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one-third of patients with major depression experience remission using the first medication prescribed. This leads the doctor will...
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...
This essay briefly explains four clinical approaches to treating obsessive compulsive disorder. The philosophy and foundation of e...
This essay draws on sources to describe the shift from viewing homosexuality as a criminal offense and a mental disorder to a more...
(BPD) is subject to period of extreme emotional turmoil, as these individuals tend to see themselves in a distorted fashion, which...
Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) defines borderline personality disorder (BPD) by listing nine diagnostic criteria, which...
a 35 year-old divorced woman, shows a pattern of extensive hospitalizations (20 within the last 5 years) and a long list of maladi...
2004). Bulimia is different from anorexia because "the person with bulimia doesnt avoid eating. Instead, he or she eats a large a...
Hurricane Katrina is one of the most recent examples of an event that resulted in PTSD among some victims. Szegedy-Maszak (2005) ...
environment which fed the development of the disease, relapse is not uncommon ("Schizophrenia," 2006). Complete recovery is a poss...
has a direct correlation with unattached disorders, with institutionalized children reflected as being particularly compromised in...
and emotionally unbalancing illnesses they truly are to the adolescent population. Studies have pinpointed six cognitive elements...
that ultimately triggers the beginning signs of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in children who have suffered a bout of strep ...
The Theoretical Base The theoretical base for this test is linked to the belief that behavioral and emotional problems often go h...
ideation is measured on the basis of six specific components found on the Depression scale. Each disorder is matched with respect...
the last 30 years (Singleton, 2000). Essentially, making positive diagnosis of dyslexia involves establishing that: 1. The childs ...
strikes first in the medial temporal lobe, memory recall, confusion and forgetfulness are typically the first identifiable symptom...
they are tired, or not getting enough sleep, they can quickly understand how a large number of people in the nation could make a b...
disorder, or a family history of anxiety and neuroticism" (Grinage, 2003). The body responds in measurable ways to various stress...
(i.e., taking more than an hour a day) or when they cause marked distress or significant impairment for the individual (Diagnostic...
One set of arguments, those that argue that unusual eating behaviors such as anorexia and bulimia are not in actuality eating diso...
bulimia it is helpful to first examine the so-called facts. According to these "facts" eating disorders affect females more frequ...
Is The American Psychiatric Association has specific guidelines for diagnosing PTSD, specifying that the ordeal which has t...
put into place active behavioral modification plans, and require the use of pharmacological support. Understanding treatment opti...
illness. Post traumatic stress syndrome can result from diversity of causes including the horrors of war, sexual abuse, or even s...
chest, perhaps indicative of a desire for protection from contact that may be painful. Marge did not shake my hand at the onset o...
their bodies. However, the study also reveals that this concern with appearance does not diminish with age, which is not the resu...
on too long, she says things that do not need to be said, like the comment about not wanting to overwhelm him and they will go thr...
OCD. However, the authors do note that a previous study did indicate beneficial results, thus indicating there may be possibilitie...
symptoms (Zepf, 2003). The "gold standard" for diagnosing sleep apnea is to use polysomnography in a sleep laboratory (Zepf, 2003)...