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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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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The Week my Mom was in the Hospital The year I turned nine my mom was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder. The day she went to the doctor’s office we sat in the car as a family and talked about what was happening. She said that she was sick and was going to be taking different medicines and be going to a lot of different doctors. We prayed and then we went out to eat. Since then I have always known my mom as being sick‚ but I put it in the back of my head because she never looked or acted like the people
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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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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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Imagine staying up all night working on homework. Then when the alarm goes off in the morning. You only had six hours of sleep‚ then you drag yourself to school and learn nothing because of how tired you are. Do you want our future kids to lack education? This is a normal situation for the average teenager today. Homework can cause sleep deprivation and can cause a lack of education in school. Which is a serious problem knowing that these kids are our future. Homework is harmful to students. First
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Emptiness as a human condition is a sense of generalized boredom‚ social alienation and apathy. Feelings of emptiness often accompanydysthymia‚[1] depression‚ loneliness‚ despair‚ or other mental/emotional disorders such as borderline personality disorder. A sense of emptiness is also part of a natural process of grief‚ as resulting of separation‚[disambiguation needed ] death of a loved one‚ or other significant changes. However‚ the particular meanings of “emptiness” vary with the particular context
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Living With Borderline Personality Disorder Madeline Anderson Argosy University ENG101 Composition I All therapists’ approaches to the treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder are different. One form of treatment is DBT or Dialectical Behavior Therapy. DBT was created by Marsha Linehan‚ a psychologist at the University of Washington. It was developed from the structure of CBT‚ or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. CBT is a type of goal-oriented
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protein-only or not‚ is remarkably resistant to a myriad of physical ‚ chemical and biological treatments and retains infectivity after: • Irradiation with UV light • Nucleases • Hydrolysis • Bleach • Intense heat of 132*C for 30 minutes Research Proposal: Lichens – natural born prion killers? Lichens are composite symbiotic organisms consisting of a fungus and a photosynthetic organism (usually algae or a cyanobacteria). Current approaches to therapy : • Image showing the spongiform
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