Dissociative Disorder Essays and Term Papers
310 Essays on Dissociative Disorder. Documents 51 - 75
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Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar Disorder Journal Review Paper Introduction There are many mental health problems in the world today. Schizophrenia, depression, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Obsessive-compulsive disorder, and Bipolar disorder are just a few. These disorders are caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain that in turn causes the neurotransmitters to decrease or increase and depending on the fluctuation causes the mental health problem. Of the five mental disorders mentioned above, bipolar disorder will be the main
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Male Eating Disorders
References American Psychiatric Association. (1994). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.). Washington, DC: Author. Anorexia Nervosa and Related Eating Disorders, Inc. (1998). ANRED: Males with Eating Disorders. Retrieved November 18, 2001 from the World Wide Web: http://www.anred.com/males.html Carlat, D.J., Camargo, C.A. Jr., & Herzog, D.B. (1997). Eating Disorders in Males: A Report on 135 Patients. American Journal of Psychiatry. 154, 1127-1131. Crosscope-Happel, C., Hutchins, D.E., Getz, H.G., & Hayes, G.L. (2000). Male
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Eating Disorders
Eating Disorders Eating Disorders are a serious mental health issue. One in ten cases of anorexia nervosa leads to death from starvation, cardiac arrest, and kidney failure, other medical complications, or suicide; furthermore, people with this disorder may die without treatment. Treatment usually begins in an outpatient facility, hospitalization may be necessary in serious cases. Anorexia nervosa, bulimia and binge eating are three examples of psychiatric eating disorders. Bulimia Nervosa is a secretive cycle of
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Identifying Communication Disorders in Students
Identifying Communication Disorders in Students This assignment will target an audience of professionals in the field of Childhood Education such as teachers, administrators and aides, as well as those in the field of Communication Sciences and Disorders. In addition, the audience includes scholars and readers of the journal Intervention in School & Clinic: an “Interdisciplinary journal directed to those who deal with the day-to-day aspects of special and remedial education” (Intervention). As the prevalence
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder
I. Introduction A. What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)? B. Living with Generalized Anxiety Disorder II. Symptoms of GAD A. Mental B. Physical III. Who gets GAD? A. Risk Factors B. U.S. Statistics on GAD C. When does GAD start? D. Co-morbidities IV. Treatments for GAD A. Medications B. Therapy C. Self-Help V. Conclusion A. The future of GAD B. Living life with less anxiety C. Final thoughts Anxiety happens to everyone, at some point
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Dysthymic Disorder
Dysthymic disorder also known as Neurotic depression is a depressive mood disorder. It usually is current and happens every day or two years. Dysthymia is more common among African Americans and Mexican Americans than among Caucasians. Womaen are twice as likely to suffer from this depreesive mood disorder than males. Women are diagnosed with dysthymic disorder at two to three times the rate as men. The cause of this may be the hormonal fluctuation from
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Treatments; Borderline Personality Disorder
Treatments; Borderline Personality Disorder Borderline Personality Disorder is amongst the hardest personality disorders to treat. BPD (Borderline Personality Disorder) continues to aggravate, baffle, and reward doctors and psychologists. Psychotherapies differ considerably; however, there are two major paths to treatment with this disorder: insight-oriented therapy or stabilizing interventions. Each pathway is characterized by particular techniques and interventions, but each is primarily defined by its overarching goal or objective. (2) Insight-oriented therapy is often referred to as
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Classification: Help for Mental Disorders
Help for Mental Disorders There are many different things that are the cause of mental disorders. Alcoholism, brain tumors, strokes, and damage to the brain are a few causes of mental disorders. Mental disorders can also result from birth. There are many health care services for mental disorders. Three occupations that help the symptoms of mental health are psychiatrist, neurologist, and a clinical psychologist. Each of these occupations, psychiatrist, neurologist, and a clinical psychologist, treat
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Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar disorder is a confusing and misunderstood illness. Bipolar disorder is also known as manic-depressive illness. It is a brain disorder causing unusual shifts in a person’s mood, attitude, and abilities to function. Despite popular belief, bipolar disorder is not a mental retardation but an imbalance in the brain which causes drastic behavioral and mood swings. Little is known about the causes of bipolar disorder. A popular belief is that bipolar disorder is biological
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Eating Disorders
Eating disorders are not a lack of will or defect in behavior. They are a treatable mental condition that is usually due to a maladaptive order. The main types of eating disorders are anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, A third type, binge-eating disorder, has been suggested but has not yet been approved as a formal psychiatric diagnosis. Eating disorders frequently develop during adolescence or early adulthood, but some reports indicate their onset can occur during
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Obesity - What Characterizes Obesity? Is It a Disease or a Disorder?
Unhealthy, overweight, fat, and lazy are some of the many descriptions people tend to associate with people who are obese. Is this an accurate assumption or portrayal of someone who is obese? What characterizes obesity? Is it a disease or a disorder? Is it both? There are many categories in which obesity can be placed in. Many people misunderstand and misuse the word. They tend to use this word with negative connotations attached, with out
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Sleeping Disorders
A little less than half of the United States population has a sleeping disorder. There are numerous types of sleeping disorders. The two most common are sleep apnea and insomnia. Up to half of the population suffers from insomnia and approximately 18 million people suffer from sleep apnea. One of the least common is narcolepsy. About 200,000 people suffer from that disorder. (SleepNet, 2004) Insomnia is the most common sleeping disorder in the United States.
