.... This chapter reiterates how diagnosis is a double-edged sword, giving people with OCD an explanation for their thoughts and behaviors, but also labeling them with a disorder. Public perceptions of the disorder are now personal. The chapter uses the concept of stigma hierarchy to illustrate how all disorders...

... dynamics. This chapter considers the diagnosis done on the two girls and evaluates the impact of PAL group therapy on them. Extensive Case Histories for Study Peer Arena Lens PAL group therapy structure of teenage girls Peer Arena Lens group therapy False Facade defensive glitch marijuana peers...

... Association blame diagnosis Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM mental disorders National Alliance for the Mentally Ill NAMI National Institute of Mental Health NIMH New York City research serious mental illness SMI Social Security Disability Income SSDI Substance Abuse...

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... used to understand, explain, and respond to mental disorders, and explores the diagnosis and differentiation of mental disorders. bipolar disorders mental disorders schizophrenia medications US surgeon general correctional facility placement incarceration Moussaoui Zacarias a k a Twentieth CST...

... preimplantation genetic diagnosis to the moral status of embryos and embryos as property. It also considers how domestic and foreign courts and legislatures have addressed reproductive technology issues and concludes by analyzing the power of private contracts in agreements involving sperm donation and surrogacy...