Psychological Disorders: A Case Study

First of all, the heavy use of drugs can cause Psychological Disorders- a significant dysfunction in a person’s thoughts, feelings, or behaviors (Myers, 2014) - in a person’s body and mind. Such dysfunctions reflect “a disturbance in the psychological, biological, or developmental processes underlying mental functioning” (Myers, 2014). Although these effects are common in drug users, the behavior change may also be a result of the life moment in which the person is going (adolescence, for example) or even a predisposition to aggressive behavior or depression. In such cases, the drug use may help to precipitate or aggravate the crises. One of the most famous drug around the world is Marijuana. Studies have shown chronic behaviors among Marijuana

These disorders are characterized by emotional extremes, which appears in two principal forms. The first one is Major Depressive Disorder, which is a prolonged state of hopeless depression (Myers, 2014). In this case, the drug user only have negative view and thoughts about the future, with a belief that nothing will get better. As a result, the drug user keep using drugs and increasing its amount, trying to relieve his pain by the drug effects. What many drug users don’t realize, is that it become a vicious cycle, in which they sell everything they have in order to have to keep buying drugs, destroying their lives. The second one, is the Bipolar Disorder (formerly called manic-depressive disorder) in which the person alternates between depression and overexcited hyperactivity (Myers, 2014). In this case, the disorder causes serious shifts in mood, energy, thinking, and behavior, from the highs of mania on one extreme, to the lows of depression on the other. For example, during a manic episode, a person might impulsively quit a job, charge up huge amounts on credit cards, or feel rested after sleeping two hours. During a depressive episode, the same person might be too tired to get out of bed and hopelessness over being unemployed and in