Mental Disorders

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"Mental Disorders”

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In Chapter 14 in your text book, various types of mental disorders that affect individuals of all ages are discussed. Based on what you have read in your book, please answer the following: I'm listing some of the disorders from the book: Obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, phobic disorder, anxiety disorder, Dissociative identity disorder, major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder are a few.

1. Choose ONE of the disorders and tell us about someone you know (it can be within your family, your circle of friends, a relative, a neighbor, or just someone you know with this disorder) and describe how this person acts that leads you to believe they have this disorder. Please do not reveal either the first or last name of the individual or anything that would be identifying information. Make up names!

2. Explain how this individual is treated by others within the family/ neighborhood/ community. Are they treated differently and if so, in what ways?

3. Do you believe that the disorder you described carries a negative stigma or bias with it? Why or why not?

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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is known to be a mental disorder that tends to
affect all ages. This disorder typically occurs when an individual develops obsessions and
compulsions. Obsessions are known to be unwanted or intrusive thoughts or images that
intensely magnified negative feelings while compulsions are behaviors in which one tends to
engage in so that they can attempt to rid the obsession of their distress that has built up. Sadly,
"fixating" or "being fixated" are normally utilized terms in consistently dialect (Weisman M.M,
2014).
These more easygoing employments of the word implies that somebody is distracted with
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