Abnormal psychology

Imagine living with a mental illness that affects your everyday life but has no physical aspects to it. Waging a war within your own head and not being able to control your own thoughts or feelings. Millions of adolescence throughout the United States are currently sick, living with a mental illness with no idea how to treat it, or even the idea they are sick. Mental Health services on campus may be the answer to treating the diseases many children are suffering from. Mental health is defined as

Mental disorders affect many people throughout the United States. Although it is not a direct link to criminal behavior, it is a major risk factor and oftentimes criminal offenders are found to have them. Mental disorders cause their victims delusions, hallucinations, paranoia, and aggression. The definition of mental disorder is a vast number of mental conditions, ranging from the mild to the serious that impede one’s ability to function. Sometimes with the more serious disorders may absolve an

Child development is the biological, psychological and emotional changes that occur in individuals between birth and the end of adolescence. (Wiki) Child development is inevitably altered when obstacles such as mental instability and abandonment arise, ultimately affecting children going into adulthood. Adolescents are very unlikely to reach their full potential without the guidance of an adult figure, such as a mother, father, sibling, or guardian. Adult figures are essential to a growing child

The purpose of the study is to identify what may be the onset of bulimia nervosa and whether or not it is related to a person being subjected to criticism based on their weight/ shape and eating habits. This is the first of studies that take a look at a year prior to having bulimia nervosa. This study was conducted through a control case study which is a study that looks at both a group that does have a disorder and a group that does not have the disorder. It also determines if a factor affects either

Method and Reflection While researching about major depressive disorder, we tried to find valid articles that had a great explanation of the disorder. We were looking for deeper information as to why people have this disorder, how do they come about having this disorder and how/if people can overcome this common disorder. There was a great amount of resources through the internet with helpful information. The internet is a great resource because they even include several experiments to explain

As stated previously, Borderline Personality Disorder is misdiagnosed for possible several reasons. One reason co-occurrence, individuals may come into the therapist office complaining about depression, and not bring up the signs that are associated with Borderline Personality Disorder. Therapists are unaware and only treats the signs of other mental disorders. The common misdiagnosis symptoms are seen in bipolar, antisocial and substance abuse. According to SAMSHA, early detections and interventions

Abas, M., Trigub, C., Prince, M., Oram, S., Gorceag, V., & Ostrovschi, N. (2013). Risk factors for mental disorders in women survivors of human trafficking: a historical cohort study. BMC Psychiatry, 13(1), 1-11. doi:10.1186/1471-244X-13-204 This article is a research on women survivors of human trafficking who are 18 years or older that who returned to their country Moldova. This research is based on women who had already experienced human trafficking 2 to 12 months before and only those who asked

Introduction Mental health is defined as a person’s condition with regard to their psychological and emotional well-being. In this day and age, mental health is a very prevalent matter considering that more and more people are opening up about it and showing others that it indeed is okay for you or someone you may know to seek help. Unfortunately, within racial minority groups it is not as prevalent as we would hope and it remains partially understood. According to Taylor, Chatters and Nguyen (2013)

Research Topic: “Anxiety and depression are often linked, experts say, as dealing with long-term anxiety can lead to depression, or one may feel anxious about their battle with depression.” In order to talk about the “link” between Anxiety and Depression, there is a word that must be discussed: comorbidity. According one paper, “Comorbidity may imply either the co-occurrence of two or more disorders in an individual at a given time, or the manifestation of multiple disorders during the lifetime of

They Are All Beautiful Not a lot of people truly know how hard it is for teenage girls to live up to the standards presented to them. Seventy-four percent of teenage girls say there is a lot of pressure when it come to pleasing everyone (Girls Inc, The Supergirl Dilemma). That percentage is astronomically high. Females this young should not have to worry about things as superficial as looks at this age. Teenage years are supposed to be the best years of a person’s life and time should not be wasted