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| | Dorlands Medical Dictionary |
 | | formal thought disorder, disturbance in the form, rather than the content, of thought; disruption in the flow of ideas or speech; inability to follow the normal semantic or syntactic rules in someone with adequate intelligence and education and the cultural background to do so. | | | disorder of written expression, [DSM-IV] a learning disorder (q.v.) in which the affected skill is written communication, characterized by errors in spelling, grammar, or punctuation, by poor paragraph organization, or by poor story composition or thematic development. | | | Functional mood disorders are subclassified as bipolar disorders, including bipolar I disorder, bipolar II disorder, and cyclothymic disorder; depressive disorders, including major depressive disorder and dysthymic disorder; mood disorder due to a general medical condition; and substance-induced mood disorder. |
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| | Balance disorder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | This form of therapy is thought to promote compensation for the disorder. | | | Infections (viral or bacterial), head injury, disorders of blood circulation affecting the inner ear or brain, certain medications, and aging may change our balance system and result in a balance problem. | | | Peripheral vestibular disorder, a disturbance in the labyrinth. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balance_disorder
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| | Psychosomatic Illness: A guide to Psychosomatic Disorder |
| | Psychosomatic disorder is mainly used to mean a physical disease which is thought to be caused, or made worse, by mental factors. | | | Disorders of organ of special sense - Chronic conjunctivitis | | | Psychosomatic or Somatoform disorders are among the most common psychiatric disorders found in general practice. |
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http://www.depression-guide.com/psychosomatic-disorder.htm
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| | Touched With Fire |
| | The importance of rapid, fluid, and divergent thought in the creative process has been described by most psychologists and writers who have studied human imagination. | | | "Two aspects of thinking in particular are pronounced in both creative and hypomanic thought: fluency, rapidity, and flexibility of thought on the one hand, and the ability to combine ideas or categories of thought in order to form new and original connections on the other. | | | Bipolar disorders are successfully treated with drugs like lithium, while ADDers respond most often to stimulants like Ritalin. |
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http://borntoexplore.org/addmood.htm
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| | Amazon.com: Books: Thriving With Your Autoimmune Disorder: A Woman's Mind-Body Guide |
| | The author does not substantially address the many environmental factors that are thought to contribute to autoimmune disease, and provides little in the way of leading-edge information on traditional or alternative-medicine approaches to specific conditions, or autoimmune diseases as a whole. | | | While Ravicz discusses specific conventional treatment options for only a few of the most common autoimmune disorders, her focus is on the nutrient deficiencies and psychological changes that contribute to symptoms in most autoimmune disorders. | | | In Part I she discusses Women and Autoimmune Disorders and Related Conditions, with special emphasis on stress and the immune system, reclaiming your healing energy, the Mind-Body connection and the power of the diagnosis. |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1572241896?v=glance
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| | Seizure disorder |
| | This procedure is used to control the spread of seizures that originate in or affect the "eloquent" cortex, the area of the brain responsible for complex thought and reasoning. | | | Relaxation techniques can provide some sense of control over the disorder, but they should never be used instead of anti-seizure medication or used without the approval of the patient's doctor. | | | Although a person having a complex partial seizure may not seem to be unconscious, he does not know what is happening and may behave inappropriately. |
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http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/ency/seizure_disorder.jsp
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| | Dorlands Medical Dictionary |
| | formal thought disorder, disturbance in the form, rather than the content, of thought; disruption in the flow of ideas or speech; inability to follow the normal semantic or syntactic rules in someone with adequate intelligence and education and the cultural background to do so. | | | disorder of written expression, [DSM-IV] a learning disorder (q.v.) in which the affected skill is written communication, characterized by errors in spelling, grammar, or punctuation, by poor paragraph organization, or by poor story composition or thematic development. | | | Included are panic disorder with and without agoraphobia, agoraphobia without history of panic disorder, specific phobia, social phobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, acute stress disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and substance-induced anxiety disorder. |
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| | Genetic Disorders: The Links to Diet |
| | Many other disorders that were once thought to be caused by single genes may actually be the results of a complex set of factors involving both nutrition and genes. | | | The findings come from a study sponsored by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) and the California Birth Defects Monitoring Program (CBDMP). | | | At one time many genetic researchers were convinced that spina bifida was entirely a genetic disorder, yet we now know that almost all cases of spina bifida have been shown to be preventable if the mother gets adequate folic acid before and during her pregnancy. |
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http://www.ctds.info/genetic_disorders.html
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| | Re: VPForum: Psychosomatic-Definition |
