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Hurricane Katrina is one of the most recent examples of an event that resulted in PTSD among some victims. Szegedy-Maszak (2005) ...
environment which fed the development of the disease, relapse is not uncommon ("Schizophrenia," 2006). Complete recovery is a poss...
One set of arguments, those that argue that unusual eating behaviors such as anorexia and bulimia are not in actuality eating diso...
disorder, or a family history of anxiety and neuroticism" (Grinage, 2003). The body responds in measurable ways to various stress...
inherent weakness of being 18 years old. Therefore, much of its information is out-of-date. Jensen, et al (1998) conducted a stu...
(i.e., taking more than an hour a day) or when they cause marked distress or significant impairment for the individual (Diagnostic...
The Theoretical Base The theoretical base for this test is linked to the belief that behavioral and emotional problems often go h...
bulimia it is helpful to first examine the so-called facts. According to these "facts" eating disorders affect females more frequ...
Is The American Psychiatric Association has specific guidelines for diagnosing PTSD, specifying that the ordeal which has t...
2004). Bulimia is different from anorexia because "the person with bulimia doesnt avoid eating. Instead, he or she eats a large a...
for their future relationships and interactions (Pendry, 1998; Practice Notes, 1997). There are three conditions for attachment de...
variety of immunologic features that are similar to autoimmune hypotheroidism, such as "high serum concentrations of antibodies ag...
in a single multidimensional self" (Stephens, 2005). Key indicators include: * The presence of two or more distinct identities, ...
mental illness. One area of practice where this factor in Christian psychiatric practice may prove effective is in regards to the...
out of them but that is not true. Studies consistently demonstrate that at least half of the children exhibiting aggressive behavi...
their moods tend to swing between extreme poles of emotion. A depressive episode is characterized by symptoms such as depressed mo...
with sudden flashbacks intruding on thoughts (Fagan and Freme, 2004). Other symptoms include: an exaggerated startle reflex, sleep...
impossible for this individual to learn or achieve in school. This is not because they are not intelligent enough to do so, it is ...
parents provide the kind of nurturing and care the baby needs, the five senses are positively stimulated" (Smith, no date). Pare...
of the condition. In the film, he was so obsessed with germs, he brought plasticware to a diner everyday instead of using ordinary...
and school- or community-level factors associated with receiving a diagnosis of ADHD" According to recent...
attempting to do now is to determine what "diverse factors" make these people susceptible to the impact of the media images, while...
manual used by psychiatrists, psychologists, and many others who work in the mental health field. This manual is referred to simpl...
properly! Schoolyard bullies have long made lives miserable for their victims who typically endure unrelenting taunting and phys...
with attention; hyperactive behaviors; and impulsivity. Children who have this condition have great trouble concentrating and payi...
year 1650 when Richard Burton, a scientist, wrote "The Anatomy of Melancholia" which was a work that detailed depression. In fact,...
A positive life leads to health in all areas, physically, mentally and spiritually. The negative side is a general lack of consist...
Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) results from a...
a relatively new mental illness category. Gunderson (2001) explained that borderline personality disorder "is layered between neur...
relationship between childhood abuse and obesity in young adulthood. The abstract of that paper says that the study was of young a...