Mental Disorder Essay Examples

PSYC 3350 Abnormal Psychology On-Line What About Bob “Multi-phobic personality characterized by acute separation anxiety . . . ” This is Dr. Leo Marvin’s diagnosis of Bob Wiley in the movie What About Bob. But exactly what does this mean? We all seem to have a vague understanding of what a phobia is, whether is […]

Cut, By Patricia McCormick, is a fine example of why some young adult fiction deserves literary serious consideration. As a first person account Cut is not only the story of a young adult’s journey through a mental illness, it also serves as a guide to help others find solutions to their own mental problems. The […]

The Turning Point Finding out who you are and maturing into an adult happens in different ways for different people. In John Updike’s “A&P”, it is very interesting to see how the theme of coming of age slowly starts to unravel in the main character as the story progresses. The story portrays the protagonist, Sammy, […]

The quantitative article addressed the idea that self esteem can affect the overall health of a school-aged child. Self-esteem is essential for children to have the optimum health desired, physically, mentally, and emotionally. The article identified self esteem during childhood is necessary for the child to withstand family stress, social pressures, and temptations of deviance […]

BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER  Abstract Borderline personality disorder is categorized as a personality disorder. Individuals with personality disorders have extreme and inflexible personality traits that are distressing to the person and/ or cause problems in work, school or social relationships. A person with Borderline Personality Disorder will also show signs of impulsive behavior and have the […]

Journal Six View In this activity, you will explore assertiveness. This powerful way of being creates great results, strengthens relationships, and builds self-esteem. Write three different responses to the instructor described in the following situation. Respond to the instructor by 1) PLACATING, 2) BLAMING, AND 3) LEVELING. Situation: You register for a course required in […]

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, Depression, and Anxiety Disorders: Correlation in Patients When Treated and Untreated What is post-traumatic stress disorder? In this paper we review what post-traumatic stress disorder is, how this disorder affects individuals, how individuals cope, and how individuals function in a modern society. In this paper we will show the signs and symptoms […]

Clients with Eating Disorders are already at an increased risk for mortality, so alcohol or drug abuse places additional dangers onto this group. A study by Suzuki, Takeda, and Yoshino (2011) into mortality rates of patients with eating disorders, found the mortality of eating disorder patients with alcoholism were significantly higher than those without. Eating […]

The introduction discusses human trafficking, an illegal trade that involves exploiting human beings for purposes such as reproductive slavery, commercial sexual exploitation, forced labor, or modern-day slavery. This trade encompasses activities like recruiting, transporting, transferring, harboring or receiving individuals through force, coercion or other methods to exploit them. Traffickers target thousands of men, women and […]

Ellen Foster Ellen Foster’s story is one of movement, from alienation and loneliness to acceptance and belonging. Ellen herself effects this major change by force of her own will. Realizing her own family “is and always has been crumbly old brick,” not meant to stick together, she targets a “foster” family that looks nice and […]

Richard A. Friedman The article Born to Be Happy, Through a Twist of Human Hard Wire by Richard A Friedman addresses both psychiatric and scientific aspects of physiological disorders. The main concern of this article in tales what makes individuals happy or obtain happiness and also explaining how psychiatric illnesses alter their happiness. Friedman’s main […]

Vertigo and The Yellow Wallpaper The 1958 film Vertigo is surrounded by themes of control, dominance, and illusion surrounding a male and female power struggle. One of Vertigos main themes is to create the perfect woman. This is also seen in the story The Yellow Wallpaper. The parallels with Vertigo’s protagonist’s quest for the ideal […]

Marriage holds great importance in individuals’ lives, affecting their social status and mental health. It satisfies a fundamental biological desire for sexual gratification within societal norms and promotes personal development. Across various cultures throughout time, marriage has universally existed as a means of endorsing the union between a man and woman, forming the foundation for […]

CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2 2. Anxiety Disorders 3. 1. Generalized Anxiety Disorders 2. 1. 1 Panic Disorder 2. 2. Phobias 2. 3. Obsessive – Compulsive Disorder 2. 4. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) 3. Symptoms of Anxiety Disorders 4. Treatment 4. 1. Psychotherapy 4. 2. Pharmacological treatments 5. Causes of Anxiety Disorders. 5. 1. Biological 5. […]

Creating trust in the helping relationship is one of the fundamentals of family therapy. Not only must the family learn to trust the counselor, but also the counselor must trust that the family is there willingly to receive help and to learn how to set their own goals and access their own resources to achieve […]

The Modular-transformational approach is focused on tackling the increasing occurrence of anorexia/bulimia and the difficulties associated with its treatment. Experts in psychiatry and psychoanalysis are making significant efforts to understand and intervene in order to effectively address this epidemic and distinctive pathology of our current era (Lucas, 1991). The objective of this paper is to […]

Insomnia Sleep is a natural part of life but many people know very little about how important it is and some even try to get by with very little of it. Poor sleep quality can be a cause of insomnia and is more common than people are aware of. There are different patterns of insomnia […]

Are They Normal Fish? In Finding Memo, it is evident there are fish whom have a mental illness. The illnesses in the movie range from COD to schizophrenia. One can tell if a fish in the movie has a mental illness from the fish’s actions. Marlin, Memo’s father, is suffering from depression and PATS. This […]

Personal Mastery Paper Core Values In attempting to examine my inner core values I first need to define what this actually meaner to me. What are core values? Are they the personal standards about how we live and treat others. And if so, do the order of these values differ from work to family to […]

Nature versus nurture has been one of the most commonly argued topics ever since the dawn of time. Several great philosophers have argued that certain qualities of human behavior are Inborn, which meaner that these qualities are a part of our genes. This is called nature. Others believe in the Ideology that several environmental factors, […]

Communication in the workplace is essential for success. To increase understanding of a person’s personality and their work ethics the Emery’s Briggs Personality Test was developed to assess a person’s psychological profile and give insight on how they relate to other people . This can be a good tool to determine compatibility in the workplace […]

Passion vs. Reason Human emotions are one of the most powerful factors in the world. Whether it is love, lust, hate, or even greed, everyone is selfish and everyone bases their choices from their compelling emotions. A person’s emotions blind them from seeing the overall effect of their choices. This can be seen especially in […]