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Is The American Psychiatric Association has specific guidelines for diagnosing PTSD, specifying that the ordeal which has t...

bulimia it is helpful to first examine the so-called facts. According to these "facts" eating disorders affect females more frequ...

and emotionally unbalancing illnesses they truly are to the adolescent population. Studies have pinpointed six cognitive elements...

was missing during the formative years, this search most often leads to a superficial fix time and time again due to the individua...

this basis; however, rather than using the Freudian concepts of ego, superego and id, Berne found the concepts of parent, adult an...

that ultimately triggers the beginning signs of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in children who have suffered a bout of strep ...

strikes first in the medial temporal lobe, memory recall, confusion and forgetfulness are typically the first identifiable symptom...

their bodies. However, the study also reveals that this concern with appearance does not diminish with age, which is not the resu...

chest, perhaps indicative of a desire for protection from contact that may be painful. Marge did not shake my hand at the onset o...

that anxiety is both a physiological and psychological response to stressors. Generally, anxiety is considered a negative emotion...

illness. Post traumatic stress syndrome can result from diversity of causes including the horrors of war, sexual abuse, or even s...

on too long, she says things that do not need to be said, like the comment about not wanting to overwhelm him and they will go thr...

OCD. However, the authors do note that a previous study did indicate beneficial results, thus indicating there may be possibilitie...

that are now associated with post traumatic stress disorder (National Center for PTSD, 2000). It was called Da Costas Syndrome in ...

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

and complex. Coots (1998) notes research results have indicated that in order for at-risk children to fully benefit from af...

make good decisions (Bush, 2002). In CBT, the therapist plays an active role in helping the individual to solve his or her probl...

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

in Oklahoma, "When an infant expresses rage and feels no relief for his need, he learns that to survive this world, he must contro...

for the extreme shifts in mood, energy and functioning that seem to characterize bipolar disorder (2003). For such illnesses, PET...

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

one in which her "periods of high enthusiasms, [were] ... short-lived and quickly burned itself out" (PG). In Touched with Fire...

of sexual content gives children the wrong impression with regard to morals and values. Indeed, it can readily be argued how the ...

areas: Drive for Thinness, Bulimia, Body Dissatisfaction, Ineffectiveness, Perfectionism, Interpersonal Distrust, Interoceptive A...

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

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

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

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

elbow, with the help of an elasticised band placed around the upper arm in order to restrict blood supply and make collection easi...

a result, bulimics tend to go through cycles of bingeing and purging repeatedly. Overview of the Research In cases of bulimia ...