: how they come together; whose coordinating them; at what costs.

Test subjects are “children, adolescents, and families”, human beings we know and love; they could even be us, who happen to ...

There’s a problem when an issue is considered normal. Sim and Zeman’s “Contribution of Emotion Regulation to Body Dissatisfaction and Disordered Eating” (2006) discusses how girls engage a relationship between a constricted mind and an unhealthy body. Eating disorders will always be relevant because when pain is associated with food it means a better eating plan should be arranged, not a population of girls working to reduce their waistlines. The only result has been nonconstructive dissociation and a host a negative energy that allows this widespread agreement to deteriorate the female-bodied person’s quality of life.

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Gabrielle Carlson’s “Early Onset Bipolar Disorder” (2005) article explains the certainty in diagnosing prepubertal children as a delicate matter. As an accurate diagnosis turns childhood into a minefield, a misdiagnosis belittles the complexities of children. Applying science and rooting characteristics out of a child is burdened with flukes. There is more arguing about a child not having a disorder than there is in accepting how an undeveloped youth can be diagnosed.

A prepubertal child should not be diagnosed with a bipolar disorder because he may grow out of it. It’s a flippant excuse but also the most ...

This ethics case study assessment will focus on a married man of Swedish origin born in a small town of Scania. He moved from his birth town at the age of 13 years because his parents divorced, and he later moved to a university town. He was not happy at his birth town because he had problems with making new friends at school and he was constantly humiliated. He moved to a new village for a positive change in his life after his parents divorced. He has moved other five times because of financial problems and divorced with his ...

A person has either normal or abnormal behavior. Normal behavior of a person is when an individual conforms to common behavior in the society. This varies depending on the situation, place, time and the person. For instance, an individual singing in an office during the meeting time is not normal, whereas the same person singing in the church is normal. On the other hand, abnormal behavior is the behavior that is socially unacceptable, maladaptive, and distressing that evolve as a result of cognitions. Scientists define the abnormal behavior as the that which deviates against the culture of the society ...

Discussion 1

Psychological assessment is an extremely vital exercise for an individual or the community at large. It ensures that the courts give a fair ruling. There are different issues that could arise when conducting a psychological assessment in the community. This paper discusses issues that could arise when carrying out an assessment.

Competency of an individual is substantial in the court (Adler, 2004). The psychologist evaluates the mind of an individual and states if the defendant can face trial. In case the defendant is incompetent, the psychologist writes to the court to request time to prepare ...

The musical Next to Normal is a family drama that presents the story and life of a wife and mother named Diana Goodman who struggles with a mental disorder. Her mental disorder is in the form of bipolar disorder that can be traced back 16 years. Diana’s husband is very supportive and tries to ensure that his wife in line as well as ensuring that his family stayed together. However, keeping his wife in line is greatly affected when she decides to stop taking the medicine that the doctor has prescribed for her. This leads her to fall ...

A syndrome relates to a blend of signs and symptoms that show that a person is suffering from a particular ailment, disease or disorder. A syndrome based defense is thus where a defendant uses an ailment or disorder to escape criminal liability (Schmalleger et. al, 2010). In such case, though they admit doing the offence, they argue that either they lacked criminal intent or that the action was involuntary. An important aspect of a syndrome based defense is that the disease complained of must either be a disease of the mind or affect the mind.

Syndromes may thus be ...

Test-Taking Behaviors (Validity)

The observation suggests a slight attempt to impress the other person however easy and continuous conversation. She seems to have very deviant social, political, or religious convictions however is moody, restless and opportunistic. It is visible that she is being defensive and unwilling to acknowledge psychological distress. Vrin and Trin in combination with other scores indicate that the responses may be mostly false and may not be psychopathologic. Clinical Presentation:She reports concern about bodily functioning and seems to be immature, stubborn, and selfish. Feel blue, unhappy, and dysphonic, and due to the frequent psychological changes, is not good at ...

Article Review

The article Developing Trauma Training for an Indigenous Community: Hopefully Not Seagulls is written by Gail Green concerning treatment of post traumatic disorders among the aboriginal communities in Australia. The article outlines an empirical model that directs individuals to identify trauma responses and various ways to treat the post-traumatic disorders. Green working with the organization Australian Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ASTS) seeks to progress in terms of knowledge, policies, and ethical standards promoting treatment of trauma. His model, Conservation of Resources theory, which outlines that, treating stress drains resources, insecurity due to threats and horror, and ...

- Discuss Cognition and Emotion. Can We Experience Emotion Apart from Thinking? Can you remember feeling emotion without knowing why?

