Bipolar Disorder Essays and Term Papers
315 Essays on Bipolar Disorder. Documents 176 - 200
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Sociological Imagination: Generalized Anxiety Disorder
“Anxiety is the signal of danger which mobilizes the human organism’s resources at all levels of functioning in the interests of conservation, defense, and self- preservation.” (Anxiety 1) If a person suffers from anxiety there is a major loss of control and then an attempt to regain that control because of a fear that they have. Anxiety disorders are one of the most frequently occurring mental disorders in the United States. However, anxiety disorders are
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Introduction Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), once called hyperkinesis or minimal brain dysfunction, is one of the most common mental disorders among children. (Elia, Ambrosini, Rapoport, 1999) It affects 3 to 5 percent of all children, with approximately 60% to 80% of these children experiencing persistence of symptoms into adolescence and adulthood, causing a lifetime of frustrated dreams and emotional pain. There are two types of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: an inattentive
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is a lifelong disorder, which can cause a person to do things repeatedly. This disorder is identified by two general symptoms: obsessions and compulsions. An obsession can be defines as an unwelcome, distressing thought or mental image. (Schwartz, 1996) It is a thought that annoys you so much that it causes distress and anxiety. Compulsions are the behaviors that people with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder perform in an attempt to
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Anxiety Disorders
Anxiety disorders are the most common psychological disorders in the United States. There are four different types of anxiety disorders: phobia, generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Anxiety is an unpleasant feeling of fear and apprehension. Phobias are irrational fears of an object or a situation that is not likely to be dangerous. Phobias cause disruption in one’s ability to carry out day-to-day functions. Most people have suffer from phobias are afraid of
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Eating Disorder
An eating disorder is a compulsion to eat, or avoid eating, that negatively affects both one's physical and mental health. Eating disorders are all encompassing. They affect every part of the person's life. According to the authors of Surviving an Eating Disorder, "feelings about work, school, relationships, day-to-day activities and one's experience of emotional well being are determined by what has or has not been eaten or by a number on a scale. Anorexia nervosa
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Emotional Disorder Behavior
Parents today face the dilemma of having a child with emotional or behavioral disorder. For small children, to have it is one thing, but to detect it is another. Since they are still growing up and going through stages such as the “terrible two’s” and adolescence, you’d think that some of their behavior is normal and it’s all a part of child development. It all depends on how one may look at it. If a
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Attention Deficit Disorder
Attention Deficit Disorder In the United States Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) is the most common mental disorder found in children. Approximately 15 million people in the United States, in which 3.5 million are children, are diagnosed with ADD. There are many aspects of this disorder that many people are not even aware of. ADD is a neurological disorder that affects the central nervous system, as well as the motivational system. ADD affects two important parts
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
In this day and age, drugs are being prescribed without hesitation. In fact, many of these drugs are being prescribed for children with various disorders. One of these disorders is called Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). An estimated five to ten percent of children are diagnosed with this syndrome. One of the methods to treat this disorder is to use stimulants, specifically Ritalin. This method is controversial because it has many side effects and its
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Obsession Compulsion Disorder
Obsession Compulsion Disorder, (OCD) is the fourth most common psychiatric diagnosis affecting about one out of forty people in the United States (Hyman and Pedrick, 2005). Not surprising most people in one way shape or form has some degree of OCD. Sixty five percent of people with OCD develop the disorder before the age of thirty-five and less than 15 percent develop it after the age of thirty-five (Hyman and Pedrick, 2005). Women have a
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Eating Disorder
Eating Disorders An eating disorder is a way of using food to work out emotional problems. These illnesses develop because of emotional and/or psychological problems. Eating disorders are the way some people deal with stress. In today’s society, teenagers are pressured into thinking that bring thin is the same thing as being happy. Chemical balances in the brain that may also result in depression, obsessive compulsive disorders, and bi-polar disorders may also cause some eating
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Anxiety Disorders – What Are They and What Causes Them?
Anxiety is part of life; everyone feels it to one degree or another during their lives. However, when that feeling of anxiety starts to take over your life, or is persistent beyond a certain time in our lives (e.g. a speech in class) then a person may have an anxiety disorder. Anxiety disorders are characterized by extreme distress, persistent anxiety, or maladaptive behaviors that reduce anxiety. There are four common types of anxiety disorders: Generalized
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Ocd
Obsessive compulsive disorder is a disease that many people know of, but few people know about. Many people associate repeated washing of hands, or flicking of switches, and even cleanliness with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), however there are many more symptoms, and there are also explanations for those symptoms. In this paper, I will describe what obsessive compulsive disorder is, explain some of the effects of it, and explain why it happens. I will also
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Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
ADHD Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a neurological brain disorder that manifests as a persistent pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity. ADHD is broken down into three subtypes: predominantly inattentive ADHD, predominantly hyperactive-impulsive ADHD, and combined type ADHD. ADHD begins in childhood, and has only recently been understood, can persist into adulthood as well. While some children outgrow ADHD, about 50% to 60% continue to have symptoms into adulthood. Children who have ADHD are often easily distracted
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The Avoidant Personality Disorder
The Avoidant Personality Disorder PSY 306--Psychology of Personality Avoidant Personality 2 Abstract This research report discusses the Avoidant Personality Disorder. It states the criteria that diagnoses the individual. In addition, the report tells of the outward, as well as, inward characteristics of a person displayed in the Avoidant Personality. I have included possible environmental factors on how a person may develop the disorder. Other areas, such as self-image, view of others, and relationships are addressed.
