Essays Tagged: "Obsessive–compulsive disorder"
Obsessive-Compulsive Behaviors
friend is hopelessly lovesick. That is not howthese words are used to describe Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder or OCD, a strange andfascinating sickness of ritual and doubts run wild.OCD can begin sudde ... m difficult for the person to ignore orrestrain successfully.The essence of a Compulsive PersonalityDisorder is normally found in a restricted person,who is a perfectionist to a degree that demandstha ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
y common in everyday life, but when they come so excessive then a diagnosis of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is made. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is a medical brain disorder that causes problems in ... rain disorder that causes problems in information processing. Before medicine, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder was thought to be untreatable. Most people with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder continue to s ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases
"As Good As It Gets" and discusses his OCD(Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) problem.
OCD)Melvin Udall is a successful novelist who suffers from a moderate level of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). He steps around cracks. He repeatedly checks door locks and light switches. He wears ... tremely fortunate that he is able to pursue a successful career from home. Many people with anxiety disorders are not this lucky. Many quietly struggle to recover from, or hide, their condition while ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis
OCD in children and the role of the teacher and other school staff members in helping to identify and work with parents.
Many children and adolescents suffer from numerous emotional and behavioral disorders. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a common and often debilitating disorder that can ... n affect a student's mental health, academics, and social relationships. Since Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is so prevalent, it is crucial for teachers and other student socialization agents to recog ... evalence of OCD affects one out of 40 persons. OCD is considered the fourth most common psychiatric disorder, and believed to affect 1 in 200 youngsters; or 3-4 students in an average size elementary ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
Treatments for OCD(obsessive compulsion dissorder).
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a neurological Anxiety Disorder that iscaused by an imbalance of Serotonin. Seroto ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health
Anorexia.
we often hear of people who suffer daily from illnesses such as cancer, AIDS, obsessive-compulsive disorder, phobias, downs syndrome and many other types of illnesses both communicable and non-commun ... le who intentionally starve themselves or severely restrict their food intake suffer from an eating disorder called anorexia nervosa. The disorder, which usually begins in young people around the time ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a common mental illness in which people feel burdened by unwanted thoughts or forced to ... ss in which people feel burdened by unwanted thoughts or forced to repeat troublesome actions. This disorder can become evident during adulthood, but is most common to appear during adolescence. When ... get treatment. I will take you through and define the obsession, compulsion, and consequence of the disorder and how it can be treated. [reword? Use a noun phrase also] [good thesis statement with maj ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders
Conditions,Complications, and more associated with severe Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Includes personal story.
nize and reorganize until you cannot find anything? If so, you may suffer from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. What is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder? More commonly known as OCD, this disease affects on ... this disease is serious and can really ruin the lives of those living with it.Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, which is most easily detectable in adolescence, is attributable to excessive brain activit ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases
AS Good as it Gets and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
"as good as it gets" and Obsessive compulsive disorderAfter recently watching the movie As Good as it Gets, starring Jack Nicholson (Melvin Udall) ... , I eventually came to the conclusion that he suffered from nothing other than Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder can take many different forms. According to the DSM IV-TR, th ... ke many different forms. According to the DSM IV-TR, the essential features of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder are recurrent obsessions and compulsions that are severe enough to be time consuming, at le ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders
Choose one anxiety disorder, and evaluate the types of treatment used, and their effectiveness.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, is a frightening anxiety disorder, and before we attempt to look at the types of treatment ... their effectiveness, it is important that we have an understanding of the basic theories behind the disorder.As its name suggests, in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), the profound sense of anxiety ... ition in clinical psychology, and contemporary psychiatry. In America OCD is the fourth most common disorder, and in the U.K, an estimated one to one and a half million people suffer from it. OCD affe ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
What Is OCD?If you or someone you care about has been diagnosed with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), you may feel you are the only person facing the difficulties of this illness. But yo ... life. Here are answers to the most commonly asked questions about OCD.What Is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder?Worries, doubts, superstitious beliefs all are common in everyday life. However, when they ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders
Holden, Charlie, and Devon: An Analysis of the Psychological Disorders in Three Characters INCLUDES OUTLINE AND WORKS CITED PAGE!
