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Disorder is a state of confusion or lack of organization. It can refer to a condition where things are in disarray or not functioning properly, or it can describe a mental or physical illness characterized by symptoms such as irrational behavior, difficulty focusing, or physical discomfort.

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    Greed, Obsession, And Psychological Disorder As The Main Causes Of Committing a Murder
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    Murder is when one attempts to kill with the intention to inflict harm upon another while devaluing the life of human. It is an unlawful act categorized under criminal offenses that require penalty as the perpetrator is culpable for his or her action. Murder not only cause someone to lose their life but also traumatize the co-victims — anyone in relation to the victim — who tormented from the repercussion of the incident. Murder is caused by three factors: greed,…
    GreedMurderPsychological Disorders
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    Psychology in Sybil By Flora Schreiber
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    Introduction The book Sybil is a book about a girl named Sybil Isabel Dorsett who suffers Dissociative Personality Disorder. The book was written based on a true case that happened with a young girl, the names were changed in the story for privacy reasons. The book was a very controversial topic; therefore, it was not published until after the deaths of the girl and her psychologist. Her mother suffered from a mental disorder known as schizophrenia. Since her mother was…
    Dissociative Identity Disorder
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    A personal view after attending a meeting at a Deaf Coffee Night Event
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    ASL Deaf Event I attended the Deaf Coffee Night held in the Starbucks at the Outlets of Orange. At the event, a combination of ASL, SEE, the use of facial expressions, and improvised sign as means of communication between hearing people, ASL students, Deaf people, and casual Starbucks patrons. The intricacies of Deaf culture that differentiates itself from the hearing world made itself known through subtle differences in interaction. To exemplify, groups conversing congregated in circles, as opposed to arbitrary…
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    The Manner By Which Surface Dyslexia Impacts a Child’s Learning
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    The Australian Dyslexia Association characterises dyslexia as the mainstream term for disorders that involve hindrance in mastering to both read or interpret words, letters and various other symbols, but that do not impact conventional intelligence (Australian Dyslexia association, 2018). While there are diverse forms of dyslexia, surface dyslexia and phonological dyslexia to name a few, there are two distinct overarching umbrella terms that encompass these others forms of dyslexia (Castles, 2018). These two particular general umbrellas are known as acquired…
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    Ecotherapy Inclusivity For People With Mobility Disabilities
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    The practice of ecotherapy has been defined as “a range of practice to help us connect with nature and ultimately with our ‘inner’ nature”. This broad definition reflects the vastness of how ecotherapeutic practice may be applied. For example, some specific ecotherapy practices are horticultural therapy, animal-assisted therapy, natural lifestyle therapy, eco-dreamwork, community-ecotherapy, and wilderness therapy, to name a few. Ecotherapy may be categorized into three types: therapy that involves passive viewing or being near nature, therapy that incorporates nature…
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    An Evaluation Of “Grappling With The Medicated Self: The Case Of ADHD College Students”
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    The essay by Meika Loe and Leigh Cuttino “Grappling with the Medicated Self: The Case of ADHD College Students” takes the reader into the minds of several college students, all of which have been diagnosed with ADHD and were actively receiving treatment for their ADHD via stimulants. The way that this essay is laid out with the different perceived selves varying from student to student, an effective blend of George Mead’s theory of self: The “I” and the “me” as…
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    The Use Of Art As Power: Using Art Therapy to Reduce the Power Struggle
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    Abstract This paper explores a few different case studies which report on the effectiveness of Art Therapy on reducing behavioral symptoms. The symptoms discussed in the studies can be related to Oppositional Defiant Disorder. Based on the findings of the studies, it is proposed that the client centered and strength based approaches to Art Therapy along with the atmosphere created which allows the client being in control of what is made, what is discussed, and the interpretation of their art,…
    Psychological Disorders
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    Bulimia: never ending cycle of binge eating and getting rid of calories with all costs
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    Bulimia Nervosa is an eating disorder that is characterized by binge eating. Following the binge eating are things such as vomiting, fasting, overuse of laxatives and over exercising. People who suffer from bulimia usually maintain a healthy weight; however, they are very unhappy with it. Often times, people who suffer from bulimia feel ashamed of their body and want to change it. The most common symptoms of this disorder include an inflamed and sore throat, acid reflux and worn tooth…
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    Pursuit Of Health In Social Media And How It Leads To Eating Disorders
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    In this course and the textbook which was used for the course, (Cacioppo), eating disorders and consumption behavior were covered in the section regarding motivation and emotion (specifically Chapter 7). While informative, I wanted to take the opportunity in writing this research paper to cover a new ‘era’ or range of eating behaviors and disorders which I find to be relatively new and also believe that they have originated as a direct result of social media usage and its prevalence…
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    The story of Billy Pilgrim and his PTSD confusion in Slaughterhouse Five
