Alzheimer’s (AHLZ-high-merz) is a brain disease that affects memory, thinking and behavior. It is not a normal part of aging. It not only can completely change the sufferer’s personality, but also alienate them from friends and loved ones. While doctors and health care professionals know
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1. HELPING KIDS AFTER SERIOUS INJURY Professor Justin Kenardy, Schools of Medicine and Psychology, University of Queensland. Deputy Director, Centre of National Research on Disability and Rehabilitation Medicine. Funded by the NHMRC. “Accidental injury is the most common category of tra
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According to Tony Jorm, from the ORYGEN research centre, mental health is everyone’s business. And, he believes, we can all make a difference. The first thing he would like to see is a recognition of the scale of the problem – especially the huge impact of depression across the country.
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According to Tony Jorm, from the ORYGEN research centre, mental health is everyone’s business. And, he believes, we can all make a difference. The first thing he would like to see is a recognition of the scale of the problem – especially the huge impact of depression across the country.
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The treatment of bulimia has become a hot topic in many households. Although predominately more evident in females, males too suffer from eating disorders such as bulimia. Bulimia and Anorexia are the two most common forms of eating disorders. Reasoning why people suffer from bulimia and other eatin
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Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder which is commonly known as the anorexia. Despite the fact that many men can also develop food disorders, anorexia is quite unusual in them. It is more common in girls 15 - 18 years as the anorexia usually begins in middle adolescence. You must start treatment f
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Although much of treatment for eating disorders focuses on statistics and the common symptoms, it is important to treat to see the person as an individual. It can be very damaging for a patient to be treated as a statistic or a person who is common. Many eating disorders are based on low self-esteem
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One of the most common errors on autism is that high functioning Autism and Aspergers syndrome are the same thing. Many parents struggle with this issue because there is so much information there that uses two terms interchangeably. There are many symptoms of cross between Aspergers syndrome and
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