Diagnosis and Treatment Beh 225 July 10‚ 2011 Assignment: Diagnosis and Treatment According to the American Psychiatric Association‚ there is a fifteen percent prevalence of mental disorders in the United States. Bipolar disorder‚ also known as manic-depressive‚ is a mental disorder. Symptoms of bipolar disorder include extreme highs and extreme lows with periods of normal mood in between. Manic symptoms are being extremely active‚ talkative‚ distractible‚ unlimited hopes with no follow through
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4) SLEEP DISORDERS‚ SYMPTOMS‚ KNOWN CAUSES AND TREATMENTS. Sleep is something that every person needs. Without sleep a normal days task seem never ending. Your body suffers and you suffer even people who come in contact with you suffer too. Without sleep you can function normally. Your moods change changing your personality‚ changing how you perceive the world. The average adult needs eight hours of sound sleep each night. However most adults get between five and six hours‚ " (Encarta 1998)
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Orgasmic Disorder September 16‚ 2011 PSY/265 Orgasmic Disorder is a disorder that keeps a man or woman to have the ability to reach orgasm during sex with their partner. I most situations when a man/woman masturbates or engages in oral sex can reach orgasm do to the concentration of clitoris/ head of the vagina/ penis. The reason why a women has a hard time reaching orgasm during penile stimulation is that there isn’t enough clitoris interaction at this time. Men’s orgasmic disorders
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This Essay will discuss Anxiety disorders and its prevalent diagnosis within society with a focus on patients who choose to self-medicate‚ exploring the reasons behind why they choose to do so and the inherent social and health dangers associated with this behaviour. I will discuss why anxiety disorders are almost at epidemic proportions in all sections of society today with a majority still undiagnosed. The possible failure in diagnosis and treatment of this condition and discuss reasons as to
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User Satisfaction Analysis- Facebook Contents Abstract This study focuses on analysing the impact of changes brought in Facebook interface and new services added on various categories of Facebook users. In order to analyse the impact a primary research has been conducted and various statistical tools have been used. 1 Introduction World’s largest social networking site FACEBOOK‚ with around 900 million users connecting with their friends‚ families‚ work
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congenital disorder is a medical condition that is present at birth. (It is contrasted with the term "acquired disorder") A congenital disorder can be recognized before birth (prenatally)‚ at birth‚ or many years later. Congenital disorders can be a result of genetic abnormalities‚ the intrauterine environment‚ or unknown factors. A congenital condition can arise from the genetic make-up of the fertilized egg or be acquired at any time during fetal development. The causes of many congenital disorders are
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medical school.) Until the early 1990s‚ most research on substance abuse and dependence focused on men. That changed once U.S. agencies began requiring federally funded studies to enroll more women. Since then‚ investigators have learned that important gender differences exist in some types of addiction. According to our class notes “There are both sex and gender differences between men and women that impact mental health and/or substance use conditions/disorders.” Sex differences are biological which
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Hoarding disorder‚ also known as compulsive hoarding‚ is a chronic behavioral syndrome that is characterized by difficulty discarding possessions‚ regardless of their value. The hoarding condition exists along a continuum from normal collecting to a serious psychological condition that interferes not only with the quality and safety of life of the individual‚ but their family members‚ or others closely associated with them as well. Hoarding disorder used to be considered a symptom of other disabilities
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According to Ronald J. Cromer‚ the factors I just mention‚ he suggested that it may be the cause of mental disorders amongst these groups. I will say it’s one of the main causes of their mental disorder. You have multicultural counselors who still do not understand other ethnicities and their values but still misdiagnose them and label them with a mental disorder or illness. Such counselors is doing more harm than good. The counselors is using their own perception‚ belief‚ normality
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Temporomandibular Disorders Approximately 15% of Americans suffer from chronic facial pain‚ much like headaches‚ ear aches‚ and jaw pain. The cause behind the pain may be a directly related to temporomandibular joint‚ or TMJ. Any problems involving the muscles of jaw or the TMJ‚ results in a TMD‚ temporomandibular disorder. A good majority of Americans who suffer from TMD are women and are between the ages of 20 to 40 years of age. For some it’s a fleeting pain‚ and just assume that it may be just
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