What is the prevalence of Conversion Disorder?
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Conversion Disorders are quite rare, and effect at most 5 in every 1000 people.
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Some OCD Facts& Figures.\nWhat was once thought to be a rare mental disease is now known to be a more common 1. Approximately 2.3% of the population between ages 18- 54 suffers from OCD, which out ranks mental disorders such as: schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or panic disorder. \n\n\nIn the U.S., approximately 3.3 million people have OCD, of which you have 0.3 to 1% of pediatric population and 2% of adult population. \n\n\nSo about 1 out of 200 adults have OCD and twice as many have had OCD at 1 point or another in their life. \n\n\nThere is no discrimination as to who has OCD, since it is found in all ethnic groups and both men and women are equally struck by the disorder, although in children OCD seems to be prevalent in boys. \n\n\nNearly 1/3 to 1/2 of all sufferers will find that their OCD has it's roots in childhood, some will even show signs in their pre-school years. Cases of OCD have been reported in children as young as 1.5, needless to say it's hard to make the diagnosis at such a young age (Lack of development of speech being 1 reason.). Around the age of 6 the linguistic abilities of the child make it easier to find out the existence of OCD, this co- relates with the age where most children show their first real signs of OCD.\nIn most cases however, symptoms will start to show while being a teenager or in early adulthood.\nThe age of onset is typically reported as 6 - 15 for males and 20 - 29 for females and is usually by the age of 40. \n\n\nAlthough many people suffer from OCD, many are also still hiding their symptoms and surveys estimate that less than 10 % of those suffering are currently in treatment. \n\n\nThe presence of any aggression or oppositional defiant disorder has been said to indicate a poorer prognosis. \n\n\nTypically OCD and it's symptoms will worsen due to Stress, Illnesses and Fatigue. \n\n\nTreating a child with OCD is very important and all delay will only cause the child more harm and more chance of it missing out on certain aspects of her/his development and life.\nSame goes for adults, the earlier professional help is sought the greater chances are that some real progress will be made.\nOCD is a disorder that can be difficult to treat, but you can get your life back if you find the right help and are open to what is being suggested to you.\nThe longer 1 waits to act upon it and look for help, the more the system finds a place in the person's life and the harder it will be to fight it. \n\n\nOCD will evolve throughout a person's life. Some will experience moments where their OCD almost disappears or becomes milder. For these people the anticipation of knowing it will or might come back is very distressing. Others will see how the OCD takes over more and more of their lives and will eventually take over completely making it impossible for them to function normally in life/society, this of course if left untreated or when no serious effort is made to fight back.\nSo treatment is crucial. \n\n\nYou have 4 approaches: Pharmacological., Therapeutical. and Self Help. and finally Surgery. Some will benefit from therapy alone, some from medication while most will find a combination of the options most helpful. \n\nThere have been successes that involve surgery, but this treatment is however left to those who previously were not responsive to other types of treatment that are known to work very well for people suffering from OCD.
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(m)\n\nA third of people reportedly suffer from Celebrity Worship Syndrome, a fascination in the lives of the rich and famous that can become a dangerous addiction.\n\nPsychologists Lynn McCutcheon of DeVry University in Florida and James Houran of the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine interviewed more than 600 people about their personality and interest in celebrities.\n\nThey were asked to rate statements such as "I am obsessed by details of my favourite celebrity's life", "I consider my favourite celebrity to be my soul mate" and "If he/she asked me to do something illegal as a favour, I would probably do it."\n\nThe responses cast doubt on the conventional view that celebrity worship is categorised into pathological and non-pathological cases -- in other words, harmless fun and obsession.\n\nInstead, the replies pointed to a "sliding scale" in which the celebrity devotee becomes progressively more fascinated with his or her idol.\n\nIn addition, celebrity fans are significantly likelier to suffer from anxiety, depression and social dysfunction than non-worshippers. \n\nAbout 20 per cent of respondents closely followed celebs in the media for "entertainment-social" reasons, according to the report. They tend to be extroverts: social, lively, active and adventurous.\n\nThe next stage, affecting about 10 per cent, is when the devotee develops an "intense-personal" attitude towards an idol, such as the belief that he or she had a special bond with the star.\n\nAt this point, celebrity worship is becoming an addiction. Those in this category are often neurotic, tense, emotional and moody.\n\nAt its most intense, celebrity worship is "borderline-pathological," a condition found in one per cent of interviewees.\n\nThese include celebrity stalkers and people who are willing to hurtthemselves or others in the name of their idol. They correlate with symptoms of psychosis, such as impulsive, antisocial and egocentric behaviour.\n\n"Just worshipping a celebrity does not make you dysfunctional," New Scientist quoted Houran as saying. "But it does put you at risk of being so.\n\n"There is this progression of behaviours, and if you start, we don't know what's going to stop you."\n\nPeople tend to get interested in celebrities at times when they are looking for direction in life, as in their teenage years.\n\nThe interest can develop into addiction at a time of crisis, such as the loss of a loved one, according to the research.