There is a strong and direct relationship between cognition and emotion, although they are two different things and cannot be interchangeable. Cognition mainly refers to mental processes such as language, attention, problem solving, planning, memory, etc. Emotion on the other hand refers to any kind of subjective and conscious experience. Cases wherein cognition and emotion occurs at the same time are not uncommon. In the same manner, there can also be cases wherein an individual experiences emotion without cognition. I ...

According to the Mayo Clinic (2012), depression is also known as “major depression, major depressive disorder, and clinical depression, and it will affect almost 15 percent of the population at some time in their lives (Turnquist, in Payne, 2011).” It is more than just a sense of being “down;” it is a real, persistent disorder that affects your mood in such a way (i.e. sadness or loss of interest in former activities) that it interferes with your daily life. It is a chronic condition, and it can last for weeks, months, or even years. People who suffer from it ...

‘A Different Life: Growing Up Learning Disabled and Other Adventures’ is a highly acclaimed book written by Quinn Bradlee and Jeff Himmelman. Quinn bradlee shares experiences of his personal life in this book. Quinn bradlee is son of sally Quinn, a best seller writer and Ben bradlee, a Washington post executive editor. This paper discusses the book, A Different Life: Growing Up Learning Disabled and Other Adventures’ and talks about related aspects of the book.

Quinn shares how he came in this world with a hole in his heart and he had to undergo a number of surgeries when ...

Autism spectrum disorder is not only one disorder, but a combination of disorders, that affect an individual. There are three main features of a person who suffers from autism: a lack of social engagement, difficulty with language, and a lack of imagination. There may be numerous other factors that the person struggles to overcome as well. There is an increase in the number annually of people who are being diagnosed with autism. There is no known cure for this lifelong disease (Comer, 2011).

When describing a lack of social engagement, there are several factors that occur. A person with ...

When interviewing men with a combination of Major Depressive Disorder, Bipolar Disorder I and Male Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder with Male Erectile Disorder it is important to first rule out the possibility that there is an underlying physical cause creating one or more of the psychological problems. In the best possible scenario, the interviewer has full access to the patient’s medical history, and it includes hormonal work ups to eliminate these possibilities. For example, a patient with a hypoactive thyroid may suffer from mood swings, a loss of ...

Introduction

Cognitive disorders are those which often affects elderly people especially those who are above the age of 65. In this kind of a disorder there is a significant change in the manner an individual behaves and functions. The function of the brain is impacted in cognitive disorders and hence this may have severe impact on the physical and mental functioning of an individual affected by such ailment.

Impact of cognitive disorders on the elderly

Elderly people suffering from cognitive disorders like dementia, Alzheimer’s ...

During the last 20 years, comorbidity has had a growing prevalence in psychiatric disorders. Comorbidity refers to the overlap of more than one psychiatric disorder. Dual-diagnosis is a more specific diagnosis of a substance use, which can be drug or alcohol use, and other psychiatric disorders (Stinson et al., 2006). Such is the case with the subject Ken, who is presented for this paper. Ken’s sleep disturbances and lack of appetite indicate a diagnosis of depression to fulfill the psychiatric end of the dual-diagnosis. Using alcohol, underage, as a tranquilizer warrants the substance abuse diagnosis. His distraction, restlessness, ...

Criminal behavior

Psychopathy or sociopathy as it is called at times, is a type of personality disorder, clinically regarded as ‘Antisocial Personality Disorder’ (APD). Although a big percentage of incarcerated convicts may be described as suffering from APD, only about one-fourth of them could be diagnosed for psychopathy. Also only a small percentage of these psychopaths are violent offenders. Exhibition of superficial charm and persistent lying are the two common traits of psychopaths. The emotional deficit of psychopaths limits them to experience only a narrow range of emotions. Psychopaths are very skilled in projecting themselves in good light and can beat ...

Experts in mental health use DSM-IV-TR system of classification to label and diagnose treatment for their patients. This classification has been universally accepted by all mental health experts because it is thought to be beneficial and accurate in diagnosis and determination of treatment approaches. However, the system of diagnosing and labeling mental health patients has been criticized by some experts who claim the method is harmful to patients. The DSM-IV-TR approach of labeling and diagnosing mental patients is beneficial and has been used successfully to treat mental health patients. However, this approach is ineffective in some cases and can ...

Human beings have a tendency to consider behaviour that differs from their own to be abnormal. A person’s background plays a major role in forming their perceptions about abnormality. What may be considered to be normal in another country or culture may be viewed as abnormal in another. Hence, the identification of abnormal behaviour is crucial as it forms the first step towards the treatment of the ailment. Every classified abnormal behaviour has certain symptoms that are noticeable. However, they can often be confused with slight ...

