Psychological Disorders: John Arnold Demarco

Crash Course #28: Psychological Disorders How do we define a psychological disorder? What does that definition mean to you? We define a psychological disorder as a mental disorder or disability.

1. The psychological disorder portrayed in character of John Nash in the film A Beautiful Mind is schizophrenia. The most prominent symptoms were hallucinations, grandiose delusions, paranoia, a persecutory complex. Beginning with DSM-V, two or more symptoms from the list of schizophrenic criteria must be present for at least six months and active for at least one month. John Nash certainly qualifies for another DSM-V criterion of diagnosis, social/occupational dysfunction, due to his apparent abandonment of relevant mathematical work in favor of conspiracy analysis/obsession. Nash is given the official diagnosis of schizophrenia during his admission to the mental hospital.

For this Psychological Disorder assignment, I chose to write about John Rambo. John Rambo is a character, played by Sylvester Stallone, from the movie Rambo: First Blood. In the movie John Rambo suffers from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

A Beautiful Mind illustrates many of the topics relating to psychological disorders. The main character of the film, John Nash, is a brilliant mathematician who suffers from symptoms of Schizophrenia. His symptoms include paranoid delusions, grandiosity, and disturbed perceptions. The disease disrupts his social relationships, his studies, and his work. The more stressful his life becomes the more his mind is not able to distinguish between reality and fantasy.

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.

The major psychological disorders fall under anxiety disorders, mood disorders, schizophrenia and other disorders such as eating, personality or dissociation disorders. By classifying these disorders, scientist can then describe and predict its future course. Mental health workers view psychological disorders as patterns of thoughts, feelings, or actions that are deviant, distressful and dysfunctional. The standard for what is deviant behavior is different in different cultures and in different context.

To look at the case study from a psychodynamic perspective we would also take into account Richards childhood memories because psychodynamic therapy focuses on the belief that the past, particularly childhood events, influence us as adults. And in the case of painful experiences we must revisit the past to resolve issues that have been repressed causing intrapsychic conflict in order to understand current behavior and the need or desire to use substance abuse, in Richards case alcohol.

For this assignment, I will define the reason, range, and nature of the disorder, such as the number of individuals identified and being treated, the demographics, and other issues of interest. I will also elaborate on how the selected disorder is detected as well as how the selected disorder is treated. Furthermore, I will separate the analysis of this disorder from those of the other disorders within the same analytical category. In addition, I will provide a statement on culturally bound syndromes, cultural biases, or the interaction between assessment and diagnosis and culture. Lastly, I will provide my completed professional interview as well as interview data pertinently and essentially combined into the body of this paper.

In Canada, there are approximately 120,000 people that have been diagnosed with dementia or a related condition. Dementia is a progressive mental disorder characterized as the deterioration of intelligence and personality (Myers, 2009). By 2031 the number of people living with dementia will drastically increase to 750,000 due to the aging baby boomers population (Statistics Canada, 2013; Black, et al., 2010). People living with dementia require assistance with activities of daily living (ADL); this assistance is often performed by a family member acting as a caregiver (Black, et al., 2010). A caregiver is a person who contributes to another person 's social, medical, environmental and economic resources (Myers, 2009). Although family

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

There are a number of reasons why people don’t seek treatment for mental illness. Most people are initially scared of their disorder and find it easier to ignore the problem than to face it. Others have anosognosia and aren’t aware of their problem. The stigma of psychiatric disorders, and the misconceptions about treatment, would make anyone question seeking treatment. This, and an often inhibited decision-making process persuade many from asking for help. But how do so many of the sick wind up on the street? Viewing the problem through a social psychology perspective could provide some insight.

In their 2014 study, Kessler, et al analyzed a representative sample of 5,428 Regular Army Soldiers from the April to December 2011 AAS. This specific subset of data, extracted from 327 group sessions, did not include information from those deployed to a combat zone nor did it include any data from activated Army Reserve and National Guard personnel. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the “prevalence of 30 day DSM-IV mental disorders among nondeployed Soldiers and to determine the extent in which role impairments associated with 30-day disorders differ depending on whether the disorders had pre- vs post-enlistment onsets.”42

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The presence of psychological disorders in a character can increase complexity and a deeper understanding of the cast. Throughout the play of Hamlet, a few of the characters display signs and symptoms of various mental disorders. Hamlet and Ophelia’s characters and actions provide sufficient evidence to suggest the presence of various disorders such as major depressive disorder, schizophrenia, madness and borderline personality disorder.

So far in the semester I have had a top three out of all the chapter and subjects we have learned about. I chose to start with psychological disorders because I find the concept of multiple personalities and what it abnormal and normal to be interesting. Second, I decided to go with sexuality and gender because sexuality is something that we all struggle with every day along with identifying who we are. Lastly, I decided to go with stress and health because stress is also something that we go through daily and struggle with.