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COMPARISON OF MAJOR PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS

The Oxford dictionary defines psychology as "Science of the nature, function and phenomena of human soul or mind: mental characteristics." (1980). The normal mental characteristics of the human mind are very difficult to categorize; so when looking at the disorders of the mind a number of factors have been identified that "attempt to define" (Meteyard, 2007, p. 49) what is abnormal or psychopathological. For this assignment I will be looking at four disorders that come under different major categories defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-1V). They are:
• Mood Disorder (or Affective Disorder) – Major Depression
• Anxiety Disorder – Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
• Eating Disorder – Bulimia Nervosa
• Posttraumatic Stress Disorder – Overlaps into Dissociative Disorders. (Barker, 2006, p.10)
MAJOR DEPRESSION:
"Depressive disorders are among the most common psychological diagnoses,......

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