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Etiology of OCD

(i.e., taking more than an hour a day) or when they cause marked distress or significant impairment for the individual (Diagnostic...

Separation Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD): The Case of "Jordan"

for OCD based on Jordans mothers report that his grandmother likely had the disorder. From the viewpoint of behavioral psycholog...

Diagnosed Disorder: OCD

food poisoning; from that point forward in young Ruth Deanes life, she was controlled by an invisible force that made her life a l...

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Symptoms, Treatment and Society’s View of Sufferers

life, though they may never be completely free of the disease (Wilkins, 2007). Its important to recognize that OCD is different f...

Community Project: Self-Care For OCD

at some point throughout their lives, with three to five million Americans of both genders and all race/socioeconomic background o...

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...

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

extreme discomfort (Pallanti, 2008; Hill and Beamish, 2007; Poyurovsky, 2007). As can be implied from the foregoing information,...

Anxiety Disorders and the Impacts on Adolescent Suicide

of risk and the impact for families. Research suggests that there is a need to consider the approaches for assessing suicide ri...

Children, Adolescents and OCD

This research paper investigates the subject of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in children and adolescents and includes the e...

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Therapy Effects

In six pages OCD is examined within the context of therapeutic effects of medication and behavioral therapy. Six sources are cite...

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Antibiotic Use, and Childhood Infections

In six pages Sydenham's chorea is discussed as it relates to obsessive compulsive disorder and the treatment of strep throat with ...

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and the Film As Good as It Gets

activity to reduce the anxiety. Frequently occurring disturbing thoughts or images are called obsessions, and the rituals performe...

Film As Good as It Gets and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

to reduce the anxiety. Frequently occurring disturbing thoughts or images are called "obsessions," and the rituals performed to tr...

Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder

range from simple personal habits like repeating words in certain situations, to more serious conduct, such as excessive hand wash...

A Review of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder As Reflected in the Movie Good As It Gets

habits are partially responsible for keeping him at arms length from the rest of the world. Considered for decades to be a diseas...

Overview of Impulse Control Disorder and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

the end of this paper, we hope to have a better in stronger understanding of the differences between obsessive and compulsive diso...

An Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Overview

p. 7) of children and adolescents. Scientists had long suspected that a major component of the problem is a malfunction in the br...

Physical and Physiological Aspects of Tourette's Syndrome

characteristics to be interlaced with short bursts of action potentials (Anthony and Thibodeau, 1983). Because Tourettes Syndrome...

Washing My Life Away Surviving Obsessive Compulsive Disorder by Ruth Deane

to help herself. For example, being afraid to touch things without the aid of a barrier (tissue, etc.) for fear of contracting ge...

Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy as a Treatment for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

put into place active behavioral modification plans, and require the use of pharmacological support. Understanding treatment opti...

Aspects of Body Dysmorphic Disorder

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

Etiology of School Age Children's Seizure Disorder

developing epilepsy; the changes increases to three percent at seventy-five years of age. The typical nature of epilepsy is to st...

Etiology and Pathophysiology of Lung Cancer

cancer being observed (Wynder, Goodman and Hoffman, 1985). They also suggest that schools should place "major emphasis" on program...

History, Etiology, and Treatment of Antibiotic Resistance

could be used therapeutically both in the treatment of his own diseases and in those of the plants and animals he found important....

Etiology and Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis

and interstitial lung disease (Ross, 1997). It too is characterized by joint inflammation and sometimes severe pain (Ross, 1997)....

Etiology of Osteoarthritis

cause such as chondrocalcinosis (Toyoshima et al, 2000). There are numerous symptoms, not all of which will present in thei...

Etiology of Scarlet Fever

a red rash about the face and body, another telltale symptom of scarlet fever to help confirm the diagnosis includes sore throat, ...

Etiology of Multiple Sclerosis

In five pages MS is discussed in an etiological overview that includes disease definition, symptoms, incidence, symptoms, disease ...

Etiology of Smoking, Overeating, Alcoholism, and the Tension Reduction Hypothesis

In five pages the tension reduction hypothesis is applied to these examples of addictive behavior. Six sources are cited in the b...

Etiology of Rickets

of age and increases to 1,200 mg daily for adolescents" (Hunter, 1995, p. 8). III. CAUSE The lack of sufficient vitamin D does n...