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Hurricane Katrina is one of the most recent examples of an event that resulted in PTSD among some victims. Szegedy-Maszak (2005) ...

has a direct correlation with unattached disorders, with institutionalized children reflected as being particularly compromised in...

(i.e., taking more than an hour a day) or when they cause marked distress or significant impairment for the individual (Diagnostic...

One set of arguments, those that argue that unusual eating behaviors such as anorexia and bulimia are not in actuality eating diso...

disorder, or a family history of anxiety and neuroticism" (Grinage, 2003). The body responds in measurable ways to various stress...

for their future relationships and interactions (Pendry, 1998; Practice Notes, 1997). There are three conditions for attachment de...

mental illness. One area of practice where this factor in Christian psychiatric practice may prove effective is in regards to the...

variety of immunologic features that are similar to autoimmune hypotheroidism, such as "high serum concentrations of antibodies ag...

in a single multidimensional self" (Stephens, 2005). Key indicators include: * The presence of two or more distinct identities, ...

parents provide the kind of nurturing and care the baby needs, the five senses are positively stimulated" (Smith, no date). Pare...

of the condition. In the film, he was so obsessed with germs, he brought plasticware to a diner everyday instead of using ordinary...

encouraged. Activities such as these lead to a number of behavioral problems and in some cases can lead to either voluntary or in...

that anxiety is both a physiological and psychological response to stressors. Generally, anxiety is considered a negative emotion...

diagnosis of ADD is an extremely complex process, which is complicated by the fact that the symptoms are very similar to other emo...

chest, perhaps indicative of a desire for protection from contact that may be painful. Marge did not shake my hand at the onset o...

their bodies. However, the study also reveals that this concern with appearance does not diminish with age, which is not the resu...

the economy is running largely on credit, and it is not as stable as it should be, the deficit is really not a good thing. Often, ...

put into place active behavioral modification plans, and require the use of pharmacological support. Understanding treatment opti...

illness. Post traumatic stress syndrome can result from diversity of causes including the horrors of war, sexual abuse, or even s...

on too long, she says things that do not need to be said, like the comment about not wanting to overwhelm him and they will go thr...

OCD. However, the authors do note that a previous study did indicate beneficial results, thus indicating there may be possibilitie...

symptoms (Zepf, 2003). The "gold standard" for diagnosing sleep apnea is to use polysomnography in a sleep laboratory (Zepf, 2003)...

and emotionally unbalancing illnesses they truly are to the adolescent population. Studies have pinpointed six cognitive elements...

that ultimately triggers the beginning signs of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in children who have suffered a bout of strep ...

this basis; however, rather than using the Freudian concepts of ego, superego and id, Berne found the concepts of parent, adult an...

strikes first in the medial temporal lobe, memory recall, confusion and forgetfulness are typically the first identifiable symptom...

they are tired, or not getting enough sleep, they can quickly understand how a large number of people in the nation could make a b...

bulimia it is helpful to first examine the so-called facts. According to these "facts" eating disorders affect females more frequ...

Is The American Psychiatric Association has specific guidelines for diagnosing PTSD, specifying that the ordeal which has t...

The Theoretical Base The theoretical base for this test is linked to the belief that behavioral and emotional problems often go h...