Essays on Psychological Disorder

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Sánchez-Meca, J., Rosa-Alcázar, A. I., Iniesta-Sepúlveda, M., & Rosa-Alcázar, Á. (2014). Differential efficacy of cognitive-behavioral therapy and pharmacological treatments for pediatric obsessive–compulsive disorder: A meta-analysis. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 28(1), 31-44. The paper presents a meta-analysis on the efficacy of interventions for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in children. OCD is a psychological disorder/condition that is associated with obsessions and compulsions which may lead to functional disorder in children. Pharmacological treatment and psychological treatment have been the main treatment aspects of OCD (Lack, 2012). The main issue the paper investigates is the treatment strategy that shows more ...

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This case study examines the problem of deviation of normal relationships in families of persons with alcohol dependence. The case given for analysis describes rather typical situation of families with excessively drinking husbands. The case study aims at formulating the overall strategy of finding the way out for the members of such families. Particular attention is given to providing social support for the victims of the excessive drinking as psychological disorder. Special psychological phenomenon of "codependency" is defined throughout the research. This phenomenon is reflected in the psychological characteristics of wives and children, indicating the formation of dependent behavior ...

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The current discourse hereby aims to present a description of a psychological disorder, specifically, postpartum depression. The discussion would provide the origin of the term, including an explanation of the disorder, the apparent causes, as well as relevant symptoms. In addition, the recommended treatment methods and approaches would also be expounded, as deemed needed. In sum, it was revealed that mothers who were afflicted with the disorder could recover through professional consultation, as well as through the holistic support of loved ones. The word ‘postpartum’ is a Latin term which means after childbirth and the origins of which were ...

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Many behaviors showed by children and adults are learned from television shows, movies, and novels. Fictional characters in a movie demonstrate specific types of behaviors that viewers and readers end up adopting in reality. The analysis of a movie helps in associating these characters to a specific psychological disorder. The aim of the paper is to analyze the character of Ariel in the Disney Movie Show “The Little Mermaid.” Ariel demonstrated hoarding disorder in the cartoon movie. The behavior of keeping many items in an untidy manner characterizes the disorder. Risk factors associated with the disorder include personality, age, ...

Writing Assignment

Which school of psychology do you agree with most? In your paper (at least 5, well-written sentences), provide 3 reasons WHY you agree with it the most. I agree most with the psychodynamic perspective among the schools of psychology. The school is oriented in believing that the human behavior is influenced by the different mental conflicts that are locked in the sub-conscience. The school of thought is more convincing because of the fact that the personality of an individual is inside the individual and is controlled by the interaction between the superego, the ego, and the id. Additionally, the ...

Description of the Behaviour

This project seeks to modify a behaviour of chain smoking in a smoker named John. Chain smoking is a behaviour associated with the constant consumption of more than 25 cigarettes in a day. A chain smoker always feels the urge to smoke a stick of cigarette without any valid reason. The behaviour is a psychological dependency caused by the chemicals contained in the tobacco. It can last for more than three years since it is very addictive. Chain smoking is s serious problem given the immense health impacts it has on the smoker (Ober, 1968).

Ecological analysis

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Introduction: Hospitalization and illness, not only affects physical health, but also the mental health of patients, caretakers and family members. Many patients experience fear and stress that affects their day to day activities and relationship with others. Mental strength is required for adapting to changes caused by illness. A healthy mind helps the body cope up with the stress caused by one’s illness. Certain medical conditions can affect different aspects of one’s life: personal, professional and social life. Though it is normal for a patient to worry about his diseases; it is not normal to feel hopeless ...

Assignment 2: The Major Areas of Psychology

Abstract: Psychology is the study of human behavior and the mind. Unlike pseudoscience, it applies scientific method in comprehending the way of the world. There are five major areas in psychology. Developmental psychology focuses on the life span development of humans. Secondly, cognitive psychology focuses on the use of attention, memory, perception, and the capacity of the brain to think and solve problems. Thirdly, behavioral psychology refers to how humans behave, as a result of what they learn over their lifetime; it can be under classical conditioning, operant conditioning, or observational conditioning. Fourthly, social psychology refers to the behavior ...

What Makes the Brain ‘Tick?’

