References American Psychiatric Association. (1994). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.). Washington‚ DC: Author. Anorexia Nervosa and Related Eating Disorders‚ Inc. (1998). ANRED: Males with Eating Disorders. Retrieved November 18‚ 2001 from the World Wide Web: http://www.anred.com/males.html Carlat‚ D.J.‚ Camargo‚ C.A. Jr.‚ & Herzog‚ D.B. (1997). Eating Disorders in Males: A Report on 135 Patients. American Journal of Psychiatry. 154‚ 1127-1131. Crosscope-Happel
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personality disorder is a serious mental illness marked by unstable moods‚ behavior‚ and relationships. Because some people with severe borderline personality disorder have brief psychotic episodes‚ experts originally thought of this illness as atypical‚ or borderline‚ versions of other mental disorders. While mental health experts now generally agree that the name "borderline personality disorder" is misleading‚ a more accurate term does not exist yet. The symptoms of borderline disorder were first
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topic of body image and eating disorders is brought to a person’s attention‚ more times than not the idea of a self-conscious‚ thin adolescent girl comes to mind. However‚ reports have shown that children are exhibiting signs of lowered impressions of their own body and the presence of eating disorders are increasing at a younger age (Kedesdy‚ 2007). Very little is known about the commonness of eating disorders in pre-pubertal girls and boys. However‚ eating disorder specialists and programs in the
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HOMOSEXUALITY: A MENTAL DISORDER? A Term Paper Presented to Trexie O. Alawi College of Arts and Sciences SURIGAO DEL SUR STATE UNIVERSITY Tandag City‚ Surigao del Sur In Partial Fulfilment Of the Requirements of the Course English 102 (Writing in the Discipline): TTH 7:30 – 9:00 a.m. 2nd Semester‚ AY 2013-2014 By Bruce Franklyn G. Aliguay February 2014 Homosexuality: a mental disorder? Thesis Statement: People should know
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Substance-Related Disorders ● BACKGROUND ASSESSMENT DATA The substance-related disorders are composed of two groups: the substance-use disorders (dependence and abuse) and the substanceinduced disorders (intoxication and withdrawal). Other substanceinduced disorders (delirium‚ dementia‚ amnesia‚ psychosis‚ mood disorder‚ anxiety disorder‚ sexual dysfunction‚ and sleep disorders) are included in the chapters with which they share symptomatology (e.g.‚ substance-induced mood disorders are included in
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Dissociative Disorder In today’s society‚ people have live with different kind of people who has problems‚ and there is one type of people who with mental illness which call dissociative disorder. In the film M directed by Fritz Lang‚ it talked about many kids had been victims by child-murder who has a dissociative disorder‚ and cause indignation of the society. In the film‚ Lang uses Hans Beckert to prove as child-murder who are hateful and pitiful at the same time. Hans Beckert was the character
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Reading Assessment Tools: Articulation Disorders i Articulation Disorders and Reading Assessment Tools Articulation Disorder ii Abstract Because writing and reading make up the majority of learning all subject areas‚ it is important to develop programs and assessments geared toward reading disorders in this case articulation. While most educators agree teaching students with disorders is a challenge‚ the technological world opened the door to new ideas and insights of articulation techniques
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feelings and emotions. But there are negative aspects to food as well‚ such as obesity and other eating disorders. Eating disorders are very dehabilitating and misunderstood disorders that affect an unbelievable amount of the population; they not only put strain on the body‚ but also on the mind‚ and often the families of those with an eating disorder. There is a wider range of eating disorders in childhood and adolescence than is commonly realized‚ and these are frequently either not recognized or misdiagnosed
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she suffered from a mental illness called dissociative identity disorder among other mental illnesses. Dissociative identity disorder is a mechanism created to disassociate ones self from traumatic or painful events that usually take place during childhood. When the mechanism takes place‚ two or more different personalities
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Narcissistic Personality Disorder A. A pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy and behavior)‚ need for admiration‚ and lack of empathy‚ beginning in early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts‚ as indicated by five or more of the following: 1. Has a grandiose sense of self-importance (e.g.‚ exaggerates achievements and talents‚ expects to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements) 2. Is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success
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