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between 5% and 15% of all Americans (Health & Medicine Week, 2004). Padget has given a good definition of the condition, which it ...

a main area of study being the normative reaction to non normative events. The impact of stress created by disasters is argued to ...

(APA, 2003) and "These rates are consistent across diverse cultures and ethnic groups" (APA, 2003). The rate for bipolar II is abo...

children. When these families perceive a problem they are often reluctant to seek help for that problem because of the labeling t...

for anxiety" (The Childrens Center for OCD and Anxiety, 2006; also see National Center for Health and Wellness, 2006). There are m...

of their unhappiness caused by the supposed defect. Phillips (1991) comments that "body dysmorphic disorder has been colorfully de...

of ADHD. Another disorder that is frequently associated with school failure is Conduct Disorder (CD), which is characterized in ...

Center for Health Statistics, approximately 6.7% of children aged 5 to 17 were reported to have ADHD in 1997-2000" (Attention Defi...

one of the primary causes of MPD, most especially when the trauma is related to child abuse. Findings over the last two decades i...

One set of arguments, those that argue that unusual eating behaviors such as anorexia and bulimia are not in actuality eating diso...

is a misconception that can lead to problems in effective treatment Dr. Grohol believes that the best approach to treatment is to ...

The title identifies the three disorders that are discussed in this paper. This report presents journal entries from a nurse psych...

This research paper presents an overview of dysarthria and stuttering, which are both communicative disorders. The paper discusses...

This 3 page paper covers the early diagnosis of 16 month old infants with autism spectrum disorder. This paper covers the diagnosi...

This 3 page paper provides an overview of how Evidence-based practice is used to treat substance abuse disorders. This paper inclu...

Numerous articles conclude that people who have mental health disorders are more likely to smoke than people who do not have such ...

with ADHD/ADD has only a very limited effectiveness, and the side effects and risks associated with it are simply too great. The ...

& Adolescent Bipolar Foundation, 2007). The advanced imaging technologies have allowed scientists to scan the brains of bipolar p...

This research paper investigates the subject of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in children and adolescents and includes the e...

This 3 page paper gives an outline of depression and substance abuse as concurrent disorders. This paper includes the general info...

This paper defines and discusses concurrent mental disorders. The writer indicates what this classification of mental disorders r...

There are many differences between the two latest versions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. The diffe...

Stereotypes and stigmas about mental illness have been consistently fostered by the media but in recent years, there are some tele...

This 3 page paper gives an overview of diagnosing disorders of the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous systems. This...

For decades, the media has portrayed people with mental illnesses or disorder in such a way that others did not want to be around ...

The number of children and adolescents being treated for bipolar disorder has soared exponentially over the last decade. Some expe...

Chung , 1997). Within six years time the name was changed again and is now well know by the acronym ADHD (Calhoun, Greenwell-Ioril...

defense mechanisms (Chapter Sixteen). They are difficult in therapy because their psychic structure is so poorly constructed; it ...

bipolar II is characterized by: "recurrent major depressive episodes with a lifelong history of one...

make a primarily positive impact or a primarily negative impact in the workplace. Workplace productivity is affected by a...