Anxiety disorders should be diagnosed as quickly as possible for the prevention of severe consequences. I succeeded in distinguishing the normal, disordered anxiety, and fear, according to the certain criteria. The provided objectives helped in the understanding of the learning process.
There are several features of the depressive disorders, namely the presence of a bad mood, certain changes in the somatic and cognitive functions, and the significant deterioration of functioning. The depressive disorder affects the overall health of the patient and impacts the illness (Strakowski and Nelson 23). According to the recent experiments in the field of psychology, the depressive disorders are commonly divided into unipolar (depression) and bipolar (depression and mania) (Strakowski 132).
I would like to point out that the understanding of major symptoms of the depressive disorders will help to evaluate the diagnosis and prevent dire consequences. The main features of the depression disorder are depressed mood and empty feelings every the day, the low interest during the daily activities, weight loss, fatigue, thoughts of death.
I learned that the depressive disorder that is believed to be hardly discovered is commonly viewed as dysthymia. It should be stated that the main criteria for the diagnosis are the irritable mood for more than one year, poor appetite, the lack of energy, and fatigue. The depressive disorders in Saudi Arabia are commonly explained as a result of gender inequality (Koenig et al. 226).
I would like to make an accent that according to the theory of Aaron Beck the individual with the depressive feelings makes cognitive errors; depressed person thinks negatively concerning oneself, the future, the world around. The social and cultural factors can cause the depressive disorders. I succeed in the understanding of how the depression and mood disorders should be treated and the significant effect of the depression on a human life.
The deeper understanding of the nature of substance-related disorders, physiological, and psychological effects of alcohol, sedatives, hypnotics, anxiolytics, and stimulants is beneficial for the consideration of how the addiction should be treated. One of the most widespread substance-related disorders is caffeine, tobacco, alcohol, or cannabis addiction. To provide the appropriate treatment to the patient the psychological side of the problem should also be taken into consideration.
I would like to make an accent that personality disorders become widespread nowadays, and that is, the essential features of such disorders should be examined. According to the recent researches, the personality disorders often depend on gender. It should be highlighted that women tend more to suffer from this kind of disorder. Having personality disorders men tend to act in a more aggressive way, whereas women usually display more emotionally insecure state. The index of women who suffer from personality disorders is high, and can be explained because of gender inequality. I succeeded in understanding the difference between paranoid personality disorder, antisocial disorder, avoidant personality disorder, and the needed treatment.
Aside from personal disorder, schizophrenia and other psychotic issues should be distinguished. I managed to understand the difference between psychotic disorders, the nature of schizophrenia, and the appropriate treatment for such kind of disorders. According to the recent studies concerning the connection between schizophrenia and Arabian culture, the patients suffers from visual and kinesthetic hallucinations more often than people belonging to other religious or cultural groups. Patients in Saudi Arabia suffer from hallucinations on the religious base (Kasper and Papadimitriou 364).
Works Cited
Kasper, Siegfried, and George Papadimitriou. Schizophrenia. 2nd ed. Boca Raton: CRC, 2010. Print.
Koenig, Harold, Faten Al Zaben, Mohammad Gamal Sehlo, Doaa Ahmed Khalifa, and Mahmoud Shaheen Al Ahwal. “Current State of Psychiatry in Saudi Arabia.” The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine 46.3 (2013): 223-242. Print.
Strakowski, Stephen M. The Bipolar Brain: Integrating Neuroimaging with Genetics. New York: Oxford UP, 2012. Print.
Strakowski, Stephen M., and Erik Nelson. Major Depressive Disorder. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2015. Print.