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Multiple Personality Disorder
Multiple Personality Disorder When you were growing up, did you have an imaginary friend? Did Mom and Dad have to set a place for Timmy at the table and serve him invisible food, or did all your aunts and uncles have to pet your imaginary puppy when the came over to the house? That's just pretend, though, kids having fun. So is a child pretending that they are someone else, forcing their parents to call
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Impact of Skinny Models on Eating Disorders and Women’s Purchasing Behaviour
The Impact of skinny models on Eating Disorders and Women’s Purchasing Behaviour Literature Review The literature review focuses on literature regarding the links between the use of skinny models in advertising, the purchase decision, women’s feelings of self worth, dissatisfaction with their own body and eating disorders. Models and the Ideal Body Shape Research in an article by Fay and Price (entitled “Female Body-shape in Advertisements”) found that the body shape of contemporary models in
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Bipolar Disorder
Abstract Bipolar disorder is a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in a person’s mood, energy and ability to function. It is also known as manic-depressive illness. The symptoms of bipolar disorder are severe and very different from the normal ups and downs that everyone goes through. It is the third most common mood disorder after major depression and dysthymic disorder. It affects about 1% of adults during their lifetime. The symptoms of bipolar disorder
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Anxiety can take on many definitions. However, generalized anxiety disorder focuses on the events in everyday life. When someone like James in our case study, worries excessively about day to day events over a period of six months or more, they should seek treatment right away before the symptoms worsen. Researchers have still yet to find a cure for GAD. In this particular case study I will point out how the environment influences this disorder.
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
INTRODUCTION Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder commonly referred to as OCD, is defined according to the Obsessive Compulsive Foundation (2007), as the neurological disorder characterized by recurrent unwelcome thoughts known as obsessions and repetitive behaviors known as compulsions that its sufferers feel the need to perform. Though OCD sufferers are usually over meticulous, and feel some stress while performing their “rituals”, people should not be quick to judge an individual that is overly zealous about the appearance of
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder,
Obsessive-compulsive disorder, also known as OCD causes people to suffer in silence and secrecy and can destroy relationships and the ability to work. It may bring on shame, ridicule, anger, and intolerance from friends and family. Although it has been reported in children, it strikes most often during adolescence or young adult years. The illness can affect people in any income bracket, of any race, gender, or ethnic group and in any occupation. If people
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Bipolar Disorder - one Man’s Journey to a Diagnosis
Bipolar Disorder One Man’s Journey to a diagnosis Bipolar disorder, formally known as manic-depressive insanity ,according to the DSM-IV is defined as a person experiencing periods of depression and also periods of elation or manic episodes that last at least a week at one time, or at least for four days. .During periods of mania the mind is racing at top speed with ideas and plans. Thoughts of activities, excessive talking, writing, spending sprees,
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Autism - Brain Disorder
Autism Autism Autism: brain disorder that begins in early childhood and persists throughout adulthood; affects three crucial areas of development: communication, social interaction, and creative or imaginative play. Prevalence For many years, the most cited statistic is that autism occurs in 4.5 out of 10,000 live births. This was based on large-scale surveys conducted in the United States and England. More recently, estimates on the prevalence of autism have ranged been as high as 1/4%
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Seasonal Affective Disorder
Seasonal Affective Disorder: Lighting the Way Pamela Johnson "Whoever wishes to pursue the science of medicine in a direct manner must first investigate the seasons of the year and what occurs in them." Hippocrates (6) Introduction As the shortest day of the year approaches, more and more multi-colored lights and bright, festive decorations are splashed across houses and yards everywhere. Long ago, in more earthy times, people celebrated the solstice because it was the rebirth
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Attention Deficit Disorder
Approximately 3-5% of all American children have Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). ADD is a leading cause of school failure and under-achievement. ADD characteristics often arise in early childhood. As many as 50% of children with ADD are never diagnosed. Boys significantly outnumber girls, though girls are more likely to be undiagnosed with ADD. ADD is not an attention disorder, but a disorder of impulse control (Pfiffrer 184). Characteristics of Attention Deficit Disorder can include: Fidgeting
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Paranoid Personality Disorder
Note: The use of the term paranoia in this context is not meant to refer to the presence of frank delusions or psychosis, but implies the presence of ongoing, un-based suspiciousness and distrust of people. DSM-IV Criteria A. A pervasive distrust and suspiciousness of others such that their motives are interpreted as malevolent, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by four (or more) of the following: 1. suspects,
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The Diagnosis and Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
The Diagnosis and Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder There are many factors to consider in the evaluation and treatment of Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). This paper will discuss the strategies that have proven most effective in treating the disorder, including: drug therapy, cognitive therapy, and family-based therapy. It will focus on the benefits of flexibility, emphasizing combination therapy, especially with cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) has become an increasingly familiar disorder within the world of health
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Evidence-Based Psychosocial Treatments for Children and Adolescents with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Evidence-based psychosocial treatments for children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the primary reason for referral to mental health services among school-aged children. Effective treatments for ADHD consist of stimulant medication and behavior modification. Although the efficacy of stimulant medication in the treatment of ADHD is well established, purely pharmacological approaches to treatment fall short of optimal outcomes for a number of reasons, highlighting the need for effective psychosocial treatments to be
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