Abnormal returns refers to the excess returns that are generated by an investment over and above the expected return. Abnormal returns are positive if the actual returns are higher than the expected and negative if the actual returns are lower than the expected returns. This section seeks to compare the pre merger and post merger abnormal returns of the Access Bank of Nigeria. It also seeks to analyze how abnormal returns relate to mergers and acquisition.

In July 2004, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) announced a new bank policy on the minimum paid-up capital requirement of banks in ...

In my third year of medicine school at Ross University on November 2008, I was intrigued by a class on open heart surgery of a patient suffering from myocardial infarction. The video documented of each step and explained the logic behind each incision of a heart vessel. This was intriguing to me as what attracted me was the mechanics of the cardiology system. It was like a complex wire system in a machine and an electrician was exploring each wire to find fault; except this time the electrician was a cardiologist. This was even better as the cardiologist was ...

The issue of behavioral addictions such as pathological gambling has always been marred by controversy. The two types of addictions are contained in the DSM-IV-TR. However, they are in different categories. Substance dependence is classified as a substance use disorder while pathological gambling as an impulse control disorder. In this paper, the issue of whether behavioral addictions exist, the similarities and differences between behavioral and substance use addictions will be explored. In addition, the appropriateness of the use of drug addiction treatments for behavioral addicts will be discussed.

Body

In order to understand whether behavioral addictions exist, it is important ...

1. Antisocial Personality Disorder can be described as an Axis 2 personality disorder distinctive by possessing a pervasive pattern of violation for, and disregard for the rights of that starts at childhood or adolescence and persists into adulthood

2. Mental health professions include clinical social workers, mental health counselors, psychiatric nurses as well as many other professions. These professions often deal with the same disorders and issues; in spite of this, their field of practice differs.

3. Risk factors are conditions that put children at risks of negative outcomes such as crime. Psychological, parental and social risks acting together ...

There is a wide range of things that could affect the normal working environment in a public or government workplace. Disability and its underlying personal & interpersonal, and physical & emotional issues serve as some of the best examples. The local or state government has provided public and government workers the necessary protections so that their rights may not be compromised should they receive maltreatments and encounter issues of prejudice in their workplace because of their disability.

This is a case of David Milligan, the acting chief of human resources of a state university-owned library. David Milligan currently faces a problematic ...

Anxiety can be defined as a normal reaction experienced by human beings and involves the physical being and the brain as well. Anxiety serves as an alert system that is triggered when and individual recognizes peril or risk. It is an imperative fundamental survival function. An individual feels sensations of anxiety when the brain and the body respond to a threat or peril.

Anxiety is characterized by quicker heartbeats and panting, unsettled stomach, tense muscles, shivering legs and hands and sweaty palms. This response is an element of the body that is meant to fight flight. This is the ...

Diarrhea and Constipation

There are a lot of pathologies and pathogens that could affect the normal flow of food and absorption in the digestive tract. Two common digestive problems, very common that it could be acquired by almost anyone, are diarrhea and constipation. These two digestive disorders are less severe compared to several cancers that could exist in the digestive system like colon cancer and liver cancer. Thus, diarrhea and constipation are easier to treat—these two are also very much easy to acquire.

As a brief background, Diarrhea is a bowel disorder wherein the classic symptom is an increase in the ...

Thomas Davies filed a civil suit in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County against Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) in august 2001 under Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C. §§ 51-60 (1986) for the injuries that he received during his service as a locomotive engineer for SEPTA. The two issues that were in question are the issue of limitation and local rules for litigation proceedings. Contending SEPTA’s negligence he pleaded that he was not provided a safe work place which is a mandatory prerequisite under the provisions of law. To be very precise Davies put before the ...

A personality disorder is a behavioral pattern that deviates from what is regarded as normal and causes the individual emotional upsets and problems in relationship with others and he or she cannot change it. This kind of behavior is not caused by a drug, illness or an injury to the head. DSMIV has classified several disorders and the number of them is almost a dozen patterns of behavior (Tyler, & Shefner, (2011).

In human history, there have emerged from time to time individuals whose behavior patterns are conducive for being regarded as personality disorder. These individuals may consist of famous ...

