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    another paradox‚ bulimia nervosa serves as both an expression of feelings and a defense against experiencing feelings‚ particularly shame‚ anger‚ loneliness‚ sadness‚ envy‚ and guilt. A person with bulimia nervosa fear‚ whether consciously or unconsciously‚ that painful feelings would be unbearable‚ even annihilating” (Reindl). In her book‚ Sensing the Self‚ Reindl gives a glimpse into what it would be like to have an eating disorder termed Bulimia Nervosa. Bulimia nervosa is a serious‚ potentially

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    Physical and Social Factors that Influences Growth and Development Development is often divided into specific domains‚ such as gross motor‚ fine motor‚ language‚ cognition‚ and social/emotional growth. These designations are useful‚ but substantial overlap exists. Studies have established average ages at which specific milestones are reached‚ as well as ranges of normality. In a normal child‚ progress within the different domains varies‚ as in the toddler who walks late but speaks in sentences early

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    Artificial Intelligence as a Positive and Negative Factor in Global Risk Eliezer Yudkowsky (yudkowsky@singinst.org) Forthcoming in Global Catastrophic Risks‚ eds. Nick Bostrom and Milan Cirkovic Draft of August 31‚ 2006 Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence Palo Alto‚ CA Introduction By far the greatest danger of Artificial Intelligence is that people conclude too early that they understand it. Of course this problem is not limited to the field of AI. Jacques Monod wrote: "A curious

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    stay alive. The love for his girlfriend was slowly moving away like the clouds in the sky. His world was truly spinning out of control. Dieting was the only way he could grasp on to his life‚ which eventually turned into anorexia nervosa. My cousin was diagnosed with Anorexia Nervosa when he was nineteen years old. He had just dropped out of college‚ moved back with his parents‚ no job‚ and did not know what to do. Before this he was a free spirit‚ more of the hippie type. Loved to play guitar for

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    Anorexia VS. Bulimia The amount of pressure for an adolescence to be skinny these days‚ is outrageous. Most eating disorders‚ like anorexia and bulimia‚ are onset between mid to late adolescence. 0.5 percent of womben suffer from anorexia‚ and one to three percent from bulimia. These are both serious psychiatric disorders that are mistaken for one another all the time. Admittedly‚ they do have many similarities‚ but very distinct differences. Anorexia and bulimia show many similar symptoms‚ which

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    Risk This assignment will critically evaluate theories of risk‚ and consider the approaches to practice for the role of a local authority social worker in the identification‚ assessment and management of risk of social work with children‚ young people and families. There will be consideration given to the impact of social work practice on service users and carers including my understanding of anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive practice. The idiom ‘damned if you do and damned if you don’t’

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    6. What were the major factors that led to clashes between Rome and the Hellenistic kingdoms‚ down to 146 B.C.? Can one decide what proportion of the responsibility for these clashes belongs to Rome‚ to the Hellenistic "great powers" (the Antigonids‚ Seleucids and Ptolemies) and to the minor players?   This essay will what were the major factors that led to clashes between Rome and the Hellenistic kingdom‚ down to 146 B.C. A brief history of Rome’s increasing involvement in the Hellenistic area

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    counselling Assignment 4 /4. Describe the requirement for treating a client with that has anorexia Treatment of eating disorders can be challenging. Effective treatment must address the underlying emotional and mental health issues‚ which often date back to childhood and a person’s self perception and self image. Building strong therapeutic alliances with clients is imperative. When working with a client who presents

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    Adolescent pregnancy is viewed as a high-risk situation due to the serious health risks that this creates for the mother‚ the baby‚ and society at large. Describe various risk factors or precursors to adolescent pregnancy. Research community and state resources devoted in adolescent pregnancy and describe at least two of these resources. Research the teen pregnancy rates for the last 10 years for your state and community. Has this rate increased or decreased? Discuss possible reasons for an increase

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    Anorexia and bulimia are both a deadly disorder. In our young world full of social looks and what to look like. Even how to act‚ and what kind of personality you have. All of this can contribute to anorexia and bulimia. Teens are pushed to anorexia or bulimia or even both because they want to look the same as someone. Eventually this disorder they adopted can kill them. These disabilities have almost the same mental and physical symptoms‚ but they do differ in some ways. Anorexia symptoms make a

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