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    Psychotic‚ childhood‚ and cognitive disorders Julie Giyer PSY/410 9-17‚ 12 Jamie Frank Psychotic‚ childhood‚ and cognitive disorders Many disorders are said to form in the stages of childhood or are in some way are bound to an individual by genetics. Some may just gradually appear or grow more intense over a period of time. No matter the disorder‚ it can make a person’s life a challenging one. The disorders that will be discussed below are psychotic disorderschildhood disorders‚ and cognitive

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    Helen B. Balois Cognitive disorder Cognitive disorders are a category of mental health disorders that primarily affect learning‚ memory‚ perception‚ and problem solving‚ and include amnesia‚ dementia‚ and delirium. While anxiety disorders‚ mood disorders‚ and psychotic disorders can also have an effect on cognitive and memory functions‚ the DSM-IV-TR does not consider these cognitive disorders‚ because loss of cognitive function is not the primary (causal) symptom. Causes vary between the different

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    depends on cognitive processing. Moreover‚ this cognitive processing has a direct relationship to activities of daily living. Although primarily an intellectual and perceptual process‚ cognition is closely integrated with an individual’s emotional and spiritual values. When human beings can no longer understand facts or connect the appropriate feelings to events‚ they have trouble responding to the complexity of life’s challenges. Emotions take a back seat to profound disturbances in cognitive processing

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    Childhood Disorders • Behavior disorders o Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) o Conduct Disorder o Oppositional Defiant Disorder • Separation/anxiety disorder • Elimination disorders o Enuresis o Encopresis • Disorders in cognitive‚ motor‚ and communication skills o Learning disorders  Reading disorder (dyslexia) • Deficits in ability to read  Mathematics disorder • Deficits in mathematics skills  Disorder of written expression • Deficits in the ability to write

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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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    Dissociative Disorders 1.What are Dissociative Disorders? a.Conditions that involve disruptions or breakdowns of memory‚ awareness‚ identity and/or perception. b.People with dissociative disorders chronically escape their reality in involuntary‚ unhealthy ways ranging from suppressing memories to assuming alternate identities.   2.The three types of Dissociative Disorders a.Dissociative Amnesia b.Dissociative Identity Disorder c.Dissociative Fugue   3.Signs and Symptoms a.Symptoms

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    Major Neurocognitive Disorders Possibly Due to Huntington’s Disease Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-5) Psychological disorders are abnormalities of the mind‚ which lead to behavioral or mental patterns that cause suffering or poor ability to carry out ordinary life functions. Psychological disorders are also referred to as mental disorders‚ psychiatric disorders or mental illnesses. The official criterion and classification system for psychological disorders utilized by mental health professionals

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    Eating Disorders Attention getter: We live in a thin world where skinny models are idolized. Topic sentence: An "Eating disorder" is a mental disorder and has no apparent physical ticks. Purpose of the speech: Inform about the effects of eating disorders. Main body: * Definition of ED * Types of eating disorders * Anorexia Nervosa * Bulimia Nervosa * Effects of anorexia * Increases chances of heart deseases. * May even cause death. * Excessive weight

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    Cognitive Disorders Definitions Cognition: The act‚ process‚ or result of knowing‚ learning‚ or understanding -represents a fundamental human feature that distinguishes living from existing -has a distinctive personalized impact on the individual’s physical‚ psychological‚ social & spiritual conduct of life -Direct relationship with ADL’s Cognitive Disorders: Psychiatric disorders that are manifested in deficits in memory‚ perception‚ & problem solving. 1) Delirium 2) Dementia 3)

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    A depressive disorder in a person is characterized by the dysregulation of emotion in a person’s life. People with depressive disorder lack pleasures in life‚ and may feel sad for no specific reason or may also feel a sense of elation in the absence of a great achievement. Major depressive disorder (MDD) involves a significant depressive episode‚ and such lethargies and hopelessness last for about two weeks. MDD affects the daily functioning and is also the leading cause of disability in the United

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