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    Billy Pilgrim’s Secrets and Reasoning The story Slaughterhouse Five is a novel that is very different. A book that most people would just pick off of a shelf and read would not even come close to the complexity or ‘originality’ of Slaughterhouse Five. Billy Pilgrim, the main character, has a lot of problems that confuse not only himself but the readers of his tragic tale. From his war stories to ‘being captured by aliens,’ Billy Pilgrim has many secrets, but…
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    Discrimination In Being A Cripple And Stranger In The Village
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    Since the beginning of time, people were born different; everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses, but some flaws are seen worse than others; discrimination, therefore, becomes a common occurrence. In the essays, “Stranger in the Village” and “On Being a Cripple”, two types of discrimination have been mentioned.“Stranger in the Village” was an essay written by James Baldwin. It was included in Notes of a Native Son in 1955. The main discussion was about racial discrimination. Baldwin was an…
    Being a Cripple
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    Hidden Dangers of ADHD Medications: The ADHD Epidemic in America
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    In 2011, approximately 50 million prescriptions for medications that treat ADD and ADHD were given out by pharmacies all around the United states, which is up from about 20 million in 2007. How did this disorder, which first appeared as ADD in 1980 (the first time it was labelled ADD was in the DSM-III) grow so fast? Has this disorder become an epidemic among American kids? This paper will explore the increasing number of ADD and ADHD diagnoses in the…
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    Self-Diagnosing Yourself as Autistic Before Getting Clinically Diagnosed
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    Once I began to suspect that I might be on the autistic spectrum there was immediately a tug-of-war between getting assessed and evaluated with a formal diagnosis before "coming Aut" but after discovering who I truly am and why I do what I do, feel what I feel, think how and what I think. There is just no way that I can carrying on living with the mask of normalcy or spend one more day not embracing who I am.…
    AutismDiseasePersonal Experience
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    Possible Connection between Eating Disorders and Bullying
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    Introduction During childhood and adolescents' schools plays a big factor in our lives since we spend an average of 40 hours per week, so we familiarize with people and make friends. As we make friends, we can also meet bullies who display aggressive behavior against others either physically or emotionally. For example, they can make threats, spread rumors, and exclude someone from a group on purpose ("Bullying Definition, Statistics & Risk Factors"). A person can develop a low self-esteem, social…
    BullyingEating Disorders
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    Coping with Dissociative Identity Disorder with Various Methods
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    Dissociative Identity Disorder is characterized by someone who has more than one distinct personality states which are present at different times. The person usually has no cognitive recollection of what occurs while the other personality was active. I personally have a fascinating relationship with close friend who is diagnosed with DID, and it has played a major role in his life, testimony, and the friendship I have with him. This relationship is the top contributing factor to my interest in…
    Dissociative Identity Disorder
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    A critical view on the deaf lesbian couple wanting to raise a deaf child
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    Spriggs Argument-Objection Essay As presented in an article by M. Spriggs, Sharon Duchesneau and Candy McCullough are a deaf lesbian couple with a mutual desire to have a deaf child. In order to do so, they first approached a sperm bank with a request for a donor with a family history of deafness, but were ultimately denied as the presence of congenital diseases was a condition that disqualified potential donors (4). They then approached a mutual family friend, who had…
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    Mark Medoff’s Children of a Lesser God Analysis
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    An Analysis of Children Of A Lesser God The play, Children Of A Lesser God, written by Mark Medoff, was the winner Tony Award winner for Best Play in 1980, and also won the Laurence Olivier Award and the Drama Desk Award. In essence, the play is about a deaf girl named Sarah and her relationship with a hearing man named James. The play is told from the perspective of James’ memory. According to Fuchs, the first step in analyzing…
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    Never Giving Up Saying: My Experience
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    I'm a pedant, a perfectionist, and I'm constantly at the mercy of my too-high expectations.There's a voice in my head that tells me I'll never be good enough. I'll never be smart enough, I'll never be thin enough, pretty enough, talented enough, popular enough..the list is endless. It's an endless refrain taunting me of my imminent failure, one that the voice uses as a weapon, trying to convince me that I'll never be enough. In some ways, the voice has…
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    My Favourite Teacher Essay
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    On the first day of camp my Director told me about a new camper that was going to be in my huddle this summer. His name was Silas Dodge. Silas was in the second grade and it was explained to me that he had Autism, he was extremely shy, and sensitive to loud and unfamiliar sounds. I had never been exposed to autism in this capacity before. I was a little scared. Our special needs Head Counselor said he was…
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    The Meaning Of Social Constructivism and Social Constructive Theory
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    This assessment will discuss Claire’s case in detail, such as, the main aspects, which is suffering from dyslexia, preparing for her GCSE’S, taking the bus to school every day and living with her dad and her younger brother. This will be linked to the current legislation, which she can be eligible to; learning theories will also be looked into such as social constructivism. Barriers may be discussed which are most likely to be impacting Claire, these key aspects will be…
