Adjustment Disorder

Brian is a 26 year old Caucasian male who has previously diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) with mixed anxiety and depressed mood and Obsessive-Control Disorder (OCD). Brian, ultimately, also suffers from Major Depressive Disorder (MDD). After ruling out the other mood disorders we agreeably came to the conclusion of MDD. Brian suffers from MDD which is resulting to have significant impairment in his life.

Chronic adjustment disorders is considered the development of emotional or behavioral symptoms in response to a traumatic experience or a stressor which occurs within a 3 months period of the stressor (American Psychiatric Association 2013). When one is suffering from an adjustment disorder it is based on a

Subtle or covert microaggressions may prove to be more psychologically damaging than overt ones, any may also present more catch-22s for the victim. This is because it may be hard to accept that the attacker may not be a true ally and thus alter a relationship, along with uncertainty if the message contained prejudicial meaning, while being unclear on how to deal with it (88). The general adaption syndrome model was created to explain reactions the body experiences from these assaults. The alarm stage, or “call to arms,” occurs when a person senses physical or emotional threat in order to protect themselves against potential harm. They experience physiological effects such as increased blood pressure and heartrate. Next, the adaption/resistance process occurs where the body protects against such harm, preparing to wipe out disease or nurture injury, or adapt to it instead, if unable to successfully get rid of it. Because of this, those of marginalized groups become blind to prejudicial assaults. The stage of exhaustion occurs after the accumulation of these effects on the body, along with its spirit, begins to disintegrate and shut down, ultimately affecting the victims’ social interactions and their overall health (89). Another model was created called the Crisis Decomposition Model that deals with the ways the body copes with stress. Impact occurs when dealing with a stressful incident causes confusion, depression, isolation, and upset feelings. Attempted resolution then

After gathering information about Caleb from his homeroom teacher and another session with his mother, I considered two more disorders. Caleb’s mother mentioned that Caleb’s father physically and verbally abused her and Caleb witnessed the abuse several times. This immediately made me think of Trauma and Stressor-Related Disorders. I also considered Dissociative Disorders, although Dissociative Disorders are not labeled as a Trauma and Stressor-Related Disorders in the DSM-5, they are triggered by traumatic events. The primary disorder I thought of after my second session with Caleb’s mother was Depersonalization/ Derealization Disorder; Caleb may have had depersonalization experiences, evident by his emotional numbness and his seemingly absent

Significant anxiety associated to changing situations in an individual’s life can be confused with whether they are merely having a standard response to the change or are experiencing the beginning of an anxiety problem. Symptoms of an anxiety disorder may seem similar to those of an adjustment disorder however; there are substantial differences between the two. The anxiety disorder selected for this assignment is agoraphobia and this disorder will be compared with adjustment disorders. Certain adjustment disorders do contain an anxiety component however; they are not diagnosed as anxiety disorders but as adjustment disorders. Adjustment disorders include a group of conditions that become prevalent when an individual has difficulty coping with

In 1845, Dr. Hendrick Hoffman first person to describe Attention Deficit Disorder. Dr. Hoffman was also a poet who wrote stories for his three- year old son. Hendrick’s story, “The Story of the Fidgety Philip” accurately described a little boy who had Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (What is ADHD). During the early 1900’s, Sir George Still, a British pediatrician, published lectures to the Royal College of Physicians in England (What is ADHD). He described the condition as “ an abnormal defect of moral control in children” and stated that it was caused by a “genetic dysfunction” (Holland). In 1980, the American Psychological Association revised the name of the disorder from hyperkinetic impulse

Dissociative disorders embrace a diversity of symptoms related to alterations in consciousness which vary from amnesia regarding autobiographical events to distortions in identity and the experience of reality (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th ed. [DSM-V]; American Psychiatric Association [APA], 2013). The nature of dissociative symptoms such as depersonalization, derealization and absorption has been studied by researchers in a systematic manner during the past decades. Besides that mild forms of dissociative symptoms are found quite often in general population (Gershuny & Thayer, 1999), yet they are especially prominent in groups of patients suffering from borderline personality disorders, posttraumatic stress disorder,

Panic disorder is an anxiety disorder in which the individual experiences recurrent, sudden onsets of intense apprehension or terror, often without warning and with no specific cause. The causes of panic disorder are stress throughout your day, unrealistic, incoherent, and disturbing thoughts. Therefore, panic disorder may develop, when you try to achieve something, but at the end you failed, and also during your final exams you may develop panic disorder by thinking if you will pass it. Through the development of palpitations, extreme shortness of breath, chest pains, trembling, sweating, dizziness, and a feeling of helplessness are symptoms of panic disorder. Treatment of panic disorder may apply with the use of psychotherapy, and medication. Also psychiatrist may use cognitive behavioral therapy in order to help people with panic disorder, several famous like Dan Harris (ABC News),

Despite how much one accomplishes during the day, what happens at night is just as important. A good night’s rest is vital to successfully function. However, there are times when our body and mind keeps us from doing so. Insomnia is a condition that disturbs this important cycle of rest.

