Psychological Dysfunction

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.

Proof written by David Auburn goes through the life of an esteemed mathematician plagued by mental illness. In the beginning of the play Proof we are introduced to a professor at a local Chicago College named Robert. We first are introduced to Robert through a delusion of Catherine’s, another main protagonist of David auburns play. Auburn shows Robert’s genius and madness at various stages throughout the play. Auburn goes on throughout his play to exemplify the impact mental illness has on everyday family life.

In the wake of horrific crimes like Sandy Hooks shootings, and the Aurora movie theater shooting and the countless others that have plagued the Nation America is scared and heart broken. the government and the country are frantically trying to find answer and solutions in issues like guns to prevent these unspeakable acts of violence. But even though all these men have had the weapons to achieve their acts, they have had one more characteristic that's sometimes overlooked in common, their unstable minds and serious mental illness. Mental illness with its brutal stigma and awful history seems to be overlooked in the public's eyes when looking at real problems And i believe that mental illness is important in the prevention of these

The very definition of personality is “the combination of characteristics or qualities that form an individual’s distinctive character.” But what does that mean for those who don’t have any distinctive character, or those who can’t separate their individual qualities from the qualities of others? It could mean they are just experiencing normal fluctuations in their perceived personality, common to everyone because people are constantly changing. It could also be the presence of a psychiatric disorder, depending on the length one experiences these fluctuations, which would be referred to as “symptoms.” Psychiatric disorders are a class of mental disorders that have maladaptive behaviors, poor cognition, and poor inner

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

Psychological disorders are mental disorders that affects ones pattern of behavior that deviates them from the social conventional norms. One's behavior is expressed to wield a lot of distress that is not considered as the normal development of a person's culture. Psychological disorders are seen by the way an individual feels, acts, thinks or perceives the environment around them, most especially ones social an emotional stability. The causes of mental are quite large and they vary and sometimes unclear ADDIN EN.CITE Barlow20073(Barlow, 2007)336Barlow, D.H.Clinical Handbook of Psychological Disorders: A Step-By-Step Treatment Manual2007New YorkGuilford Press9781593855727http://books.google.co.ke/books?id=JSfnCPlEFygC( HYPERLINK l "_ENREF_1" o "Barlow, 2007 #3" Barlow, 2007). All in all, these disorders affects one's ability to interact with other members of society but due to developments in medicine and research, means of managing and even treatment of these disorders have been discovered. One common disorder is post-traumatic stress disorder often abbreviated as PTSD.

Psychological disorders are often a taboo subject in our society. Many find themselves to be the subject of ridicule and/or a social pariah from their peers at the simple hint of a mental disorder. This stems largely from simple ignorance to the cause and actual effects of the problems. Many of the same people that spend most of the day complaining about others that have psychological disorders could potentially find themselves and their behavior defined as such. Psychological disorder are an, “ongoing patter of thoughts, feelings or actions that are deviant, distressful and dysfunctional.” (Comer, 2004). Deviancy is defined as being different from other people who share your culture. For behavior to be distressful it must distress either the individual or others around the individual. Finally behavior must cause dysfunction in the individuals’ daily life. For someone to be diagnosed with a psychological disorder their behavior must have all the components of deviancy, distressfulness and cause dysfunction. Numerous people are completely unaware that they are being affected by a psychological disorder verse simply having mood swings or reacting to certain stimuli.

Throughout chapter fifteen of our psychology text titled, Psychological Disorders, I have learned that psychological disorders are defined as, patterns of thoughts, feelings, or actions that are deviant, distressful, and dysfunctional. A disorder refers to someone’s state of mental/behavioral ill health. Patterns refer to the finding of collections of symptoms that tend to go together. Another term called, deviant refers to differing from the norm. In psychology a behavior or mental status is considered deviant. Understanding psychological disorders can be difficult to diagnose because often times it is based on someone’s feelings and actions. A reason to diagnose people suffering from a disorder is to treat the problem. There are the five

Labeling a person who has an illness with a particular diagnosis may do more harm than good. Words have a powerful meaning. Even though we are taught to say, “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” Words have more of an impact on us then we would like to admit.

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.

Encouragement and the optimistic behaviors of family, friends, and members of the community are essential to providing those who cope with mental disorders with the support that they need (SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH). Encouraging them to continue with a medication or with therapy will help them believe that that they can achieve mental stability. Altering yourself and working with them will help solve the problems that they are faced with. Increasing your own ability to understand what this person is dealing with will help you talk to and counsel them. Although people with mental disorders are rarely dangerous, talk to them about why they should go see a therapist or go seek help instead of telling them or debating with them (What is mental illness?).

There is a broad definition of ‘abnormal’ and what is considered to be ‘abnormal’. Psychometric abnormality suggested by Cohen (1981) is “a deviation from a statistically determined norm” (Bennett, 2011). Behavior that is considered inexplicable is often assumed to be abnormal. Inexplicable behavior can be justified to be normal if there is a plausible explanation for the behavior. Behavior that is undesirable such as racism, anger, or sexism have been by Szaz (1960) argued as abnormal psychological conditions (Bennett, 2011). Different cultures influence society norms and plays a role on what is abnormal or normal. In conclusion, there is not a solitary meaning of what is considered to be abnormal. Some scholars have concluded that the term of abnormality cannot be defined.

In most cases today, if a person becomes physically injured or ill, they seek out treatment and recovery with a number of medical professionals that specialize in the area, often have follow up appointments to ensure progress, and are seen to until they are fully recovered. One would think the same should go ill health of the the mental and psychological state, regrettably it rarely is handled in the same way with the same degree of care. In far too many facilities, patients are prescribed drugs that can actually cause more harm than help. Kohls (2010), argues that, “Patients will be taking their (FDA) drugs for years (despite no long-term trials proving safety and efficacy) as the only "treatment" for mental ill health. They know that their

Sometime they might not have an illness, but need someone to help guide them or help them meet their goals in life and need structure. For the people, who are dealing with mental health issue; need help the most because most of the time it's disrupting their daily life and it's becoming detriment to themselves and the people around them. For example, some one that is extremely depressed. They don't want to go to work; they don't want to eat, sleep a lot and feels worthless or hopeless. They are the people I believe that needs to see an ongoing therapist to get to the bottom of the issue and where it's stemming from. I also have a psychiatrist to prescribe

To assess a case is to test a person who suffers psychological disorders. This assessment tests the importance, seriousness and features of the problem are tested. The assessment with the aim of giving treatment is a special test that requires determining the type of problem (if it is classified in a clear typology of the diagnostic system used), the factors that could have caused it and the factors that maintain the disorder. Assessment with the aim of treatment means to identify the targets of the treatment and easiest way to reach them. Given that the assistance is considered a process of learning that could be expensive, it is essential to contemplate the testing of the motivation to undergo a change