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were under no obligation to accept a student who brought unusual challenges. Thankfully, such troublesome ignorance has finally b...

are left to their own devices, which are generally not strong enough to deal with "normal" life. Of course, there are also the ...

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

a period of time during which there was an increasing acceptability to sexual images and messages conveyed through television. Th...

an adult and mourning the loss of her relationship, Alex places much of her self-identity into her role in the relationship, and t...

order to make a diagnosis of BPD, the client should demonstrate behavior that indicates five or more of these characteristics (Pal...

connection between BDD and anorexia nervosa (Matsunaga, et al, 1999). Panic Attacks, Dissociative Disorder and Acute Stress Dis...

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

et al, 1990). In the clinical setting, the two most commonly displayed behavior disorders are grouped under the heading of disr...

for this subject. Personal History/Information When John A. was diagnosed with bone cancer in both of his legs at the age of 9...

health and that any perceived quality of life benefits are more related to ideology than scientifically demonstrable benefits deri...

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

well, and is defined as a psychiatric disorder that can occur following the experience of witnessing a life-threatening event such...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

use behavioral modification to redirect the negative self talk that many of these people engage in. Bulimia Nervosa is a combina...

between 5% and 15% of all Americans (Health & Medicine Week, 2004). Padget has given a good definition of the condition, which it ...

uses his videotapes to overstep personal boundaries with women. Important to note in his interactions with women is his revelatio...

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

Additionally, both disorders can be hereditary, but environment can also play a factor. Both disorders are affective disorders of ...

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

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

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