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Do you know anything about this topic? Share your expertise with our thousands of visitors each day by submitting your quality, informative 'Somatoform Disorders' article, and if you become a member we will pay you for your unique and original work (note that all submissions are reviewed by our editors). Your Somatoform Disorders Guide is Michael Russell. Recent articles submitted to your independent guide to Somatoform Disorders 1. Complex Eating Disorders - By: Michael Russell Anorexia and bulimia are complex eating disorders and different people can develop them for different reasons. Major life changes, family problems, social problems and failure at school can all trigger eating disorders in susceptible individuals. The exact cause of these disorders is not k... Featured ArticleEating Disorders And Personality Disorders (narcissism) Question:Do narcissists also suffer from eating disorders such as bulimia nervosa or anorexia nervosa?Answer:Patients suffering from eating disorders either binge on food or refrain from eating and sometimes are both anorectic and bulimic. This is an impulsive behaviour as defined by the DSM and is sometimes comorbid with Cluster B personality disorder, particularly with the Borderline Personality Disorder. Some patients develop eating disorders ...
Read full story 2. Anorexic Eating Disorders - By: Michael Russell Eating disorders, foremost among them Anorexia Nervosa, afflict upwards of 8 out of every 100,000 people each year; 40% of this statistic is composed of adolescent females between the ages of 15 and 19. An eating disorder is defined as "a complex compulsion to eat in a way which disturbs physi... 3. Add And Other Related Disorders - By: Michael Russell Being afflicted with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (also known as ADHD or ADD) can be daunting enough for both children and adults alike. All that inattentiveness, hyperactivity and impulsivity in a child with ADD can definitely create a nerve-wracking experience for any parent (or ... 4. Differences Of Autism And Aspergers Syndromes - By: Peter Smith The Asperger syndrome affects children and adults patients by modifying their communication skills and making them unable to interact with the persons around them. The autistic disorder in most cases associates the lack of communication skills with learning disabilities. The Asperger sy... 5. Eating Disorders – Males Have It Too - By: Michael Russell Men in general are far less likely than women to associate themselves with eating disorders. This in turn causes the ones who are afflicted with the issue to not acknowledge their problem, and therefore be much slower than women to seek treatment. This could be due to many factors, such as denial, e... 6. Why Most People With Agoraphobia Take A Year Or More To Start Recovery - By: Stephen Price Understanding agoraphobia is the first step toward recovery. However, the average person with agoraphobia takes at least one full year to get diagnosed and even longer to learn enough about agoraphobia to start recovering. Here are four reasons why: 1) Most people don't know wh... 7. Teens And Eating Disorders - By: Michael Russell Teenagers listen to their friends far more than they listen to those in authority over them. That is why the best person to help a teen deal with an eating disorder is another teen. Yet many teens do not know how to help their friends who are struggling with improper body images. First,... 8. Understanding Autism - By: Peter Smith Understanding Autism by: Roger Wakefield Autism, which is sometimes also referred to Childhood Autism, Early Infantile Autism, or Kanner's Autism, is caused by some neurological malfunction that causes marked delays in the development in the areas of communication and social interactio... 9. Sleep Disorders - By: Michael Russell There are many different kinds of sleep disorders. During the span of any lifetime all humans will go through a phase of disrupted sleep that could be linked to a specific sleep disorder. While there are all kinds, most are overcome by changing sleep patterns and ones attitude about sleeping. The... 10. Odd And Cd - Complex And Explosive Children - By: Mpam Id1976837 ODD - Oppositional Defiant Disorder and CD - Conduct Disorder are extremely explosive, complex, debilitating disorders. It impairs the child's ability to function normally in personal, social, academic and professional relationships throughout the child's life. ODD and CD are rarely di... 11. Temporomandibular Disorder - Symptoms And Treatment - By: Michael Russell The complex joints that connect the mandible to the skull are the temporomandibular joints. A temporomendibular disorder (TMD) is an abnormal, incomplete, or impaired function of the temporomandibular joint. The condition was once called temporomandibular joint syndrome (TMJ). Causes: His... 12. Compulsive Overeating: Spotting Signs And Symptoms - By: Michael Russell Eating Disorders are usually associated with Anorexia and Bulimia. When someone says “eating disorders”, it usually makes one think of skinny girls with hollow faces and protruding ribs. But there is another group of people who also suffer from another kind of eating disorder, and they do not necess... 