Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

OCD is characterized by fears and irrational thoughts that lead to obsessions, which, in turn, cause compulsions. If you have OCD, you engage in compulsive, repetitive behavior.

What Causes a Behavioral Disorder?

A behavioral disorder can have a variety of causes.

Biological causes may include:

· Physical illness or disability

· Malnutrition

· Brain damage

· Hereditary factors

Other factors related to an individual’s home life:

· Divorce or other emotional upset at home

· Coercion from parents

· Unhealthy or inconsistent discipline style

· Poor attitude toward education or schooling

Signs of a Behavioral Disorder

Someone who has a behavioral disorder may act out or display emotional upset in different ways, which will also vary from person to person.

Emotional Symptoms of Behavioral Disorders

· Easily getting annoyed or nervous

· Often appearing angry

· Putting blame on others

· Refusing to follow rules or questioning authority

· Arguing and throwing temper tantrums

· Having difficulty in handling frustration

Physical Symptoms of Behavioral Disorders

Unlike other types of health issues, a behavioral disorder will have mostly emotional symptoms, with physical symptoms such as a fever, rash, or headache being absent. However, sometimes people suffering from a behavioral disorder will develop a substance abuse problem, which could show physical symptoms such as burnt fingertips, shaking or bloodshot eyes.

Answer the questions:

1. What is behavior disorder?

2. What types of behavioral disorders do you know?

3. What are causes for behavioral disorders?

4. What are the signs of a behavioral disorder?

5. What are emotional symptoms of behavioral disorders?

Give the definitions of other behavior disorders:

Autism ___________________________________________________________

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Severe Depression __________________________________________________

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Bipolar Disorder ___________________________________________________

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Conduct Disorder __________________________________________________

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Eating Disorders ___________________________________________________

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Schizophrenia _____________________________________________________

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3.Work with video: students watch some video-extracts from the movie “Road Within” by Gren Wells (2014). Then they discuss the behavior disorders of the main characters and what signs of these disorders are, what conditions and ways of treatment and teaching in the facility they are in.

Brief plot: After his mother's death Vincent, a teenager with Tourettes, is enrolled in a behavioural facility by his father. While there he rooms with Alex with obsessive compulsive disorder and meets Marie who is in recovery for an eating disorder.

4. Read the text about the Vincent van Gogh: