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Manic Depressive

The title manic depressive was changed about three decades ago but it is still referred to by this label. Today, it is called bipo...

Overview of Sleep Apnea

symptoms (Zepf, 2003). The "gold standard" for diagnosing sleep apnea is to use polysomnography in a sleep laboratory (Zepf, 2003)...

Overview of Dyslexia

the last 30 years (Singleton, 2000). Essentially, making positive diagnosis of dyslexia involves establishing that: 1. The childs ...

DSM IV Disorders and the PDSQ

ideation is measured on the basis of six specific components found on the Depression scale. Each disorder is matched with respect...

Overview of OCD

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

Intelligence and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

at any other time of his life. He always wanted to do well, but always seemed unable to perform to standard: My earliest recogni...

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...

Learned Mothering: Raising a Child with ADHD

ADHD as they can impact social worker response and even the response of educators. Methodology The subjects of this study were...

Munchausen’s Syndrome by Proxy

cause of a childs disease or malady or because they use the accusation of MSBP as a ploy to avoid malpractice suits (Johns, 2007)....

Assessment, Program Development and Program Evaluation for Students with Special Needs

(ODD). Conduct Disorder (CD) The behavior of children with conduct disorder typically violates the rights of others and it can b...

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...

The Pathophysiology of ADHD

Rubia, Smith, Brammer, Toone, and Taylor (2005) report on the use of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to demonstrate t...

Models of Counseling and Female Orgasmic Disorder

the process of building a developmentally based clinical intervention" (Geidner, 2009, pp. 370-371). Sexual history interview que...

Borderline Personality Disorder, An Overview

Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) defines borderline personality disorder (BPD) by listing nine diagnostic criteria, which...

Overview of Conversion Disorder

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

Genetic Disorder Marfan Syndrome

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

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...

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...

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...

Special Education and ADHD

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

Children, Adolescents, and PTSD

in the home and/or in the community. An understanding of this condition will help the educator to help the child. Research has fou...

Medication Adherence to Vitamin D and Calcium Supplements Quantitative Study

In fifteen pages this quantitative study overview considers vitamin D and calcium supplement adherence in young women with anorexi...

An Overview of Antisocial Personality Disorder

In ten pages a diagnostic overview of antisocial personality disorder is provided along with a discussion of culture, features of ...

Williams Syndrome

of an embryo. The absence of these genes affect both the embryos physical and mental developments and result in the loss of basic...

Josh A Boy With Dyslexia by Caroline Janover

In two pages this book concerning a learning disorder as it affects a young boy is discussed in a brief overview. There are no ot...

Adult Abuse Survivors and Theory

However, the role of temperament and personality is a critical component of crisis intervention, inasmuch as that singular individ...

Etiology and Treatment of Panic Disorder

In seven pages this research paper considers panic disorder in an overview of causes, symptoms and how it can be treated. Seven s...

Overview of Bipolar Disorder

In six pages this bipolar disorder overview includes causes and how it can be treated. Eight sources are cited in the bibliograph...

Child Language Disorders

produced or vowels, dipthongs, and consonants (Toppelberg, Munir, and Nieto-Castanon, 2006). One of the primary culprits ...

Adolescents and ADHD

This paper consists of fifteen pages and provides a process overview involving Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in adolesc...