13. Autism Research And Education - By: Jamie H Snodgrass Autism can be defined as an abnormal absorption with the self, which is marked by communication disorders and short attention span and inability to treat others as people. It drastically affects a persons behavior with others as well as with self. The person suffering from autism is unab... 14. Is Obesity An Eating Disorder? - By: Michael Russell Is weight gain, or worse, obesity, a sign of prosperity, or a symptom of stress that causes eating disorders? A Munich-based expert claims that both the cause and the cure of being overweight begin with attitude. Although there are gadgets designed to speed up weight loss, the basic prin... 15. Eating Disorder – The Risks - By: Michael Russell An eating disorder is an obsession with being thin which causes a person to excessive diet, binge and purge, or participate in other unsafe behaviors for the purpose of losing weight. When many people think of an eating disorder, they picture a young, teenage girl who wants to be popular and thin. ... 16. What You Need To Know About Eating Disorders - By: Michael Russell Eating is vital to our health and who doesn’t love to eat. But sad to say there are many among us who develop eating disorders, most especially the women. An eating disorder can either involve an extreme and unhealthy cutback of food intake or a severe overeating. Influencing factors that push ce... 17. Alcoholism - Causes, Symptoms And Treatment - By: Michael Russell Alcohol abuse is defined as a pattern of repeated drinking that interferes with a person's work, family, or social life or that exposes a person to physical dangers (driving or operating machinery while drunk, for example) or legal problems (such as drunk-driving arrests). Alcohol dependence is mor... 18. Easing The Eating Disorder Problem Through Yoga - By: Michael Russell Cases of eating disorders are raving all over the country! At present, there are over 11 million people in the United States alone who are being held in a tight vicious grip by different forms of eating disorders. In fact, it was estimated that at least 10 million women and 1 million men have bee... 19. Agoraphobia Symptoms - By: Michael Russell Agoraphobia is basically the fear of crowded spaces. Agoraphobia symptoms can go unnoticed for long periods of time but they do exist. If someone suspects that they have agoraphobia, they may avoid crowded places without realizing where this tendency comes from. It could take years of having the dis... 20. What Is Agoraphobia? - By: Stephen Price Most people have heard of most phobias. Mention claustrophobia, social phobia, or arachnophobia and everyone pretty much knows what you are talking about. Mention agoraphobia, and most people will just shake their heads. Because of this, many people who get agoraphobia often t... 21. Dysgraphia - What Is It? - By: Michael Russell Learning disabilities are separated into three groups, academic skills disorders, speech and language disorders, and miscellaneous disorders. This first group, academic skills disorders, are disabilities that delay a child’s progress in school, such as dyslexia, dysgraphia (or agraphia), and dyscalc... 22. Treating Anorexia Nervosa - By: Michael Russell Suffering from an eating disorder does not only mean having problems with foods. A person with an eating disorder is only showing some symptoms of underlying problems other than food. Anorexia nervosa is one of the most common eating disorders that has afflicted a lot of people; especially women. In... 23. Causes Of Trichotillomania - By: Michel Waugh The term "trichotillomania" comes from the Greek words "thrix," meaning "hair" and "tillein" meaning "to pull" and "mania," the Greek word for "madness" or "frenzy". As the name suggests trichotillomania is a psychiatric condition in which an individual has an uncontrollable urge to pull out his or ... 24. Chiropractor - A Controversial Medical Profession - By: Michael Russell Chiropractic is a science and a medical profession that had officially existed for more than 100 years, but its techniques were practiced since ancient times. Described by many as holistic medicine, chiropractic considers not only your physical well-being, but also your psychical health. Chiropracti... 25. Are You Suffering From An Eating Disorder? - By: Michael Russell Are you afraid of gaining weight? Normally, most people do. We hate to see ourselves getting those bulges here and there. Although being anxious of gaining weight is normal for most of us, being obsessive about it is a different story. Are you exceedingly concerned about gaining weight... Please feel free to submit your quality, informative article for our readers. |
| Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision Features: * The DSM-IV-TR brings this essential diagnostic tool up-to-date, to promote effective diagnosis, treatment, and quality of care. * Now you can get all the essential diagnostic information you rely on from the DSM-IV along with important updates not found in the 1994 edition. Product Information: Since the DSM-IV was published in 1994, there have been many advances in our kno... |
| Helping Athletes With Eating Disorders (book) A guide to identification, response, and prevention DESCRIPTION Much of today s research on athletes with eating disorders focuses only on the number of people affected; Helping Athletes With Eating Disorders does much more. Eating disorders can be especially difficult to spot in athletes because many traits common to those with eating disorders are also found in dedicated athletes. Plus,... |
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