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    Being Disabled: The Challenges People with Disability Face
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    IntroductionThis paper will be focusing on some of the challenges person's with disability face. ‘An individual with a disability is defined by the Americans with Disability Act as a person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, a person who has a history or record of such an impairment, or a person who is perceived by others as having such an impairment' (U.S. Department of Justice, 2009). Oftentimes people with some…
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    Homeostasis and Its Relationship with Down Syndrome
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    In a research investigation published to the journal of biomedical science, authors Ambreen Asim, Ashok Kumar, Srinivasan Muthuswamy, Shalu Jain & Sarita Agarwal, investigated Down syndrome and the diseases associated with it. Drawn from their investigation, the research question ‘Do the associated diseases and side affects of down syndrome disrupt an individuals homeostasis?’. Background Information Down syndrome is a genetic disorder and chromosomal condition that affects an individual’s facial characteristics, their muscle tone (viable in infancy), slower development in childhood…
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    Borderline Personality Disorder: A Case Study
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    Presenting Symptoms Robin Henderson was being treated by a clinical psychologist primarily regarding her suicidal and self-mutilating gestures, and intense, erratic behaviour in her familial and interpersonal relationships. These behaviours had been occurring over the course of at least three years. Treatment had been attempted, with Robin’s psychologist treating her with anti-depressant medication. Background Information & Personal History At the time of her suicide, Robin was a 30-year old Caucasian woman, who had recently been divorced from her husband. Robin…
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    Discrimination in Stranger in the Village and On Being a Cripple
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    IntroductionSince the beginning of time, people were born different; everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses, but some flaws are seen worse than others; discrimination, therefore, becomes a common occurrence. In the essays, "Stranger in the Village" and "On Being a Cripple", two types of discrimination have been mentioned. Stranger in the Village"Stranger in the Village" was an essay written by James Baldwin. It was included in Notes of a Native Son in 1955. The main discussion was about racial…
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    The Symptoms of DSM-5 in Sheldon Cooper, Big Bang Theory Character
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    The client chosen for analysis is Sheldon Cooper, a character on the sitcom, “Big Bang Theory.' Sheldon is a 30-year-old male and an American national. He is a physicist working at CIT. Additionally, he is married to Amy Farrah Fowler and expecting children in the future. His religious views include mythology; one that he supposedly invented and atheism. Sheldon's IQ is on the genius level. However, he shows a glaring deficiency of social skills, has difficulty in acknowledging sarcasm and…
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    Multiple Personality Disorder in Black Swan by Darren Aronofsky
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    "Black Swan" is not the fairy tale of "swan lake" but a story of a ballerina, Nina. The story begins with the change of the company, the old lead dancer Beth is about to leave. The stage needs a new lead dancer who can act as both white swan and black swan to re-perform the ballet "swan lake", the girls vie for the leading role, including Nina. Nina had been practicing ballet since she was a child, she was skilled,…
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    How Literary Style Of Virginia Woolf Is Connected to Her Mental Health
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    Creativity Linked with Mental Illness: Virginia Woolf Abstract Virginia Woolf was an English writer who was considered one of the best writers in the 20th century. She was believed to have Bipolar II disorder and there is more than enough evidence to back this statement up. Modern psychologists think this because of the mood swings within her writings depicted in certain characters in her books. She was born in London and grew up in an educated, British family who taught…
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    The Psychological Aftermath of the Traumatic Event for the Primary Survivor
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    The traumatic event for the primary survivor, Joy Newsome, was abduction and being forced into captivity for seven years, where she lived in one small ten by ten shed. The trauma, was prolonged, multiple, and repeated where she was confined and left to her own devices daily and sexually abused and thus humiliated nightly by her abductor who she named “Old Nick”. During the second year of captivity she bore a son, called Jack, who lived with her in the…
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    Holden Caulfield and Depression in the Catcher in the Rye
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    Introduction The Catcher in the Rye is a literature classic that follows the story of Holden Caulfield, a sixteen-year-old student. He is kicked out of a boarding school and told not to return after Christmas break. He decides to head back to New York City, where he is from, but he doesn't go home. He decides it's best if he stays away from home. This leads to a number of bad decisions that occur over three days. These events are…
    Psychological Disorders
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    The Life of Helen Keller Who Spoke up for the Disability
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    Helen Keller was a brilliant woman with very horrible disabilities. When Helen turned two she found out she had meningitis, and a brain infection. Because there wasn't any cure in those days in time it led to her having blindness and deafness. Helen was known to be a wild and unruly child. She had a very hard time learning until Anne Sullivan came along. She helped Helen communicate by using a special kind of sign language. Anne would put her…
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    The Hidden Dangers of ADHD Medications: Risk of Psychosis