The human brain is a very complex organ that controls each and every function of the human body. Without its proper functioning and control, the body can suffer adversely. The brain makes decisions for the body, is responsible for making the personality of a person, helping in making judgments and preserving the memory of the person. Moreover, the human brain is also responsible for the abstract concept of thinking that cannot be defined very accurately. Yet every person with a normal brain has a strong thought process. There were many things that were unknown to me before going through ...

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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 article demonstrate ...

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 first wife. The client has ...

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Accidents are an inevitable element of the air carriage industry; however, a good number of these could have been avoided given proper human resource management efforts. The task of these specialists is to recruit, to train, and to evaluate industry employees like pilots. Instead, they often overlook health issues and psychological disorders leaving the wellbeing and lives of passengers exposed to mortal threat. Owing to HR specialists’ miscalculations, pilots with insufficient qualification, those willing to ignore the guidelines of dispatchers and act carelessly received their coveted positions. The liberalization of workplace regulations did the industry an ill favor allowing individuals ...

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The paper focuses on Schizophrenia, a complex psychological disorder that is looked into against the backdrop of the movie – “A Beautiful Mind” and applies the psychological theory to explore the character in the film. The paper will address concepts such as the causes, symptoms, and treatment of Schizophrenia and what are the causes of relapse and how to raise compliance towards the treatment in such patients. A Psychology Media Review Paper On The Movie A Beautiful Mind “A Beautiful Mind” is a biographical film that is based on 1998 unauthorized biographical book and was released in 2001. It is about ...

The film, Sleeping with the Enemy reviews interesting ideas that are relevant to the modern society. The film highlights that many developments happen in a society with the aim of improving people’s welfare. However, the ethical backgrounds of the events in the lives of common people dictate many elements about the relations of the people with their environments. Political and economic differences among the people lead to social deviations and disagreements among the people in the society. The ideas of death and social distractions are apparent in the film, sleeping with the Enemy. This film depicts a perfect society with ...

Psychological problems have been a common problem within society since time immemorial. Disorders affect people in all kinds of settings for instance at home school and even at the work place. It is, therefore, very important to understand them and the way they have been affecting society. The most common disorders are those that affect the mood, those that are schizophrenic, personality, childhood and many more. Today’s society needs to understand that these disorders have been there and that they are not new. Society should, therefore, learn to handle people suffering from any disorders well in order to help ...

The nature, causes, symptoms and diagnosis of psychological disorder, Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), are not clear and highly controversial. Two different models namely the Sociocognitive model and the Posttraumatic model are put forward explain psychopathologies, diagnosis, and disease etiology associated with DID. The Sociocognitive model suggests that DID, as a psychological disorder, is a product of social and historical circumstances. In contrast, the Posttraumatic model explains that DID disorder occurs because of severe traumas. According to Spanos (1994), the number of patients suffering from multiple personality disorder increased rapidly over the past 20 years in North America. This diagnosis offered a ...

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Anorexia nervosa is a psychological disorder in which the patient has somatic delusions resulting in their perception of distorted body image and being overweight. They start reducing their weight through restricting their diet and vomiting of meals, which are known as restricting type and bingeing/purging type of anorexia, respectively. Anorexia nervosa is different from healthy dieting in that a person on healthy diet loses weight in a healthy way, but an anorexic person can do anything to lose weight without considering his or her health. Anorexia can result in lack of energy and can change brain chemistry. Several social and genetic ...

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Contemporary Issues in Public Health Please type your Institution name here Introduction Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a psychiatric disorder that is related to serious types of traumatic incidents in life. This disorder got special attention in 1980 and since then scientists are working on this problem. PTSD is one of those considerable public health issues that affect women more than men. It is also common in combat veterans and people who have experienced physical injuries. The U.S. population surveys show that lifetime PTSD prevalence rates range from 7% to 8%. Most important factors in the development ...

Characters in a number of motion pictures can be used to understand the exhibition and management of assorted psychological disorders. In some instances, film makers have wrongfully portrayed specific psychological disorders. Even so, the accurate or wrongful portrayal or use of a disorder as a backdrop theme is normally conceptualized with regard to the message that the film maker intended to pass across. This assertion underscores the fact that movies are predominantly used for entertainment hence are not bound to any accurate portrayal of a disorder. At the same time, it is notable how a number of films have helped in the conceptualization of ...

