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Causes of Eating Disorders

anorexia nervosa are 12 times more likely than others with no family history of that disorder to develop it themselves. They are f...

Summaries of DSM IV Disorders

Communication Disorder, Not Specified. Pervasive Developmental Disorders: Autism-lists of symptoms are presented in 3 separate ca...

MAOA and Conduct Disorder

the correlation between incidences of maltreatment and increased risk for antisocial behavior (Sluzki, 2007). The Caspi, et al, s...

Genetic Disorder - Breast Cancer

Hecht, 2008). Breast cancer in both men and women is a genetic disorder but it is not necessarily hereditary (U.S. National Librar...

ADHD Diagnosis And Assessment

in grades Kindergarten through 8 (Erford and Hase, 2006). It has 24 items that are rated on a scale of 1 to 5, almost never to alm...

Classification of Personality Disorders

may overlap. The groupings would be as follows: Isolated Group: Antisocial personality disorder, schizoid personality disorder, s...

Attention Deficit Disorders

affected children at risk for developing anxiety and depression (Capano, et al, 2008). In general, the behaviors associated with ...

Overview of the Anorexia Eating Disorder

body and thought patterns, and can be triggered by a variety of events (Lucas 5). For example, the stress of starting a new job o...

Overview of Behavioral Disorders

Additionally, both disorders can be hereditary, but environment can also play a factor. Both disorders are affective disorders of ...

Overview of Conversion Disorder

to: "weakness, paralysis, sensory disturbances, pseudoseizures, and involuntary movements such as tremors. Symptoms more often af...

Implications of New Dual Diagnosis Terminology

there are others as well (Glossary of Terms, 2004). For example, MICAA is an acronym for Mentally Ill, Chemical Abusers a...

Disasters and Their Psychological Impact

a main area of study being the normative reaction to non normative events. The impact of stress created by disasters is argued to ...

Overview of Oppositional Defiant Disorder

a purposeful and intentional desire to bother and irritate others (What is Oppositional Defiant Disorder? 2004). Interestingly, ...

Overview of Eating Disorders

In twenty pages eating disorders are examined in terms of etiology, presentation, treatment, research, and preventive measures wit...

Children's Developmental Disorders and Reading

part to the implementation of a fairly new technology: interactive computer programs. Particularly evident of this success is the...

Narcissistic Disorders, Theories, and Interventions

In thirty pages the disorder known as narcissism is analyzed in terms of the various psychological theories associated with it and...

Anxiety Disorders and OCD

In ten pages anxiety disorders are examined in a consideration of their relationship to Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Eleven sou...

Overview of Gender Identity Disorder

In five pages the various theories involving gender identity disorder are analyzed and include patterns, occurrence, development, ...

An Overview of Attention Deficit Disorder

In this paper consisting of ten pages ADD is defined, explored in terms of history, etiology, classification, treatment, and vario...

ADHD and ADD

In this paper of twelve pages the differences between attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and attention deficit disorder are ...

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Conduct Disorder Causes

In six pages four causes of conduct disorders are examined with the focus on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Seven sour...

Themes of Order and Disorder in Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

A paper illustrating themes of spiritual order and disorder in the prologue to Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. The author dr...

Closer Look at Bulimia

In seven pages the most common of eating disorders is examined in terms of definition, who it affects and how along with physiolog...

Eating Disorders in Women

This 11 page paper examines eating disorders in women. The writer compares two common disorders, bulimia and anorexia nervosa, as ...

Oppositing to Medicating Children with ADD or ADHD

with ADHD/ADD has only a very limited effectiveness, and the side effects and risks associated with it are simply too great. The ...

Overview of Cleft Palate Disorder and Recommendations

In five pages the physiology of cleft palate is presented in an informational overview as well as parents and teachers implication...

An Overview of Antisocial Personality Disorder

In ten pages a diagnostic overview of antisocial personality disorder is provided along with a discussion of culture, features of ...

Overview of Narcissistic Personality Disorder

In fourteen pages this overview of narcissism includes the DSM IV definition and various theories and treatment approaches. Fifte...

Overview of Disassociative Identity Disorder

In eleven pages behavioral and cognitive perspectives are employed in an examination of disassociative identity disorder. Ten sou...

Alan E. Kazdin's Cognitive and Behavioral Approach to Conduct Disorder

In ten pages DSM IV criteria is employed to define conduct disorder in a paper that distinguishes it from antisocial and border pe...