Summary: BDD, as it is called, afflicts people by causing them to become obsessed with the idea that they must drastically and constantly alter their appearance. Two apparently normal, attractive women discuss their experiences with BDD. An expert attempts to unravel the mysteries behind this unusual condition.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Secluded in upstate New York, a facility known as Camp Tic-a-Palooza welcomes young people with Tourette Syndrome. This ABC News program profiles several camp attendees, focusing on the challenges, triumphs, and emotional impact of living with TS. Ten-year-old Sid's symptoms include frequently sticking out his middle finger. Amanda displays a menagerie of vocal tics, often hissing, barking, or...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Every time Laura gets swollen glands, she spends hours on the Internet researching terminal cancer. Kevin lives in fear of contracting HIV-a drop of blood can send him into a state of panic. And the smallest ache convinces Sarah that she could die at any moment. Studies suggest that as many as one in four general-practitioner consultations are for hypochondriacs-or those who suffer from what is...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: This program, filmed in the U.K., discusses the following disorders and their differential diagnoses: phobic anxiety; anxiety; obsessive-compulsive disorder, from minor to acute; stress reactions and adjustment; and dissociative disorders. Sub-disorders discussed include Korsakov's syndrome; agoraphobia and social phobia; generalized anxiety and mixed-anxiety-and-depressive disorder; panic...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Scarf, Maggie
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8914 SCASummary: Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD) is a completely preventable medical condition. Studies show that the average MPD patient spends seven years and receives three incorrect diagnoses before receiving an accurate diagnosis and appropriate treatment. It is now recognized that MPD is the result of severe childhood trauma, usually sexual and physical abuse-and it develops as a coping mechanism in...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Alicia, a 16-year-old, has battled anorexia since she was nine. Due to body dysmorphic disorder, Tim believes that his flat stomach is huge. A high school swimmer, Haley initially wanted breast augmentation to correct a size imbalance but then opted for enlargement. This program follows several case studies in order to highlight what can happen when the quest for physical perfection goes too...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: In this program, ABC News anchors Diane Sawyer and Sam Donaldson study the causes and key signs of dissociative identity disorder and the fragmented lives of two people dealing with its effects. "It isn't role playing and it is not mood swings. They are totally separate entities," says Chris Sizemore, the inspiration for the 1957 film The Three Faces of Eve. For 44 years, 22 personalities of...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Each year nearly two million people injure their own bodies using knives, scissors, glass, cigarettes, candles, razors-in fact, practically any destructive item they can find. Through interviews with patients and mental health professionals and footage of actual therapy sessions, this compelling program seeks to understand a deeply disturbing and often secretive mental disorder that affects as...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Pert, Candace B.
Summary: This volume describes how the immune and neurological systems communicate with each other through biochemical messengers, thus demonstrating a mind-body connection. The author establishes a biomolecular basis for our emotions and explains eight ways to use awareness and intention to tap into the psychosomatic network, in order to prevent disease and maximize health.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone 1999