| | Molly, According to Taber's 15th edition Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary psychosomatic has as the following: "Pertaining to the relationship of the mind and body and also this: Disorders that have a physiological component but are thought to originate in the emotional state of the patient are termed psychosomatic. | | | Kinds of somatoform disorder are: conversion disorder, hypochondria, psychogenic pain disorder." Well, the reason that I wanted to add this last one is b/c there are some drs that think that the nerve pain that we tell them that we have is all just our imagination. | | | The definition of somatoform disorder according to Mosby's Medical Encyclopedia revised edition is: "Any of a group of nervous disorders with symptoms look like a physical illness or disease, for which there is no real disease. |
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| | Ol' Buffalo Stress Page |
| | Operating from a general psychosomatic model wherein they assumed that inhibiting or holding back one's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors was associated with long-term stress and disease (Pennebaker, Kiecolt-Glaser, and Glaser, 1988), they have conducted a number of very intriguing studies. | | | Both medical practitioners and behavioral scientists are aware of the capacity of the human body to respond to situational stress; however, it appears that the threshold to initiate such a response is lower than previously thought. | | | It also appears that there is a relationship between psychosomatic, or physical complaints, and the growing pressures our lifestyle seems to encourage. |
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| | speech disorder - Books, journals, articles @ The Questia Online Library |
| | Trying to make speech a crime by Jane...intended to prevent public disorder by punishing reckless falsehoods...simply had no business making speech a crime in a free society...Romania, where freedom of speech and thought often take a... | | | Disorder can be the broth of creativity and improvement. | | | ...under-estimate of the true incidence of the disorder which can vary widely in its severity...world. |
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| | The Body: Bipolar Disorder |
| | Cognitive behavioral therapy helps people with bipolar disorder learn to change inappropriate or negative thought patterns and behaviors associated with the illness. | | | Psychosocial interventions commonly used for bipolar disorder are cognitive behavioral therapy, psychoeducation, family therapy, and a newer technique, interpersonal and social rhythm therapy. | | | Therefore, recognizing bipolar disorder early and learning how best to manage it may decrease the risk of death by suicide. |
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| | WCAV Autism: Genetic Disorder Or Mercury Poisoning? |
| | Like his son, Ryan, it is thought that some children are born with a pre-disposition for not being able to get rid of toxins in their body - and all it took was a shot filled with mercury to act as a trigger. | | | The President of the Virginia Chapter of the National Autism Association said it's absurd to think that this disorder is only caused by genes. | | | Autism is defined as a developmental disability that by age three will effect children's non-verbal and verbal communication. |
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http://www.charlottesvillenewsplex.tv/news/headlines/1969337.html
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| | Spasticity and Movement Disorders Clinic |
| | Because his expertise in the area of treating movement disorders, he has written invited articles in Exceptional Parent Magazine and edited a supplemental issue of the Journal of Child Neurology on Spasticity and Movement Disorders in Cerebral Palsy. | | | It is thought to be due to damage to the basal ganglia, deep structures in the brain that adjust the amount of movement that occurs when people tell a muscle to move. | | | The Spasticity and Movement Disorders Clinic at the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh is made up of a team of pediatric medical professionals who specialize in the comprehensive, multidisciplinary evaluation and treatment of children and young adults with spasticity and other movement disorders such as dystonia, chorea, athetosis, and tremor. |
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| | course-no-test.cfm?CID=931 |
| | Cognitive-behavioral treatment: Cognitive therapy views that behavioral disorders are influenced by negative or extreme thought patterns. | | | Ling FW: Recognizing and treating premenstrual dysphoric disorder in the obstetric, gynecologic, and primary care practices. | | | Documented hypersensitivity; seizure disorders; renal or hepatic insufficiency; lactation; conditions influenced by edema; undiagnosed genital bleeding; porphyria |
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| | MedForumsLive.comTemporomandibular Joint Disorder |
| | It is thought that patients with TMJ disorders have hyperactivity (spasms) of the muscles responsible for regulating the opening and closing of the Eustachian tube. | | | The following are behaviors or conditions that can lead to TMJ disorders: | | | When the muscles are relaxed and balanced and both jaw joints open and close comfortably, we are able to talk, chew, or yawn without pain. |
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http://www.medforumslive.com/terms/temporomandibular_joint__disorder.html
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| | Topics-PMS and Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder |
| | Recent data suggest that women with premenstrual mood disorders have abnormal serotonin neurotransmission, which is thought to be associated with symptoms such as irritability, depressed mood and carbohydrate craving. | | | Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) is a more severe form of premenstrual syndrome affecting 3-8% of women in their reproductive years. | | | Our clinical program offers pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic therapies for women with both premenstrual depression and/or anxiety. |
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| | The IJPA - Discussion paper |
