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developing epilepsy; the changes increases to three percent at seventy-five years of age. The typical nature of epilepsy is to st...

by persistent discomfort with ones sex" (Meyenburg, 1999, p. 305). This gender identification with the opposite sex typically com...

suffer from bipolar disorders (Simon, 2001). For those who do not respond well to the traditional medications offered to stabiliz...

manual, Bipolar I is a clinical course characterized by one of more manic or mixed episodes (APA, 1994). Generally, individuals wi...

range from simple personal habits like repeating words in certain situations, to more serious conduct, such as excessive hand wash...

In eleven pages this paper examines control of Schizotypal Personality Disorder through treatment with counseling and medication. ...

In fifteen pages this paper examines marital therapy within the context of these 2 personality disorders in a consideration of a t...

2008). He saw both his mother and his fianc?e as weak and lacking their own lives (Mendelowitz, 2008). The use of this case study ...

This is the manual mental health care professionals use for diagnostic and informational purposes. The manual lists mental health ...

Mass weekly. He stated that he thinks he was and is a good parent. He has a BA in engineering and was employed as an aerospace wo...

in grades Kindergarten through 8 (Erford and Hase, 2006). It has 24 items that are rated on a scale of 1 to 5, almost never to alm...

there are others as well (Glossary of Terms, 2004). For example, MICAA is an acronym for Mentally Ill, Chemical Abusers a...

completely harmless. In many ways a panic attack is reminiscent of the fight-or-flight response which arises in frightening situat...

In six pages this paper examines the counseling and therapeutic challenges of dual diagnosis particularly as it relates to mental ...

In five pages the increasing costs of U.S. medical care is the focus of this paper that discusses diagnosis related groups and a p...

the symptoms for diagnosing clinical depression. There must be at least five symptoms from the list that have lasted for at least ...

is used to categorize symptoms and disorders to aid in a standardized diagnosis between professionals. This has led to an industry...

(Sancar, 1999). It often begins as a defense mechanism to escape the pain of what is happening at the moment but as this defense i...

in a single multidimensional self" (Stephens, 2005). Key indicators include: * The presence of two or more distinct identities, ...

one of the primary causes of MPD, most especially when the trauma is related to child abuse. Findings over the last two decades i...

In eight pages this research paper considers the self with relation to multiple personality disorder and includes an examination o...

In ten pages DSM IV criteria is employed to define conduct disorder in a paper that distinguishes it from antisocial and border pe...

(DID) but the meaning of the disorder is based on the diagnosis that two or more personalities seem to reside within one person. D...

will make up for what the sexual abuse compromised during the formative years, this search most often leads to a superficial fix t...

Kolatkar, 2005). For instance, a lack of exercise and obesity are believed to contribute to diabetes (American Diabetes Associatio...

In six pages this tutorial defines ADD, ADHD, and MBD, along with diagnosis and treatments of each outlined and then opines with j...

role of the school and teacher, as, it can be argued they are an existing resource that is under-utilised, and unaided without the...

Hepatitis C is a disease that evolves, which means it can build up immunities to treatments. It is the most common cause of chron...

The treatments Breuer and Freud developed for treating hysteria had an impact on the development of psychoanalysis. This is discu...

This research paper presents an overview of several different issues that apply to breast cancer. Topics surveyed include discussi...