Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), is a mental illness. OCD is a common anxiety disorder that affects a person to repeat thoughts, actions, or rituals repetitively. What a person may repeat is usually very unusual and bizarre. This illness ranges from not affecting a person a whole lot, to being so severe that they spend the majority of the day dealing with their compulsive actions. This illness does not go away by itself but can be treated. OCD is usually centered around themes. Such as germs, someone breaking in or even just repetition. A person obsessed with a fear of germs may wash their hands repeatedly, and refuse to shake hands with anyone. A person with this fear may even take several long showers a day. A person with a fear of someone breaking in may repeatedly check their windows and doors to make sure they are locked. These actions will not be performed just a couple times, but several times. A person with OCD may also have an uncontrollable need to repeat things such as counting, saying thoughts over and over again in their head, or out loud, even in some cases prayers. OCD ranges in severity. A person who may just like to do things a certain way but doesn’t constantly repeat it, has a low severity of OCD, but a person who repeats the same actions all day everyday and this affects their lives negatively such as checking your doors for over an hour before bed, is severely affected. OCD isn’t just a made up illness, there is several statistics and facts behind it. The illness affects 3.3 million adults, and 1 million children in the U.S. Researchers have noticed that a low level of Serotonin has been linked to people with this disorder. These low levels hinder the area of the brain that plans and makes judgment. Not only does this
obsessive compulsive disorder. It gives a closer look into the illness and how it has become known to society. It will cover the prevalence of this disorder as well as its causes. This paper will also give a description of the disorder and common forms of treatment. Many of us occasionally have to go back and double-check that an iron is unplugged or the car door is locked. But for those that suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors become so excessive…
A Report on Atypical Behaviors. [Type the document subtitle] By Harriet Spall Contents Page: Page 3: Schizophrenia Typical behaviour and symptoms of a schizophrenic Schizophrenic behaviour explained by the Biological Model Inheritance of a faulty gene Page 4: The Neurochemical Hypothesis Brain Dysfunction Evaluation of Biological Explanations Page 5: Treatment of schizophrenia using a biological method Evaluation of Biological Treatments Page 6: Typical behaviour and symptoms of obsessive…
“One in four adults – approximately 61.5 Million Americans – experience mental illness in a given a year. One in 17 – about 13.6 million- live with a serious mental illness such as schizophrenia, major depression or bipolar disorder.” (http://www.nami.org/factsheets/mentalillness_factsheet.pdf) “Stigma” can be defined as being shameful. Stigma is when someone perceives you in a negative way, either because you have a physical characteristic that stands you apart from everyone else, could be a…
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder OCD stands for obsessive-compulsive disorder. An individual with OCD tends to worry about many different things. On average, one out of fifty adults currently suffer from this disorder, and twice that many have had it at some point in their lives. When worries, doubts, or superstitious beliefs become excessive then a diagnosis of OCD is made. With OCD it is thought that the brain gets stuck on a particular thought or urge and just can't let go. Most often people with OCD describe the…
appropriate for the situation, if the person cannot control the response, or if the anxiety interferes with normal functioning. Anxiety disorders include generalized anxiety disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, and specific phobias. - Psychotic disorders: Psychotic disorders involve distorted awareness and thinking. Two of the most common symptoms of psychotic disorders are hallucinations - the experience of images…
educational areas of functioning, that cannot be attributed to another form of mental illness (as cited in American Psychiatric Association,2000). The ritualistic behaviors must last between 3-8 hours a day for this diagnosis to apply (Nevid et al., 2014, p.191). Individual’s that are diagnosed with BDD have a higher percentage for comorbidity especially for various forms of: depression, social phobias, agoraphobia, and OCD (Nevid et al., 2014, p.191). Veal (2004) States that many BDD…
Report On a mental illness BULIMIA NERVOSA Bulimia nervosa causes, SYMPTOMS and common co-morbidities Bulimia Nervosa is a very serious eating disorder that can potentially cause death it is characterized by bingeing and purging. Bulimia affects both men and women, but is more common in women and tends to develop in teenagers and young adult. The symptoms include: Eating binges which consists large consumptions of calorie high foods, in this stage a person feels the loss the personal control and…
uncontrollable in contrast to shoplifting. The fact that the urge to steal is uncontrollable for those suffering from the psychological disorder, kleptomania, helps prove that this is indeed a real disorder that needs treatment. Kleptomania is a serious mental health disorder that can cause much emotional pain to you and your loved ones if not treated, and everyone should know what symptoms occur and how to be treated. History Kleptomania is the inability to resist the urge to steal objects, and these…
The best argument will be the positive usage of marijuana in medical industry. More than 50 percent of American agrees that medical marijuana should be allowed for doctors to be able to recommend it to all patients that it can help with their illness. The results of that study suggested that cannabis might be useful in dealing with seizures. There were numbers of patients who get a great deal from seizures by using cannabis. During the ages from 1854 until 1941 it was third most common ingredient…
alone Lacks clinical trial control and results for CBT, SSRI, or Subjects/ Participants Children and adolescents ages 7 to 17 years who had separation or GAD or social phobia - primary diagnosis from DSM-IV-TR IQ of 80 or more ADHD, OCD, post-traumatic stress, oppositional defiant, and conduct disorders were also included, but only those who are taking stable doses of medication/ medical condition excluded girls who are pregnant, or sexually active Tests/Measures Fourteen 60…
