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Overview of Conversion Disorder

to: "weakness, paralysis, sensory disturbances, pseudoseizures, and involuntary movements such as tremors. Symptoms more often af...

Alcoholics and ADHD

Disorders (DSM-IV) of the American Psychiatric Association outlines the criteria for making a diagnosis of ADHD (Wilens, 1998). Ac...

Use of Lithium Within The Field of Psycho-Pharmacology

notes that another five percent are victims of occasional despondency, with one of every six people succumbing to a "serious, or m...

Fatal Attraction as an Example of Borderline Personality Disorder

an adult and mourning the loss of her relationship, Alex places much of her self-identity into her role in the relationship, and t...

Literature Review on Borderline Personality Disorder

order to make a diagnosis of BPD, the client should demonstrate behavior that indicates five or more of these characteristics (Pal...

Social Psychology and Application of Aggression Theories

et al, 1990). In the clinical setting, the two most commonly displayed behavior disorders are grouped under the heading of disr...

Personality Disorders and Anxiety

for this subject. Personal History/Information When John A. was diagnosed with bone cancer in both of his legs at the age of 9...

Borderline Personality Disorder Represented by the Character of Graham in the Film Sex, Lies and Videotape

uses his videotapes to overstep personal boundaries with women. Important to note in his interactions with women is his revelatio...

Anxiety, DMS-IV and Personality Researech Issues

connection between BDD and anorexia nervosa (Matsunaga, et al, 1999). Panic Attacks, Dissociative Disorder and Acute Stress Dis...

Evaluating the Impacts of a Vegetarian Diet Proposal

health and that any perceived quality of life benefits are more related to ideology than scientifically demonstrable benefits deri...

Special Education and ADHD

programming has become a scapegoat for traditional educators. Perhaps one of the most notable problems related to the onset of ...

Fast ForWord Scientific Learning Software

as "b" and "d." It has long been known that "b" and "d" have presented young learners with difficulty, and for years it was belie...

ADHD Causes and Education

were under no obligation to accept a student who brought unusual challenges. Thankfully, such troublesome ignorance has finally b...

Psychiatric Disorders and Discrimination

are left to their own devices, which are generally not strong enough to deal with "normal" life. Of course, there are also the ...

Bipolar Disorder Discussion

In 1875, Falrets findings were called Manic-Depressive Psychosis and considered a psychiatric disorder (Caregiver.com, 2003). ...

ADHD and Children

thing that the experts can do is to state that they do know that it is biological in nature, though environment can over stimulate...

Overview of EMDR Therapy

EMDR therapists assert that the treatment is suitable for a wide range of disorders; that it is much quicker than other forms of...

Understanding ADHD

In the classroom setting, it is evident that many of these characteristics could pose significant educational challenges (Hartman,...

Adolescent Depression and ADHD

for the disorder. On medication now, he says that he is more focused than at any other time of his life. He always wanted to do ...

The Genetic Basis of Anxiety Disorders

Bouton, Mineka and Barlow (2001, 4) comment: "Anxiety, an anticipatory emotional state that functions to...

An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamison

them from the depths of depression, it also "deadens" the maniac side Of course, Jamison balances her account of the exhilaration ...

Overview of OCD

plans in place which have proven themselves useful for normalizing the behavior and thought patterns of OCD individuals. These tr...

Asperger's Disorder and DSM IV Assessment

However, as indicated in the main heading, this behavior alone is not sufficient to indicate Aspergers Disorder. The fact that Bil...

Edgar Allan Poe's 'Cask of Amontillado' and Narcissism

the libido directs its energies toward an object or thing, including ones love-object which may be a person. However, with the nar...

Treatment and Rehabilitation of Female Offenders

were carried out by women who had, had it with the system which had failed to protect them from an abusive spouse. Says Nadler, "F...

Review and Future Research Regarding Panic Disorder

LITERATURE REVIEW Definitions The University of Texas Harris...

Anxiety and Depression

of worthlessness and despair. There are some sub-classifications which include: unipolar disorder, biopolar, and dysthymia(Deren 2...

Macon in The Accidental Tourist and OCD

safe with American restaurant choices, avoiding human contact, and the like. What is interesting about this story is tha...

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

become aware that something terribly wrong had happened in its sister tower; when the second plane struck the second tower, there ...

Mood Disorders and the MMPI Diagnostic Tool The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) and the Diagnosis of Mood Disorders

allow a therapist to more fully understand their mental capacities and state. Testing is important as well in analyzing an indivi...