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    Abstract Background: A common neurodevelopmental disorder referred to as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has a first line treatment of stimulant medications in school-aged children and adolescents [1]. A common comorbidity found in children and adolescents with ADHD is schizophrenia. Because ADHD patients are 4.3 times more likely to develop schizophrenia [2], comorbid conditions should be taken into account when prescribing stimulant medications. The presented case suggests that amphetamine use in adolescents with ADHD and early-onset schizophrenia can exacerbate the…
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    The Ethical Implications of Kids on ADHD Medication
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    Introduction Attention, Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, affects children extensively and if not well diagnosed and treated the effect can continue up to adulthood. It is the most diagnosed mental disorder in children. The disease is treatable using various drugs which must adhere to some ethics. Within the past ten years, the prescription of psychiatric medications on disorders such as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder has increased. Ethical issues are vital in determining the way medical officers should conduct themselves when diagnosing or…
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    The Depiction Of Psychological Disorders In Alice In Wonderland
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    She is not comfortable in her own skin, this causes a series of symptoms that, seen from psychology, could have a clinical diagnosis in which it is established that Alice is being affected by her current situation. Now, it is important to know that the film does have those details that make Alice's diagnosis visible but it is very important to recognize in the same way that the director's style, the dialogue, and even decisions such as colors, costumes and…
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    The Black Swan: Character of Nina Sayers and Her Mental Illness
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    Introduction – Summary of the Black Swan The movie BLACK SWAN shows the story of Nina Sayers played by Natalie Portman who is a young ballerina in her mid-twenties. A ballerina in New York City for a ballet company whose life, like everyone else in the profession, has been consumed completely with her dances. Nina lives with her retired ballerina mother Erica Sayers played by Barbara Hershey who jealously supports her daughter's ambition after quitting ballet to have her daughter…
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    Theory of Mind, CBT and Bipolar Disorder
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    Bipolar disorder, formerly known as manic depressive illness, is a chronic mood disorder categorised by alternating or linking episodes of depression, hypomania and episodes of mania (Grande, Berk, Birmaher & Vieta, 2016). In 2013, bipolar disorder was ranked fourth after depression, anxiety and schizophrenia as the most common health problem worldwide (Vos et al., 2015). In 2014, research discovered older people were less likely to have bipolar disorder compared to younger people, with only 0.4% of 65 to 74-year olds…
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    Understanding Bipolar Disorder: Providing Support to Those in Need
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    The term “insane” derived from the Latin word “insanus” has been used for centuries to describe individuals who exhibited classic manic behaviors. Before mental health was recognized and understood, many of these people were labeled as outcasts, lunatics, or simply mad. These lunatics were unwanted in society, resulting in them being placed in insane asylums, religious facilities, or even killed.PathophysiologyMy mother was diagnosed in 2018 as bipolar manic depressive. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, “Bipolar disorder is…
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    Uncovering Autism: Insights into Impact and Support
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    Introduction Autism, a term that once conjured up a myriad of misconceptions, is now better understood as a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by challenges in social interaction, communication, and a tendency for repetitive behaviors. The prevalence of autism has been a subject of much discussion, with recent studies suggesting a significant increase in diagnosis over the past decade. In this essay, we will delve into the multifaceted world of autism, exploring its characteristics, causes, the impact it has on individuals and…
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    The Enigma of Howard Hughes: A Glimpse into His Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
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    Howard Hughes, the illustrious American business magnate, film director, and aviator, was known for his grand achievements in various sectors. He was a visionary in the aviation industry and made significant marks in Hollywood. But behind the curtains of his enormous success, lay a profound personal struggle - his battle with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). OCD is characterized by repetitive behaviors and intrusive, unwelcome thoughts. These obsessions can lead to rituals or compulsions aimed at reducing the anxiety caused by the…
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    Understanding Schizophrenia, Its Causes, and Treatments
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    Schizophrenia: one of the most serious mental illnesses known to man. Only 1.1% of the world's population has this tragic disease, which causes one to become delusional and hallucinogenic. It is a constant battle between the mind and the schizophrenic. There is no cure and there are no ways to prevent schizophrenia from happening. But with the help of treatments medications, and research, as well as many other methods for all assortments of patients, schizophrenics can control and overcome their…
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    The Causes, Symptoms, and Treatments of Dissociative Identity Disorder or DID
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    "To and fro, where she stops? Nobody knows, with the spin of the head and a countdown is said. Who will she be this time?" (Clark 62) After unfathomable thinking, do you remain astonished of what this quote signifies? Allow me to clarify; this quote is regarding an individual who is diagnosed with a disease called Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD), but in 1994 it became known as Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). Dissociative Identity Disorder is a disease that develops throughout…
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