Eating Disorders Essays and Term Papers
369 Essays on Eating Disorders. Documents 151 - 175
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Bi Polar Disorder (psychological Disorders - Manic Depression)
The severe mood fluctuations of bipolar or manic-depressive disorders have been around since the 16-century and affect little more than 2% of the population in both sexes, all races, and all parts of the world (Harmon 3). Researchers think that the cause is genetic, but it is still unknown. The one fact of which we are painfully aware of is that bipolar disorder severely undermines its’ victims ability to obtain and maintain social and occupational
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder known as ADHD, it is a disorder that is found in children and can continue into adulthood. The child has the symptoms of inattention and a combination of hyperactive impulsive behavior. Some children don't develop these symptoms till late childhood or early adolescence. This disorder occurs more with boys than girls. They say it possible that boys have more of a chance genetically in getting this disorder. There are a large
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Fatal Attraction: Borderline Personality Disorder
Fatal Attraction A person with a borderline personality disorder often experiences a recurring pattern of disorganization and instability in self-image, mood, behavior and personal relationships. A person with this disorder can often appear warm, friendly and competent. However, something may quickly and easily set them off, and the instability shines bright. Just like with Alex in Fatal Attraction. In the start of the film, Alex was outgoing, charming, fun, sexy and adventurous. The weekend spent
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Healthful Eating: Avoiding Trans Fats
What the Girls Scout Cookies, Starbucks, and the Big Apple have in common? The answer is: they are all eliminating trans fats from their products. Apparently this artificial ingredient, also known as partially hydrogenated oil and hydrogenated oil, is contained in all processed foods that include in their ingredients partially hydrogenated oils or shortening, such as margarines, frying fats, crackers, baked goods, chips, cookies, and many more. Trans fats are also considered by many doctors
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Healthy Eating
Maintaining a healthy lifestyle is not only a necessity for a longer life, but it will also guarantee a consistent energy flow. In this day and age, nutrition has been lax and the repercussions are evident in international obesity rates, health problems, and causes for death. Therefore, maintaining a nourishing routine can be the key to healthier and more successful life. According to my personalized www.mypyramidtracker.gov my current height is 5.5 feet (167 cm) and
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Learning Disorder Chart
Learning Disorder: Learning disabilities affect the ability to understand or use spoken or written language, do mathematical calculations, and coordinate movements or direct attention. These disorders are a processing deficit. Without being able to see and hear properly the information is not received and processed correctly by the brain. TYPE DEFINITION CAUSES TEACHING STRATEGIES Dyslexia Dyslexia is a neurological learning disability. It is characterized by difficulties with word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding
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Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Narcissistic Personality Disorder Willa Cather's title "Paul's Case" (1905) invites us to ponder the question, "What exactly is Paul's Case?" Cather immediately informs us that Paul's case is mysterious. His own father is "perplexed" about his son's behavior, and the school faculty, who meet with Paul to discuss his recent suspension, speak of Paul with such "rancor" and "aggrieved ness" that it is obvious that Paul's is "not a usual case" (Cather, 1991, p.
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder or a medical brain disorder that forces a person into a series of repetitive thoughts and actions (Gard 18). This disorder is broken into two parts: obsessions and compulsions. An obsession is persistent thoughts and/or feelings. The anxiety produced by these thoughts leads to an urgent need to perform certain rituals or routines. These routines are also known as compulsions. The compulsive rituals are performed in
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Eat to Live, Don’t Live to Eat
Take a look around you next time you’re at the food court in the mall. What do you see? More than likely you will see overweight men and women ordering double cheeseburgers and large fries from McDonald’s™ or something of that nature. To most people, seeing this is nothing new. We live in a fast food nation where parents pick up fast food on the way home from work for their kids and themselves. Of
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Alzheimer’s Disease - Brain Disorder
AlzheimerЎ¦s disease is a progressive brain disorder that gradually causes memory loss, language impairment, movement coordination, recognition, decision-making, and functions that closely relate to the frontal lobe of the brain. At the end, people are not able to take care of themselves and often end up dying. AlzheimerЎ¦s disease progresses at different rates. Currently, there is no known cure for AlzheimerЎ¦s disease. There is also no known single cause. However, in the past years, research
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Paranoid Personality Disorder
Paranoid Personality Disorder, also known as Personality Disorder – Paranoid or PPD is a disorder that has a great affect on behavior patterns. People with Paranoid Personality Disorder are usually people who are very suspicious of everyone’s motives. They will not usually share any secrets for fear that they will be exploited. Poor sense of humor, hostility, bad self esteem/image, and social isolation are some of the signs and symptoms of PPD. Self dependence is
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Sleeping Disorder
Millions of Americans of all ages are affected by sleeping disorder, many with severe, chronic sleep deprivation. Sleeping disorders are among the most common disorders in the world, considering over 40 million people are suffering from all types of them, including Narcolepsy. Narcolepsy is a common sleeping disorder that affects about one in every 1000 people. Narcolepsy is a perplexing neurological disorder that causes cataplexy, the loss of skeletal muscle tone without loss of consciousness,
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder which can afflict a person throughout his/her lifetime: "The individual who suffers from OCD becomes trapped in a pattern of repetitive thoughts and behaviors that are senseless and distressing but extremely difficult to overcome" (http:www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/ocd.htm). Obsessions and compulsions are the two main components of this disorder. The former are often highly negative such as an ever-present fear of germs. Compulsions such as repetitive handwashing are rituals
