Pyromania

Psychological Disorders and Therapies Different types of psychological disorders and therapy methods will be discussed in this essay. Psychological disorders are categorized and defined in the “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders” (DSM). The most recent edition of the DSM is the DSM-V published in May, 2013. (1) The methods of therapy utilized for the treatment of psychological disorders are dependent on the training of the therapist and the most appropriate method of treatment

disorders are also differed slightly. For example, a person who has kleptomania, would repeat their action with the process of stealing an item from a store despite it not being necessary to them and quietly returning the item back. A person who has pyromania would repeatedly catch something such as a trash can on fire and would run away after someone notice them. People with trichotillomania will often have the urge to pull off their hair. Many of these symptoms could last for either days, months, or

These being: Animal Cruelty, Pyromania, and Bed Wetting. Torturing animals is an incredible red flag, whether you’re trying to find a killer or not. Animals are often seen as "practice" for killing real human beings. Jeffery Dahmer, the “Milwaukee Cannibal”, was notorious for his animal

became very depressed after his adoptive mother Pearl, died from breast cancer. He viewed his mother’s death as a monster plot designed to destroy him. (Gale Biography). He began to fail in school and began an infatuation with petty larceny and pyromania. He sets fires,

“I have absolutely no pleasure in the stimulants in which I sometimes so madly indulge. It has not been in the pursuit of pleasure that I have periled life and reputation and reason. It has been the desperate attempt to escape from torturing memories, from a sense of insupportable loneliness and a dread of some strange impending doom” (2016, Tag, B.). Not very many people understand why addiction brings out the worst in others, they only see what they are doing, not what the addiction is doing to

little is known about the specific factors involved in this connection. (4) Internet addiction disorder has only recently been taken into consideration, and has been added as a form of impulse control disorder Impulse control disorder, Kleptomania, Pyromania, Pathological gambling, Sexual compulsion and Obsessive compulsive disorders all

The Insanity Defense Former U.S president Ronald Reagan was shot by a man named John Hinckley in the year 1981. The president along with many of his entourage survived the shooting despite the heavy infliction of internal and external injuries. The Hinckley case is a classic example of the 'not guilty by reason of insanity' case (NGRI). The criminal justice system under which all men and women are tried holds a concept called mens rea, a Latin phrase that means "state of mind". According

A Duty to Warn an Uncertain Danger is a case where Ms L has been treated for pyromania and schizophrenia. She has spent five and a half years in a state mental hospital since she was eighteen as well as being arrested for arson on three occasions. Ms L is twenty-eight-years-old and just went to the hospital to deliver her fist baby. Mrs D, one of the social workers, recognized Ms L and her psychiatric history. Upon taking to Ms L about her pre-delivery, Mrs D found out that that she is going to stay

protect a person whose spouse has a disability from being denied employment because of an employer's unfounded assumption that the applicant would use excessive leave to care for the spouse. The ADA does not protect all forms of disability such as pyromania and kleptomania. These are considered psychiatric disabilities and can disqualify individuals from employment. In addition, employees and applicants who use illegal drugs are not covered by the ADA. Individuals who engage in the illegal use of

Falling and Love: Vertigo The fear of heights is a common phobia; some have it worse than others. It is often rationalized by the fear of death and can be accompanied with dizziness or a sense of vertigo. Similarly, in Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo (1958) the main character Scottie develops a fear of heights. In the very beginning of the film, he accidently endangers a fellow police officer who tries to help Scottie from falling to his death during a rooftop chase. Naturally, he is burdened with