Mental Illness

Anorexia Diagnosis and Treatment for Anorexia Nervosa

Suspected of having anorexia nervosa (Anarexia, Annorexia / Anerexia), represents the body weight is a well measurable criteria for anorexia diagnosis : If it falls below anorexic people at least 15 percent of their age group. In addition, is in discussion with stakeholders and with their family members and use of questionnaires, determines whether, for example, the topic of eating and excessive body weight has meaning and whether much will be taken to reduce the weight, taking laxatives, for example, getting some exercise excessively or induce vomiting themselves.

For diagnosis of anorexia nervosa in adults, body mass index below 17.5 is an indication for an anorexic.

Anorexia Nervosa Treatment Method

The technology used in anorexia (anerexia nervosa) therapy is divided into two sections. The overriding concern is to increase the weight of the individuals concerned to counter the physical damage of anorexia. Especially when the body is less than 75 percent of normal weight, physical condition is life threatening or is a result of depression, suicide risk, those concerned should first be treated in anorexia hospital in United States or Canada Read more…

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Bulimia Nervosa Diagnosis Treatment Criteria

Several Bulimia Treatment and Diagnosis

The diagnosis of bulimia (bulimia nervosa treatment) may be made on the basis of symptoms and defined diagnostic criteria. It is advisable to keep a detailed discussion with stakeholders and with one or more related people in order to assess eating behaviors and body image to be. Using psychological test procedures can be detected any personality disorders in addition to bulimia.

The physical examination is used to diagnose bulimia, both as to assess the impact caused by the bulimia. Body weight is assessed with the Body Mass Index (BMI). In addition, care is taken in the investigation of characteristic changes: typically, are damaged in a bulimic’s teeth, the salivary glands, swollen and changed hands. Subsequently, pulse, blood pressure and temperature are measured and those affected are also neurologically examined. In addition to routine blood tests are reviewed, the electrolytes or kidney values. As the result of bulimia frequently occurring potassium deficiency may cause cardiac arrhythmia, the heart using an electrocardiogram investigated.

Bulimia Nervosa Treatment

The treatment of bulimia nervosa (bulimia / bulemia / bullimia) can usually be an outpatient basis. Inpatient admissions varies with bulimia only necessary if medical complications arise, the parties start are burdened with mental or outpatient bulimia treatment is ineffective. Now, many bulimia hospitals in Canada and United States include New Jersey, North Carolina, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, New York, Read more…

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Causes of OCD Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Neurobiological and Symptoms

The causes of obsessive-compulsive disorder OCD are probably in organic interaction and psychological factors justified. In addition, compulsive disorder frequently associated with depressive disorders, anxiety disorder, alcohol abuse and also eating disorders.

Neurobiological findings

An obsessive-compulsive disorder / OCD is associated with impaired function of certain brain regions (basal ganglia, limbic system and frontal cortex). The interaction of these brain structures, the neurotransmitter serotonin, is involved in impulse control plays an important role. Drugs which inhibit the reuptake of serotonin, leading to an improvement in obsessive compulsive disorder. A similar result is obtained when the connection between two of the involved brain regions (basal ganglia and frontal cortex) is surgically interrupted. This suggests that there is a biologically determined susceptibility to obsessive-compulsive disorder. That an obsessive-compulsive disorder as the cause of biological factors play a role, also shows the family history : the higher degree of relationship is to a people with obsessive compulsive disorder, the higher  likelihood of developing also an obsessive compulsive disorder too. However, neurobiological theories can not alone explain the occurrence of obsessive-compulsive disorder. For Read more…

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Dementia Causes, Symptoms and Common Forms of Dementia

Dementia causes can be attributed to various causes. The most common form of dementia is Alzheimer’s disease (60 to 70 percent of all cases) . A Vascular (vascular dementia) is much less common (about ten to 20 percent). This includes the hardening of the arteries (atherosclerosis) or stroke. However, there are mixed forms of Alzheimer’s dementia and vascular variant.

When pick’s disease or frontotemporal dementia, as another special form of the disease is known, in the nerve cells in the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain go based. Rare, but again reversible (reversible) forms of dementia caused by, for example :

• Infections: for example, AIDS dementia, prion diseases such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
• Drug intoxication: the so-called Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome caused by alcohol
• Lack of oxygen and space-occupying processes in the brain: normal pressure hydrocephalus (hydrocephalus), meningiomas
• Metabolic Diseases: thyroid disorders, diabetes mellitus

A dementia is also associated with other disorders such as depression or Parkinson’s stand. Other hand, are extremely rare Read more…

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Variety of Anorexia Nervosa Symptoms

The anorexia nervosa (some people also known as Anerexia or Anarexia disease) underlying causes are largely unknown. It seems to be a combination of psychological and social influences to act, but must also carry a genetic susceptibility (MRP) in order for this disease indication. With the emergence of anorexia various factors interact to influence each other.

Symptoms of Anorexia Nervosa

Anorexia (anorexia nervosa) expressed by variety of symptoms. First anorexia nervosa symptom, the parties loss much weight. On the other, as a result of malnutrition, physical discomfort can take the life-threatening proportions.

Body image disturbance, anorexia nervosa signs

A typical signs of anorexia nervosa symptoms is the so-called body image disturbance : Who is anorexic, your body takes true disturbance. Even if the parties have lost much weight during her anarexia to overestimate their body size and they think they are too fat.

Changed eating habits

Because anorexia nervosa distorted by the perception of one’s body to develop a change in eating those affected to reduce their supposedly Read more…

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