SOMATIZATION DISORDER OUTLINE • • • • • • • • Introduction Epidemiology Etiology/pathophysiology Risk factors Clinical features Investigations Diagnosis Differential diagnosis OUTLINE • • • • • • Treatments Complications Prognosis Prevention Conclusion References INTRODUCTION • Somatization disorder is a form of somatoform disorder characterized by recurring multiple and current‚ clinically significant complaints about somatic symptoms • It is also
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Childhood Disorders Autism and Children Abnormal Psychology Professor Bruce Cameron July 22‚ 2007 Abstract: Autism is a brain development disorder that is found in children usually before the age of three. Autism affects children and their “social interactions‚ impaired communication‚ and restricted and repetitive behavior.” (www.wikipedia.org) The number of children that have been diagnosed with autism is dramatically increasing. Boys are four times more likely than girls to be
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dreams as a colorful world‚ without ties or limitations to time and logic (Augusto Enriquez.- 2007). In these times of high pressure‚ sleeping becomes one of the most enjoyable and pleasant moments of a typical day. Unfortunately not everybody can enjoy this state. Ordinary people spend about one third of their lives sleeping (Lorena Lopez Soto. 2010). This means that a person of 60 years has already spent 20 years asleep. “Living is not only existing; it is existing and creating‚ enjoying and suffering
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Clinical Features Introduction There are two main types of mental disorders; Psychoses and neurosis. Psychoses is a type of mental illness that interferes with the persons understanding and appreciation of what is happening around there whereas Neuroses is where a behaviour pattern is occurring when someone feels continuously threatened by stress and is unable to cope. Anxiety falls under the Neuroses mental disorder for people who have been diagnosed with anxiety can still fit in
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Behavior Disorders (Emotional Disturbance Pg 207-210) I. Facts: * Behavior disorders include mental health problems with a focus on behaviors that both identify emotional problems and create interpersonal and social problems for children and adolescents in the course of their development. * Currently‚ students with such disorders are categorized as having a serious emotional disturbance‚ which is defined under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)‚ Public Law 101-476‚ as follows:
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patterns and cause insomnia including‚ but not limited to: anxiety disorders‚ medical conditions‚ depression‚ stress‚ bipolar disorders‚ restless leg syndrome‚ etc. Sleep habits and hygiene can help reduce our susceptibility to sleep insomnia. Going to bed at different times‚ napping‚ poor sleep environment‚ working night shifts‚ lack of exercise‚ etc. are all factors that can cause insomnia. As far as treatment and signs of this disorder go‚ sleep studies can be conducted to look at your symptoms‚ which
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Munchausen Disorder Munchausen Disorder is a psychological disorder in which someone with a deep need for attention pretends to be very sick or injured on purpose. People that suffer from this syndrome go to extremes to push for operations‚ make up their symptoms‚ and some may attempt to rig laboratory tests results to win sympathy and concern. Munchausen is known as a factitious disorder which defines that the symptoms are either made up or self-inflicted. This disorder is odd yet hard to treat
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pediatrician for a kindergarten physical. His mother tells the nurse that she carries the sickle cell trait and wants Davon screened for it. Davon may have the sickle cell trait. I would say that it would be hard to determine if Devon has a blood disorder because he has no symptoms. I do think that Devon is at risk of having sickle cell. Sickle cell is a disease that is inherited. African-Americans are at greater risk for the disease than any other ethnic group. Sickle cell is caused by genetic abnormality
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leading to aberrant activation of phonemes in neologistic jargon. Parietal lobe involvement is relatively unusual in PPA‚ perhaps accounting for the comparative rarity of jargon early in the course of these diseases. Aphasia is a communication disorder. It’s a result of damage or injury to language parts of the brain. And it’s more common in older adults‚ particularly those who have had a stroke. Aphasia gets in the way of a person’s ability to use or understand words. Aphasia does not impair
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Psychological Disorder Paper Psy/450 University of Phoenix Amanda Kettinger 3 July 2010 Psychological Disorder Many mental disorders vary from person to person and in its on severity. All disorders have both a physical and psychological components. Abnormal behavior is difficult to define. Behavior may also be evaluated by whether it conforms to social rules and cultural norms‚ an approach that avoids reproachful nonconformists as irregular for behavior that‚ although strange‚ may
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