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Vets with PTSD

with sudden flashbacks intruding on thoughts (Fagan and Freme, 2004). Other symptoms include: an exaggerated startle reflex, sleep...

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...

ADHD: Legitimate Medical Diagnosis or Socially Constructed Disorder? - Ethical Concerns

and school- or community-level factors associated with receiving a diagnosis of ADHD" According to recent...

Hypothetical Marijuana Study

such that their motives are interpreted as malevolent, beginning in early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts" (DSM-IV,...

Bone Density And Dieting: Professional

track and cross-country runners, that physicians need to take note of amenorrhea and/or a history of stress fracture, and have sus...

Neurosis and Psychosis (Overview)

Neurosis," 2007). Many are familiar with anxiety as it is common in society in addition to depression. OCD is obsessive compulsive...

Bipolar Disorder

the brain has long been thought to be the cause, but researchers at Washington University have discovered possible structural abno...

Nutrition Concerns in AIDS

at best, death usually occurs within a few months to a few years after the virus attack on the human system. Maintaining proper n...

Prevention And Treatment Programs For Alcohol Abuse

prevention of alcohol abuse from a community perspective has made Sacramento, California a precedent setting city whereby extended...

BILLY PILGRIM: PTSD OR SEVERELY PSYCHOTIC?

shelters to get corpses out "as a sanitary measure," is how he puts it (Hayman et al). Even more gruesome was his description of t...

Sickle Cell Disorders

circulation problems (Bennett, 2005). When oxygenated properly, the cells may return to the normal round shape, unless they are al...

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)....

O’Nell/Disciplined Hearts

Part three continues this analysis, focusing on narratives of experience. In creating these discussions of data and the issues the...

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...

Effects of PTSD on Louise Erdrich’s ‘The Red Convertible,’ Ernest Hemingway’s ‘Soldier’s Home,’ and Tim O’Brien’s ‘How to Tell a True War Story’

are particularly harrowing in soldiers that were at some point POWs (Dikel et al 69). Furthermore, the age of the traumatized per...

The Pathophysiology of ADHD

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

Critique of Qualitative Study/Nutrition

their level of obesity, but, until this study, little was known as to whether or not there is a "relationship between dieting and ...

Criminal Behavior: John Wilkes Booth

and Bernstein, 2007, p. 78). While Eysenck apparently did not develop his theory of behavior specifically with regard to crime, la...

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in “As Good As It Gets”

and the animal bond, and there is a crack in his offensive fa?ade that allows him to grow and become at least slightly human (Schw...

ADHD Assessment

In five pages attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is first described than an overview is provided by way of MMPI 2 and three ...

Discussion of a Person's Life with Attention Deficit Disorder

In eleven pages Jeff's struggles with Attention Deficit Disorder, which has impacted his life since childhood, is examined in a co...

Overview of Disassociative Identity Disorder

In eleven pages behavioral and cognitive perspectives are employed in an examination of disassociative identity disorder. Ten sou...

Media's Role in Teenage Girls with Eating Disorders

A girl or young woman begins to systematically starve herself and sometimes exercise compulsively as well. Her weight falls and he...

Journal Articles on ADHD

In this paper consisting of eight pages five separate journal articles pertaining to Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder are ...

DSM IV Classification of the Passive Aggressive Personality Disorder

In ten pages this paper examines the DSM IV criteria as it applies to passive aggressive personality disorder. Fifteen sources ar...

Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment and Effect on Families of Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder

patients experiencing either symptoms or full episodes of depression much more frequently than those of mania or hypomania" (Micha...

Intervention Therapy's Causes and Roles in Reactive Attachment Disorder

In seven pages this paper discusses reactive attachment disorder and the effects of family intervention therapy. Eight sources ar...

Case Study: Bipolar Disorder, Manic Episode With Psychotic Features

When researchers looked into what might cause this shrinkage, it was found that it could be the result of having loss of glia, whi...

Bipolar Disorder: Summary

behavior stems from a portion of psychology that addresses the issue of behaviorism. As it evolved into a significant discipline ...

Emotional Disorders

Kids, 2008). Those with severe emotional problems may demonstrate thinking that is distorted, severe mood swings, an abundance of ...