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Bipolar Disorder Case Study

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When hearing about this project, I wanted so eagerly to research on Bipolar Disorder or ADHD. Because it’s simply a disorder that is well known and I wanted to look into it since it sounds interesting to me. The subject ended being full so I chose a disorder that I have never really heard of rather in movies. I was curious about the disorder since I wasn’t sure what the wrong Hyperactive was referring to with sex. I simply wanted to be knowledge on this topic that is so interesting, and not seen to doctors as a real disorder. In this specific case study they took a psychiatric patient, Mr. A, who had been diagnosed with depression. He had been taking anti-depressants for his condition and after seeing the patient for a while doctors had concluded …show more content…

He Profile Of A Sex Addict.” The study was about understanding the notion of sex addiction as a diagnosis worthy disorder. In the United States there are twelve million people who suffer from sex addiction. There’s a lack of classification of hypersexual as a mental disorder. Makes sex partners believe that it’s simply an excuse for cheating, but research have shown it’s a real, impacting disorder that can ruin people’s careers, relationships, and can even lead to farther health problems. I learned that people who struggle with this disorder are not easy to point out in the crowed, nobody knows about their private behavior. One can’t tell by looking at someone from the outside and be aware of who’s experiencing this problem, it literally can be anyone. This researched evaluated the participant patients by measuring their hypesexuality, impulsivity, stress proneness in relation to sex addiction and emotional deregulation. The study explains, how the patients feel the need of masturbation, use of pornography, sex with prostitutes, cybersex, affairs, and highly anonymous partners (averaging 15 partners in the previous 12 months). Though who go through stress, depression, brain scans and unpleasant mods, are highly at risk of dealing with this disorder. Some of the symptoms that a person can be aware of having hypersexual disorder, would include a person having sexual fantasies, urges, different types of behaviors lasting of six months or longer. The researchers of this study said that “individuals who might be diagnosed with this disorder must show a pattern of sexual activity in response to unpleasant mood states, or a pattern of repeatedly using sex to cope with stress”, and after the few studies and research that has been made and touched upon hypersexual disorder, the sad truth is that this addiction

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