The Hearing Process and Presbycusis

Hearing is the second most indispensable process, in conjunction to the special senses of the humans. The process is particularly vital, and it comprises of the auditory mechanism, sensation, perception, and interpretation of the information in the brain. The anatomy of the hearing process encompasses the external ear; auricle, meatus and ear drum, the middle ear, which consists of the ossicles, oval window, round window, and the opening into the Eustachian tube, and inner ear, which entails, cochlea and vestibular apparatus (Kiernan & Barr, 2009: Garrett, 2011). The ear and the hearing system are always accompanied by different malfunction. In ...

In the circulatory system, various elements come together to perform a single duty, that of delivering nutrients throughout the major organs of the body through blood. Three major elements are contained in blood. First, there is the plasma, which is the fluid portion of the blood (Chapter 7, p. 152). This carries the materials contained within it to their destination. Floating within the plasma are red blood cells, or erythrocytes; they carry oxygen throughout the circulatory system and supply it to the various parts of the body, including major organs like the heart and the brain (p. 152). Finally, ...

Introduction

Gastritis is an inflammation of the stomach inner lining which is often accompanied by vomiting blood vomiting, abdominal pain and discomfort. The GIT disorder is caused by various factors key among them certain lifestyle choices that introduce irritants into the stomach. The major irritants implicated in the causation of gastritis include excessive alcohol, coffee, tobacco and certain drugs such as aspirin, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs ’NSAIDs’, potassium supplements, iron tablets and cancer chemotherapy medications. Other causes of gastritis include physical stresses, autoimmune disorders and certain bacterial infection and parasites. The disorder is diagnosed by endoscopy.

Prevention and ...

Medicating the children suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and emotional and behavioral disabilities (EBD) has always been a matter of concern for the doctors and parents. Both the abovementioned disorders are related to children behavior and there are Different views and questions on this big problem in the society. In this paper we would have a look on different aspects of the issue and analyze them to get a conclusion.

A study was done by National Institute of Mental Health in the year 1999 on almost 600 children to find out an effective treatment system of the ...

Introduction

Epileptic drugs are highly effective in the treatment of epilepsy. However, the new drugs developed have been observed to also treat other diseases. This is a discussion on the wide use of the drugs.

Non-epileptic Uses

Antiepileptic drugs can be used to treat several other diseases apart from epilepsy. The drugs can be used to treat mood and anxiety disorders. It has been ascertained that certain syndromes of bipolar disorders that respond poorly to lithium which is the dominant drug used to treat the disease. The patients responding poorly are those with rapid cycling and mixed bipolar states. Over the years, ...

Introduction Density has been defined as the number of people occupying a given area. It is the measure of the physical space that one occupies within a dwelling. Density can however be differentiated from psychological experience in the sense that while the former is an observable feature, the later is perceptual. . It is said that overcrowding is relative in the sense that one person would have feelings that a given area has a lot of people in relation to the size of the area; while other s would feel that there is no overcrowding (Barker, 1999). The conceptualization of ...

Depression

Psychodynamic psychology also called dynamic psychology is the chronological approach to the study of psychological forces and state of the mind in relation to human characteristics stressing the connection between unconscious and conscious procedures with effects to general mental functioning. Dynamic psychology is directed to the idea that humans life undertakings affects their unconscious and conscious ideologies and motivations which in turn correlate with the feelings, character, and general nature of behaviors. Freud the psychologist suggested that the conscious and unconscious parts of the brain come into conflict with each other, resulting to an observation known ...

Heinz Kohut and Otto Kernberg

Heinz Kohut and Otto Kernberg are both psychoanalysts and professors of psychiatry. With their theories, they have greatly influenced the past and current psychoanalytic believes. Both are inclined to the observation and treatment of patients that were generally believed that they could not appropriately fit the analytic therapy. They both deal with persons with narcissistic, borderline, and psychotic psychopathology. Despite their concern and same interests in fighting these abnormalities, their perspective regarding causes, psychic arrangements, and treatment of these abnormalities is different. From the general outlook Kohut is described as a self-theorist ...

Caffeine is the most pervasively used psychoactive and widely used mood-altering drug in the world. The fact that caffeine is not regulated implies, this drug does not have severe effects. It is clear that the coffee, tea and other beverages that contain caffeine result in addictions. Research indicates that the caffeine is extremely addictive, with ability to cause conditions of intoxication, withdrawal, and dependence. The addiction arises from its ability to induce sleep, decrease pain, and fatigue, boost memory, and promote anxiety. Caffeine helps in sustaining duration, maximizes effort, and increases speed during endurance events. It has not been ...

