Bipolar Disorder With Biographical Sketch
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A 14 page paper. The essay includes the definition, incidence, causes and symptoms of this mental illness and discusses the difficulty of diagnosing early onset of bipolar disorder. One of the issues with youth is the similarity to ADHD symptoms. The most effective treatment interventions are explained. The last section discusses suicide among bipolar disorder patients. A biographical sketch of a real person with bipolar disorder are intermingled in the text. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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Essay Title: Bipolar Disorder With Biographical Sketch

Body Image: A Literature Review
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This 6 page paper outlines a review of literature on the issue of body image. This paper considers the impact that body image has on the development of eating disorders. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Essay Title: Body Image: A Literature Review

Body Image: Journal Articles Overview
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4 pages in length. Both research articles - [1] Davidson et al's (2006) "Adolescent Body Image and Psychosocial Functioning" and [2] McCabe et al's (2003) "Sociocultural Influences on Body Image and Body Changes Among Adolescent Boys and Girls" from The Journal of Social Psychology focus their respective studies upon how body image impacts the manner by which teens perceive themselves and how they believe they are perceived by their others in their age group. Each article submitted questionnaires to a random sampling of the target adolescent group in order to generate response to the following hypotheses: [1] To what extent poor body image influences peer interaction with adolescent boys and girls, and [2] the extent to which sociocultural influences forecast how/why adolescent boys and girls alter their bodies (i.e. lose weight) in order to be accepted. No additional sources cited.
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Essay Title: Body Image: Journal Articles Overview

Brief Summary Of Four Topics
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6 pages in length. The writer briefly discusses educational interventions with learning disabilities; the social necessity of educational and psychological testing; lesson plan in math for learning disabled sixth graders; and emotional and behavioral disorder (EBD). Bibliography lists 16 sources.
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Essay Title: Brief Summary Of Four Topics

Carl Rogers: Client-Centered Therapy
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This 25 page paper examines Carl Rogers' concepts, their limitations and some of the ways in which they can be applied to working with adolescents. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Essay Title: Carl Rogers: Client-Centered Therapy

Challenging behavior in adolescents in school
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A paper which looks at the various factors which might contribute to adolescents demonstrating challenging behaviours in school, and at some of the psychological and sociological models which have been developed to address these issues. Bibliography lists 26 sources.
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Essay Title: Challenging behavior in adolescents in school

Child And Adolescent Obesity
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This 11 page paper explores the issue of obesity in American youth, a condition that is increasing dramatically each year. Obesity poses numerous health risks for the youngster from the beginning of coronary artery disease to diabetes. Research offers a number of verified causes for obesity in children and adolescents that range from genetic factor to television to diet and a lack of activity. The writer reports the research, then makes an argument for one alleged cause as the most valid. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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Essay Title: Child And Adolescent Obesity