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Abnormal Psychology

Running Head : ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY

Abnormal Psychology

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Introduction They call it the silent illness . Obsessive-compulsive dis (OCD ) inflicts many people without being noticed . A person with OCD may be just within our family or group of friends . We may have noticed their extreme cleanliness , constantly washing their hands repeatedly tapping their feet or unending countings in three 's and four 's . We may have even thought they looked weird or even funny and do not realize the emotional and physical and

mental anguish they go through wishing they could stop the obsession and compulsion and have a normal life . This attempts to explain this psychological dis through a discussion of its classification and the various issues behind its theories , symptoms assessments and treatments . The discussions are backgrounded by the story of Howard Hughes in the movie The Aviator ' and his lifetime struggles with the obsessive-compulsive dis

The Movie The Aviator The Aviator is a blockbuster movie released in 2004 starring Leonardo diCaprio and directed by Martin Scorcese . It is about the life of Howard Hughes set in the 1900 's , his passion for movie-making , aviation and women . It featured the real life of Howard Hughes , his successes and his struggle from Obsessive Compulsive Dis (Brendan , 2007

Hughes ' symptoms of OCD started to manifest during his mid-life sometime in 1950 's , he was already very successful in his career as a movie-producer and aviation czar . Hughes took repeated baths , repeatedly washed hands , he avoided...

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