Abstract

There is a strong mutual relationship between substance abuse and psychology. This study has found that the problem of substance abuse is caused by psychological contexts in which an individual undergoes and, therefore, psychological interventions are necessary as ways to control it. In the study too, it has been found that substance abuse has accounted to many mental and other psychological problems to addicts. The research has reviewed literatures from various sources: online psychological periodicals, research articles, white papers, books and experts views from psychologists. In this regard, it has defined substance abuse and discussed ways in which psychology ...

1). First give a brief description of the character with enough detail for me to understandthe character in context (10 points). Dr. Meredith Grey from Grey’s Anatomy (2005) Dr. Meredith Grey is the main character in Grey’s Anatomy which is aired on ABC channel. Meredith is the daughter of Ellis Grey, who was a renowned General Surgeon. Ellis worked at Seattle Grey Hospital where Meredith spent most of her childhood because her mother was always very busy doing surgeries. When Meredith was five years old, her parents got divorce, because her father (Thatcher) came to know about ...

Soft tissue injuries of the handCarpal tunnel Syndrome. Carpal tunnel syndrome is an arm disorder that causes tingling, numbness and other indications. Carpal tunnel syndrome is associated with a pinched nerve in the wrist. Factors that can contribute to the carpal tunnel syndrome are; patterns of hand use, anatomy of one's wrist or certain health risk factors. Bound by tendons and bones, carpal tunnel is a thin pathway that is situated on the palm flank of the wrist. That passageway protects the main nerve from the hand and tendons that bend the limbs. The compression of the nerve is ...

Broken Window Theory

The broken window (theory) refers to a criminological theory devised by James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling. The theory states that monitoring and maintaining urban environments in a structured and well-ordered condition can stop vandalism. The theory investigates the effects of social disorder such as anti-social behavior as it relates to community life. Additionally, it correlates vagrancy, social norms and quality of community life. It is imperative to define social norms and disorder in order to efficiently examine how the broken windows concept requires both police and neighborhood participation.

Disorder and Social Norms

According to Keizer and Lindengard (2008), social norms and ...

Social anxiety disorder is also known as social phobia. This state of an individual is an extreme case of the individual feeling pressure and being fearful of certain social situations. Some individuals are not confident in group settings, and constantly fear of being evaluated. Mostly this state occurs when the individual is faced with a new or novel situation. It is not uncommon to feel anxious about a new situation but some people fear it to a very large degree; hence, being a victim of the social anxiety disorder. Individuals may be so frightened of facing these new situations ...

The documentary focuses on the increased prescription of stimulants such as Ritalin in children. It evaluates the diagnosis of bipolar disorder in children and teenagers via prescription of antipsychotic and antidepressant medications. Therefore, the Frontline documentary is extremely inspiring given the alarming number of children being medicated for psychiatric disorders. Although the program did not mention any alternative approaches to diagnose this disorder, I think the prescription of antipsychotic and antidepressant medications is the conventional solution for children suffering from behavioral problems. A major issue in the Frontline program is that many children who were diagnosed with ADHD before ...

Clinical Diagnosis and Rationale for the Diagnosis

Randle McMurphy is the protagonist in the movie “One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest”. Although he does not overtly show any mental disorder, he seems to be suffering from narcissistic personality disorder (Zaentz & Forma, 1975). Randle McMurphy suffers from Narcissistic Personality Disorders (in Axis 1), which, as he manifests, is proven by several symptoms. The patient employs humiliation and shame to win over others, exploits the situation to gratify himself and becomes jealous easily. He is also confident, arrogant and contemptuous, living in unrealistic fantasies, beauty, power, intelligence and romance, and appearing less emotional (American Psychiatric Association, 2014). In ...

Like the old saying goes, “Cleanliness is next to godliness,” but at what point does cleaning and being tidy cross the line into mental illness? Likewise, while a large percentage of the population may admit to being a little superstitious and many hotels don’t include a 13th floor, at what point does certain superstitious beliefs and behaviors turn into compulsions or behaviors that must be carried out or else the individual is unable to proceed throughout his or her day? To an outsider, it may appear like a nonsense disease with behaviors that should be easy to curtail ...

Introduction

Regarded are the gold standard diagnostic tool for mental disorders, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), was engineered by the American Psychiatric Association (Maddux & Winstead, 2012). This tool provides a common language, as well as, standardized criteria for the categorization of mental disorders. DSM is widely used by a host of professionals including guides researchers, clinicians, pharmaceutical firms, health insurance companies, legal entities, policy makers and other entities such as the World Health Organization during the evaluation of mental disorders (Maddux & Winstead, 2012). The most recent version of DSM was published in May 2013, and it ...