Mental illnesses

OCD

Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder characterized by intrusive thoughts that produce uneasiness, apprehension, fear, or worry, by repetitive behaviors aimed at reducing the associated anxiety, or by a combination of such obsessions and compulsions. Symptoms of the disorder include excessive washing or cleaning; repeated checking; extreme hoarding; preoccupation with sexual, violent or religious thoughts; relationship-related obsessions; aversion to particular numbers; and nervous rituals, such as opening and closing a door a certain number of times before entering or leaving a room.

In the video that we saw there was a woman that was afraid of germs and she was also paranoiac those were symptoms of the OCD.

DID

Dissociative identity disorder (DID), also known as multiple personality disorder is a mental disorder characterized by at least two distinct and relatively enduring identities or dissociated personality states that alternately control a person's behavior, and is accompanied by memory impairment for important information not explained by ordinary forgetfulness. These symptoms are not accounted for by substance abuse, seizures, other medical conditions or imaginative play in children. Diagnosis is often difficult as there is considerable comorbidity with other mental disorders. Malingering should be considered if there is possible financial or forensic gain, as well as factitious disorder if help-seeking behavior is prominent.

In another video that we saw there was a woman called Tracey she said she had 5 personalities and they were:

ü  Becky: The carrier of anger

ü  Emily: a 5 year old girl

ü  Susie: a 10 year old girl

ü  Samantha: The “CEO”

ü  Miss Anne: The caretaker

Bipolar disorder

Bipolar disorder or bipolar affective disorder, historically known as manic-depressive disorder, is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes a category of mood disorders defined by the presence of one or more episodes of abnormally elevated energy levels, cognition, and mood with or without one or more depressive episodes.

The third video we saw it was about a guy called Percy he was a mathematician and he was bipolar because first he was in some sort of happiness and suddenly he was depressed, that was a bipolar disorder.

by: Emiliano Ruiz