Multiple Types Of Mental Disorders

Taking a Psychology class has taught me a lot about others and myself. I have learned a lot in this class and the information I retained will stick with me for the rest of my life. The knowledge I have gained will help me in the future by allowing me to be a better actress, CEO, and mother. The most important topics I will need are Lifespan Development and Psychological Disorders. These subjects can be unknowingly important when crossing paths with other people.

signs and symptoms of mental illness can vary,depending on the particular disorder, circumstances and other factors. Mental illness symptons can affect emotions, thoughts and behaviors. Examples of signs and sypmtoms include: Feeling sad or down confused thinking or reduced ability to concentrate, fears or worries, paranoia or hillucinations, drug alchol abuse,excessive anger and suicidal thinking.

My AP World History teacher used to show my class John Green’s Crash Course World History videos on Youtube; ten minute lessons, taught by John Green, aimed to cover a lot of material in a short time. One day, my teacher mentioned that John Green and his brother made Crash Course videos for other subjects, too, psychology being one of them. Psychology had always intrigued me, so I spent that night watching the introductory psychology videos. It was fun, and I wanted to learn more.

I learned about the different categories of disorders, what constitutes a disorder, and how the disorders are diagnosed. The concepts were very thoroughly enforced by the game I played where I pretended to be a psychologist and got to diagnose patients! I also learned about different forms and styles of therapy. The biggest thing that I got out of this module was the reflecting I had to do for the honors summative. I had to determine what form of therapy I thought that I would prefer and had to force myself to recognize that the type of therapy that I thought I would prefer was not necessarily the most beneficial to me. This was a tough realization for me to make and something that I will definitely keep in mind and use in my life. It is important for me to realize that what I am most comfortable with may not always be the best for me, and this module really helped me to come to that

Psychotic disorders can be described as a mental health disability in which a person experiences changes in thinking, perception, mood and behaviour which can severely disrupt their lives. Some of the main psychotic disorders include schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, psychotic depression, schizo affective disorder and drug induced pychosis. Some common symptoms when a psychotic disorder is developing include depression, anxiety, irritability, suspiciousness, blunted or flat or inappropriate emotion, changes in appetite, changes in thinking, difficulties in concentration or attention, a sense of alteration to ones self or the outside world, odd ideas and unusual perceptual experiences. Some behavioural symptoms can include sleep disturbance, social isolation or withdrawal and/or reduced ability to carry out work and social roles.

The most serious forms of mental illness are psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia and bipolar (manic-depression), which affect the mind and alter a person’s ability to understand reality, think clearly, respond emotionally, communicate effectively, and behave appropriately. People with psychotic disorders may hear nonexistent voices, hallucinate, and make inappropriate behavioral responses. Others exhibit illogical and incoherent thought processes and a lack of insight into their own behavior. They may see themselves as agents of the devil, avenging angels, or the recipients of messages from animals and plants (Siegel, 2011).

     Sometimes people undergo traumatic experiences in their lives that are either physical or mental and maybe even a combination of both. If the experience was so intense, and so horrible, that the mind didn’t want to remember it, or possibly didn’t know how to deal or cope with it, then that one experience has the power to split a person’s mind into “another personality”. If this happens, the other personality or personalities come out when a person who has MPD (Multiple Personality Disorder) is put in a situation that he/she doesn’t know how to handle or feels that the other personality can handle it better. People suffering from MPD also have the risk of developing some

I believe this will help develop my listening skills along with personal services. The Practicum for Clinical Psychology Capstone is something I hope to get into as well. I’m really looking forward to this capstone and the challenges I will face and overcome. Not only will this class help ensure I obtain the education and training I need, I can further develop any skills and knowledge

Another type of schizophrenia is the undifferentiated type. A person who suffers from this type may have symptoms from all of the other four types, such as hallucinations, anger, anxiety, or disorganized thoughts and speech. The final type of schizophrenia is the residual type. This is when a person has had the mental illness and it has regressed, but the person still suffers from minor symptoms such as hallucinations or the flat affect (“Schizophrenia”).

In an effort to ensure that my plan will meet the goals expected, I have researched the American Psychological Association website, the Empire State College website, The University of Texas at San Antonio’s program, the

The most common types of mental disorders are depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, dementia, hyperactivity disorder, OCD, autism and PTSD the list can go on much longer but these are the most common. When

When I started this class this pass September I had a little knowledge of psychology. In my junior year of high school I took Psychology as an elective class. I really enjoy it alot, it amaze me how much there was to know about our brains. This September I came with the feeling that this psychology class was going to be way different from my psychology class from high school. And that my knowledge from my class before wasn’t going to be useful at all. But I was wrong, this class has actually been better than my other class. Because it has help dust off some of the concepted that I had learn before. But it has also made gain more knowledge about psychology that I didn’t knew before. For example the next concepts are the ones that had impacted me the most: critical thinking and the eight essential, implicit learning, short term and long term memories. I chose these concept because they have not only taught me more about psychology, but they have made a big impact on me.

Schizophrenia has many criteria that is associated with it and it involves many different types of symptoms such as: First, Delusion which involves a disturbance in the content of thought, it occurs in more than 90% of patients at some time during their illness (Cutting,1995). They are numerous types of delusion which associates with schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders.

Going into high school as a junior I never really thought about what it would be like to take a psychology course but I realize that I learned a lot that I never knew before and this was a great course and I am really glad that I took it. The things that took from this course that I can compare and relate to my life are the uses of technology in our society, social inequity, race of others, family and culture, gender differences, and personal life problems.

Already getting started next year, I enrolled into a psychology class to get a jumpstart for when I go into college. I chose to enroll into the psychology class because the human mind is something that is very complex and diverse. By me taking this class, I am partially more ahead and more taught than that of a student who doesn’t take the class. And that way, when I get into the psychology major, I have a small intake of what it is all about.