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    Conduct Disorder

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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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    Physiological Disorders

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    Physiological disorders: In this assignment I am going to describe two physiological disorder in details‚ the details that I am going to go into is what the disorder is‚ signs and symptoms‚ cause of the disorder‚ physiological changes as a result of treatment and the factors influencing the development of the disorder‚ explain the signs and symptoms related to two named physiological disorders‚ describe the investigations that care carried out to enable the diagnosis of these physiological disorders and

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    Bipolar Disorder

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    Abstract Bipolar Disorder is a mental illness in which a person’s mood alternates between extreme mania and depression. Bipolar disorder is also called manic-depressive illness. In a related disorder called cyclothymic disorder (sometimes called Bipolar III)‚ a person’s mood alternates between mild depression and mild mania. Some people with cyclothymic disorder later develop full-blown bipolar disorder. Rates of bipolar disorder are similar throughout the world. At least fifteen percent of people

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    Heart Disease

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    A REPORT ON HEART DISEASE Contents ACKNOWLDGEMENT 3 METHODOLOGY 4 INTRODUCTION 5 Heart 5 Heart Disease 5 CAUSES (RISK FACTORS) 7 Uncontrollable Causes: 7 Controllable Causes 8 EFFECTS 13 PREVENTIVE MEASURES 16 SOME DATAS AND FACTS ABOUT HEART DISEASE 20 CONCLUSION 22 REFERENCES 22 ACKNOWLDGEMENT It is a great pleasure for me to express gratitude to the people who have been influential and supportive in the successful completion of this assignment. First and foremost‚ I would

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    skin disorders

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    List of skin conditions Acne A common inflammatory disorder of the sebaceous (oil secreting) glands of the skin causing inflamed red pimples on the face and neck. Most people affected by acne are aged between 12 and 25. However‚ men and women in their 30s and 40s can also suffer. There are many treatments available to help deal with the condition. Alopecia Alopecia means sudden hair loss. There are many different causes and patterns of hair loss. Any area can be involved including eyebrows and

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    Speech Disorders

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    have already developed several secondary behaviors‚ such as; no eye contact or avoiding speaking situations. 4.) There are five basic perceptual signs of a voice disorder. They are pitch‚ loudness‚ quality‚ nonphonatory behaviors and aphonia‚ or the absence of phonation. Pitch: Three aspects of pitch may suggest a voice disorder. The first is monopitch which is when the voice lacks normal inflection variation and the ability to change pitch voluntarily. The second is inappropriate pitch which

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    Dissociative Disorder

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    Dissociative Disorder I. What is dissociation? * Can be defined as a condition that involves disruptions or breakdowns of memory‚ awareness‚ identity or perception. * What causes dissociative disorder? * Psychological trauma * Sexual abuse * Stressful events * What are the effects of a dissociative disorder? * Automatic switching of personalities during moments of stress * Losing time‚ or dissociative amnesia

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    Minamata Disease

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    Minamata Disease Masazumi Harada‚ M.D.‚ Ph.D. http://www.einap.org/envdis/Minamata.html Minamata Disease was discovered for the first time in the world at Minamata City‚ Kumamoto Prefecture‚ Japan‚ in 1956 (Minamata Disease Research Group; 1968‚ Harada M; 1995)‚ and for the next time at Niigata City‚ Niigata Prefecture‚ Japan‚ in 1965 (Tsubaki T & Irukayama K; 1977). The both cases were attributed to the methyl mercury that was generated in the process for producing acetaldehyde using

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    Depersonalization Disorder I’ve been using cannabis since the final week of my 13th year. I was actually the last of my inner circle to try it. One day two of my best (only) friends came into school acting goofier than usual. I asked them what they had been up to and sure enough‚ they had both just finished getting high for the first time. This terrified me. I was barely getting used to my newly grown body hair‚ while other kids my age were already engaging in the use of illegal substances. With

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    Factitious Disorders

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    FACTITIOUS DISORDER Facticious means artificial or unnatural‚ a definition that could not be more appropriate. People who suffer from factitious disorder (FD) “are great con men or con women‚ although what they obtain through their conning most people would far rather not have”[1]. The earliest accounts of factitious disorders are recorded in the times of Galen‚ a Roman physician in the second century A.D. The term ‘factitious’ itself‚ is derived from a book‚ published in 1843 by Gavin‚

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