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BLOG POST 15: The KLEPTOMANIA (A Stealing Disorder)

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KLEPTOMANIA is an uncommon mental disorder wherein the patient unknowingly develops a habit of stealing or lifting things. People having issues with controlling their impulse are often found to be a victim of this mental illness. Such patients find it difficult to have control on their emotions and behaviours. Therefore, this ailment is classified under Impulse Control Disorder or is considered a symptom of impulsive behaviour. This ailment makes it difficult for the patient to control the temptation or desire to perform any act that can prove fatal for others and even themselves. According to DSM (Diagnostic and Statistics Manual) , patients of KLEPTOMANIA never steal for any profit or any economic or materialistic desire. It is a strange addiction associated with human behaviour. Due to this ailment, the patients are unable to control the desire or urge to steal or lift things. The patients don’t have any intention to earn money by selling the stolen things like any th...

BLOG POST 13: The SCHIZOPHRENIA (Part 01)

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SCHIZOPHRENIA   is considered a serious form of psychosis. Symptoms of  SCHIZOPHRENIA   are generally found in people with sceptical, deranged, destructive, antisocial behavioural pattern.  SCHIZOPHRENIA  generally occurs between the age of 15 to 65. But the reason can also be due to heredity or some bitter family or social experiences from childhood. Some patients of  SCHIZOPHRENIC  are of SCHIZOID nature. They like to stay away from feelings of love, affection, belongingness and faith. A person experiencing social neglect, disregard, disdain, rejection or excessive anger or such kind of treatment from family since childhood can develop a SCHIZOD nature. They develop the same attitude or mentality of dealing with people when they grow up. They also preferably keep a distance with people so that they don’t have to face the neglect and disregard from others. They think if they themselves don’t establish a contact, then they won’t face any disappointme...

BLOG POST 12: The MANIA | BIPOLAR DISORDER

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MANIA  is an attitude, wherein the patient behaves exactly opposite to how he behaves when in depression. Psychology says, there is no need to have all the symptoms to diagnose or cause MANIA. As the intensity of the mania increases, the symptoms also begin to prevail. MANIAC patients become very excited and enthusiastic. They consider themselves to be very important and reputed people of society, they talk a lot and start imagining about themselves. Due to their enthusiastic behaviour, their speech and pace of working becomes fast than normal. But their behaviour and all activities are not at all related or in co-ordination with the main activity or the subject. And they are also unaware of their changed behaviour. T he symptoms of  MANIA  and  DEPRESSION  vary completely with each other. Following ponts distinguish both from each other:   DEPRESSION :   01) Sleepy, drowsy mood, all the time. 02) Lack of enthusiasm, tiredness.   03) Unhappy with ...