Written Task 2: Rational Word Count: 289 The main topic of this written task is how eating disorders have a main role in our daily life but we don’t really notice its presence. The speaker in the speech is myself because I am a teenager girl which is normally where the problem is mostly targeted‚ and it is directed to any high school of any school because I know that almost everybody has heard‚ has a friend or is suffering from this problem‚ and due to our unstable conscious and low self esteems
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Bipolar Disorder English Comp Akron Institute Christie Stark April 17‚ 2011 Since we could remember many of us have gone through many changes in our lives‚ some good and some bad. All of us can say during our lives that we have periodically had some sort of mood swing. Whether it was from a recent death in the family or an event in our lives‚ but to be able to link it to a disease we should know about the disease. Bipolar Disorders what is it? How is it diagnosed? Can it be treated? These
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Childhood Disorders • Behavior disorders o Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) o Conduct Disorder o Oppositional Defiant Disorder • Separation/anxiety disorder • Elimination disorders o Enuresis o Encopresis • Disorders in cognitive‚ motor‚ and communication skills o Learning disorders Reading disorder (dyslexia) • Deficits in ability to read Mathematics disorder • Deficits in mathematics skills Disorder of written expression • Deficits in the ability to write
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Eating Disorders I. What is an eating disorder? “An eating disorder is an unhealthy relationship with food and weight that interferes with many areas of a person’s life. One’s thoughts become preoccupied with food‚ weight or exercise. A person who struggles with an eating disorder can have unrealistic self-critical thoughts about body image‚ and his or her eating habits may begin to disrupt normal body functions and affect daily activities. Eating disorders are not just about food and weight
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Classification of Mental Disorders PSY/310 May 1‚ 2013 Susan Stumph‚ Ph.D. Abstract The discussion of this paper will be on Kraepelin’s early development classifying system for mental disorders. The subjects will be the advantages‚ and the disadvantages of classifying mental disorders into types and maintaining such taxonomy for clinical reference. It will also describe the modern classification system and what current events are happening regarding this system. This paper will give a better
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Not only do neurological disorders have an effect on education‚ but they can cause other mental problems. Learning disabilities are diagnosed when one or more areas of learning are below expectations‚ but not explained by certain intellectual abilities‚ sensory abnormalities‚ or lack of opportunities. Particularly in middle school‚ teens are already stressing about changing physically and mentally. Chronic fatigue is a typical symptom of neurological diseases‚ which has a major effect on students
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Eating Disorders in Athletes When we see a gymnast or a wrestler on television‚ we sometimes marvel at how good their body looks‚ and how physically fit they are. As these athletes may indeed have thin‚ well toned bodies‚ some of them may be a result of eating disorders. Both male and female athletes are at risk for eating disorders‚ although there is a greater probability that a female athlete will be the victim. Sports that have a high percentage of athletes with eating disorders include:
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topic of body image and eating disorders is brought to a person’s attention‚ more times than not the idea of a self-conscious‚ thin adolescent girl comes to mind. However‚ reports have shown that children are exhibiting signs of lowered impressions of their own body and the presence of eating disorders are increasing at a younger age (Kedesdy‚ 2007). Very little is known about the commonness of eating disorders in pre-pubertal girls and boys. However‚ eating disorder specialists and programs in the
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Is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy effective in the treatment Eating Disorder? Introduction Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is the recommended choice of treatment for people suffering eating disorders (NICE 2004). However‚ there is growing and mountain concerns that there is lack of clinical trail to prove the efficacy of CBT in treating eating disorders. Therefore‚ what this review aims to achieve is to examine and explore what studies and literature has been made available in this field and to
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Analyzing Psychological Disorders Becca Marlin/ PSY240 August 12‚ 2012 L. Renee Foster Herrmann Analyzing Psycholgical Disorders Page 1 I’m glad that I don’t live in the 1800’s. Did you know that back in the 1800’s when doctors were just beginning to understand psychological disorders‚ that if you were thought to suffer from a psychological disorder you could have holes drilled into your head or you could be put on any number of experimental drugs that could in fact make the condition
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