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that may trigger a Bipolar incident, many of these also trigger using substances. Oliver (2007) identified twelve different "Trigg...

on family food purchases of "cereal, candy and fast food" has been estimated to account for $500 billion per year (Lopes). This fi...

many other disorders. Given the prevalence of both ADD/ADHD and Depression, this user linked to each of these disorders. The ADD/A...

a purposeful and intentional desire to bother and irritate others (What is Oppositional Defiant Disorder? 2004). Interestingly, ...

a result, more diagnoses have been made (Grinage, 2003). It is now something that is also associated with trauma stemming from chi...

the DSM IV-TR (Therapydoc, 2007). The next one is due sometimes in 2012 (Therapydoc, 2007). It will no doubt change etiologies, di...

require a combination of therapeutic approaches that may include behavior modification plans, psychoanalysis and even the use of p...

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

could say that he reinvented it. DSM existed, but it was Spitzer who implemented important changes. For example, it is noted that ...

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

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

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

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...

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

with mental illnesses may reach out to drugs or alcohol to ease the pain they are feeling. It becomes very difficult to separate t...

(Sancar, 1999). It often begins as a defense mechanism to escape the pain of what is happening at the moment but as this defense i...

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

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

there are others as well (Glossary of Terms, 2004). For example, MICAA is an acronym for Mentally Ill, Chemical Abusers a...

part to the implementation of a fairly new technology: interactive computer programs. Particularly evident of this success is the...

most likely the cause of this inability to fall asleep (2000). One thing is that changes in sleeping can affect ones ability to sl...

In ten pages DSM IV criteria is employed to define conduct disorder in a paper that distinguishes it from antisocial and border pe...

In twenty five pages multiple personality disorder or disassociative identity disorder is described in terms of DSM IV classificat...

archetypes can only become conscious secondarily (1981). The archetype is merely an example of a perfect form or prototype (Lohff,...

(DID) but the meaning of the disorder is based on the diagnosis that two or more personalities seem to reside within one person. D...

so they change their everyday activities, in some cases there may bouts of anxiety that lead to intense periods of the person bein...

manual, Bipolar I is a clinical course characterized by one of more manic or mixed episodes (APA, 1994). Generally, individuals wi...

to have their first interactions with a person with BPD as a result of emergency room visits following suicidal attempts. The the...

In seven pages the most common of eating disorders is examined in terms of definition, who it affects and how along with physiolog...