Trichotillomania

Abnormal Psychology Professor Alison Buckley Term Paper Scot Albert Due: May 11 at 11:59pm Calendar: PSYCH-46-D9920-2016SP Details They used to call it shell shock. While shell shock has evolved to PTSD or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in title, it is still the same culprit that has caused countless devastation to those who are afflicted. The first thing to examine is what was the definition of shell shock. According to some online research, shell shock was defined as: "psychological disturbance

Weight loss and Decreased Appetite in an 11 year old Girl History: A.B. is an 11 year old girl who presents with a 7lb weight loss over 4 months. Additionally, she complains of a 3 week history of decreased appetite. Her primary medical doctor (PMD) referred her to the emergency department after physical exam revealed a palpable abdominal mass encompassing nearly her entire right upper quadrant. A.B. reports non-specific abdominal pain that lasted 2 days, and spontaneously resolved earlier in the

nd even anti-anxiety drugs. For one woman, it did wonders. Mary O’Leary was a patient that had so many plantar warts on one foot, it was painful for her to stand all day in the operating room. Her dermatologist prescribed antiviral creams, but nothing helped until she met Ted A. Grossbart, an assistant clinical professor of psychology at Harvard Medical School who specializes in skin problems. ''I spent months learning self-hypnosis,'' Ms. O'Leary said. She visualized her immune cells fighting off

which included: 1. OCD being removed from the anxiety section and given its own chapter called Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 2. the hoarding and excoriation symptoms of OCD from the DSM-IV were made into their own disorders, 3. trichotillomania (hair pulling), body dysmorphic and hoarding disorders were moved into the Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders chapter, 4. There was criteria removed from the DSM-IV that forced people to see their obsessions or compulsions as irrational

Boundaries are infinite, and yet they are meant to be surpassed. Each and every one of us comes from a different past; we all face different boundaries that restrict us from achieving what we want in life. I digress due to slow starts, but feeling destined for greatness drives me to exceed the expectations from society; being a poster child of a kid who would never amount to anything. Being that child from a family that was broken due to drugs, rape, mental issues, and alcohol, dealing with the military

In the article “ Characteristics and correlates of stealing in college students” Grant, Odlaug, Lust and Christenson (2015) discuss the correlation between stealing, mental health conditions and lower academic achievements. Several studies have been conducted that associate stealing with anti-social behaviours, mood disorders and substance abuse. Along with this hypothesis, Grant et al. conducted further research into collegiate academic achievements and mood and impulse control disorders. Using

hair loss is inherited, the hair won't grow back naturally, treatment can help some hair grow back, but not all of it. If diseases, medicines, stress, or hair damage causes the hair loss, it often will grow back after the cause is taken away. * Trichotillomania (TTM), the hair pulling disorder, is characterised by the urge in the pulling out of one's own hair, this could run in family or be caused and triggered by trauma and stress. This occurs to such a degree that leads to the hair loss. The hair

SSRIs have fewer side effects and treat the disorder just as equally as other antidepressants. SSRIs have validated research for the best outcome for the symptoms with OCD such as body dysmorphic disorder and with trichotillomania (Sue, D., Sue, D.W., Sue, D., Sue, S., 2014, p.115). Other antidepressants such as clomipramine, fluvoxamine, fluoxetine, paroxetine, and sertraline can be used to help treat OCD. It takes weeks to months after starting the medication to see

IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS Many of the self-control disorders involve disturbances in the ability to regulate an impulse - an urge to act. People with impulse control disorders act on certain impulses involving some potentially harmful behavior that they cannot resist. Impulsive behavior in and of itself is not necessarily harmful; in fact, we all act impulsively upon occasion. Usually our impulsive acts have no ill effects, but in some instances they may involve risk. Consider the following

One of the most debated proposals for the DSM 5 was a proposal to re-structure the DSM into five clusters of mental disorders that shared certain external validating factors. While this proposal was not entirely adopted in the actual DSM 5, many concepts and ideas from this proposed idea were used. The idea behind this metastructure originated from advances in the field of psychiatry since the DSM IV that demonstrated that many disorders share external validating factors such as genetic risk factors