Body integrity identity disorder

Body integrity identity disorder, commonly abbreviated BIID and also known as AID (amputee identity disorder), is a psychological disorder where one feels that their actual physical form does not match with their idea of how they should look like and feels that they would look more appealing and happier living as amputees (Steven, 12). BIID is normally accompanied by the desire to amputate healthy limbs so as to achieve one’s desired appearance. One finds a part of the body being not appealing to them and fantasizes how they will feel or appear without the part. Though the disorder has been ...

Introduction

This research paper compares and contrasts the views of professionals with respect to fibromyalgia; whether it is of psychological or physical nature / origin. Having conducted the following research and studied the views of others, especially those who we would all hope should know – the medical professionals, the view of this researcher is that fibromyalgia is more psychological in nature, even though that opinion is changed considerably from the view that was almost universally held in less enlightened times, when referring to a condition as having psychological causes was interpreted as implying the person was suffering from a mental illness, which ...

- When assessing a patient, one must use the DSM-IV, or Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, to determine what psychological disorder one has (Feldman, p. 455). The DSM-IV uses five axes of information in assessing patients. In Axis I, there is contained all the diagnoses of every aspect of a psychological disorder except mental retardation and the personality disorders. These kinds of disorders include anxiety disorders, ADHD, bipolar disorders, depression, schizophrenia, anorexia, bulimia and more. In Axis II, the DSM-IV covers information related to personality disorders and mental retardation. These personality disorders include schizoid, borderline, antisocial, narcissistic, avoidant, obsessive-compulsive, ...

Paper Review

The journal on whether or not Freud was partly right on Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) presents a number of critical issues that must be accorded in-depth analysis. Both positive and negative augments on the relevance of obsessive compulsive disorder do exist. OCD’s definition is upheld in a number of accessions as a disorder in which an individual is very worried about other people’s wellbeing and it emanates from a socio-cognitive development process. A person’s makeup highly contributes to this disorder. Malfunctioning of an individual’s cognitive ability is a key challenge attributed to OCD hence the prevalence of biased judgment. OCD is ...

While people believe that it is the responsibility of the child to excel academically, parents always want their children to be the best in academics. They always do their best to ensure that they children’s academic needs are met without any compromise. This heavy investment calls for a strict supervision and tagging of high targets for these children. However, whenever these targets are not met, a lot of psychological and behavioral problems that may have adverse effects on the affected children. Even though parents try their best to ensure their children excel, they still face psychological and behavioral challenges among ...

Psychological disorder is a complex and intricate term to define. The term is often used interchangeably used with mental disorder. It is a disorder or disruption in the normal functioning of brain, involving thoughts, behavior, moods and emotions that causes stress. The patient’s language and communication get affected. They lose ability to focus and pay attention. A significant amount of stress can cause disability of thoughts and actions. In the extreme case, the individual who is suffering from the symptoms of psychological illness is unable to meet their personal needs on their own and can also cause harm to themselves ...

Major depression is a prevalent psychological disorder around the world. Worldwide, 121 million people suffer from depression ("Global Depression Statistics," 2011); in the United States, approximately 6.6% of the population suffers from this debilitating disorder, with numbers steadily climbing each year (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2010). Generally, several factors are thought to contribute to depressive episodes. These factors include genetics—individuals with a family history of depression have a greater chance to suffer from depression, changes in brain chemistry, and the inability to cope with stress National Alliance on Mental Illness, 2012). Clinicians use the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of ...

Binge Eating Disorder

Food is always considered a right that all people are entitled to have alongside clean water. Some nations thrive in food producing lands and livestock while there are nations that have scarce means to produce food. For those who could access food, there are people who would eat only a few due to their physical weight and people who would keep eating despite the consequences of too much food in the body. While many note that people who eat too much would become obese, they do not realize that there are many reasons as to why a person becomes obese and it ...

Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome

Introduction

In life, the possibility of witnessing or enduring a stressful event or circumstance such as the lose of a close friend (or relative), death of a family member, sexual abuse, or physical assault cannot be understated. Every passing day, such undesirable phenomena happen to a plethora of people and the effect of such occurrences is not uniform. To some people, such are normal order of the day hence have become accustomed to such occurrences. To others, the experience with such occurrences may be traumatic. As Krippner, Pitchford & Davies (2012) reports, the word trauma has its origin in the late 17th Century and ...

