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    shown to be effective in improving motor abilities and quality of life in those with Parkinson’s disease (Weaver, et al. 2009), and has been used for other psychiatric disorders such as anorexia, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, and more (Benabid 2007). Although DBS is very beneficial, in some cases an altered personality or state of mind is an adverse effect from the procedure. Presently, there is no conclusive definition of personal identity, but in this paper, I will focus on two notions

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    Stress Disorder is characterized by the presence of signs and symptoms in the three primary domains: (i) reminders of the exposure (including flashbacks, intrusive thoughts, nightmares); (ii) activation (including hyperarousal, insomnia, agitation, irritability, impulsivity and anger); and (iii) deactivation (including numbing, avoidance, withdrawal, confusion, derealization, dissociation, and depression). (Sherin & Nemeroff, 2011). The signs and symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder are persistent

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    OCD and Nutrition OCD or obsessive-compulsive disorder is a type of anxiety disorder which affects 2.3% of the American population between the ages of 18 and 54. This condition is characterized by irrational or unwanted thoughts, obsessions, urge for repetitive rituals and compulsions. Symptoms usually start during early childhood or adolescence and the exact cause is still unknown. Some thought that OCD manifests due to personality defects and bad parenting, but this is not the case. OCD impacts

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    moment a person is born, his or her personality begins to take shape. As they grow and develop, they may become extroverted, introverted, kind, strict, or take on any number of traits that will define who they are. However when certain traits, such as lack of empathy, recklessness, and anxiety, seem to cause strange patterns of behavior that interfere with their daily lives and relationships with other people, it is easy to assume that some form of mental disorder may be the culprit. What many people

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    Sadistic personality disorder, also known as sadism, is a condition in which someone enjoys seeing someone or something suffer. Although it is no longer considered as a valid diagnostic category in the current revision or the Diagnostic and Statistical 4th Edition (DSM-IV), it is still approached as a personality disorder. To this day there is no single known cause to this personality disorder, although there are many theories. For some, it is caused by abuse early in their life for others it is

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    Freud has proposed a psychodynamic theory according to which personality consists of the id responsible for instincts and pleasure seeking, the superego that attempts to obey the rules of parents and society, and the ego, which mediates between them according to the demands of reality. Psychodynamic theories commonly hold that childhood experiences shape personality. A therapy used is psychoanalysis, which induces ego weakness so that unconscious material is brought

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    Summarizing the movie “The Stepfather” 2009 I chose the movie “The Stepfather” for my research project and it depicts a man who suffers from Antisocial Personality disorder. There are quite a few similarities in the movie about his actions and the signs and symptoms of the actual disorder. For example, in the opening scene the main character, David Harris, is shown changing his appearance and is family had just been murdered. He walks through the house and doesn’t even feel remorse for the bodies

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    Albert Fish had a troubled childhood. He often faced abuse in his daily life. He did have trauma, and he was predicted to have some mental illnesses and personality disorders. In fact, mental illnesses often run in his family. His mother, Ellen Fish, also suffered from mental illness. She was reported to have ‘aural and/or visual hallucinations' and be a schizophrenic. His father was suspected of having mental illnesses. However, his uncle had manic syndrome, one of his brothers was confined in a

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    Non-Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Arousal Disorders Diagnostic Criteria and Features Non-Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Arousal Disorders (NREM sleep arousal disorders) has six diagnostic criteria. The first criterion requires individuals to present recurrent episodes of incomplete awakening from sleep, that includes sleepwalking or sleep terrors. The second criteria require individuals to present no or little dream imagery that is remembered. The next two criteria require individuals to present amnesia for

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    “Black Swan” is a story that revolves around a production of Swan Lake. Nina Sayers, a young dancer in a New York City ballet company, lives with her mother, a former dancer. The director of the ballet company, Thomas Leroy, has to cast a new principal dancer after forcing Beth Macintyre into retirement. Thomas wants the same ballerina to portray the innocent, fragile White Swan as well as her dark, sensual twin, the Black Swan. Nina auditions for the part and is able to portray the innocent, fragile

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