Psychological Disorders Analysis

An out-of-body experience is explained by few as a sense of being detached from one’s body, and if associated with other factors like a sense that the world is not real, far away, or even foggy. This with the combination of failure to recall significant personal information, or the content of a meaningful conversation forgotten from one second to the next are signs of a psychological disorder known as Dissociative Disorder. Considered as a rare and mysterious psychiatric curiosity, Dissociative Disorders will be the psychological disorder that will be discussed in this paper.

Psychopathology is the study of mental distress and abnormal maladaptive behaviour, there are four approaches to psychopathology, cognitive, behavioural, psychodynamic and biological. The biological model of abnormality is split into four parts which can all cause abnormal behaviour these are; Genetic, Brain injury, Neurotransmitters and Infection.

Choose one of the psychological disorders discussed in Chapter 16. Explain the neurological basis of the disorder, as well as the neurological basis for treatments of the disorder. Discuss open questions and possibilities for future research. You may not choose the same topic that you chose for your midterm, short answer question, or other long essay question.

Psychological disorders are stated to be abnormalities of the mind, known as mental disorders (Klasco, 2011). Abnormalities of the mind cause persistent behaviors that affect an individual’s daily function and life (Klasco, 2011). The different types of psychological disorders include mood disorders, personality disorders, anxiety disorders, and eating disorders (Klasco, 2011). The causes of these disorders are unknown, but factors that contribute to these disorders include childhood experiences, chemical imbalances in the brain, illnesses, heredity, stress, and prenatal exposures (Klasco, 2011). Psychological disorders can be serious and can be life-threatening

The Oxford dictionary defines psychology as "Science of the nature, function and phenomena of human soul or mind: mental characteristics." (1980). The normal mental characteristics of the human mind are very difficult to categorize; so when looking at the disorders of the mind a number of factors have been identified that "attempt to define" (Meteyard, 2007, p. 49) what is abnormal or psychopathological. For this assignment I will be looking at four disorders that come under different major categories defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-1V). They are:

This semester consisted of four projects. Communication, stress, personality, and psychological disorders projects. While working on these projects I discovered new and old information about myself. I agreed with a majority of the results from the projects. The only project I did not entirely agree with was the psychological disorders project. I don’t believe I am bipolar, and the test claimed that I was. I also believe I have OCD, because I like everything organized and clean at all times. I was shocked when the test results explained that I don’t show any signs of OCD. Although I did not fully agree with the results from the psychological disorders project, I learned a lot.

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Despite how much one accomplishes during the day, what happens at night is just as important. A good night’s rest is vital to successfully function. However, there are times when our body and mind keeps us from doing so. Insomnia is a condition that disturbs this important cycle of rest.

Pica; a disorder in which an individual craves or ingests items that have no nutritional content and are non edible substances. You often hear of people who decide to try to eat paper to see how it tastes, or who try dirt to see what the consistency is, this is not considered pica disorder. Pica is only labeled once these actions have occurred for over a month and generally at an age or in a mental state where it is considered developmentally inappropriate. Pica is almost always not started at random, it is

I agree with you completely. We cannot blame society for the choices that individuals make. As Beccaria stated, everyone has free-will. Most individuals are not forced to commit crimes; however, social pressures often influence their choices to make poor choices. I also agree with your examples of how stress can lead to psychological issues. Some individuals do not have the same determination and drive, so they do not know how to cope with their situations when things get tough. A lack of money and deprivation can influence someone to steal for their basic needs because they believe they have no other choice. Although, their circumstances are unfortunate, they should still be held accountable. I know that the government does not provide everything,

The general argument made by gale databases in their article Mental Disorders is that Anxiety Disorders, Psychotic Disorders, Mood disorders, PTSD Depression, etc. all affect people's behaviors and affect people of all ages. More specifically, they argue that people with a mental disorder not only affect the person's behavior severally, in ways that might make them want to harm themselves, but affect their families and friends. They write, “People who suffer from generalized anxiety disorder usually have exaggerated worry about normal everyday events or activities. They expect the worst possible outcome when no reason exists to expect it.” In this passage, Gale Database is suggesting that Anxiety makes people suffer by not letting them go

I believe that psychological disorders among people who are artistically gifted are greater than the normal population. In my opinion, I think this is the case because artistic abilities usually root from emotional suffering. People who write novels or poems after emotional turmoil, such as a break up or the loss of a loved one, usually write the best pieces of writing. I think the audience is able to connect or sympathize with the author more through the work of hurt, which contributes to their popularity. People are able to look back on times that they had to go through hurt and be able to release that in some way. I do agree with the list of reasonings in the textbook because to me they seem accurate. The article had valid points including

Results from previous studies which have looked at male offenders from both high and medium secure units over a prolonged period of time (average of 2-5 years) have indicated that the HCR20 total score was a good predictor of both violent and other offences following discharge (Gray, Taylor, Snowden 2000).

ASD has been divided into three different groupings which include communications, socialization, and restrictive and repetitive patterns which are tied to particular behaviors as well as the interests of the students (Colarusso et al., 2013). According to Colarusso et al. (2013) a diagnosis of ASD is typically completed by someone in the medical field or a team from a health stand point. The standards followed to get the diagnosis comes from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) (Colarusso et al., 2013).

Jeffrey was arrested in the same year, 1988, for sexually fondling and drugging a young teenage boy (age thirteen); for this, he was put on probation for five years and for one year he was assigned to a work release camp where he was registered as a sex offender from the incident with the thirteen year old boy. Due to good behavior and a built up trust with the authorities, Dahmer was paroled from his work release camp two months early.