Pedophilia is characterized with so many definitions both medically and psychologically. Medically, pedophilia is defined as a psychiatric disorder that brings intense sexual urges and arousing desires in prepubescent children. Psychologically, it is defined as a psychosexual disorder where adults engage in sexual acts with prepubescent children of the opposite or same sex. In general, it is defined as a sexual interest in children or an act of an adult involving in sexual activities with underage children or rather child sexual abuse. According to the law, a pedophile is a person who commits sexual based crimes on children who are legally underage, Crimes like ...

Psychiatric Disorders, Diseases and Drugs

There are many ways of defining, categorizing and treating psychological disorders and mental diseases. They sometimes fall in overlapping categories and hence, it is best to describe them with distinction as to their general and well-defined medical characteristics as well as their theoretical origins and causes and the prescribed medicines used to treat patients with these disorders. The most common psychological disorders are the following: 1. Schizophrenia Schizophrenia is a complicated psychological disorder and is often referred to as a “living nightmare.” (Myers, 2009) It has various symptoms which overlap with other mental diseases and neurological disorders i.e. epilepsy. ...

Psychological Disorder Analysis

Marla is suffering from Major Depression or otherwise known as Clinical Depression. This condition is characterized by changes in thinking, general mood, reaction to the surrounding environment and physical wellbeing. Major depression patients exhibit negative thoughts about themselves, low moods, lack of motivation towards work and other activities and physical discomfort, which can expresses as headache or other general bodily aches (Comer, 2007). Her symptoms are best explained by substantial depression whose occurrence is common.

Major depression is a psychological disorder, which is said to affect about 6.7% of the American population of 18 years and above. Data from the ...

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Nursing burnout has been a problem for hospitals and health institutes administrators for years. Addressing problems caused by nursing burnout plays can actually be alarming considering the fact that it can affect the credibility and reliability of the healthcare services available in the hospital as well as its capability to handle patients. Therefore, it is of utmost importance for researchers as well as the nurses themselves to know the causes, risk factors, and the effects of burnout to themselves and their patients. Nurses should always be on call and ready to deliver high quality nursing services and they surely would ...

People commonly get confused by these two terms: clinical psychology and psychiatry. While these two fields may have something in common, it is important that people know what type of professional they should seek help from whenever they have a psychological condition to deal with. Clinical psychology is a branch of psychology that deals with the scientific and clinical practice of psychology. For those who do not yet have a clear idea what psychology is, it is simply a branch of science concerned with the study of a human’s mind, how it functions and on a larger scale, how an individual’s mind affects ...

In the modern society, people are suffering from a number of mental disorders which appear as a result of growing strain and complexities. Today a person has to face a number of problems and responsibilities at the workplaces or in the society. A person has to face a number of issues related to economic, physical, social, personal and professional. These factors make a person suffering with several tensions which further causes the problems like depression, heart disease and chronic dissatisfaction. There are several methods to treat such problems, known as cognitive therapies. Mindful based cognitive therapy is one of the cognitive therapies that treat the ...

Today people are living in a very distraught environment and are surrounded by a number of problems. This stress caused by several factors, crosses the limit sometimes and people start suffering from several mental or psychological disorders. Such disorders are sometimes genetic but they are also due to inferred by highly stressed life of a person. If today’s life has produced such mental problems, today’ development in medical science and psychotherapy provides the remedy for such psychological disorders. In this paper we would discuss the several aspects and methods of treating the psychological disorders. Cognitive therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy ...

Despite a rise in liberal politics in recent years, homophobia is still a big social problem and this is, in part, due to the until-recently disproved view that homosexuality was something that could be ‘cured’ or as having a ‘cause’ (Herek 1). In short, many viewed homosexuality as being a psychological disorder and as with many things in society that do not fit in with the perceived idea of ‘normality,’ homosexuality was stigmatised. However, more and more countries and states are beginning to accept civil rights for homosexuals and ‘gay marriage’ is becoming a far more common concept too. As is ‘gay adoption’ where a ...