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Impulsivity and Bipolar Disorder

In a paper of seven pages, the writer looks at impulsivity and bipolar disorder. The two are explored in depth in the course of an...

PTSD Literature Review

In a paper of six pages, the author reviews articles on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The author identifies the problem a...

Treatment and Prevention of Conduct Disorders

In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at conduct disorders. Treatment and prevention strategies are analyzed in a review of l...

DSM-IV and Categories of Disorders

alcoholic may have full knowledge that the substance is disrupting his or her life in some dramatic way (such as the loss of a job...

Somatoform Disorders and DSM-V

one-third of patients with major depression experience remission using the first medication prescribed. This leads the doctor will...

Abnormal Psychology Depression

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...

Four Interventions for OCD

This essay briefly explains four clinical approaches to treating obsessive compulsive disorder. The philosophy and foundation of e...

Homosexuality, Shifting Societal Views

This essay draws on sources to describe the shift from viewing homosexuality as a criminal offense and a mental disorder to a more...

Fatal Attraction and Borderline Personality Disorder

(BPD) is subject to period of extreme emotional turmoil, as these individuals tend to see themselves in a distorted fashion, which...

Borderline Personality Disorder, An Overview

Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) defines borderline personality disorder (BPD) by listing nine diagnostic criteria, which...

Factitious Disorder

a 35 year-old divorced woman, shows a pattern of extensive hospitalizations (20 within the last 5 years) and a long list of maladi...

Causes, Effects and Solutions to Eating Disorders

2004). Bulimia is different from anorexia because "the person with bulimia doesnt avoid eating. Instead, he or she eats a large a...

Attachment And Separation

for their future relationships and interactions (Pendry, 1998; Practice Notes, 1997). There are three conditions for attachment de...

Graves Disease/Proposed Research

variety of immunologic features that are similar to autoimmune hypotheroidism, such as "high serum concentrations of antibodies ag...

Bone Density And Dieting: Professional

track and cross-country runners, that physicians need to take note of amenorrhea and/or a history of stress fracture, and have sus...

Neurosis and Psychosis (Overview)

Neurosis," 2007). Many are familiar with anxiety as it is common in society in addition to depression. OCD is obsessive compulsive...

Nutrition Concerns in AIDS

at best, death usually occurs within a few months to a few years after the virus attack on the human system. Maintaining proper n...

Interventions For Aggressive Preschool-Age Children

out of them but that is not true. Studies consistently demonstrate that at least half of the children exhibiting aggressive behavi...

Bipolar Disorder

their moods tend to swing between extreme poles of emotion. A depressive episode is characterized by symptoms such as depressed mo...

Vets with PTSD

with sudden flashbacks intruding on thoughts (Fagan and Freme, 2004). Other symptoms include: an exaggerated startle reflex, sleep...

Bipolar Disorder

the brain has long been thought to be the cause, but researchers at Washington University have discovered possible structural abno...

Parenting Styles And Attachment

parents provide the kind of nurturing and care the baby needs, the five senses are positively stimulated" (Smith, no date). Pare...

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

of the condition. In the film, he was so obsessed with germs, he brought plasticware to a diner everyday instead of using ordinary...

Dissociative Identity Disorder: Behavior Analyst Explanation

in a single multidimensional self" (Stephens, 2005). Key indicators include: * The presence of two or more distinct identities, ...

Mental Retardation & Psychopathology

mental illness. One area of practice where this factor in Christian psychiatric practice may prove effective is in regards to the...

Hypothetical Marijuana Study

such that their motives are interpreted as malevolent, beginning in early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts" (DSM-IV,...

Harris & Weiss/Topics in Autism

the "Yu Family," with parents Harold and Grace. Eddie is their oldest child. Eddie is such a "good" baby, demanding little attenti...

Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome And The Counting Method

upon as wholly overwhelming. II. SUMMARY The individual conjures up a traumatic memory while the therapist counts from ...

Panic Disorder and Marriage Therapy

for no real reason. Symptoms can include: Trembling...

Relationship Between Language-Based And Learning Disabilities

Beyond that, however, is the fact that any student who is struggling with language will not be able to read and write as well as a...