The ill people believe they are true despite being shown evidence. Schizophrenia is an example of this disorder. Substance related disorders – These are disorders of dependence, intoxication, abuse and substance withdrawal caused by legal and illegal substances. Eating disorders – involve extreme emotions, attitudes and behaviours involving weight and food. Anorexia and bulimia are the most common.
People with this illness might develop delusions or experience hallucinations. Examples of this type of illness include schizophrenia and some types of depression. Non-psychotic illnesses are group of mental illnesses where people’s feelings can become so disturbing and overwhelming that they have difficulty coping with day-to-day activities. This type of mental illness is a common experience for many people. Examples include: phobias, anxiety, some forms of depression, eating disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and etc.
Recognise the contribution of the multidimensional integrative approach to psychopathology by explaining how it can be used in understanding the causes of anxiety disorder. Anxiety is a common negative emotion that humans experience. It is characterized by somatic symptoms of physical tension and anticipation of potential threats of the future (Barlow & Durand, 2012). It reflects the combination of the biochemical changes in a person’s body, the patients’ detailed histories and their social situations. Like any other emotions, anxiety can be experienced in different degrees of intensity.
Schizophrenia. What is schizophrenia? • Schizophrenia is a mental disorder. • It most commonly manifests as auditory hallucinations, paranoid or bizarre delusions, or disorganized speech and thinking, and are accompanied by significant social or occupational dysfunction. What are the signs and symptoms?
Gregory (2010) describes Schizophrenia as the perfect example of a severe mental illness. The world is an incomprehensible jumble for Schizophrenics and the line between delusion and reality is blurred, if not obliterated. The American Psychiatric Association (2013) categorises Schizophrenia as a psychotic disorder, with abnormalities in one or more of 5 domains. These are delusions, hallucinations, disorganised thinking and speech, and grossly disorganised or abnormal motor behaviour such as catatonia. If these delusions and beliefs are not understandable to cultural peers and not related to ordinary life experiences, they are deemed to be bizarre (The American Psychiatric Association, 2013).
Assessment Name: Joanna Gniazdowska Part 1: Know about different eating disorders 1a. Describe at least two different eating disorders. Eating disorder 1: Anorexia Nervosa – unrealistic perception of body weight and fear of gaining weight or becoming fat. People suffering from anorexia consume restrictive quantities of food which can lead to starvation. They count calories, may be obsessed over weight loss programmes, repeat weighing and physical examinations, skip meals and use laxatives.
Additionally a schizophrenic person may have hallucinations that can include hearing voices or feeling things such as bugs crawling on them but these are unreal perceptions. Another positive symptom is disordered thinking. They may have loosely associated speech or be incoherent and the person feels as though their thoughts have been inserted or withdrawn from their mind. Negative symptoms usually consist of a loss of normal functions such as a reduction in range and intensity of emotional expressions which can be the tone of voice or facial expressions. Similarly, alogia is a negative symptom of schizophrenia.
is a complex disorder characterized by hallucinations (mostly being hearing voices), delusions (beliefs with no basis in reality), and disturbances in speech. Psychiatrists classify the symptoms into negative and positive categories for schizophrenia. The positive symptoms include hallucinations, delusions, thought disorders, and an altered sense of self. The negative symptoms are a lack of motivation or apathy, blunted feelings, depression or social withdraw. There are three main types of Schizophrenias.
The Presentation of Eating Disorders and Self-Harm in the Media and in General Society. Eating Disorders: ‘a range of psychological disorders characterized by abnormal or disturbed eating habits.’ E.g. Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating, EDNOS, Pica, Prader-Willi, Night Eating Syndrome, SED-NOS (Sleep-Eating Disorder), BDD (Body Dysmorphic Disorder), Orthorexia Nervosa, Bigorexia Nervosa, and Anorexia Athletica. Self-Harm: ‘the deliberate non-suicidal injuring of one’s body.’ E.g. cutting, burning/scalding/branding, overdoses taken with the intent to simply harm rather than kill, bone breaking, punching/kicking walls or other objects, interfering with wound healing, scratching, biting, embedding objects in the skin, self-hitting, head banging, excessive nail biting, skin picking, and hair pulling which causes injury/bleeding.
Bipolar I Disorder and the Diathesis-Stress Model Abnormal Psychology December 5, 2011 Professor James Morley People experience a wide range of emotions throughout ones life; it is simply a part of human nature. Feelings of depression, elevated levels of anxiety, and reckless behavior, are in fact, normal in brief stints, as it would be considerably unhealthy to stifle such emotions. However, in some instances “such moods swings become so prolonged and extreme that the person’s life is seriously disrupted” (Alloy, Manos, Riskind, 2005, p. 246). This is when a disorder becomes categorized as an illness, rather than simply the stresses of everyday life. Bipolar disorder is a mental illness that involves both manic and depressive episodes.