Eating disorders have plagued society for many centuries. This is a serious medical problem. People who are suffering from eating disorder have use food to feel control over feelings that seem overwhelming. These people may also have obsessions about their appearances. The majority of people with an eating disorder are women. There are three types of eating disorders which are anorexia nervosa‚ bulimia nervosa‚ and binge-eating disorder. Treatment for eating disorders uses a combination of options
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The role of stressor in causing adjustment disorder With time adjustment disorder icd is evolving as a serious mental illness that can bring in whole lot of changes in an individual. There are various factors associated with adjustment disorder‚ the stressor is something that plays a crucial part in developing the problem slowly. The problem of adjustment disorder icd takes quite some time to develop and it is how the stressor impacts the individual. There are different stressors leading to such
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Introduction. Sleeping disorders are more common than most people think‚ they are simply changes in the way that you sleep. Just like being active and eating right‚ getting the required amount of sleep is essential for a healthy lifestyle. When you have a sleeping disorder this can be hard to achieve when it is impossible to get 8 hours of sleep‚ which is the average sleep an adult needs to receive. The three main sleeping disorders are Insomnia‚ sleep apnea‚ and narcolepsy. Insomnia. Insomnia has
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Somatoform Disorder Somatoform disorders deal with people who show symptoms of a somatic or bodily disorder‚ even though there is no physical cause for it. This psychological disorder takes a somatic/bodily form‚ thus it is called a somatoform disorder. There are mainly five types of this disorder: Undifferentiated Somatoform Disorder‚ Conversion Disorder‚ Pain Disorder‚ Hypochondriasis‚ Body Dysmorphic Disorder‚ and Somatoform Disorder not Otherwise Specified (NOS). One example of this
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The most classic form of the Bipolar Disorder is called Bipolar I. It traditionally begins with a mania‚ followed closely by a depression that may seem to be payback for the intensely energetic period that just passed. It is not an uncommon disease. Studies have concluded full-blown manic-depression probably occurs in one percent of our population‚ though many cases go undiagnosed. The milder forms often go undiagnosed‚ but probably occur in three to four percent of people (Duke and Hochman). The
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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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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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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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