Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia is a mental health diagnosis coded as 300.21 is the DSM-IV-TR. Panic disorder is classified as an Anxiety disorder. One diagnosed with Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia may experience periods of intense fear or discomfort without any known cause and have a minimum of four out of the thirteen somatic or cognitive symptoms. Some of the symptoms include: heart palpitations, sweating, shaking, shortness of breath, feeling of choking, chest pain, nausea, dizziness, de-realization or depersonalization, fear of losing control, fear of dying, and chills or hot flashes. The sudden attacks are often unprovoked however sometimes have identified triggers.
20% of those 2% reside in psychiatric hospitals and 11% are in receiving treatment in outpatient clinics. 8-10% of patients die by suicide and about 25% of people diagnoses with BPD also meet the criteria for post traumatic stress syndrome. Approximately 75% of all diagnoses’ of BPD are women. 69-75% of people diagnoses with BRD exhibit self-destructive tendencies such as chemical dependence, eating disorders and suicide attempts. Diagnoses On the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) BRD patients do not show a common profile but have what appears to be a combination of histrionic, narcissistic and anti-social behavior.
Another episode is commonly known as a Depressive Episode. The Depressive episodes are relative during the period in which a person suffers from this devastating disorder. According to the DSM-IV-TR (APA 2000), in order for a patient to be diagnosed with Bipolar I Disorder he or she must have experienced at least one
“People with Generalized Anxiety Disorder report that the anxiety that they experience cause substantial interference with their lives and they need a significant dosage of medications to control their symptoms.” (Gerow and Chatmon 2013, p. 258). To try and help Mr. Hudson with his disorder I’m going to try two methods of treatment. The first method would be a psychoactive drug therapy. I will have him try an antianxiety drug called Equanil, a muscle relaxant for his extreme muscle tension. According to Gerow and Chatmon, “When muscular tension is reduced, a person usually reports feeling calm and at ease” (p. 281).
Max and his crew are vulnerable because of how powerful the opponents are and the damage they could cause, especially from the air. Max and his crew are very vulnerable from the air while in the U-boat. I think: I think Max was very smart to check if there was a plane incoming. This extra precaution may have saved his crew a lot of damage, not to mention
Beck Depression Inventory versus Hamilton: A Comparative Review Capella University 2012 Introduction Two of the most widely recognized and validated assessments for the detection of depression are the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), (Beck, Ward, Medelson, Mock, & Erbaugh, 1961) and the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRSD), (Hamilton, 1960). The Beck Depression Inventory is a 21-item self-report questionnaire that list symptoms which clients can rank for 0-3 depending on severity over the past week; therefore a high overall score predicts major depression (Moran & Mohr, 2005). The Hamilton Rating Scale is a semi-structured interview that has several forms; however the most popular version consists of 17- structured items (Moran & Mohr, 2005). The first 14
Depression Anna Samora PSY/270 - ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY: ABUSE, ADDICTION, AND DISORDERS July 8, 2012 STEPHANIE FLINN Depression Depression is something we all got to deal with in some point in our life. Depression is a low sad state in which life seems dark and its challenges overwhelming (Comer, R. J. (2005). Fundamentals of abnormal psychology (4th ed.). New York, NY: Worth.).
In order for symptoms to exist they must seriously interfere with leading a normal life. Symptoms include; Reliving the ordeal through a nightmare or flashback, Feeling that one can never relax, and must be on guard all the time to protect oneself, trouble sleeping, feeling irritable, overreacting when startled, angry outbursts or trouble concentrating. According to the 2004 census there was 57.7 million people diagnosed with PTSD in the United States. That adds up to be one out of every seventeen people are diagnosed with PTSD, and with that it turns out to be fairly common. Treatment might work through cognitive-behavioral therapy, group therapy, and/or exposure therapy, in which the person gradually and repeatedly re-lives the frightening experience under controlled conditions to help him or her work through the trauma.
(Newspapers, comedians, etc.) Schizophrenia at one in history was called "dementia praecox", which means "youthful insanity". This was because it tends to occur early in one's life. It is still the most common mental disorder for practitioners of psychiatry. In 1968, the American Psychiatric Association defined schizophrenia as: "a psychosis characterized chiefly by a slow and insidious reduction of external attachments and interests and by apathy and indifference leading to impoverishment of interpersonal relations, mental deterioration, and adjustment on a lower level of functionary.
Personality Psychoanalytic Theory: 3 elements control personality; id/ego/superego. Id: source of instinctive impulses, seek satisfaction wit pleasure principle. Ego: experiences/reacts to outside world, mediates between id/superego Superego: perfect angel part, want everything right Freud’s 5 Stages of Psychosexual Development: Oral: First year, smoke, overeat, talk a lot Anal: 1.5-2.5, Anal Retentive: Excessive self control, perfectionism; Anal Expulsive: No Restraint, careless; messy Phallic Stage: 3, Realize Differences Btw Sexes, own body; depression, guilt; Latency: 5-6 Years; Latent=Hidden; Repress aggression built from parents, retreat from conflict; impulses to stay hidden Genital: Puberty; aware of id; conflicts from earlier arise Carl Jung/ Theory: (1875-1961); Analytic Psychology: Religion on Behavior; Collective Unconscious; Inherited, Part of All Culture; Archetypes; Ideas/ images accumulated experiences of humans; Gods, Mother Earth, Evil Step-mother Alfred Adler/ Theory: (1870-1937); Crippled, Inferiority Complex: Overcome inadequacy, motivated to do more; Birth Order; What position you are affects outcome; Only: over-protected/spoiled, center of adult attention, difficulty sharing with siblings; Prefers adult company/ adult language. Older: May become authoritarian/ strict. power is right.