Conduct Disorder Running Head: CONDUCT DISORDER IN CHILDREN Conduct Disorder: The Symptoms and Possible Causes Pamela Lawson Psychology 101-03 Prof. Jake-Matthews 10:00 am Class April 7‚ 2006 Conduct Disorder Conduct Disorder: The Symptoms and Possible Causes Violent behavior among young children and adolescents is a very troubling situation. And there is a growing concern about the increasing rate of violence
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Eating Disorder April R. Gaines Alcorn State University Eating Disorder An eating disorder is when a person experiences severe changes in eating behavior‚ such as a very low dose of food intake or a high dose of overeating‚ or worry about body weight or shape. A person with an eating disorder begins eating smaller or larger amounts of food than usual and then the situation gets out of control. Eating disorders are very complicated; the biological‚ behavioral and social
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not forget that feeling when you’re just sad and you just feel so empty‚ for no apparent reason? Well‚ being a girl it kind of comes naturally being hormonal and all at that certain time every month and no it doesn’t immediately mean that were bipolar. But‚ not only girls experience these kinds of hormonal activities even boys do. Studies show that everyone can experience mood swings due to the daily factors in our lives like stress‚ for girls PMS‚ sometimes even the food we eat‚ sudden changes
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Dissociative Disorder I. What is dissociation? * Can be defined as a condition that involves disruptions or breakdowns of memory‚ awareness‚ identity or perception. * What causes dissociative disorder? * Psychological trauma * Sexual abuse * Stressful events * What are the effects of a dissociative disorder? * Automatic switching of personalities during moments of stress * Losing time‚ or dissociative amnesia
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Systemic family and couple therapy for mood disorders Behaviourally-inspired couple therapy approaches have been used for some time and have proved to be effective with patients suffering from depression. A number of RCTs of marital therapy as a treatment for depression have been conducted (e.g. O’Leary & Beach‚ 1990; Jacobson et al‚ 1991; Emanuels-Zuurveen & Emmelkamp‚ 1996; Baucom et al‚ 1998). Interpersonal systems therapy (Gottlieb & Colby‚ 1987) and conjoint interpersonal therapy (Klerman et
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this into account. They aren’t afraid to make a movie or a TV show where the main character or supporting character has a mental disorder‚ some may even have multiple characters with a disorder. However‚ in some movies and shows it is made very obvious and others are more discrete. In The Big Bang Theory‚ the producers made it very obvious Sheldon has a mental disorder. There were very many episodes and multiple season to which all of Sheldon’s social issues come into play and how he lives his life
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her thoughts were being recorded... I always wanted to know what she saw. This was about the age when I started feeling guilty for how I had treated her when I was younger (at this point I may have been a bit older ... like 25). I also have another bipolar aunt‚ who‚ at the time‚ kept trying to kill herself every few months (actually when I was around 13‚ she once told my mom she wanted to speak with me‚ and then told me that she was going to kill herself... yeah‚ it’s messed up). All this combined
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persist with no external cue at all. Beyond this‚ a more severe type of depression often needing professional intervention is Major Depressive Disorder (MDD).1 According to the World Health Organization (WHO‚ 2015)‚ over 16 million U.S. adults over the age of 18 experienced at least one major depressive episode annually.2 As with many psychological disorders‚ Major depression tends to be highly variable and inconsistent between persons. When it comes to understanding the cause of depression‚ theories
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Megan Orcholski November 15‚ 2012 Eating disorders “Approximately 7-10 million women across the country suffer from eating disorders. Most research into these serious disorders has been conducted on females. However‚ as many as a million men may also struggle with the diseases” stated EDAP in 2012. Eating disorders are very serious conditions that cause people distress by obsessing over not gaining weight and intense anxiety about food. Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any mental
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America that have an eating disorder that wake up every morning feeling dizzy and the rest of their days‚ skipping meals. Many people who develop an eating disorder are between 13 and 20 years old. This is a time of emotional and physical changes‚ academic pressures‚ and a lot of peer pressure. Moreover‚ eating disorders like anorexia‚ bulimia‚ and binge-eating disorder affect over five million people. Teenager between the ages of 13 and 20 suffer from an eating disorder‚ teenage girls between the
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