Essays on Psychological Disorders Page 3

Research conducted by Joseph Wolpe provides interesting methods of attempting to treat clients for anxiety disorders. Not just any anxiety disorders though, as Wolpe mainly focused on treating patients of Phobias. Wolpe though phobias were formed at some point throughout one’s life through classical conditioning. The purpose of this study was to bring about success…

A coasterphobia is a type of phobia of people having the fear of roller coasters. LaMarcus Adna Thompson invented roller coasters in 1885, and throughout the years roller coasters has been upgraded to it being bigger and faster than it ever was before. Roller Coasters are much more advanced now since people have become more…

A phobia is defined as a irrational fear of distinct item, event, condition, or action. Phobias affect an estimated 9.1% of Americans. These phobias usually appear between ages 7 and 11 and can be a result of a variety of situations. These situations could be the result of a traumatic event, being a witness of…

Introduction To understand the role of interpersonal relationships and drug therapy in the curing process of bipolar disorder it is essential to understand the disorder itself. Bipolar disorder also known as manic depression is a mental health condition that causes the patient to feel unusual shifts in mood/energy (mood swings), activity levels, concentration and ability…

Envision every day, hour, minute, and second, of your life, you are consumed with the psychological delusions of I am fat, I am disgusting, I am useless, and I am undeserving of food. That is what it is like having an eating disorder and for many, it is their reality. Mental distortion (the way our…

Pedophilia is known as a psyciatric disorder in which people have a sexual attraction to pubescent children, this disorder affects around 3%-5% of the population. This disorder mainly affects males but is not uncommon in females. Pedophilia is seen from the public eye as a criminal offense, often media portrays that these ‘predators’ choose to…

Introduction “Veteran” is a Latin term of old (smith et al., 2019). A war-veteran is a non-active soldier who finished his service in the military sector (Strand, 2018). They played an essential role in wars under a tremendous amount of stress including life-threatening events; therefore, they have been honoured from more than century ago, for…

Introduction With the release of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 5(DSM-5), the removal of the multi axial system, and the adjustment of organizational structure and criteria content, there was controversy in the catalog base of psychiatric classification. Two weeks before the release of the DSM-5, the largest funding institute for mental health research, the National Institute of…

On the other hand, at some point family and friends may no longer want to hear about the event or about your feelings, and they may expect you to “get over” it. At this point, it may be useful to find someone else to talk to, including a professional“ (SFDPH Pg. 4). This quote shows…

Kevin suffers from claustrophobia. This is the characterized as fear of enclosed spaces or fear that you cannot escape (Nevid, Rathus, & Greene 2018), for Kevin the enclosed space he fears is specific to the elevator. This is quite debilitating for Kevin’s lifestyle because he happens to be an elevator mechanic and it is part…