Life Tourette syndrome and its symptoms can be seen in every culture, every race, and every society. This syndrome consists of too many convulsive tics, involuntary gesture, which is uncontrollable. We cannot say this is kind of a chemical or psychological disease or even the result of imbalance in neurotransmitter. We need to see all three perspectives in this syndrome. Tourette syndrome is a neurological disorder, which becomes stronger in early childhood or adolescence. This syndrome happens almost
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Tourette syndrome also known as TS is a neurological disorder that is identifiable by repetitive involuntary movements, urges and vocalizations also known as tics. Tourette syndrome greatly impacts an individual’s life and often leaves those who are afflicted with this neurological disorder with the feeling of being alone and embarrassed. TS often begins in early childhood, starting as early as 2 years old. However the symptoms known as tics do not begin to reveal themselves roughly until the child
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Ehlers Danlos Syndrome Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) is a rare genetic inherited syndrome. Ehlers-Danlos syndrome affects the connective tissues, which provide support to the skin, bones, blood vessels, and other organs of the body. There are six types of EDS hyper mobility, classical, vascular, kyphoscoliosis, arthrochalasia, and dermatosparaxis. Some types are so severe that people can’t participate in any sport activities or any physical activity. The two major types of EDS are Classical EDS
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Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy is one of the worlds most hidden forms, and therefore also least recognised forms of child abuse. The syndrome is a psychological disorder where the parent fabricates illnesses and symptoms in their child, resulting in unnecessary medication that is often over prescribed or overdosed, and sometimes even exploratory surgeries on the child. How many people know about this? Such a minority that it is easily forgotten and almost never detected by doctors, nurses and surgeons
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Neuropsychology- Korsakoff Syndrome Case Study Introduction Indicating to Mr C's case study, the patient may have developed Korsakoff syndrome. Korsakoff syndrome is associated with Diencephalic Amnesia which is seen as 'neurological disease'. Patients that are experiencing this condition is highly related to 'heavy alcohol' consumptions over a very long period (Butterworth, 1989). With an alcohol related issue Mr C has clearly been taking alcohol nearly half of his life due to going downhill
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Gout Uric acid is a compound composed of Nitrogen, Oxygen, Carbon, and Hydrogen, and is produced by the metabolic breakdown of purine nucleotides. It is generally non-toxic, and is insoluble in water. High levels of uric acid in the body, can lead to many disorders, such as Diabetes Mellitus, kidney stones, and Gout. Gout is the inflammation of joints caused by an increased level of Uric acid (hyperuricemia) and has similar symptoms to Arthritis, but on an acute level. It is characterized by a
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Baron-Cohen et al 1. The participants were tested in 3 ways. 1 of these was the eye test. This was when 25 different pictures of were shown of an array of different emotions. The participants were given forced questions. Then they had to choice between two mental states. They had to guess which emotion they eyes were portraying. Another test was a strange story test. These were a happe story task in order to demonstrate the validity of the eye task as a test of ToM. If it was a valid test then
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Hopkins Hospital studied a group of 11 children and introduced the label early infantile autism into the English language. At the same time a German scientist, Dr. Hans Asperger, described a milder form of the disorder that became known as Asperger syndrome. Thus these two disorders were described and are today listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) as two of the five pervasive developmental disorders (PDD), more often referred to today as autism spectrum disorders
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October 14, 2012 Matthew Hoffman Mental Illness: OCD Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder characterized by the inability to control or even stop unwanted thoughts and actions. From the 14th to the 16th century in Europe, OCD was thought to be a devilish influence and treated through exorcisms (“Who discovered OCD?”). As time went on, this anxiety disorder was thought as a form on insanity; this was until the 19th century. In the 19th century, the obsessive thoughts and
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Running head: Asperger’s Syndrome Asperger’s Syndrome Cynthia Brownlee Eng 101 October 30, 2011 Abstract Asperger Syndrome (AS) is a relatively new disability to the United States. The awareness of the disability is about twenty years old. However, the increase of the number of individuals being diagnosis is rapidly growing. This paper defines the characteristics of an AS individual and provides information
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