Throughout all of the poetry, movies, and novels we have watched thus far in the course we have encountered a variety of types of shell shock, or as we call it today Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD. We have had a chance to read poems written by Siegfried Sassoon Wilfred Owen who both spent time at Craiglockhart, a well-known mental hospital in Scotland, for suffering from symptoms of shell shock. We also had a chance to see for what shell shock was like during World War I when we watched a small series about it and got to see that it consisted of odd ways of walking, stammering, mutism, blindness, and so on. Through reading novels such as Regeneration, Return of the Soldier, and Mrs. Dalloway we get a chance to see the different types of shell shock and treatments. Furthermore, we get a chance to see how society sees these shell shocked soldiers. At the time shell shock was something new that had come about due to World War I and the treatments were less than ideal and the stigma attached was very real. By using these novels and other sources I will explore shell shock in its entirety by how it’s portrayed in the novels compared to the real thing from symptoms, treatments, to the view society had on it.

The latest manual of mental disorders (DSM-5) includes various changes in the Feeding and Eating Disorders chapter as a significant number of professionals diagnosing patients realized individuals were not fitting into certain criteria and therefore being labelled with EDNOS “Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified”. Some of the substantial changes to the Diagnostic Manual include changes to the criteria for Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa. With this is mind my essay with focus on one of these specific subtypes. With evidence showing there has been an increase in Anorexia in the high risk-group of 15-19 year olds in the past decade, and Bulimia on the decrease since the early nineteenth century (Smink, Hoeken, Hoek 2012) my chosen subtype will be Anorexia Nervosa. As statistics are increasing further than those of other subtypes it merits singular discourse. AN remains the most deadly of all mental health disorders, with a 5-10% death rate within 10 years of developing the symptoms, and an 18-20% death rate within 20 years.

Adjustment Disorder is a psychiatric setting that is consists of different subcategories. In a category where anxiety and depressed mood is involved, different treatments are given depending from person to person. In this particular research, the main focus is the Adjustment Disorder with Mixed Anxiety and Depressed Mood. Symptoms, treatments, etiology, and prognosis will be tackling in this research paper. Because this research is a personal experience of a loved one, some information is pertaining to that person to help readers understand his experience. That being stated, the specific stressor for this disorder was a work injury that was neglected by the authorize people under Worker’s Compensation. Symptoms of this particular disorder are very apparent and needing monitoring and support as it could lead to a completed suicide.

The family is affected by the burden of their family member disorder as they are to take time out of their schedule which may include their work schedule to contribute to a loss of wages which impacts their household finance. As Emotional Disturbance does not only add additional struggle to a student education, it also adds difficulty to their families. The families of an Emotional Disturbance student does not understand why their child is acting the way they are, but with education and counseling, they are capable of developing the resources needed to help them with the mental illness, but the parents still need the support of the student school system to help them achieve beyond their standards. When it comes to culture system, there is no

There are many cases of long term adjustment disorder and in such cases the patient goes through terrible complications. There are drastic changes seen coming up in his or her behavior and attitude. But with advancement of medical science there are suitable treatments available to fight the situation. Adjustment disorders are mainly caused because of reaction to any stress or event. There is no single direct cause leading to such kind of problems. It is important to treat long term adjustment disorder as early as possible or else it can make it tough for the

Temporary anxiety is a healthy response to stress; however, continuous anxiety can threaten an individual’s day-to-day living by eliciting negative responses. In the study, monozygotic 84 (MZ) and 153 dizygotic (DZ) adolescent twins pairs, ages 15 to 20 years, participated in anxiety-provoking tasks and subjective experiences of anxiety were measured using subjective units of distress (SUDS). The twin participants were recruited through the Mid-Atlantic Twin Registry (MATR) at Virginia Commonwealth University. The twins participated in a carbon dioxide (CO2) breathing task and a trier social stress task (TSST). The study aims were to evaluate the relationship between anxiety-provoking tasks and subjective experiences of anxiety in MZ and DZ