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and others that underscore the connection between violence and urban life. "Data gathered by the Center for Disease Control (1995...

in the educational setting. The introduction outlines the problem, existing research and the underlying purpose of the study, to ...

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

to help herself. For example, being afraid to touch things without the aid of a barrier (tissue, etc.) for fear of contracting ge...

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

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

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

ideation is measured on the basis of six specific components found on the Depression scale. Each disorder is matched with respect...

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

was missing during the formative years, this search most often leads to a superficial fix time and time again due to the individua...

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

1998). This is enshrined in both political rhetoric and policies and papers such as the policy documents Excellence in Schools and...

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

the last 30 years (Singleton, 2000). Essentially, making positive diagnosis of dyslexia involves establishing that: 1. The childs ...

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

relationship with both the mother and her family and the father and his family (also in relation to property and/or inheritance la...

example, an individual with ADHD may not necessarily suffer from hyperactivity and thus they are generally deemed to have simply A...

and anxiety has long been considered indicative of triggering behavior inherent to the eating disorder. An impulsive personality ...

developing epilepsy; the changes increases to three percent at seventy-five years of age. The typical nature of epilepsy is to st...

of critiques of drug therapy versus the use of other treatment measures are the central themes of this paper. Background of Psych...

oppositional behaviors and are "out of control." This perspective often complicates the learning process, creating a distraction ...

a correlation of Attention Deficit Disorder with differences in thyroid hormone receptors. Researchers have found "a small subset...

marriage of close relatives is to prevent inbreeding, or consanguinity. The reasoning behind such prohibitions revolve around the...

abnormally" (The National Marfan Foundation, 2005). Physicians who followed also noted similar problems in other patients which al...

very controversial and many say that children are "doped" which is a chemical alternative to treating the real problem ("Britain" ...

defense mechanisms (Chapter Sixteen). They are difficult in therapy because their psychic structure is so poorly constructed; it ...

the Bush regime as "of the original Trotskyist and Marxist formation", a somewhat surprising observation perhaps in view of the lo...

difficulty grasping mathematical concepts (Fidler, Hodapp and Dyken, 2002). While not every child with WS fits this profile, a lar...

can take. It is generally considered to be a very slow and progressive form of arthritis and more often associated with people who...

conspiracy to boost the sales of Ritalin (Lan, 2001). The case, Hernandez v. Ciba Geigy alleges that that the APA colluded with th...