Disorders

Section 1 Anxiety, although similar in symptomology to common nerves, is a completely different experience. Being nervous is a response to a specific experience, like public speaking, an important ex…

According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), approximately 1 out of 3 adolescents suffers from an anxiety disorder between the ages of 13 and 18. Although a diagnosis of teenage anxiety disor…

What is a memory? There are recollections stored in a memory arranged in the brain. The memory is stored in the hippocampus uncovered in the brain's temporal lobe. There are two types of memory: shor…

Breathing disorders can be extremely problematic and dangerous if not taken care of or treated carefully or correctly. There are many breathing disorders that can be talked about. These types of breat…

Many parents see their children struggling to pay attention and decide to test the child for an attention disorder such as ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder). If the child has an attentio…

We have all been told about eating disorders but, are we aware of what causes them? When we hear 'eating disorder' we likely think of anorexia, which is when the person eats little to no food. There a…

Looking into my life and the experiences I've lived, the outcomes of how I've communicated with others due to higher levels of anxiety or uncertainty have caused me many unwanted circumstances. Person…

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder affects between seven and eight percent of the population. While society associates Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder as a military problem, women are more likely to be aff…

Students who disrupt classrooms due to attention deficit should in fact not be required to take medication because of multiple possible side effects, effective therapy options. and a possible misdiagn…

Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder that impacts a person's concept of, and interactions with, reality. A combination of hallucinations, delusions, and disarrangement in thinking and behavior, l…