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…, the organs may deteriorate or stop functioning altogether. An excellent example of this argument is the popular case of Theresa Marie "Terri" Schiavo, a Florida resident who suffered from bulimia, an eating disorder in 1990. She was severely disabled for over 15…
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…is a complex developmental disorder that most usually surfaces sometime during the first 3 years of life (Ackerman 1997). This rare multifactoral disorder affects three to five out of every 10, 000 school-aged children, with males outnumbering females five to one…
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…Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disorder Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disorder (CMT) is the most common type of hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy (HMSN), occurring in one of every 2500 births. The mean age of onset of clinical symptoms is 12.2  7.3 years…
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…to 1995, making the stimulant one of the most prescribed drugs in the country. No one knows exactly what's behind the surge in Ritalin use, but experts speculate it's due to everything from increased awareness of attention disorders in schools…
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…in mood for at least two years. In children and adolescents, Dysthymia may last for as little as a year(16). Manic depression, which therapists refer to as bipolar illness is the most dramatic mood disorder. Its victim’s moods swing from depression…
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…gender identity disorder . What makes a woman a woman and a man a man? Is it nature? A persons genetics, or is it nurture? The way a person is raised. The way a female and a male are raised from birth decides what gender the person will become. Gender…
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…uptight, controlling, and not much fun. 'She's obsessed with him' is a way of saying your friend is hopelessly lovesick. That is not how these words are used to describe Obsessive- Compulsive Disorder or OCD, a strange and fascinating sickness of ritual…
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…Cerebral (Cerebral- Of or relating to the brain or cerebrum) Palsy (Palsy- A weakening or debilitating influence) is a disorder usually caused by brain damage occurring at or before birth and marked by muscular impairment. Often it is accompanied…
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…, at least half are autistic and the remainder have some other kind of developmental disorder. "In June, 2002, a paper by Darold A. Treffert and Gregory L. Wallace entitled "Islands of Genius" appeared in Scientific American. (Treffert and Wallace 2002…
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…standards, finding a mate, or climbing the social ladder leads many women to becoming anorexic. Anorexia is a form of extreme dieting associated with a woman's psychological issues about her weight, power and control. This kind of eating disorder often…
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