Phobic Disorders Phobic disorders are classified as one of the most common of all anxiety disorders; they are a persistent and unreasonable fear of a particular object‚ activity‚ or situation. Many people who suffer from this disorder know that the fears they have‚ are excessive and unreasonable and‚ the feared object can usually determine how much it affects a persons functioning. Although‚ anyone can develop a phobic disorder‚ it is found more commonly in women than in men. Phobic disorders are
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Unfortunately‚ mood disorders are far too common especially during adolescent years. Everything from sadness to severe depression‚ anxiety‚ bipolar‚ and panic attacks are just a few mood disorders that adolescents are effected with far too often. The social and academic pressures that adolescents undergo in schools such as popularity‚ maintaining good grades‚ making important decisions‚ puberty‚ parent/adolescent relationships‚ staying thin can all be unbearable. All of this causing these adolescents
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Eating Disorders 1 Eating Disorders: The Different Types Introduction to Social Work Professor Moilanen December 2‚ 2008 Eating Disorders 2 Eating Disorders: The Different Types Over the last several decades many teenagers are extremely concerned about the way the look whether it’s to them or to the opposite sex. Those same teenagers are looking at celebrities bodies in magazines and are becoming self-conscious about the body image compared to those celebrities
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Bipolar disorder‚ formerly known as manic depression‚ is a condition that affects your moods‚ which can swing from one extreme to another. If you have bipolar disorder‚ you will have periods or episodes of: depression – where you feel very low and lethargic mania – where you feel very high and overactive (less severe mania is known as hypomania) Symptoms of bipolar disorder depend on which mood you are experiencing. Unlike simple mood swings‚ each extreme episode of bipolar disorder can last for
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Bipolar disorder or manic depression causes serious shifts in mood‚ energy‚ thinking‚ and behavior—from the highs of mania on one extreme‚ to the lows of depression on the other. More than just a fleeting good or bad mood‚ the cycles of bipolar disorder last for days‚ weeks‚ or months. And unlike ordinary mood swings‚ the mood changes of bipolar disorder are so intense that they interfere with your ability to function. SYMPTOMS Bipolar Symptoms Bipolar disorder varies among
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Bipolar Disorder Everyone has ups and downs in their mood; such as happiness‚ sadness‚ and anger that are normal emotions and an essential part of everyday life. In contrast‚ Bipolar Disorder is a medical condition in which people have mood swings out of proportion‚ or totally unrelated‚ to things going on in their lives. These swings affect thoughts‚ feelings‚ physical health‚ behavior‚ and functioning. Those who have children know it is rough enough at times to keep one’s composure‚ but could
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There are many types of eating disorders. We are most familiar with the three major disorders Anorexia Nervosa‚ Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating Disorder. However‚ there are many minor disorders effecting millions of people like Prader–Willi Syndrome and Night Eating Syndrome. Anorexia Nervosa: A potentially dangerous and life threatening disease characterized by a person’s fear of gaining weight therefore resorting to self–starvation and excessive weight loss. Anorexia typical appears in girls
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not get from one place to the next with assumptions and of what they presume to be correct. For anyone to blankly state that eating disorders’ are not due to ones media‚ peers‚ culture‚ and environment do not use there sociological imagination to fully grasp the idea and theories that are displayed in sociology. Eating disorders are not a mental disorder. Eating disorders do not just affect certain people in certain groups‚ race‚ or ethnicity; it affects everyone and anyone trying to achieve the illusion
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Kayla Mrosla-Gorka Brad Kramer AW09 28 Apr. 2014 Eating Disorders The Journal of Adolescent Health states‚ “81 percent of American 10-year-olds are afraid of being fat” (Rodenbough 4). Our society is turning into a terrible place to bring up children. The age of women affected by eating disorders seem to be decreasing. No child should feel self-conscience about their appearance. No one should‚ no matter their age. What will change how society feels if‚ “They are constantly bombarded with images
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has a language disorder. Speech and language disorders refer to problems in communication and related areas such as oral motor function. These delays and disorders range from simple sound substitutions to the inability to understand or use language or use the oral-motor mechanism for functional speech. Some causes of speech and language disorders include hearing loss‚ neurological disorders‚ brain injury‚ mental retardation. Frequently‚ though the cause is unknown. Language disorders can affect you
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