Cushing’s Syndrome Cushing’s Syndrome is a condition that results from chronic exposure to excessive amounts of glucocorticoids circulating in the blood stream for an extended period of time. The disease was first reported by Harvey Cushing over one hundred years ago‚ yet the condition still plagues endocrinologists today. Reasons for this difficulty include the vast amount of often vague symptoms that the syndrome presents‚ most of which are found in a plethora of other conditions as well‚ combined
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autism; there are many different types of autism that it is becoming more and more common. You may heard autism being called autistic disorder‚ Asperger syndrome‚ and pervasive developmental disorder. These name are all autism‚ but they are categorized based on how severe your child’s autism is. There is another type of autism and it is called savants syndrome. Savants is where your child is fixated one thing and can talk about that certain thing for hours. These are only a few of the kinds of
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Charge Syndrome Introduction Charge Syndrome is a specific collection of non-randomly occurring congenital anomalies. The acronym CHARGE actually stands for the major features of this syndrome. The letter C stands for coloboma of the eye‚ H is heart defects‚ A stands for atresia of the choanae‚ R is retarded growth and development‚ G stands for genital abnormalities and lastly letter E stands for ear anomalies and/deafness. The cause of this syndrome may be genetically heterogeneous‚ but
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Intensive behavioral treatment for a toddler at high risk for autism. Behavior Modification Myles‚ B. S.‚ Huggins‚ A.‚ Rome-Lake‚ M.‚ Hagiwara‚ T.‚ Barnhill‚ G. P.‚ & Griswold‚ D. E. (2003). Written language profile of children and youth with Asperger syndrome: From research to practice. Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities‚ 38(4)‚ 362–369. National Research Council. (2001). Educating children with autism. Committee on Educational Interventions for Children with Autism‚ Division
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symbols to communicate their wants and needs. Children with an Autistic Disorder need the predictable and unchangeable routine in their life‚ have intense interests and preferences‚ and show repetitive behaviors such as hand and finger traits. Asperger ’s
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Mental Illness Research Questions - Munchausen Syndrome What illness are you researching? Factitious Disorders Munchausen Syndrome Ganser Syndrome What is the definition of your disorder? What might be physical/noticeable characteristics of this disorder? Munchausen syndrome is a mental disorder where a person repeatedly pretends to have severe illnesses‚ when they actually are the ones causing the illness to themselves. Those who have this illness will mostly complain of physical pain‚ as opposed
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Turner Syndrome It was first described in 1930‚ and first diagnose in 1959. Now a days‚ 1 of 2‚000 females are born with this syndrome. Turner syndrome (also known as TS) is named after the famous endocrinologist Henry Turner‚ who was the first person to described and published any findings about this syndrome. This condition is also known as Bonnevie-Ullrich syndrome‚ Gonadal dysgenesis‚ and Monosomy X. The syndrome is a non-inherited chromosomal condition that only occurs in females. It’s cause
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thoroughly? yes Corrie Nicholas Sedita English 101 November 25‚ 2012 Stockholm syndrome: Cause and Effect Stockholm syndrome; an issue that lends it name from a 1973 robbery of Kreditbanken in Stockholm‚ Sweden‚ in which two robbers held four bank employees hostage from August 23 to 28. These robbers shared a space with their victims and became emotionally attached and even defended them after. Today this syndrome is viewed as a psychological response to a situation where the victim has had their
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skills‚ and a limited range of activities and interests‚ displays the most characteristics of and is the best studied PDD. Other types of PDD include Asperger ’s Syndrome‚ Childhood Disintegrative Disorder‚ and Rett ’s Syndrome (American Psychiatric Association‚ 2000). Pervasive developmental disorders not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS)‚ Asperger’s Syndrome‚ and autism are more often referred to as autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Children with ASD vary widely in abilities‚ intelligence‚ and behaviors
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Environmental factors are one of the emphasized causes of ASD. It is important to understand that the study of environmental risk factors includes much more than exposure to chemicals. Scientists use the term "environmental" to refer to influences other than changes in a gene’s DNA. Autism risk factors‚ for example‚ appear to include such influences as parental age at conception‚ maternal nutrition‚ infection during pregnancy and prematurity (“Environmental Factors in Autism Initiative”). If a child
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