When he looked for these differences in databases of sequenced proteins, a surprisingly
high number of disordered suspects popped out.
Not exact matches
Worryingly, if unsurprisingly, the agency found that the majority
of those with the condition aren't receiving adequate care: in
high income countries, it estimates 50 %
of those with the
disorder don't get treatment, while in low - income countries that
number rises to 80 % to 90 %.
Many women — some studies estimate this
number is as
high as one - third
of all adult women — have a condition known as female hypoactive sexual desire
disorder (HSDD).
Lest common sense fail to convince readers that surgery is not a treatment for a mental
disorder, a Swedish study published in 2011 found that over the long term, 324 people who had undergone sex - reassignment surgery demonstrated an alarmingly
high suicide rate and experienced considerably
higher numbers of severe psychiatric problems than were present in the general population.
Using the correct
numbers for the risk
of miscarrying after an amniocentesis, the natural conclusion would seem to be that moms whose risk
of having a baby with a chromosome
disorder is less than 1 in 400 should not have an amniocentesis (since the odds
of the test causing a miscarriage would be
higher).
Federal statistics from 2005 show a 60 % increase in developmental delays in the past 10 - 15 years, 4.6 millions diagnoses
of learning disabilities, 4.4 million diagnoses
of ADHD and children diagnosed with an Austistic Spectrum
Disorder increased from 1 in 1000 to 1 in 150 in 2006 (that
number is now as
high 1 in 100 according to the CDC in 2009).
Postpartum Progress, a well - known website that advocates and provides information for those suffering from postpartum mood
disorders, argues that the total
number of women who suffer from PPD is actually far
higher than the 15 % the CDC reports.
However, the
number of people diagnosed with trauma - and stressor - related
disorders following the 9/11 attacks only increased approximately four per cent in the period following the attacks (as compared with 16 % following the Breivik attacks), even though the
number of casualties was far
higher in this attack than in the Breivik attacks — almost 3,000 people died in the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
There have been many studies looking at the
number of people affected by anxiety
disorders and the groups that are at
highest risk, and in an attempt to synthesise the various studies, researchers from the University
of Cambridge's Institute
of Public Health carried out a global review
of systematic reviews.
Boys with a
higher number of the physical traits associated with Klinefelter syndrome reported worse quality
of life than those with fewer physical manifestations
of the
disorder.
Non-physiological alterations in chromosome
number are well - established contributors to human
disorders: they are responsible
of a
high percentage
of miscarriages and a panel
of diseases including Down syndrome, developmental
disorders and cancer.
If your job requires you to sit for extended periods
of time every day, this can contribute to creating a
number of health issues over the course
of time, such as obesity, metabolic
disorders, disturbed sleep,
high blood pressure, diabetes and a painful variety
of back problems.
It hits more
of us than we realize — the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that about 300,000 people are diagnosed with the
disorder each year, about 10 times
higher than the
number actually reported to the CDC.
A
number of studies have shown that, when supplemented with a
high EPA fish oil for 6 months, 40 - 50 %
of children with ADHD no longer meet the criteria for the
disorder.
According to Dr. Thomas J. Boud, MD;»...
high caffeine intake can cause a
number of other serious problems as well, such as elevated blood pressure, gastrointestinal
disorders and even osteoporosis.
And in our
high schools, 8 % have been diagnosed with an anxiety
disorder, but that is just the diagnosis
numbers according to the National Institute
of Mental Health.
Dog obesity, much like human obesity, can lead to a
number of health issues including: diabetes, heat disease and
high blood pressure, respiratory ailments, digestive
disorders, and orthopedic problems due to the increased stress on bones and joints.
Concentrating on the brachycephalic syndrome also ignores other serious problems in the breed, such as inability to breed and deliver normally, poor mothering,
high puppy mortality, the accumulation
of simple recessive deleterious traits, a
number of orthopedic problems, certain cancers, allergies, immunodeficiency, and autoimmune
disorders.
