Somatoform and factitious disorders are two distinct categories of psychological disorders characterized by physical symptoms or complaints. Although they both involve physical symptoms, the… Read More
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When I first read Patricia Cornwell’s The Body Farm in the 1990s, I was a medical student and a young mother. Given those roles, the reveal of the killer was not a… Read More
Factitious disorder adalah jenis gangguan dalam bertindak. Ciri khas penderita Factitious disorder yaitu ia akan menipu orang lain dengan pura-pura sakit atau melukai diri. Tujuan utama ia m… Read More
Abstract Munchausen Syndrome is a psychotic disorder in which a person tries to get attention by claiming themselves sick. It is very difficult to diagnose this condition and it is more dif… Read More
At Agents of Change, we’ve had 1000’s of students take our practice exams over the past few years.
To help our students prepare for the ASWB exam, we went through the data and id… Read More
As the debate over transgender medicalization erupts nationwide and more states pass laws banning the mutilation of adolescents’ bodies, one largely unanswered question remains: Why a… Read More
Pfizer can identify illnesses they think will bring in billions of dollars in profit, create drugs to manage (not cure) them, and then sell them to a public already conditioned to take them… Read More
A Texas mother is charged with poisoning her 4-year-old daughter with Benadryl to be able to fake a seizure disorder, based on court papers.
Jesika Lynne Johnson, 30, was arrested on Wednesd… Read More
Somatic anxiety, otherwise known as somatic symptom disorder or somatization disorder, is one of the psychiatric disorders that fall under the general grouping of anxiety.
The word ‘so… Read More
In this series, I dig a little deeper into the meaning of psychological terms. This week’s term is conversion disorder, now known as functional neurological symptom disorder… Read More
In terms of science and technology, the 21st century is the most advanced and developing era of the age. Earlier, there would be speculations and experiments and now everything we want is at… Read More
This edition (3rd edition), like the previous editions of the Textbook of Clinical Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience PDF, is an excellent practical guide to neuropsychiatry. Its im… Read More
Semua dari kita pastinya pernah sakit dong. Apapun itu
jenisnya, pasti sewaktu kita sedang mengalaminya akan mendapatkan banyak rasa
yang tentunya g-a-e-n-a-k banget. Atau ga gitu
untu… Read More
Christmas Gifts for your Pet
As you land up your pet holiday shopping for Christmas Gifts, don’t forget the top important name on the list, which is, naturally, that of your pet. Your… Read More
There is an interesting saying,”It takes a thief to catch a thief.” Under this purview, Khawaja Muhammad Asif, the current de facto leader of the opposition who is being question… Read More
This judgment was delivered in private. The judge has given leave for this version of the judgment to be published on condition that (irrespective of what is contained in the judgment) in an… Read More
Laxatives (purgatives, aperients) are substances that loosen up feces and also increase defecation. They are used to deal with and prevent constipation. Laxatives vary based upon exactly… Read More
Exfoliative cheilitis is a very rare condition affecting the lips. In fact, many people are not aware of the condition at all. Lips make a person look attractive. If anything happens to the… Read More
[As reprinted in Left and Right, Spring 1966, edited by Murray N. Rothbard.
Rothbard’s Editorial Note: Education is a perennially important and controversial subject, especially in a… Read More
That is how a colleague described this bag:If you ever wanted to know what I would look like if I were embodied in a material item, it would be this Fatal Travel Tote by Treesje. (PS - my bi… Read More