Genius - in psychology, a person of extraordinary intellectual power. Is also used to designate creative ability of an exceptionally high order as demonstrated by actual achievement. Genius is distinguished from talent both quantitatively and qualitatively. Talent refers to a native aptitude for som...

Karl Menninger, one of America's most distinguished psychiatrists, developed a system to effectively categorize and analyze the various mental states of the human mind. Menninger's Theory of Dysorganization reveals that there are different levels of deviation in terms of mental awareness ...

Insanity, is it a game that criminals can play to get out of a death sentence, or is it actually a disease that effects certain people? Insanity has been a subject of debate for many years. The majority of people in the United States feel that there is just to great of a chance for someone to prete...

In the movie, "What About Bob", the main character Bob Wiley is one of Dr. Leo Marvin's newest patients. Dr Marvin is an uptight, egotistical psychiatrist who can't wait to get on Good Morning America to introduce his new book about emotional disorders. When Leo goes to New Hamps...

Running Head: KOROThe Nature of Koro: A Culture-Bound DisorderCulture-bound syndromes (CBSs) comprise a diverse set of illness phenomena that the DSM-IV defines as recurrent, locality-specific patterns of aberrant behavior and troubling experience that may or may not be linked to a particular DSM-IV...

Mental IllnessDefinition The condition that is said to exist when a person's emotions thoughts, or behavior deviate substantially from what is considered to be normal at a certain time and place in history. In other words, the definition of mental illness depends on a society's norms, or rules of b...