Essays Tagged: "Obsessive-Compulsive"

Conditions,Complications, and more associated with severe Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Includes personal story.

o you constantly organize 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, th ... ch, the truth is that 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 ex ...

(6 pages) 71 0 4.2 Dec/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

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 ... ain a more satisfying 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 ... chieve meaningful and long-term symptom relief with comprehensive treatment.What are the symptoms ofObsessive-Compulsive Disorder?OCD usually involves having both obsessions and compulsions, though a ...

(24 pages) 290 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders

The Psychology Disorder OCD

is as though the brain 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 p ...

(1 pages) 88 0 3.7 Sep/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders

OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER

Obsessive-Compulsive DisorderImagine living a life where each day you uncontrollably had to wash you ... ch day about 1 in 50 adults in the United States do live this way. However, it is not their choice. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, normally referred to as OCD, is a mental disorder in which a person w ... ill repeatedly perform ritualistic compulsions in order to get rid of their own obsessive thoughts. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder can cause severe distress and impair the daily lives of those who suff ...

(4 pages) 85 0 3.0 Dec/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders

The Retarded Genius

d not be accepted by any circles in society, but when he is really looked at he is a compassionate, obsessive-compulsive that is socially retarded.Melvin Udall says many things in the movie that are c ...

(2 pages) 1262 0 0.0 Apr/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Control And Order As A Metaphor For Social Order In One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest

work. The film chronicles his struggle with Nurse Ratched, whose domineering passive-aggressive and obsessive-compulsive treatment of her patients seems far more terrible and socially unacceptable tha ...

(3 pages) 1607 0 0.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Fightclub

es he really were. Not only does Tyler struggle from schizophrenia, he also struggles with being an obsessive-compulsive. The movie starts out showing how Jack is tired of his job. Jacks job is ...  Tyler says say "its only after you've lost everything that you can really live." Jacks obsessive-compulsive habits are brought out in his condo. The magazine Jack buys furniture from, con ...

(4 pages) 8 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Anxiety Disorders : G.A.D.

(3 pages) 38 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Diagnosis and Treatment

ch day about 1 in 50 adults in the United States do live this way. However, it is not their choice. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, normally referred to as OCD, is a mental disorder in which a person w ... ill repeatedly perform ritualistic compulsions in order to get rid of their own obsessive thoughts. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder can cause severe distress and impair the daily lives of those who suff ...

(4 pages) 38 0 5.0 Mar/2009

Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health