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Panic Disorder
I. Introduction A. Panic disorder brings on the fastest and most complex changes known in the human body. B. My purpose today is to inform you on panic disorder. C. It concerns you because 1/3 of all Americans have a panic attack by the time they’re adults, and 3 out of 4 don’t receive the treatment they need. D. Today I will discuss… 1. Facts about panic disorder 2. Symptoms 3. Causes and risk factors
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Multiple Personality Disorder
Multiple Personality Disorder Have you ever heard the expression, "God, It's like she has a multiple personality?" That is an expression that has been heard often. The truth of the matter is that multiple personality, now known as Dissociative Identity Disorder is a very serious disabling illness. In fact, 3-4% of the U.S. population is hospitalized for Dissociative Identity Disorder every year. Dissociative Identity Disorder is when a person has more than one personality. He/She
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a mental illness that traps people in endless cycles of repetitive thoughts and behaviors and must repeat certain actions over and over to relieve that stress or to obtain from danger. Pierre Janet described obsessive-compulsive disorder by using the term psychasthenia. Sigmund Freud described obsessions and compulsions as psychological defenses used to deal with sexual and aggressive conflicts in the unconscious mind (Bruce Bower: 1987). OCD is also
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Running Head: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Pamela R. Daniels Wilberforce University Introduction Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most commonly diagnosed behavioral disorder of children which is estimated to affect 3 to 5 percent of school-age children. Its core symptoms include developmentally inappropriate levels of attention, concentration, activity, distractibility, and impulsively. Children with ADHD usually have functional impairment across multiple settings including home, school, and peer relationships. ADHD has also
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
There are a lot of people today who don’t know what Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder is. It’s a type of mental illness that causes stress in everyday life. It’s been discovered in children and has many symptoms. OCD can be treated in many different ways, some less complicated than others. OCD is a very difficult disease to overcome and takes a lot of time to recover from. A lot of people ask, “What is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder?” OCD
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Human Genetic Disorders
I. Genes a. Definition • Segments of DNA molecules • A nucleotide sequence b. Functions • Control of hereditary traits • Sequence coding for a polypeptide which maybe an enzyme, or a part of an enzyme, which in turn is responsible for a certain phenotype or trait. c. The Human Karyotype • Ordered arrangement of chromosomes arranged in homologous pairs • The chromosome complement of a cell or organism characterized by the number, size and
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Dissociative Identity Disorder
Gina Gerdik 12/16/06 Psychology Paper Period 9 Dissociative Identity Disorder Dissociative Identity Disorder is a severe psychological disorder characterized by at least two or more distinct personalities or different identities. The different personality states are said to occur spontaneously and involuntarily and function more or less independently of each other. The person suffering from the disorder also experiences memory loss that is too extensive to be explained by ordinary forgetfulness. Many people who experience this
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Media Influences with Eating Disorders.
All the signs seem to point at the media for the problems of over 5% of all women with an eating disorder, but can we jump to conclusions without taking a step back and examining the other possibilities for this? It’s a problem for more than 8 million women in the United States and takes the lives of many each year due to lack of nutrients and starving the body of necessary food. Eating disorders
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Anorexia and Bulimia - Eating Disorders
Anorexia and bulimia, are these psychological disorders or do they stem from another disorder? When we hear of someone with an eating disorder we see someone who is unstable and weak, although, with research we find there are multiple causes for one to take the steps to engage in such behaviors. It isn’t always under their powers; other disorders cause these ill people to take such actions. What is an eating disorder? “A category of
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Eating Disordes
Image is very crucial for a teenager; the pressure of school and fitting in with there classmates and friends can be very difficult for a teenager. It is when a teenager starts taking image to the extreme and starts harming themselves by starving themselves. More and more teenagers are becoming anorexic and bulimic and it is not only affecting girls but boys are starting to come out and say they have an eating disorder. Anorexia
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Eating Disorders
& the affects on Human Growth & Development Thousands of women and an increasing number of men look in the mirror everyday and hate what they see, because of a fixed 'image' in their mind of what the ideal is made out to be. When in reality the ideal is liking who you are and the way you are made. For some people it is a little more complicated, and easier said than done. It
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