Many breeds have passed through significant genetic bottlenecks due to a
high level
of inbreeding to maintain breed standards [18] which increases the level
of homozygosity for detrimental alleles and is known to be a significant causative factor in the
number of inherited
disorders in specific breeds [22 - 24].
This is particularly important in rare breeds with a small or decreasing population size and for breeds predisposed to a
high number of inherited
disorders.
An untold
number of youth transition out
of foster care without the resources for
higher education and the skills for employment, leaving them susceptible to post-traumatic stress
disorder and vulnerable to homelessness and incarceration.
CBT has been helpful for those suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress
Disorder (PTSD), anger issues,
high anxiety, irrational fears and a
number of other traits.
Due to the commonality
of these circumstances for children in foster care, it makes sense that a
high number of foster care children have reactive attachment
disorder.
The #JustJustice book also exposes the unacceptably
high number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with health conditions, such as foetal alcohol spectrum
disorder and hearing loss, who have become trapped in a cycle
of incarceration, often for minor offences.
High comorbidity exists between the externalizing
disorders and a
number of internalizing
disorders, such as anxiety and affective
disorders (eg, depression).
Group parenting programmes have been shown to have a positive impact on the mental health
of children and parents in the short term.9 — 12 Positive results have been obtained from randomised controlled trials and other studies with parents
of children with clinically defined behaviour
disorders, 9,13,14 children at
high risk
of behaviour problems, 9,15 and to a lesser extent with normal populations.16, 17 They have also been obtained in trials
of interventions for parents and children
of different ages.18, 19 The
number of trials carried out in the UK is small.13, 15,20,21 A recent systematic review concluded that these programmes are effective in the long term, 12 but most
of the trials on which this review was based used a waiting list control design, and as a result outcome data are not reported on the control groups beyond 6 months.
Also
of interest was that preschoolers who had recovered from MDD still had
higher MDD severity scores than controls with psychiatric
disorders and no
disorders, suggesting that a relatively
high number of residual depressive symptoms were still manifest even during periods
of recovery.
A
number of studies report that children
of alcoholics (COAs) exhibit a
higher prevalence
of attention
disorders, as well as aggressive and delinquent behaviour (disruptive behaviour)(Alterman et al., 1998; DeMilio, 1989; Giancola et al., 1996; Jacob et al., 1999; Steinhausen, 1995), whereby these behavioural problems are associated with later alcohol misuse (Barnow et al., 2002a; Barnow et al., 2002c; Caspi et al., 1996).
Compared to German samples, the assessed immigrant population showed an increased
number of psychological symptoms and a
higher rate (45 %)
of mental
disorders.
While we can not definitely identify the reason for this finding, the
high correlation (0.71) between children's anxiety symptoms as assessed by the SCARED and the
number of children's ADIS - IV anxiety diagnoses indicates that we successfully assessed differentiating levels
of anxiety in the current sample
of Danish children diagnosed with anxiety
disorders.
The results revealed that (1) for females and males,
higher levels
of depressive symptoms correlated with a more depressive attributional style; (2) females and males who met diagnostic criteria for a current depressive
disorder evidenced more depres - sogenic attributions than psychiatric controls, and never and past depressed adolescents; (3) although no sex differences in terms
of attributional patterns for positive events, negative events, or for positive and negative events combined emerged, sex differences were revealed on a
number of dimensional scores; (4) across the Children's Attributional Style Questionnaire (CASQ) subscale and dimensional scores, the relation between attributions and current self - reported depressive symptoms was stronger for females than males; and (5) no Sex × Diagnostic Group Status interaction effects emerged for CASQ subscale or dimensional scores.
Common mental
disorders (such as depression) are one
of the main causes
of disability, as expressed, for example, by the
high number of deaths and early retirements.
Somewhat surprisingly, older age at first placement and a
higher number of placements decreased the risk for ADHD
disorders.