Essays 481 - 510
But all that stress accumulates" (McGirk, 2009, p. 40). With lengthy tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, PTSD is unfortunately...
beliefs. Evans (2006, 37) notes, however, that "The factors that serve to perpetuate an eating disorder may have little to do wit...
considered a condition influenced solely by psychological, physiological and environmental factors, researchers now believe there ...
that are characterized as "autism spectrum disorders." This paper lists these conditions and then, because it is a short essay, co...
year 1650 when Richard Burton, a scientist, wrote "The Anatomy of Melancholia" which was a work that detailed depression. In fact,...
A positive life leads to health in all areas, physically, mentally and spiritually. The negative side is a general lack of consist...
Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) results from a...
a relatively new mental illness category. Gunderson (2001) explained that borderline personality disorder "is layered between neur...
with attention; hyperactive behaviors; and impulsivity. Children who have this condition have great trouble concentrating and payi...
of risk and the impact for families. Research suggests that there is a need to consider the approaches for assessing suicide ri...
attempting to do now is to determine what "diverse factors" make these people susceptible to the impact of the media images, while...
relationship between childhood abuse and obesity in young adulthood. The abstract of that paper says that the study was of young a...
age 70. He was a legend as well as a mystery throughout his lifetime. He was a millionaire several times over as soon as he inheri...
large, multifaceted group that is its own entity in a sense. After all, we tend to prescribe certain qualities and judgments to so...
manual used by psychiatrists, psychologists, and many others who work in the mental health field. This manual is referred to simpl...
properly! Schoolyard bullies have long made lives miserable for their victims who typically endure unrelenting taunting and phys...
(BPD) is subject to period of extreme emotional turmoil, as these individuals tend to see themselves in a distorted fashion, which...
This all contributed to a lack of stability in his life. He got a job at a printing company in 1960 and within a year, he married...
Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) defines borderline personality disorder (BPD) by listing nine diagnostic criteria, which...
the process of building a developmentally based clinical intervention" (Geidner, 2009, pp. 370-371). Sexual history interview que...
In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at thyroid disorders. Topics covered, in the form of a Power Point presentation, includ...
effective. In order to gain such an understanding, it is crucial for professionals to engage in reviews of existing literature so ...
This research paper presents empirical information that the student can use to develop group therapy that addresses the needs of v...
world in which they live and these changes in cognition may lead to co-morbid conditions, such as alcohol or drug addiction (Willi...
hopelessness; he feels he is not good enough and not worthy. (2) affectivity (i.e., the range, intensity, liability, and appropri...
a 35 year-old divorced woman, shows a pattern of extensive hospitalizations (20 within the last 5 years) and a long list of maladi...
improvement, and 57% of those using psychosocial interventions showed no improvement (Keks, 2009). Clearly, the administration of ...
reduce fluid retention in the brain and the ability to control for fluid retention (often resulting in the implantation of stents ...
of Bipolar II are more likely to develop the disorder, and this hereditary component has become the center of genomic research int...
share many of the prevalence characteristics of ASDs. As a result, the classification of Aspergers Syndrome as a PDD can have a n...