Captai992000

Captai992000 last signed in May 02 2009 and has been on Bukisa since Feb 25, 2009.

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What is Bipolar Disorder?

Published February 25, 2009 /

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Bipolar disorder is a condition that is defined by certain behaviors and thought patterns, some of which are the opposites of one another, yet can exist at the same time. Although the core troubles of Bipolar disorder are the same for children as they are for adults, often the specific

Reading Disorder or Dyslexia: What's the Difference

by Captai992000 | in Health & Nutrition > Mental Health

Reading disorder is almost always the result of deficits in processing sound units and sound symbol relationships. Children with reading disorder have difficulty with phonologic processing.
Oppositional Defiant Disorder: The New Diagnosis of Today's Youth

by Captai992000 | in Health & Nutrition > Mental Health

Oppositional Defiant Disorder is one of the three disruptive behavior disorders defined by the American Psychiatric Association in their handbook of mental disorders, the DSM-IV.
Is Bad Conduct Really A Disorder?

by Captai992000 | in Health & Nutrition > Mental Health

Conduct disorder is the term for a cluster of antisocial behaviors in which the key features are repetitive and persistent violation of age-appropriate social norms and the rights of others, and typically results in illegal behavior.
Pica: An Interesting Eating Habit

by Captai992000 | in Health & Nutrition > Mental Health

Pica is an eating disorder typically defined as the persistent eating of nonnutritive substances for a period of at least 1 month at an age in which this behavior is developmentally inappropriate.
Understanding Mental Retardation

by Captai992000 | in Health & Nutrition > Mental Health

Mental retardation is defined by sub-average intellectual ability. General intelligence quotient (IQ) scores for mentally retarded individuals are, by definition, seventy (70) or below.
Autism: An Indepth Look

by Captai992000 | in Health & Nutrition > Mental Health

Autism is the fastest growing population of special needs students in the US, having grown by over 900% between 1992 and 2001, according to data from the United States Department of Education.
Adderall: The Drug of A New Generation

by Captai992000 | in Health & Nutrition > Mental Health

Adderall is an amphetamine that doctors prescribe to help people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Adderall is an amphetamine that stimulates the central nervous system.
ADHD: Is It Real?

by Captai992000 | in Health & Nutrition > Mental Health

ADHD is a neurologically-based disorder. ADHD is one of the more controversial diagnoses in mental health due to a lack of any scientific method of testing for it.