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Bipolar Disorder
The phenomenon of bipolar affective disorder has been a mystery since the 16th century. History has shown that this affliction can appear in almost anyone. Even the great painter Vincent Van Gogh is believed to have had bipolar disorder. It is clear that in our society many people live with bipolar disorder; however, despite the abundance of people suffering from the it, we are still waiting for definite explanations for the causes and cure. The
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Paranoid Personality Disorder
Paranoid Personality Disorders Paranoid Personality Disorder is a disorder commonly mistaken for schizophrenic personality disorders. Schizophrenia, a psychosis, is when a person is has an image of a world and its transpiring events, and he/she is"living" it. Paranoid Personality Disorder, however, is a neurosis where an individual is living in the real world. This disorder, though not as draining as other disorders, but can still devastate someone's life. Individuals with this disorder always assume
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD, affects approximately two million children in the United States today. This condition was discovered in the mid-19th Century and has become well known in society. Children with this disorder have a much more difficult time in early childhood development than the average child. Children with ADHD need much more attention from the adults in their everyday lives, not to be prescribed on lethal drugs, to
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Social Anxiety Disorder/ Social Disorder
THE LEAST UNDERSTOOD ANXIETY DISORDER Social Anxiety is the fear of social situations and the interaction with other people that can automatically bring on feelings of self-consciousness, judgment, evaluation, and criticism. The following story is about a 27-year old man named Paul (last name unknown), who suffered from social phobia and how he learned to cope with it. Paul had been suffering with social phobia for 8-9 years. At 27 his illness became so bad
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Borderline Personality Disorder
A client with borderline personality disorder usually consists of a host of negative characteristics. BPD is defined as “a pervasive pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships, self image, and affects, and marked impulsivity that begins by early adulthood and is present in a variety of contexts, ”(American Psychiatric Association, 2000). Patients who have borderline personality disorder usually display destructive behaviors and addictive behaviors, including self-mutilation. These actions are a cry for help, they expect someone
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Gender Differences in Anxiety Disorders
For my individual paper assignment I chose to summarize three articles containing information about gender difference in anxiety disorders. I found three articles that surrounded the information that I had to explain about my research. The 3 article titles that I will explain in this assignment are gender differences in anxiety disorders, gender differences in panic disorder, and effects of gender on social phobia. The first article is explaining my main topic that I chose
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Multiple Personality Disorder
Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD) or Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) was first recognized in the 1700's but was not understood so therefore it was forgotten. Many cases show up in medical records through the years, but in 1905, Dr. Morton Prince wrote a book about MULTIPLE PERSONALITY DISORDER that is a foundation for the disorder. A few years after it was published Sigmund Freud dismissed the disorder and this dropped it from being discussed at any
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Bipolor Disorder
In today’s society there are many different psychological disorders that people face on a daily basis. Often times the individuals know they even have the disorder until someone else recognizes it. One particular disorder is the Bipolar disorder. It has many different classifications and definitions, symptoms, and treatments. It is very inportant to notice this disorder in its beginning stages so it can be controlled. The bipolar disorder has often been classified and defined
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Attention Deficit Disorder
In 1917 and 1918 there was a worldwide outbreak of encephalitis. Many children showed ADD like symptoms afterwards, leading doctors to further speculate that the disorder was the result of brain damage, resulting in perhaps the first names for ADD, Post-Encephalitic Disorder and Minimal Brain Damage. When it was later learned that these children were not brain damaged after all, the name changed to Minimal Brain Dysfunction. In 1937 doctors first reported evidence that stimulant
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Overview
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Introduction Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), which is often referred to as childhood hyperactivity, is a severe and chronic disorder for children. It is one of the most prevalent childhood disorders, and affects 3% to 5% of the school-age population. Boys outnumber girls three or more to one. Children with ADHD can experience many behavioral difficulties that often manifest in the form of inattention, being easily distracted, being impulsive, and hyperactivity. As
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What Is Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder?
( What is Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder? You have probably heard and may even have used the term hyperactivity. The notion is a modern one: there were no hyperactive children 50 to 60 years ago. Today, if anything, the term is applied too often and too widely. The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) estimates that all teachers have in their classrooms at least one child with ADHD (Simmons, RG. 1993). Actually,
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Bipolar Disorder with Manic Depression
Bipolar Disorder with Manic Depression Case Study 4 Latresa Jackson Abnormal Psychology-SS440 Charitie Fuller December 12, 2007 Bipolar Disorder with Manic Depression What is bipolar disorder; also know as manic-depressive, an illness involving episodes of serious manic and depression with episodes that are like an unending roller-coaster ride form the highest peak to the lowest. Bipolar disorders are of two kind, bipolar I disorder and bipolar II disorder. With bipolar I disorder is just that
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