measured depression‚ anxiety and stress. All students were required to participate. They were asked to complete an online questionnaire‚ formally known as DASS (Depression‚ Anxiety and Stress Scale). The 467 participants answered all the questions provided in the questionnaire based solely on how applicable the questions were to their levels of depression‚ anxiety and stress. The results that were obtained show that females were more likely to experience higher levels of anxiety and stress rather than
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FACTITIOUS DISORDER Facticious means artificial or unnatural‚ a definition that could not be more appropriate. People who suffer from factitious disorder (FD) “are great con men or con women‚ although what they obtain through their conning most people would far rather not have”[1]. The earliest accounts of factitious disorders are recorded in the times of Galen‚ a Roman physician in the second century A.D. The term ‘factitious’ itself‚ is derived from a book‚ published in 1843 by Gavin‚
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may be diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. Three of the most common anxiety disorders children are diagnosed with are phobias‚ general anxiety disorder‚ and separation anxiety (“Anxiety‚” 2008). The median age of onset anxiety disorders is six years so it is important for all early childhood educators to have an understanding of the signs and know how to work with these children to get them the help they need at an earlier point in their lives (“Speak up‚” 2015). Anxiety can affect a child’s academic
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is okay‚ Help me please‚ This is called Anxiety‚ who is good friends with depression‚ who hates separation‚ who involves itself with mental illness‚ who tapes in the feeling of my hearts falling‚ who pins you without the shorting of breaths‚ this is called Anxiety. Anxiety will wipe out the next generation. Anxiety should be taken as a serious mental illness‚ not just a “phase” or a “choice”‚ people take P.T.S.D. as a serious mental illness‚ when anxiety and P.T.S.D. have similar symptoms‚ P.T
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EYE DISORDERS REVIEW NORMAL ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY EFFECTS OF AGING ASSESSMENTS TYPES OF DISORDERS CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS Review assessment of the eye • History • Physical Exam • Gerontologic considerations DEFINITIONS Ophthalmologist Optician Optometrist REFRACTIVE ERRORS This defect is a result of irregular corneal curvature‚ length of the eye‚ or the focusing power of the lens *Myopia * Hyperopia * Presbyopis
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not suffer from medically diagnosed anxiety struggle to grasp how difficult it is for an individual. Medically diagnosed anxiety is not the same thing as typical anxiety; it makes normal life challenging at almost every moment of the day. There are branches of anxiety disorders such as panic disorders‚ phobias‚ social‚ and generalized anxiety. I will focus more towards generalized anxiety because it is the common denominator in the other specific anxiety disorders. By understanding and empathizing
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Psychological Disorder Analysis Psychological Disorder Analysis This psychological analysis is about Maria a 42 year old Hispanic female who comes into the mental health clinic complaining of feeling jumpy all of the time‚ she has trouble sleeping and is enable to concentrate on her work as an accountant. These symptoms are causing problems for her at work. There can be many causes for her symptoms but to get to the root of her issue a clinical assessment‚ diagnoses‚ and proper treatment for
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Bipolar Disorder Abstract When many hear the words Bipolar disorder‚ they immediately think someone is borderline psycho. Known originally as manic depression‚ Bipolar Disorder is a mental illness that creates mood swings that affect an individual’s behavior and emotions‚ which can result in a lot of pain. This disorder has two types: Type I and Type II with both having manic and depressive phases in each. These phases are episodes that have symptoms from one extreme
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Eating Disorders Eating disorders are sweeping this country and are rampant on junior high‚ high school‚ and college campuses. These disorders are often referred to as the Deadly Diet‚ but are often known by their more popular names: anorexia or bulimia. They affect more than 20% of females between the age of thirteen and forty. It is very rare for a young female not to know of someone with an eating disorder. Statistics show that at least one in five young women have a serious problem with
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Abstract on the Effects of Neurodevelopmental Disorders Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder‚ cerebral palsy‚ dyslexia‚ dyscalculia‚ Down Syndrome‚ Fragile X Syndrome‚ and autism spectrum disorders are among the neurodevelopmental disorders discussed throughout this paper. These development disorders affect the central nervous system‚ comprised of the body and the brain. Though there is a physical component to the majority of these conditions‚ the purpose of this paper is to project further
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