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    Major Depressive Disorder

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    Major Depressive Disorder and Societies Youth Lisa Somerville Argosy University- Nashville Campus December 13‚ 2007 Abstract In an attempt to better understand depression in today’s youth‚ I have chosen to explore the depths of Major Depressive Disorder and how it affects the young people in our society. Depression amongst school age children and adolescents are the primary focus. The prevalence‚ adversities‚ and treatment of the depression are discussed as well. After exploring these

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    Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD) or Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) was first recognized in the 1700’s but was not understood so therefore it was forgotten. Many cases show up in medical records through the years‚ but in 1905‚ Dr. Morton Prince wrote a book about MULTIPLE PERSONALITY DISORDER that is a foundation for the disorder. A few years after it was published Sigmund Freud dismissed the disorder and this dropped it from being discussed at any credible mental health meetings. Since then

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    Vocal Tic Disorders

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    Tic Disorders Have you ever noticed someone that seemed to have uncontrollable movements or random outbursts of noises or words? These symptoms can be the cause of a motor or vocal tic disorder. According to the Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders‚ Tic disorders are characterized by the persistent presence of tics‚ which are abrupt‚ repetitive involuntary movements and sounds that have been described as caricatures of normal physical acts. The best known of these disorders is Tourette’s disorder‚ or

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    Spanking Children

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    physically hurtful to a child and potentially a precursor to abuse‚ but research shows it has negative psychological side-effects as well. Nonetheless‚ in real life‚ where real parents are dealing with real children whose behavior can be sometimes bratty‚ defiant and downright frustrating‚ children do get spanked. So how awful is it if you are one of those parents? A matter of frequency To a great degree‚ it depends on how often you spank. "Parents are people‚ after all‚ and people sometimes lose their

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    information that can be interpreted by the brain. The "disorder" part of auditory processing disorder means that something is adversely affecting the processing or interpretation of the information. Auditory Processing Disorder is an impaired ability to attend to‚ discriminate‚ remember‚ recognize‚ or comprehend information presented auditory in individuals who typically exhibit normal intelligence and normal hearing (Keith‚ 1995). This processing disorder can interfere with speech and language skills and

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    Psychological Disorders and Treatment November 21‚ 2012 ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) is a psychological disorder that in large is considered to be an excuse for a child’s bad behavior. In reality‚ ADHD is a disorder that is very real and has many levels of severity. It can range from very mild to extremely dangerous. Most children that suffer from it have symptoms that range from lack of attention‚ impulsiveness‚ seems to bounce around from

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    Aspect of Susan Smith: Dependent Personality Disorder On October 25‚ 1994‚ Susan Smith drowned her two sons‚ Michael and Alex‚ in the John D. Long Lake in Union County‚ South Carolina. For nine days she lied about knowing where the boys were. On November 3‚ she confessed to the killings and would soon go to trial. Susan’s defense team hired a psychiatrist to conduct a psychiatric evaluation of her. She was diagnosed as having dependent personality disorder. He described her as a person who "feels

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    Autistic Disorder Essay

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    Autistic Disorder is considered a development disorder and also called autistic spectrum disorder‚ People with autism usually produce abnormal behaviors in their social skills‚ motor skills‚ and have behavior problems. The abnormalities may be due to abnormal amygdale activity in the brain. (Ishitobi‚Kosaka‚Omori‚Matsumura‚Monesue‚Mizukami‚Shimoyama‚Murata‚Sadato‚Okazawa‚ and Wada ‚2010).It is a important disorder because it provides evidence of how the brain can affect the way individuals process

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    communication disorder. More specifically‚ a person who has "a communication disorder‚ such as stuttering‚ impaired articulation‚ or a voice impairment that adversely affects a child’s educational performance" is someone who has a speech impairment. There are three basic types of speech impairments. The first is when a person continuously creates errors in the construction of their speech sounds; this is known as articulation disorders. The second basic type is fluency disorder which is when

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    Autism Spectrum Disorder

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    Autism I INTRODUCTION Autism‚ disorder that severely impairs development of a person’s ability to communicate‚ interact with other people‚ and maintain normal contact with the outside world. The disorder was first described in 1943 by American psychiatrist Leo Kanner. One of the most common developmental disabilities‚ autism affects 2 to 5 out of every 10‚000 children and appears before the age of three. It is four to five times more common in males than in females. II CHARACTERISTICS Autism

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