Research Paper: Anxiety Disorders Stephanie Hathaway Liberty University Abstract Anxiety Disorders are characterized by many symptoms and often associated with depressive tendencies. Although the majority are produced in a person based off of their genetic material‚ other influences exist environmentally that can encourage or discourage the severity of the symptoms and prognosis it has on one’s overall well-being. Early diagnosis and a systematic combination of treatments
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Psychiatric Disorders‚ Diseases‚ and Drugs PSY/240 The Brain‚ the Body‚ and the Mind Psychiatric Disorders‚ Diseases‚ and Drugs There are five main psychiatric disorders and they are schizophrenia‚ depression‚ mania‚ anxiety disorders‚ and Tourette syndrome. Psychiatric disorders are “disorders of psychological function sufficiently sever to require treatment” Pinel‚ J. P. J. (2011). The main fact about these psychiatric disorders is that they are difficult to diagnose. They use the DSM-IV-TR
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Youth Disorder Defined The concept of youth disorder has been examined and studied in detail and length‚ describing as well as exploring the extent and depth of the nature of construct. The existing definitions of youth disorder vary with the complexities of characterizations and classifications that have been attach to the concept (Gotfredson‚ 2001). The concept falls opposite of the word conformity in which any contradiction for the set social expectations is viewed negatively by the majority
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of Bipolar Disorder The concept of a drastic shift in mood being classified as an illness was first described by the French psychiatrist Jean-Pierre Farlet in 1851 (Marmol‚ 2008). Farlet coined the term “Folie Circulaire” to label a disorder characterized by manic and sad episodes separated by symptom-free intervals (Marmol‚ 2008). As time passed‚ the description along with the classification changed‚ altering from an entity on its own to a unified disorder with other mood disorders (Marmol‚ 2008)
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Education To Girls Between The Age Of 13-17 On Body Image And Healthful Nutrition University of Central Florida NUR 3634 Community Health Nursing Community Diagnosis Body image among girls between 13 to 17 years of age who are not comfortable with their appearance continues to increase; related to poor diet and nutrition; as evidenced by "third of teens (34.4%) in Santa Barbara County‚ California were overweight or obese in 2009" (Santa Barbara County Public Health Department‚ 2011). Healthy
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personality disorder is the basis of many circumstances of maladaptive behavior including substance abuse‚ self-harm‚ suicide‚ and criminality. My three points for this paper are the three different types of personality disorder‚ what the causes are‚ and how to get help. There are three different clusters of personality disorders. Cluster A is the odd and eccentric cluster. It includes paranoid personality disorder‚ schizoid personality disorder and schizotypal personality disorders. The most common
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PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS Psychotic disorders are severe mental disorders that cause abnormal thinking and perceptions. These are mental disorders in which a person’s personality is severely confused and that person loses touch with reality. When a psychotic episode occurs‚ a person becomes unsure about what is real and what isn’t real and usually experiences hallucinations‚ delusions‚ off-the-wall behavior‚ chaotic speech and incoherency. A person behaving in this manner is often referred to as being
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perfect body. The media is one of the main reasons why we women today want to have a supermodel body. When a woman sees a picture in a magazine she believes is the models real body but fails to realize that Photoshop is being used. Society expects women to be thin‚ perfect skin‚ have big breasts‚ and a large butt. That is what is considered the perfect body. Over 80% of Americans watch television daily. On average‚ these people watch over three hours per day. We see images of perfect bodies all around
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4) SLEEP DISORDERS‚ SYMPTOMS‚ KNOWN CAUSES AND TREATMENTS. Sleep is something that every person needs. Without sleep a normal days task seem never ending. Your body suffers and you suffer even people who come in contact with you suffer too. Without sleep you can function normally. Your moods change changing your personality‚ changing how you perceive the world. The average adult needs eight hours of sound sleep each night. However most adults get between five and six hours‚ " (Encarta 1998)
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congenital disorder is a medical condition that is present at birth. (It is contrasted with the term "acquired disorder") A congenital disorder can be recognized before birth (prenatally)‚ at birth‚ or many years later. Congenital disorders can be a result of genetic abnormalities‚ the intrauterine environment‚ or unknown factors. A congenital condition can arise from the genetic make-up of the fertilized egg or be acquired at any time during fetal development. The causes of many congenital disorders are
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