CHAPTER 1 PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND A. INTRODUCTION A mental disorder is a psychological or behavioral pattern generally associated with subjective distress or disability that occurs in an individual‚ and which is not a part of normal development or culture. Mental disorder has a wide scope of illness for centuries. It has many levels of illness and most of the illness are common conditions faced by individuals either they noticed it or not. In Malaysia‚ Ministry of Health did a survey and
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Bipolar disorder or manic depression causes serious shifts in mood‚ energy‚ thinking‚ and behavior—from the highs of mania on one extreme‚ to the lows of depression on the other. More than just a fleeting good or bad mood‚ the cycles of bipolar disorder last for days‚ weeks‚ or months. And unlike ordinary mood swings‚ the mood changes of bipolar disorder are so intense that they interfere with your ability to function. SYMPTOMS Bipolar Symptoms Bipolar disorder varies among
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Nature vs. Nurture There is no denying that both nature and nurture both play a part in who a person is. When it comes to genes and environment one of the two has a greater influence on a person. One’s nurture or environment has the most influence on who a person is and will become. The first reason environment has a greater influence is because education is a result to how someone thinks. The second reason environment has a greater influence on a person is because people around them reflect
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Menstrual Disorders. Neuroendocrine Syndromes in Gynecology Menstrual Disorders Menstruation disorders are a common problem during adolescence. These disorders may cause significant anxiety for patients and their families. Physical and psychological factors contribute to the problem. In order to treat menstruation disorders‚ becoming familiar with the normal menstrual cycle is important. The Menstrual Cycle The menstrual cycle is regulated by the complex surge and fluctuations in many different
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Gender: Nature Nurture Debate By Liz Noad‚ Kate Lightburn‚ Sammy‚ Kris ( can you lot add your full names ) Nature versus nurture is the argument of whether it is the characteristics that are inherited‚ or those that are learnt through environmental influences‚ which effect how we develop. We are going to look into the different psychological approaches in relation to whether it is nature or nurture that determines gender: ◦ Psychodynamic ◦ Biological ◦ Social Learning ◦ Cognitive Introduction
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Stuttering Cluttering What gets stuck Word‚ sound‚ syllable Message Know what want to say? Yes No (or less clear; know but they get derailed in mazes) Awareness Typically yes Yes and No Rate differences Can be a secondary strategy (i.e. person who stutters may speak quickly to avoid stuttering)‚ but is not central to stuttering itself Yes; mandatory for a diagnosis of cluttering (note that rate has to be rapid OR irregular‚ but does not have to be both)
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Nature vs. Nurture One of the oldest arguments of psychology is Nature vs Nurture debate. These two sides have good points that are really hard to decide whether a person’s development is predisposed in his or her DNA‚ or a majority of it is influenced by this life experiences and his environment. As of now‚ we know that both nature and nurture play important roles in human development‚ but we have not known yet whether we are developed majorly because of nature or due to nurture. Nature is the
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problems and disorders When you sleep‚ you pass through five stages of sleep‚ stages 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4 and REM sleep. Stage one is the lightest sleep. During this stage you can be awaked easily. Muscle activity slows during this stage. Stage 2 is where the eye movement stops and the brain waves are slower. In stage 3 slow brain waves called delta waves begin to appear‚ with smaller yet faster waves. By stage 4 these waves appear more often‚ and it is quite difficult to wake someone during this stage. REM
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little less than half of the United States population has a sleeping disorder. There are numerous types of sleeping disorders. The two most common are sleep apnea and insomnia. Up to half of the population suffers from insomnia and approximately 18 million people suffer from sleep apnea. One of the least common is narcolepsy. About 200‚000 people suffer from that disorder. (SleepNet‚ 2004) Insomnia is the most common sleeping disorder in the United States. The dictionary defines insomnia as a condition
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In this piece of work I will describe what nature and nurture are and I will discuss the nature vs. nurture debate in relation to the individual development. What is nature vs. nurture? There are plenty of factors that motivate our growth and development throughout our life such as: Nature is the theory that our personality‚ intelligence and our sexual adjustment is inherited by our families DNA. Nature is the environment around us that is argued to change the way we are brought up and behave
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