OUTLINEHolden, Charlie, and Devon:An Analysis of the Psychological Disorders in Three CharactersTo truly understand the characters (as well as their thoughts and actio ... of Being a Wallflower, and Not as Crazy as I Seem, it is necessary to understand the psychological disorders that they deal with, such as manic-depressive disorder, obsessive--compulsive disorder, Po ... Devon's causeE. ConclusionPAPERHolden, Charlie, and Devon:An Analysis of the Psychological Disorders in Three Characters.The characters in The Catcher in the Rye, Not as Crazy as I Seem, and ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
Prozac - What is it?
ommonly prescribed for treatment of depression but has also been used to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder, and bulimia nervosa.Prozac, which bares the chemical name "fluoxetine hydrochloride," was ... ve otherwise not been able to afford (Swiatek).In the treatment of depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and bulimia nervosa the recommended dosage of Prozac daily is 20mg. This can be increased ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Obsessive-Compulsive DisorderEvery morning Sarah takes a long shower and gets dressed for school just like other teenager ... schoolwork and sleep. (Kids health)Sarah is one of the 2.3% of Americans with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a diagnosis of patterns of behavior which interfere with ... the ability to function, characterized by obsession, compulsions, or both. (Corsini) Onset of this disorder usually occurs around late adolescence to early adulthood, though in some cases has appeare ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders
The Effects Of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
IntroductionStudies show that 22 percent of Americans over the age of 18 suffer from a mental disorder. There are many mental illnesses, and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is just one of ma ... s, and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is just one of many. The effects of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder are very abnormal and adverse. OCD can cause a person to perform outlandish behaviors and s ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
The Psychology Disorder OCD
n gets stuck on a particular thought or urge and just can't let go.(Ross)" The Obsessive-Compulsive disorder is considered a medical brain disorder because it causes problems in processing information ... there is a better treatment for it too. After reading about OCD, I think that it is a very serious disorder. It can affect peoples everyday lives in many harmful ways.
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) was once considered to be a rare untreatable disease, which resulted from flaws in a ... within the brain, in addition to environmental influences, are responsible for obsessive-compulsive disorders. This realization has lead to a better understanding of the disorder and possible ways to ... ven stopped.A better understanding of the brain has lead to a better understanding of psychological disorders, such as obsessive-compulsive disorder. OCD, which was once considered to be untreatable, ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases
American suffer obsessive-compulsive disorder an anxiety disorder obsessional thoughts a compulsive
Nearly three million people in America suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and approximately one million of them are children. Data shows that nearly 1 in 200 ... om OCD, which can disrupt academic, social and professional progress. OCD is defined as "an anxiety disorder because people with OCD experience anxiety as a result of their obsessional thoughts and wh ... tween the different parts of the brain. Therefore, making OCD a biological issue, like other mental disorders (Kreidie, 2003).Usually between the ages of 6 and 15 the symptoms of OCD present themselve ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders
Outline and explain some theories and treatments of Obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Outline and explain some theories and treatments of Obsessive-compulsive disorder.Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder that is notoriously difficult to ... not drive his car because the fear of running someone down was too great.The other component of the disorder, compulsions, are defined as acts which an individual feels an uncontrollable need to repea ... d to inhibit the thoughts had more subsequent thoughts of the white bear.This way of looking at the disorder as part of the sufferers mind rather than as controlled by the environment is the cognitive ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders
The Study of Mental Health
elationship with others, and more aggressive behavior. Among many types of mental illness psychotic disorders, Atention-Dficit Hperactivity Dsorder, depression, schizophrenia, anorexia, and obsessive- ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine