1. Describe how eating disorders can be viewed as multi-determined disorders Eating disorders can be viewed as multi-determined disorders because there are many different factors that come into play when identifying them. Differing dimensions‚ like societal‚ cultural and psychological pressures all weigh in considerably when exploring the multiple scopes in influencing an eating disorder. Societal and cultural pressures are likely to influence the general population on how they see themselves in
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the relationship between depression‚ anxiety disorders‚ and bipolar disorder on work related behaviors. The following studies; Harvard Mental Health Newsletter (2010)‚ Lerner et al. (2010)‚ Ludman et al. (2008)‚ Erickson et. al (2008)‚ and Marciniak et al. (2004) have found that there is a significant effect on work-related behaviors in the work force primarily involving absenteeism for depression and bipolar disorder and presenteeism for anxiety disorders. The research by Laxman et. al (2008) concludes
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individuals with eating disorders get help early on during the disorder there is a high success rate of long-term recovery. Sarah is part of one the highest rated risk groups for eating disorders. People between the ages of ten to twenty-five are at the most risk for developing an eating disorder. Sarah is entering her teenage years and is encountering a lot of changes with her boy and her emotions. Eating disorders are also usually referred to as female diseases. Eating disorders are not limited to
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Bipolar II Disorder and Comorbidity of Alcohol Abuse or Dependence by Bachelor of Science Mount Olive College‚ 2009 Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Business Administration: Health Care Management Tillman School of Business Mount Olive College 2009 MOUNT OLIVE COLLEGE Thesis Certification Please type all information in this section: Applicant
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Psychiatric Nursing Case Study History The subject is a 52 year old divorce Caucasian female‚ of Poland origin‚ and has lived in the United States for over 20 years. She had been a patient at Tewksbury Hospital since July 2011. She reportedly has a long history of bizarre and impulsive behavior‚ but has had a steady decline since her divorce in 2004. The patient denies history of taking medication or hospitalization for mental illness. There is no history of mental illness in the family. The
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Psychological Disorder: A syndrome marked by a clinically significant disturbance in an individual’s cognition‚ emotion regulation‚ or behavior. Consider the definition above‚ explain what is meant by clinically significant. Break the definition into smaller parts for your explanation. Disturbance: Disturbed‚ or even dysfunctional behaviors of this disorder is maladaptive; meaning they often interfere with a normal day to day life. This clinical significance of thought and emotion is also used as
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Virginia Quintana HSM 120 Fall 2‚ 2013 Research Paper A Relationship between Bipolar Disorder and Childhood Sexual Abuse Ever felt extremely happy one day and terribly depressed the next‚ as if you were on an emotional roller coaster? How about spontaneously spending $5‚000 on a shopping spree that you have no use for? Imagine being so depressed that you want to commit suicide because dinner was not the meal you had in mind. Each of these actions may seem completely farfetched to the average
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to diagnose a bipolar disorder however‚ adult criteria must be met. There are no set criteria for a child in The Diagnostic and Statistic Manual IV (DSM-IV)‚ which is the model used when diagnosing bipolar disorder. While the DSM-IV manual requires a distinct period of persistently elevated‚ expansive‚ or irritable moods lasting through at least four days‚ around seventy percent of children with bipolar disorder have mood swings several times a day (About Pediatric Bipolar Disorder). While it is
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In the three scenarios given in the text‚ there are examples of three signs of different blood disorders. Each of these three people shows symptoms of being at risk for a type of blood disorder. The first scenario: Amy‚ a 4-old Caucasian female‚ has been complaining of being tired all the time. She is pale and a picky eater. Her mother is a single mom with a small budget to feed a large family. Amy only eats pasta‚ breads‚ and hot dogs‚ and drinks only artificial fruit punch (Axia College‚ 2011‚
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The hypothesis that social anxiety disorder is associated with heightened self-focused attention has a long lineage and is well supported. Within the Clark and Wells (1995) model‚ self-focused attention increases the individuals awareness of interoceptive information that is likely to be taken as a sign that they are about to fail‚ or have failed‚ to convey an acceptable impression to others. In other words‚ individuals with social anxiety attend to their own internal experience‚ monitoring their
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