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    Borderline personality disorder "is defined in the DSM IV‚ a manual used by psychiatrists to diagnose all mental disorders‚ as an AXIS II disorder which has symptoms of impulsively and emotional dysregulation" (Livesley 146). A person with BPD have feelings of abandonment and emptiness‚ and have "frantic efforts to avoid abandonment‚ going to extremes to keep someone from leaving" (Burger 300). He or she is emotionally unstable and forms intense but unstable interpersonal relationships. They show

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    ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY‚ ISLAMABAD (Department of Economics) WARNING 1. PLAGIARISM OR HIRING OF GHOST WRITER(S) FOR SOLVING THE ASSIGNMENT(S) WILL DEBAR THE STUDENT FROM AWARD OF DEGREE/CERTIFICATE‚ IF FOUND AT ANY STAGE. 2. SUBMITTING ASSIGNMENTS BORROWED OR STOLEN FROM OTHER(S) AS ONE’S OWN WILL BE PENALIZED AS DEFINED IN “AIOU PLAGIARISM POLICY”. Course: Economics (402) Semester: Spring‚ 2014 Level: B.A Total Marks: 100 Pass Marks: 40 ASSIGNMENT No. 1 (Units 1-4) Q.1 Explain the definitions

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    Inequalities are equations that can be used to determine not just what something could equal but what something cannot equal. It tells us what the relative size is of two values and if they are big or small‚ too much or not enough. Inequalities could make it easier to determine how much someone might need of something in order to make a certain amount of something‚ while also determining how much more might be needed or how much be left. For example‚ if someone wanted to make cupcakes and flat

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    Definition of The Concept of “Mental Disorder” Jo Ann M. Cummins Baker College Abstract The Concept of Mental Disorder outlines the history of the term and discusses poorly constructed examples of early terminology. Valérie Aucouturier and Steeves Demazeux raise several provocative questions about authority and diagnosis which need further comparison to the contemporary attitudes toward diagnostic terminology. Aucouturier and Demazeux have done vast amounts of research in the philosophical and

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    Depression is a common mental disorder that causes people to experience depressed mood‚ loss of interest or pleasure‚ feelings of guilt or low self-worth‚ disturbed sleep or appetite‚ low energy‚ and poor concentration. Depression is different from feeling down or sad. Unhappiness is something which everyone feels at one time or another‚ usually due to a particular cause. A person suffering from depression will experience intense emotions of anxiety‚ hopelessness‚ negativity and helplessness‚ and

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    Two words

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    Belisa Crepusculario is literally a self-made woman: she chose her own name and makes a living selling words. (She travels around selling everything from verses from memory to simple stories to secret words. Everyone knows and respects her.) Her fame‚ however‚ is a result of her fortitude: as a youth‚ hunger‚ heat‚ and exhaustion of centuries ate at her and killed four siblings; she decided to trick death by dragging herself to the sea’s water. Belisa accidently discovers writing when a newspaper

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    Two Kinds

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    The story starts off with the daughter narrating the story talking of her mothers tragedy in China; The mother who lost her mother‚ father‚ husband ‚ and her two twin babies was trying to start over and give her child the American dream. The daughter the one telling the story was very as the story began about becoming famous. The mother on the other hand goes to all lengths to try to find her daughters talents. The characters in the story are the mother who played a huge role‚ although her name

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    Borderline personality disorder became a recognized disorder in the Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders DSM-IV-TR in 1980. Before being given the name BPD‚ it was thought of as a tamer version of schizophrenia‚ often times being placed into groups of “As-If’s”‚ “Borderline Group” or hysteria. Borderline personality disorder is when an individual experiences extreme mood swings‚ an overwhelming fear of abandonment‚ dichotomous thinking‚ erratic interpersonal relationships‚ paranoia

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    The social environment around us and in the media has been a huge contributor to many young females developing eating disorders. There is a lot of pressure on females to be skinny and have the perfect body. Carrie is definitely susceptible to these pressures‚ especially since she grew up in the figure skating world; she was constantly told that she needed to stay skinny and watch her weight. When she was placed on the strict diet for skating at age 14‚ she was complimented on how skinny she was

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    The Two Drovers

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    "The Two Drovers" I cannot relate to the two drovers because it was written in the 1800 hundreds. Since it was written in the 1800 hundreds back then they had to heard cattle for many miles. Another thing would be that they use different word for some things an example would be that they say "His dirk‚ or skene-dhu" which means a black knife. I would not of known what that was and they use some words in a different language. I find this story very confusing and it is something I would not pick

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