INTRODUCTION Iodine deficiency disorders are still very much prevalent in the world today. Two billion people‚ estimated by the WHO‚ still lack a sufficient level of iodine in their diets which leads to a range of disorders known as iodine deficiency disorders (IDD). So what is iodine? Iodine is an essential micronutrient in the diet which is used by the thyroid gland (located in the throat) to produce thyroid hormones which help control the body’s metabolism. The two most important thyroid
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Borderline Personality Disorder What is Borderline Personality Disorder? Borderline personality disorder is a mental illness characterized by a repetitive pattern of disorganization and irresolution in self-conception‚ interpersonal relationships‚ mood‚ and demeanor. The instability associated with this disorder is often disruptive to the individual ’s personal and professional life‚ long term goals‚ and self identity. Webster ’s New World Medical Dictionary states‚ "Distortions in cognition
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Psychological Disorders 3] Briefly describe how mental illness was viewed prior to Philippe Pinel’s push for reform. What things were thought to cause it? How were those with disorders “treated”? What view and treatment approach did Pinel advocate? Finally‚ how are psychological disorders viewed today (i.e.‚ what model)? Before Pinel pushed for reform‚ mental illness was viewed in a very negative manner. Since there was not much research done on the topic‚ many theories arose. It was also
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Chapter I ------------------------------------------------- Introduction Chapter I “What is a Research?” "Research is a process of steps used to collect and analyze information to increase our understanding of a topic or issue". It is the systematic process of collecting and analyzing information to increase our understanding of the phenomenon under study. It is the function of the researcher to contribute to the understanding of the phenomenon and to communicate that understanding to others
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Notes on Eating Disorders. DSM-IV-TR recognizes three different forms of eating disorder: anorexia nervosa‚ bulimia nervosa‚ and eating disorder NOS. A fourth type of eating disorder‚ binge-eating disorder‚ is listed in the Appendix and is not yet part of the formal DSM. Both anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are characterized by an intense fear of becoming fat and a drive for thinness. Patients with anorexia nervosa are seriously underweight. This is not true of patients with bulimia nervosa
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BDD: A PLASTIC SURGEON’S FAVOURITE PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDER Of all the known classified disorders in the DSM IV‚ Body Dysmorphic disorder is probably the least researched and less prevalent than all Somatoform disorders. So much so‚ that a lot of psychology students have either never even heard of it‚ or else are unaware of it being a Somatoform disorder‚ until they start studying clinical psychology. If this is the case‚ then we cannot really blame the multitude of ignorance‚ which have had no experience
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greater the difficulty‚ the greater the glory.” There is always people who get crushed by their difficulty everyday there is someone who struggles because whatever they are doing is difficult for them. Most people who are alcoholics almost never get sober because they love drinking. They might say that they are going to stop but they are likely to not stop. Difficulty makes people feel bad about them because they quit at what they are doing because it is to hard for them. Difficulty also sometimes
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CHAPTER II THE OVERVIEW OF THE RELATED LITERATURE 2.1 Teaching and Learning English as a Foreign Language. Language is very important to communicate in society. Language is made up of sounds‚ words and sentence. Brown states‚ “language is more than a system or communication. It involves whole person‚ culture‚ educational‚ developmental communicative process”. It means Language is measured as a mean of communication and it is difficult to do all activities without language. Based on the abstract
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Seminar Eating disorders Janet Treasure‚ Angélica M Claudino‚ Nancy Zucker This Seminar adds to the previous Lancet Seminar about eating disorders‚ published in 2003‚ with an emphasis on the biological contributions to illness onset and maintenance. The diagnostic criteria are in the process of review‚ and the probable four new categories are: anorexia nervosa‚ bulimia nervosa‚ binge eating disorder‚ and eating disorder not otherwise specified. These categories will also be broader than they
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Leon Prikhodovskiy INBA 3810: TASK#1 For my report I decided to interview a close family member of mine‚ Michael Kotoyan. For the last 6 years‚ my uncle was a partner/co-owner in a software company in Ukraine. He has traveled there multiple times in order to set up offshore software engineering and quality assurance teams. The team he was in charge of in Eastern Ukraine consisted of 30 people. Along with working in eastern Ukraine‚ he also spent a month in India running a small software engineering
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