| | We will instead assume that the 'basic processes' in themselves will always produce all the different kinds of phenomena that we sometimes perceive as emotions and relate to in conscious thought processes, and at other times as psychosomatic symptoms or ordinary somatic ones. | | | These organ changes would give rise to bodily signs and symptoms (signs of disorder or illness) and we could then regard them as affect-equivalents, i.e. | | | Our way of talking of 'affected organs' in itself implies some kind of connection between affect and organs of the body. |
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| | Understanding Psychosis |
| | Thought disorder means non-hallucinatory psychotic symptoms which have to do with problems in interpretation as well as understanding. | | | It is worth bearing in mind that kinesthetic hallucinations should not be confused with conversion hysteria, another form of psychosomatic disorder which is essentially based upon unexpressed anxiety. | | | People suffering from psychotic disorders can exhibit any or all of these at different times depending upon the exact nature of their illness. |
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| | Congenital Brain Disorders |
| | Congenital disorders of the brain and spine are extremely complex and are best studied by correlating with the embryological development. | | | Hydranencephaly: reabsorption/destruction of the cerebral hemispheres thought to be due to bilateral ICA occlusions although congenital infection may also be a cause. | | | Disorders of migration include the heterotopias, agyria-Pachygyria, polymicrogaria. |
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| | Intermittent Explosive Disorder |
| | Individuals with this disorder experience aggressive impulses which they act upon reflexivity and without thought or concern for the situation and find this lack of control distressing. | | | Treatment of Intermittent Explosive Disorder has traditionally involved psychodynamic behavioural and social therapies have been used but recently serotonergic medications (such as Prozac) have been used as well. | | | Intermittent Explosive Disorder is the inability to control violent impulses but it is critical to distinguish this from bouts of bad temper and/or bad behaviour by excluding innummerable other possible causes. |
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| | Cumulative Trauma Disorders |
| | CTD is generally thought to be an incurable disease. | | | Cumulative Trauma Disorder (CTD) costs employers and employees an incredible amount of dollars, human suffering and frustration. | | | They will learn the physiology of CTD, all of the various causes of CTD, medical issues, social issues, and human behavior issues. |
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| | pipet's parlour: bipolar disorder and chromosome 22 |
| | It is thought that for mental disorders, this is not the case. | | | Undergoing treatment for bipolar disorder can be hit-and-miss at first, because some drugs work for some people and don't work well for others. | | | Chromosome 22 has been implicated statistically in both bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, and I am trying to find what gene is triggering the statistical evidence. |
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| | Central Auditory Processing Disorder |
| | When the auditory input in the room became too much, I thought that rather than run for cover, I would try to work on an essay for school on my laptop, at least I would be in the room with the other people, even if I couldn't follow the multitude of conversations. | | | There is a real processing issue, and it appears it is worse from the left than the right. | | | I think it's an interesting theory and certainly worth further investigation, but that it's over-simplifying on visual and auditory problems. |
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| | Autism Treatments: Assessment of Autistic Children for Metabolic Disorders |
| | PDD,NOS, along with Asperger's disorder, is thought by some researchers to be as common as autism. | | | Individuals with this disorder are rarer than persons with autism or one of the other PDDs; they exhibit the social, communicative and behavioral deficits observed in autism including loss of desire for social contact, diminished eye contact, and loss of nonverbal communication. | | | Autism is a profound and poorly understood developmental disorder that severely impairs a person's abilities, particularly in the areas of language and social relations. |
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| | Daily Life with a Balance Disorder |
| | In some ways I could say that my vestibular disorder rules my life and many times I have thought exactly that! | | | It is teaching me ways to educate people who are close to me about my challenges as well as sharing with others that they may better understand vestibular disorders. | | | However, the longer I live with this and find ways to cope, the more I see all that this condition has taught me. It is still teaching me patience. |
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| | Untitled Document |
| | Reactive Attachment Disorder--the careful approach and the pop psychology approach | | | Intimacy with peers of the opposite sex is thought to take the place of intimacy with same-sex friends | | | Intimacy with peers is hypothesized to replace intimacy with parents |
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| | Law & Disorder Radio |
| | Law and Disorder looks seriously at the issues without taking itself too seriously. | | | Suffering from too little sleep, too little medication, and far too many nights with no date resulted in an ego obsessive venture on Sunday evenings, that has now been adjudicated and designated as one of the freshest, funniest, thought provoking shows on radio. | | | Law and Disorder is the brainchild of host Ken Goldberg. |
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| | Infections in the Lung Transplant Recipient |
| | Giant cells have also been documented to reappear in single lung transplant recipients with the diagnosis of Giant Cell Interstitial Pneumonia which is currently thought to be an occupational pneumoconiosis secondary to inhalation of hard metal dust particles. | | | Localized processes such as Nocardia abscesses and PTLD are better sampled by fine needle aspiration and biopsy (FNAB). | | | Therefore, ABB in the syndrome of bronchiolitis obliterans may be secondary to rejection, post obstructive infection or both. |
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