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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SEIZURE DISORDERS Seizures happen when the brain cells send out abnormal signals. When people have recurrent seizures it called a seizure disorder also known as Epilepsy. There are two general types of seizures; partial seizures and generalized seizures. Small partial seizures involve part of the brain. They symptoms include involuntary twitching of the muscles‚ changes in the vision‚ vertigo‚ and unusual taste and smells. The person does not lose consciousness. Complex partial seizures have
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Sleeping problems and disorders When you sleep‚ you pass through five stages of sleep‚ stages 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4 and REM sleep. Stage one is the lightest sleep. During this stage you can be awaked easily. Muscle activity slows during this stage. Stage 2 is where the eye movement stops and the brain waves are slower. In stage 3 slow brain waves called delta waves begin to appear‚ with smaller yet faster waves. By stage 4 these waves appear more often‚ and it is quite difficult to wake someone during this
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Conduct disorder is a psychological disease affecting approximately 2%-16% of children and teens in the United States (WebMD 2009). Although researchers have found links related to genetics‚ biology‚ and environment‚ the exact cause of conduct disorder is unknown (Leaver‚ 2003). If left untreated conduct disorder can progress into much more severe mental disorders‚ as the child grows into adulthood (WebMD 2009). Without knowing the exact cause or reasons why conduct disorder happens‚ it makes
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ANXIETY DISORDER There are many types of anxiety disorders that include panic disorder‚ obsessive compulsive disorder‚ post-traumatic stress disorder‚ social anxiety disorder‚ specific phobias‚ and generalized anxiety disorder. Anxiety is a normal human emotion that everyone experiences at times. Many people feel anxious‚ or nervous‚ when faced with a problem at work‚ before taking a test‚ or making an important decision. Anxiety disorders‚ however‚ are different. They can cause such distress
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Eating Disorder April R. Gaines Alcorn State University Eating Disorder An eating disorder is when a person experiences severe changes in eating behavior‚ such as a very low dose of food intake or a high dose of overeating‚ or worry about body weight or shape. A person with an eating disorder begins eating smaller or larger amounts of food than usual and then the situation gets out of control. Eating disorders are very complicated; the biological‚ behavioral and social
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Cyclothymic Disorder Cyclothymic disorder‚ also known as cyclothymia‚ is a relatively mild form of bipolar II disorder characterized by mood swings that may appear to be almost within the normal range of emotions. These mood swings range from mild depression‚ or dysthymia‚ to mania of low intensity‚ or hypomania. It is possible for cyclothymia to go undiagnosed‚ and for individuals with the disorder to be unaware that they have a treatable disease. Individuals with cyclothymia may experience episodes
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Bipolar Disorder While the precise causes of bipolar disorder are not yet fully understood‚ we do know that It is primarily a biological illness. However‚ its onset is often linked to stressful life events. There are a number of factors that are believed to play a role in developing bipolar disorder Including genetics‚ brain chemicals‚ environmental factors and sometimes medical illnesses. Bipolar Disorder is a mental illness in which a person ’s mood alternates between extreme mania and depression
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Personality Disorder Personality refers to our pattern of thoughts‚ feelings and behaviors that make us different from each other and the individuals that we are. People don’t behave and think the same way. Everything depends on the situation we are in and the people we are surrounded with as well as many environmental factors. However‚ as individuals we tend to behave in quite dependable ways according to unspoken social norms. There are traits that can characterize us and with these sets if
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There are many disorders that can lead an individual to have difficulty swallowing. One example would be when someone suffers a stroke. Swallowing involves organized interactions between several areas of the brain and the peripheral systems and when a stroke occurs many of these systems are disrupted and the ability to swallow is affected. This can occur in up to 65 percent of stroke patients and if not identified and managed correctly then it can lead to poor nutrition and increased disability
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