Body Dysmorphic Disorder Previously known as Dysmorphophobia‚ Body Dysmorphic Disorder was first documented in 1886 by Morselli. The name changed to the latter and was accepted into the third edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual‚ or DSM in 1987 (Wikipedia). Shortened to BDD‚ this disorder is characterized by a person who is obsessively preoccupied with changing their outward appearance to become more attractive when outsiders see nothing in need of such changes. These bodily obsessions
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Performance of Safety Incidents Statistical Analysis of Safety Incident Rates Table of Contents Introduction 3 Part I. Graphical Descriptive Statistics 3 Part II. Binomial Probability Distribution 4 Part III. Inferential Statistics 5 Part IV. One Sample Hypothesis T-test 5 Part V. Two Sample Hypothesis T-test 6 Part VI. Paired (matched) Observation – Two Populations Hypothesis 6 Part VII. Linear Regression and Correlation Study 7 Part VIII. ANOVA – One-Way Test of Variance 7 Part
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CASE OF THE CHILD WITH MENTAL RETARDATION * INTRODUCTION: Mental retardation (MR) is a generalized disorder appearing before adulthood‚ characterized by significantly impaired cognitive functioning and deficits in two or more adaptive behaviours. It has historically been defined as an Intelligent quotient score under 70.Once focused almost entirely on cognition the definition now includes both a component relating to mental functioning and one relating to individuals’ functional skills in their
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Comparison of Schizoaffective disorder and a brief psychotic disorder. Both schizoaffective disorder and a diagnosis of brief psychotic disorder include symptoms of disorganized speech and behavior in addition to hallucinations and delusions. It is important to keep in mind that even though schizoaffective disorder and brief psychotic disorder share some of the same symptoms‚ they are not interchangeable (Carlat‚ 2005). The break from reality and cognitive processing are seen in many psychiatric
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SPED 2: Introduction to Special Education Mental Retardation(intellectual disability) Complex developmental disability It refers to substantial limitation in present functioning. It is characterized by significantly sub-average intellectual functioning‚ existing concurrently with related limitations in two or more of the following adaptive skills area. Substantial limitation in present functioning * Means that the person has difficulty in performing everyday activities. Significantly
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Paranoid Personality Disorder and Substance Use Disorder: Co-occurring Personality disorders affect 10-15% of the adult US population. A personality disorder is a very rigid pattern of inner experience and outward behavior. According to SAMHSA over 8.9 million persons have co-occurring disorders; that is that they have both mental and substance use disorders. Only 7.4% receive treatment and 55.8% receive no treatment at all. The National Survey on Drug use and Health states that there were 45
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Diagnostic Essay The thought of returning to school for many students is met with duress. For mature students‚ a multiple year hiatus coupled with rusty academic skills bring amount a feeling of uneasiness. Writing seems to be the most intimidating subject to mature students. Writing and composition courses offered at Los Angeles City College (LACC) are sufficient in assisting its students in improving their writing skills. The opportunity for improvement is supplied by practice‚ introduction
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encountered by human of mental hygiene and by practitioners involved in the promotion of mental hygiene. I - Mental Hygiene A. Meaning and Aim B. Importance of Mental Hygiene C. Aspects of Mental Hygiene II – Mental Health A. Meaning of Mental Health B. Early Signs of Failing Mental Health C. Characteristics of People with Good Mental Health D. Educational System for Mental Health III- Effects of Unhealthy Mental Hygiene A. Some Effects of Unhealthy Mental Hygiene B. Mental Disorder C. Mental Illness V – Historical
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personality disorder is a disorder characterized by mistrust and suspicion. It is a very unusual disorder that has barely been researched; thus‚ it is not understood very well. However‚ it can sometimes be treated with psychotherapy. Paranoid personality disorder has been characterized by “Mr. Queeg”‚ who has had several complications regarding his disorder. People like Queeg are often regarded as “crazy” and “unacceptable” to people who don ’t understand. I think that this is an eye-opening disorder which
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Project Proposal Statistical Learning and Data Mining Overview: Efficient asset allocation through statistical learning methods and comparison of methods for the creation of an index tracking ETF (Exchange traded fund) Datasets: The datasets are chosen from the website of the book “Statistics and Data Analysis for Financial Engineering” by David Ruppert. The book is mentioned as one of the references for this course. The two data sets chosen are 1. Stock_FX_Bond.csv 2. Stock_FX_Bond_2004_to_2006
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