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ADHD and Occupational Therapy

both the physiological and behavioral problems associated with the disease. There are, however, numerous questions regarding the ...

Understanding ADHD

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

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...

Anxiety Disorders and Anxiolytic Drugs

addiction and withdrawal symptoms, most of the current data suggests otherwise. The metabolic half-life of these drugs tend to cyc...

The Children of Alcoholics and the Impact of Alcoholism

ever been exposed to. As he grows to realize it is his family displaying the dysfunctional behavior and not that of his friends, ...

Causes of Eating Disorders

still believe that they are not adequate (ANRED, 2003). Interpersonal Factors: Personal relationships with family and others ca...

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...

Bipolar Disorder Discussion

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

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 ...

ADHD and ADD and School Compulsory Medication

conspiracy to boost the sales of Ritalin (Lan, 2001). The case, Hernandez v. Ciba Geigy alleges that that the APA colluded with th...

Bone Disorder Osteomalacia

healthy individual this process typically takes about three months from start to completion. This process takes place through mit...

Anorexia Nervosa and Its Possible Basis in Biology

and anxiety has long been considered indicative of triggering behavior inherent to the eating disorder. An impulsive personality ...

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...

Overview and Treatment of Pain Disorders

can take. It is generally considered to be a very slow and progressive form of arthritis and more often associated with people who...

A Trio of Perspectives on Antisocial Personality Disorder

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

New World Disorder by Todorov

the Bush regime as "of the original Trotskyist and Marxist formation", a somewhat surprising observation perhaps in view of the lo...

Opposing Ritalin Prescription

very controversial and many say that children are "doped" which is a chemical alternative to treating the real problem ("Britain" ...

Genetic Disorder Marfan Syndrome

abnormally" (The National Marfan Foundation, 2005). Physicians who followed also noted similar problems in other patients which al...

Physician's Role and Dementia

attributed to the increased sophistication of the diagnostic methodologies, technology, and increased understanding. WHY IS CONDI...

Murderous Children and Poor Parenting

this concept, and in his attachment theory, he explained, "Evidence is accumulating that human beings of all ages are happiest an...

An Article on ADD Critiqued

suffered frontal lobe damage are often misdiagnosed as having ADD, as the symptoms tend to mimic each other (Shelley-Tremblay et a...

New Medications for Bipolar Disorder/A Research Proposal

bipolar disorder will participate in this study. Diagnostic procedures will include DSM-IV multiaxial evaluation, physical examina...

Symptoms Prior to Diagnosing Childhood Onset Bipolar Disorder

around 8 or 9 oclock at night, depending on their age. So they have a lot of trouble getting to sleep, and there is a tendency fo...

Causes and Effects of Incest

marriage of close relatives is to prevent inbreeding, or consanguinity. The reasoning behind such prohibitions revolve around the...

Arguing Against Ritalin Use

think of how prevalent these conditions of hyperactivity have been throughout history? These are two of the most important questio...

Overview of Eating Disorders

In twenty pages eating disorders are examined in terms of etiology, presentation, treatment, research, and preventive measures wit...

Homework, Students, and ADD/ADHD

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

Paraphilias, Learning Theory and the DSM

The learning theory perspective provides a basis for creating functional change when fetishism or paraphilias are particularly pro...