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Literature Relevant to Adolescent Developmental Disorders

relationship with both the mother and her family and the father and his family (also in relation to property and/or inheritance la...

Psychotherapy and Bipolar Disorder

this basis; however, rather than using the Freudian concepts of ego, superego and id, Berne found the concepts of parent, adult an...

PTSD and Employee Management

Is The American Psychiatric Association has specific guidelines for diagnosing PTSD, specifying that the ordeal which has t...

Eating Disorders and Differing Perspectives

bulimia it is helpful to first examine the so-called facts. According to these "facts" eating disorders affect females more frequ...

Reaction Paper to the National Commission on Sleep Disorders Research Report 'Wake Up America: A National Sleep Alert'

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...

A Look at the BDIS-2

The Theoretical Base The theoretical base for this test is linked to the belief that behavioral and emotional problems often go h...

Sexual Abuse as a Cause of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)

was missing during the formative years, this search most often leads to a superficial fix time and time again due to the individua...

Overview of Dementia

strikes first in the medial temporal lobe, memory recall, confusion and forgetfulness are typically the first identifiable symptom...

Literature Review of Psychosocial Treatment of Mental Illness

more common in boys than girls (Silka and Hauser, 1997). Determining the cause of retardation can be difficult and hard to pinpoin...

Literature Review of Psychosocial Interventions

In five pages this literature review considers noninvasive treatment of learning disorders, mental retardation, and mental illness...

DSM IV and Characters in the Film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

make some conclusions. The DSM-IV diagnostic lists several observable traits usually pertaining to those experiencing a manic epi...

Clozapine Compared To Effects of Other Pharmaceuticals

Willwerth, 1992). Anxiety and depression are common (Wallis and Willwerth, 1992). Approximately eighty percent of individuals tr...

Overview of Delusional Misidentification

have surgery or wear masks to look like another. The film Face Off demonstrates how someone could be mistaken for another individu...

Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Psychological Conditions

of waves. Stevensons grandfather was Britains greatest builder of lighthouses. Since his childhood Stevenson suffered from tubercu...

Sexuality and Gender Dichotomy Deconstruction

the homosexual and heterosexual dichotomy gained acceptance as both sexuality and personal identity became central to our culture"...

Depression and PTSD Treatment

depression disorder is the post partum depression that often results after a woman has given birth. Post Traumatic Stress Disor...

The Supernatural and Social Disruption in A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

secondary characters and subthemes actually deliver Shakespeares real message. The fairies in the play are of particular interest...

Mood Disorders Diagnosis and Treatment

suffer from bipolar disorders (Simon, 2001). For those who do not respond well to the traditional medications offered to stabiliz...

Shift Work Rotations and Circadian Rhythms

but cant or b) individual knows they must move but give themselves every excuse in the book not to (Circadian Rhythm Room 2002, ...

Male v. Female Victims of Eating Disorders

"1 teenage girl in 8, and 4% of teenage boys had serious symptoms of anorexia nervosa...

Susan Bordo and Feminine Malaise

it would be quite difficult to effectively heal the afflicted. The goals of treatment are of course to help the client to reduce ...

Article Analysis Concerning Depression Types

This 4 page paper gives an analysis of two different articles about depression and treatment of the disorder. This paper includes ...

War, Memory, and PTSD

that might not necessarily be equated with CIS. However, other more telling symptoms like chest pain, weakness, dizziness, vomiti...

Comprehensive Physical Examination

This research paper provides the details of a health history interview and physical examination conducted for a hypothetical patie...

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 5

This is the manual mental health care professionals use for diagnostic and informational purposes. The manual lists mental health ...

Diagnosis and Treatment of Placenta Disorders

be accounted for approximately 15 percent of perinatal mortality (Angelini and Menihan, 1996). The diagnosis of placental ...

Sleep Problems in Young Childre Study Critiqued

The study itself focused on the sleep pattern of infants in an attempt to determine the development of any possible disturbed slee...

Media and Body Image

the self-perception and health care of young girls. Hogan notes, with some validity, that media education is important: if the med...

A.E. Kazdin's 'Conduct Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence'

Methodology Kazdin all but dismisses the effectiveness of pharmacotherapeutic intervention, contending that there is...

How to Serve a Client with Multiple Physical and Mental Health Issues

combination of these factors can lead to an increase rate of CNS deterioration which in turn can lead to increased neurological si...