Answer to Question #220467 in Psychology for Milla

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1. Define psychological disorder briefly and describe its causes 

2. Discuss the following psychological disorder with hypothetical or real with examples.

  √ Mood disorder

  √ Anxiety disorder

  √ Personality disorder

3. What are the treatment mechanisms of mental illness? Elaborate them briefly.

4. Explain clearly the following terms

      √ Self awareness

      √ Interpersonal relationship

      √ Critical thinking

      √ Emotional intelligence

      √ Decision making

5. Discuss the importance of each the above terms to make life easy and give practical examples for each.

Answer 1

Question 1

A psychological disorder is a condition marked by aberrant feelings, thoughts, and behaviours. Biological causes such as chemical imbalances in the brain, traumatic brain damage, and a mother's prenatal exposure to viruses or toxic chemicals cause it.

Question 2

A mood disorder is a type of mental illness that affects a person's emotional state. Examples are depression, dysthymia.

Anxiety disorder is difficult to get through the day when one is anxious. Nervousness, for example, is a symptom.

A personality disorder is a style of thinking, feeling, and acting that differs from cultural norms produces distress or impairment in functioning and persists over time.

Question 3

Drugs, electroconvulsive therapy, and other brain-stimulating therapies are examples of somatic treatments (transcranial magnetic stimulation and vagus nerve stimulation).

Psychotherapy (individual, group, family, and marital), behaviour therapy approaches (such as relaxation training or exposure therapy), and hypnotherapy are all examples of psychotherapeutic therapies.

Question 4

Self-awareness entails being aware of many parts of oneself, such as qualities, behaviours, and emotions.

An interpersonal relationship is a connection between two or more individuals that might be temporary or long-term.

As a guide to belief and behaviour, critical thinking is the intellectually disciplined process of deliberately and skillfully conceiving, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating knowledge collected through, or created by, observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication.

Emotional intelligence is the capacity to recognize, use, and regulate one's own emotions in a good manner to reduce stress, communicate effectively, sympathize with others, overcome obstacles, and diffuse conflict.

Identifying a decision, obtaining information, and evaluating potential options are all steps in the decision-making process.

Question 5

Self-awareness is essential because it allows us to perceive ourselves as unique and independent persons when we have a deeper grasp of ourselves.

Relationships can help you overcome loneliness and give you a feeling of purpose in life. Closeness with family and friends, for example, is an important element of your social support system.

To self-motivate and establish healthy social connections, emotional intelligence helps you to understand and regulate your emotions.

Making decisions is arguably the essential aspect of a manager's job.