Abstract It has been stated that nearly half of all Americans personally know someone with an eating disorder. This paper will show the danger and effects of Anorexia Nervosa. A study by the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders reported that ten percent of anorexics die within ten years after contracting the disease. Anorexia has four primary symptoms Resistance to maintaining body weight at or above a minimally normal weight for age and height. Intense fear of weight
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Canadian Journal of Psychiatry‚ 45‚ 173-178. Hendricks‚ J. (2003). Slim to none. McGraw-Hill. Hester‚ J. (2003). Never say die. British Medical Journal‚ 326‚ 719. Kaplan‚ A. (2002). Psychological treatments for anorexia nervosa a review of published studies and promising new directions. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry‚ 47‚ 235-242. Kotler‚ L. A.‚ & Walsh‚ B. T. (2000). Eating disorders in children and adolescents: Pharmacological therapies. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry‚ 9‚ 108-116. Pike‚
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Should child beauty pageants be banned in the United States? What better “sport” for girls who are afraid to break a nail than Beauty Pageants? According to the “Journal of the American Academy of Child And Adolescent Psychiatry” in 2006‚ 40% of children who took part in beauty pageants have psychologic problems while the remaining 60% agree that they are unhappy during the pageant itself. With this statistic in mind do you believe that Child Beauty Pageants should be outlawed in the United
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CHCMH408B Provide interventions to meet the needs of consumers with mental health and AOD issues. Introduction Case study of Susan a female patient age 40 years old. Name change due to confidentially and I had been given consent to obtain and access her personal medical file for the purpose of my study. In her 40s‚ Susan is beginning to experiencing bouts of unhappiness. she turned to alcohol. The trauma early in Susan’s life‚ coupled with the subsequent health problems had placed Susan at risk
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References: American academy of child & adolescent psychiatry. (2004). Conduct disorder. Retrieved from http://www.aacap.org/cs/root/facts_for_families/conduct_disorder American academy of child & adolescent psychiatry. (2009). Your child – conduct disorders. Retrieved from http://www.aacap.org/cs/root/publication_store/your_child_conduct_disorders Brotman‚ L‚ Gouley‚ K. (2006). Conduct
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References: 2. Alexopoulos‚ G. S.‚ Reynolds‚ C. F.‚ Bruce‚ M. L.‚ Katz‚ I. R.‚ Raue‚ P. J.‚ Mulsant‚ B. H.‚ & Have‚ T. T. (2009). The American Journal of Psychiatry. 3 4. (2008). Assessment of older adults with diminished capacity: A handbook for psychologists. Washington‚ DC: Authors. 5 6. (2004). American Psychologist. 7 8. (2008). Blueprint for change: Achieving integrated health care for an aging population
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J. (2010). Environmental influences in major psychotic disorders. American Journal of Psychiatry‚ 67‚ 261–280. Chiu‚ S. P.‚ Niles‚ D. J. & Webber‚ J. K. (2010).Evaluating risk factors and possible mediation effects in major depression. American Journal of Psychiatry‚ 67‚ 161–170. Foster‚ J. A. & MacQueen‚ G. (2008). Neurobiological factors linking personality traits and major depression. Journal of Psychiatry‚ 53‚ 6-13. Karayiorgou‚ M. (2010). Genetic aspects of schizophrenia. Clinical Neuroscience
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Introduction It is widely accepted that clinical interviewing is the fundamental diagnostic tool in psychiatry. Indeed‚ Schreiber states that “the psychiatric interview is the essential vehicle for assessment of the psychiatric patient.” Unlike other areas of medicine‚ psychiatry lacks external validating criteria‚ such as lab tests or imaging‚ to help confirm or exclude diagnoses. With the clinician’s diagnosis and subsequent treatment plan being determined by the clinical data obtained from the
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In 1987 New York City started Project Help to assist needy‚ homeless people but they resisted. Joyce Brown was the first person picked up by Project Help. She was forcibly brought to the emergency room at Bellevue Hospital. Here she was treated against her will and then transferred to a psychiatric unit. After the psychiatrist evaluated Joyce Brown at Bellevue‚ they informed Mayor Koch that she was neither sufficiently insane nor sufficiently dangerous to legally commit without her consent. When
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References: Abbott‚ R. J. & Loizou‚ L. A. (1986). Neuroleptic malignant syndrome. British Journal of Psychiatry 148‚ 47–51. Awad‚ A. G. (1993). Subjective response to neuroleptics in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Bulletin 19‚ 609–618. Bebbington‚ P. E. (1995). The content and context of compliance. Int. Clin. Psychopharmacol. 9 (Supplement 5)‚ 41–50 (Abstract
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