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the occurrence and nonoccurrence of problem behaviors (2001). With the use of such an approach, the function of behavior is repres...

they are minors, unaware of the ramifications of their actions and are likely to make mistakes. Most children at one time or anot...

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

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

children. When these families perceive a problem they are often reluctant to seek help for that problem because of the labeling t...

There are many differences between the two latest versions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. The diffe...

This paper defines and discusses concurrent mental disorders. The writer indicates what this classification of mental disorders r...

The number of children and adolescents being treated for bipolar disorder has soared exponentially over the last decade. Some expe...

there is very little information about predisposes people to these episodes (Swann, 2006). Therefore, for the most part, nursing a...

Stereotypes and stigmas about mental illness have been consistently fostered by the media but in recent years, there are some tele...

This 3 page paper gives an overview of diagnosing disorders of the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous systems. This...

For decades, the media has portrayed people with mental illnesses or disorder in such a way that others did not want to be around ...

of ADHD. Another disorder that is frequently associated with school failure is Conduct Disorder (CD), which is characterized in ...

on any team in their childhood, and Jordan was a clear exception to that rule (Green, 2006). Jordan recalls that he could not rea...

used all six of these elements: 1.) situation: the teacher provided multiple opportunities for students to explain what they felt,...

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

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

One set of arguments, those that argue that unusual eating behaviors such as anorexia and bulimia are not in actuality eating diso...

defense mechanisms (Chapter Sixteen). They are difficult in therapy because their psychic structure is so poorly constructed; it ...

their buildings. They fear that students will imitate some of the things in the book. At least, whenever a violent incident happen...

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

Students attempt to complete their homework in a very different setting than that in which they received instruction (Bryan and Bu...

encouraged. Activities such as these lead to a number of behavioral problems and in some cases can lead to either voluntary or in...

In eleven pages this paper presents an overview of a five chapter research study that considers this schools social studies' teach...

a collective, nor were they the first to seek vengeance on individuals in their own school: just the year before, Kip Kinkle enac...

in the modern day is to gain an understanding of the individual differences in cognitive processing and the implications for curri...

make a primarily positive impact or a primarily negative impact in the workplace. Workplace productivity is affected by a...

and "too full of... kindness" (I.ii.77, I.v.18). Once Macbeth steps outside the bonds of the social order by killing Duncan, howev...

with "conscious awareness or memory", a state in which one can often carry on an active life about which one remembers nothing at ...

is used to categorize symptoms and disorders to aid in a standardized diagnosis between professionals. This has led to an industry...