Binge Eating Disorder Binge Eating Disorder only affects about 5% of the population. Binge Eating Disorder (BED) is an overeating disorder but unlike bulimia nervosa‚ binge eaters don ’t vomit after they binge eat they retain the food they eat. BED is a relatively new disorder as it was just accepted by FDA. Binge Eating Disorder commonly means eating mass amounts of food. Binge Eating Disorder is usual caused by stress or depression. BED is different than bulimia nervosa because binge eaters
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individual is convinced that something bad will definitely happen if they do not perform the rituals (American Psychiatric Association 3). Another primary and very common symptom of obsessive-compulsive disorder is anxiety. As mentioned before‚ there are very close relations between the two disorders. Anxiety can be triggered by the obsessions and compulsions
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discussing the issue of eating disorders and how they affect nearly eight million people in the U.S. alone. Out of any other psychological disease‚ eating disorders have the highest mortality rate. This is becoming a much bigger problem than anyone might have anticipated‚ due to the constant references from the media about how being thin is so important. It has also become harder to combat‚ because of the fast food industry. Despite what is common knowledge‚ eating disorders are curable and there are
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Antisocial Personality Disorder‚ also known as ASPD is a personality disorder that identifies individuals who are irritable and aggressive. Individuals diagnosed with ASPD are usually seen as “antisocial” hence the name.Antisocial personality is not synonymous with sociopath or psychopath. Many individuals who are diagnosed with ASPD often grow up in homes with parental conflict. Antisocial Personality Disorder can be recognized in individuals by certain behaviors. Individuals diagnosed with ASPD
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Treatments; Borderline Personality Disorder Borderline Personality Disorder is amongst the hardest personality disorders to treat. BPD (Borderline Personality Disorder) continues to aggravate‚ baffle‚ and reward doctors and psychologists. Psychotherapies differ considerably; however‚ there are two major paths to treatment with this disorder: insight-oriented therapy or stabilizing interventions. Each pathway is characterized by particular techniques and interventions‚ but each is primarily defined
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people these nightmares are a whole lot more than a bad dream. Usually nightmares are nothing to worry about‚ but if you began to have them consistently you might consider that you have Nightmare Disorder. Nightmare Disorder was formally known as Dream Anxiety Disorder. The main feature of this disorder is the repetitive occurrence of scary dreams that awake the dreamer from their sleep. These awakenings can cause great distress to the sleeper‚ and can also
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Autism spectrum disorders in adolescence and early adulthood: Characteristics and issues I chose this topic and article because my 19 year old has a developmental delay with some symptoms of autism. I would use some of the information from this article that I selected but there are many articles on autism. Some of the factors that will affect social development in adulthood would be lack of communication skills and eye contact as well as other behaviors associated with autism like many do not
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Since the beginning of time‚ the human race has attempted to perfect our lives‚ constantly adapting‚ and learning‚ and changing our environment to suit our needs. we have been changing the world dramatically in a large variety of environments from the atmosphere to the rainforests‚ and soil in which the trees grow. Up to this point we have been manipulating our environment in nearly any way we can imagine‚ making ourselves the dominant race on the earth‚ but perhaps we should be aware of how far
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Every year‚ 1.21 million children are aborted. These kids are not given the opportunity to experience a life that they could have had. The parents who want to abort their children could have prevented having a baby if they didn’t want to have them in the first place. The child who is being aborted should not have to pay for their parents’ mistakes by not having a life. There are people in this world who would love to have a child that don’t have one. If a parent doesn’t want to keep their child they
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was believed to say‚ “If the bee disappears from the surface of the globe‚ man would have no more than four years to live.” Now that Colony Collapse Disorder is occurring‚ it is possible that bees will disappear. Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) is when bees disappear from their hives or suddenly die. No one knows the cause of Colony Collapse Disorder. Some think it is caused by pesticides‚ but Bryan Walsh wrote that the cause is the Varroa mite. It could be that CCD is caused by a mix of all of the
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