Misdiagnosing Personality Disorders As Eating Disorders The Eating Disordered Patient Eating disorders - notably Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa - are complex phenomena. The patient with eating disorder maintains a distorted view of her body as too fat or as somehow defective (she may have a body dysmorphic disorder). Many patients with eating disorders are found in professions where body form and image are emphasized (e.g., ballet...... Similar Editorial : by Sam Vaknin. | Source : Anorexia Symptoms
Cluster B Personality Disorders The DSM-IV-TR (2000) defines a personality disorder as: "An enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that deviates markedly from the expectations the individuals culture (and is manifested in two or more of his or her areas of mental life:) cognition, affectivity, interpersonal functioning, or impulse control." Such a pattern is rigid, long-term (stable), and recurrent. It manifests...... Similar Editorial : by Sam Vaknin. | Source : Bipolar Disability
Narcissistic Personality Disorder - Diagnostic Criteria The Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) is not a new psychological construct. In previous centuries it was called "egotism" or "megalomania". It is an extreme form of pathological narcissism. The Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) is one of the four personality disorders in Cluster B (dramatic, emotional, or erratic). It was first described in the DSM III-TR (Diagnostic and Statistical...... Similar Editorial : by Sam Vaknin. | Source : Bipolar Disability
The History Of Personality Disorders At the beginning of the nineteenth century, the French psychiatrist Pinel coined the phrase "manie sans delire" (insanity without delusions). He described patients who lacked impulse control, often raged when frustrated, and were prone to outbursts of violence. He noted that such patients were not subject to delusions. He was referring, of course, to psychopaths (subjects with the Antisocial...... Similar Editorial : by Sam Vaknin. | Source : Bipolar Disability
Narcissistic Personality Disorder - Prevalence And Comorbidity What is the Difference between Healthy Narcissism and the Pathological Kind? In my book "Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Revisited", I define pathological narcissism as: "(A) life-long pattern of traits and behaviors which signify infatuation and obsession with one's self to the exclusion of all others and the egotistic and ruthless pursuit of one's gratification, dominance and ambition." Luckily...... Similar Editorial : by Sam Vaknin, Ph.D.. | Source : Bipolar Disability
Gender Bias In Diagnosing Personality Disorders Ever since Freud, more women than men sought therapy. Consequently, terms like "hysteria' are intimately connected to female physiology and alleged female psychology. The DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, the bible of the psychiatric profession) expressly professes gender bias: personality disorders such as Borderline and Histrionic are supposed to be more common among women. but the DSM is...... Similar Editorial : by Sam Vaknin. | Source : Dealing With Bipolar
Gynaecological Problems Treatment Gynaecological is non-cancerous condition. It is found in women where some of the tissues that line the inside of the womb are found elsewhere in the human body, although most times with the pelvis. Poor nutritional status as a cause of gynaecological problems. Common gynacological problems is abnormal uterine bleeding. This is traditionally done by a procedure called dilatation and curettage (D...... Similar Editorial : by teahupoo. | Source : Bone Spur Treatment
Malasseziasis In Dog: A Case Report In Nepal Case History:Wesley, a 7-year-old maleGermon Shephord , was presented because of a nine-month history of hair loss and thickened, greasy skin. The dog was moderately pruritic, but the owner could not recall if pruritus had preceded or followed the appearance of the skin lesions. The dog seemed healthy otherwise. A vinegar and water solution had been used topically as well as selenium sulfide...... Source : Delsym Cough
Nepal Deg Nala Disease In Buffaloes & Cattle: Clinical Study Clinical-Epidemiological Study of Prevalence, etiology, chemotherapy of Deg Nala disease in buffaloes and cattle in Nepal.Dr.Kedar KarkiM.V.St.Preventive Veterinary MedicineCentral Luzon State University Munoz PhilippinesVeterinary Officer Central Veterinary Laboratory ABSTRACT The prevalence, etiology, chemotherapy and control of Deg Nala disease were studied. The disease occurs in winter months...... Similar Editorial : by Mahendra. | Source : Cough After Eating
Metamorphism Of Small Software Enterprises Yahoo! Inc. is a global internet communications, commerce and media company. Its principal business activity is to provide broadcast media, communications, business, enterprise and commerce services. Today Yahoo! Inc. is a leading global internet brand and one of the most trafficked Internet destinations worldwide. Yahoo! seeks to provide online products and services essential to users' lives, and...... Similar Editorial : by Eric Morris. | Source : Information System Management
Egyptian Antiques, Science - How Archimedes Lives Today Egyptian antiques had applied every known science to more easily pull the life giving water of the River Nile up out of the river and into the fields that would otherwise be desert. The longest river in the world floods each year from tropical monsoons thousands of miles to the south, and spreads fresh fertile top soil from up river.But in the months before each flooding there was need to irrigate...... Similar Editorial : by tjacowski. | Source : Science
Scientific Uses Of ����do You Not See?" "Do you not see" in the Bible:New American Standard Bible (NASB)Jeremiah 7:17"Do you not see what they are doing in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?Matthew 24:2And He said to them, "Do you not see all these things? Truly I say to you, not one stone here will be left upon another, which will not be torn down."Mark 8:18"HAVING EYES, DO YOU NOT SEE? AND HAVING EARS, DO YOU NOT...... Similar Editorial : by jmskye. | Source : Science Ideas
The Mysteries Of The Planet Venus Venus is the second planet from the Sun and is the sixth largest. It is the brightest object in the night sky except for the Moon. Venus orbits the Sun once every 224.7 Earth days and gets as close to the Sun as 107.476 million kilometers and as far away from the Sun as 108.942 million kilometers. This makes the orbit of Venus less elliptical and more circular than any other planets. The...... Similar Editorial : by samserio. | Source : Life Science
The Second Planet From The Sun Venus is the second planet from the Sun and is the sixth largest. It is the brightest object in the night sky except for the Moon. Venus orbits the Sun once every 224.7 Earth days and gets as close to the Sun as 107.476 million kilometers and as far away from the Sun as 108.942 million kilometers. This makes the orbit of Venus less elliptical and more circular than any other planets. The...... Similar Editorial : by Sam Vaknin, Ph.D.. | Source : Life Science
Keltic Seafaring Many academics are unable to handle the possibility of ships that travelled the oceans as long ago as the Franchithi Caves dig that showed 13,000 B.C. community fishing fleets. It even was hard for most to accept the Kelts at the time of Caesar had this technology at that time despite the words of Caesar. Some people think knowledge once gained is never lost but that is far from true. Barry Fell...... Source : Science Lab