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My daughter has a boy friend who has a form of Schizophrenia, you can not really tell by just looking, in his case when he gets worked up, stressed he starts to panic and gets scared of every thing that is normal to him, he scared to get on a train or to go out side like normally he would, luckily for him he knows what is happening and he go himself to the hospital where he is treated mainly by rest and some calming drugs . He does not get violent. So I would say any one who has it would start to have a character change, depending on the gravity of their illness, as for the suffering I do not think you can tell how much it is , you can not tell how much some one suffers when they have a migraine but I am sure they do.
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There are in many things like that.  Sometimes depression is more popular.  then anxiety disorder or panic disorder.  Used to be hysteria and 'vapors' and nervous breakdowns.  sex addiction as a term was probably coined within the last 20 years.  so it's recent.
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I don't think there's an increase in the number of people practicing these religions, per se.  I think it's just more widely talked about these days than in the past.  It's kind of like saying there are more gay people now than in the past.  That's not true, either, it's just that more people aren't afraid to admit their gay as they were in the past.
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I am so sorry that you are facing intolerance in a time when you need all the support you can get.  It's unfortunate, but some societies aren't used to dealing with mental disorders.  Some bury the disorders or dismiss them as someone trying to get attention.  I don't know much about Taiwan, but here in the USA, Manic/Depressive Disorder (or Bipolar Disorder) is also misunderstood sometimes.  Perhaps there is some kind of support group in your area that would be able to help you deal with all the adversity you are facing.\nGood luck.  I'll pray for you.
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You may not be able to easily find someone else on Yahoo! Answers with this syndrome, because it is so rare.\n\nInformation for question browsers about what this is:\nhttp://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/landaukleffnersyndrome/landaukleffnersyndrome.htm\n\nHere are some support groups you can contact to find other people having to deal with it. Even if these groups are not in your area, you can start to find a connection with others...\n\nhttp://www.sdrc.org/c_res_support.php\n\nhttp://www.rarediseases.org/\n\nhttp://www.friendsoflks.com/\n\nhttp://www.aphasia.org/\n\nhttp://www.cord.ca/\n\nmessage thread: http://brain.hastypastry.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=153
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Make fun of us.  "Monk" pointsw out how perspicuous our disorder is.  Though not fully accepted by the public as a disability, OCD's are very real to us.  My mother called me up bawling and begging forgiveness after realization.  I would start with ridiculing us for the seemingly nonsensical and irrational reactions we have to seemingly rational situations.  I would then pound into the audience these perceptions are quite real to some of us.  You will likely gain a heightened interest by some simply because of the absurdity of the disorder and gain some sympethizers with some very real stories.  Before you mimnimize this disorder....I have fully come to terms with the fact my OCD's will ultimately contribute to the demise of my life and everything I have ever loved.  Beliefs or not, they will end me.
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My advice would be to really take a considerable amount of time to think this decision over and talk about it with with your family and friends, as well as mental health care professionals. Because once you convert to the opposite sex there's no coming back and the implications will obviously be huge. (I'm assuming, of course, that you have surgery and/or hormone therapy in mind.) If you're serious about a sex change operation and an entire lifestyle change, I would recommend making an appointment with your regular physician and asking for a starting point. Your doctor will probably refer you to a psychiatrist who'll need to evaluate you; I'm pretty sure it's required by law in most places. Good luck!
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It is still very prevalent here is the states. But there are many people who are insecure at the sight of another's rituals. Therefore many people feign outrage and force religion indoors. In otherwords, It's there..it's just not in the open as much as it used to be.
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There are countless numbers of people, from all countries and lifestyles, that have not only been documented but tested and studied, and have been scientifically proven to be able to interpret thought and feeling waves and even send waves to someone who has not developed their ability, allowing another to read their thoughts. This is called Mental Projection. Mind reading is quite easy in practice, however building the belief in it's existence, and your innate ability to use it is another story. After you've established faith and trust in yourself, very little training is required to turn Average Joe into a telepath.\nTelekinesis is far less common, but documented records DO EXIST. Some of the more famous ones have been slagged as magic, or suppressed into myth, but scientifically is just a more advanced use of mental projection. In addition to faith, trust and training, one needs high levels of mental discipline, including control of emotions, a calm mind and a very strong focus of attention. Despite this, there are the odd few who have been born with abilities beyond those of the normal population. Despite the denials proclaimed by religious sects such as Catholisism, the 'odd few' number is very rapidly increasing with every year since early 1980's breaking the record held the year before in number of births worldwide with paranormal abilities. This is believed to have started with a generation known as the "indigo children," which has been made into a film just recently.
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This article is about 5 years old, but:\n\nThe atheist population is about 29.4 million, roughly 14.1% of the American community.
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yes..it is sad but true...I don't no how rare or common occurrence it is being possessed by evil entities..but people can become susceptible... becoming a doorway to evil spirits to enter this world..by taking control of ones mind and body..yes it is true..not talked about too much...what people don't really understand..they don't talk about..it scares them...it is a very ugly occurance..and not anything I would wish apon ANYONE in this world...
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What kind of conversion?
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Thirty-seven percent of all Christians describe themselves as born-again or evangelical; that includes nearly half of all Protestants (47 percent), as well as a small share (14 percent) of Catholics. \n\nBaptists again dominate: Sixty-two percent of Baptists say they're evangelical Christians, compared to 46 percent of all other Protestant denominations combined, and 37 percent of nondenominational Protestants.\n\nEvangelism soars particularly among blacks, and southerners: Two-thirds of blacks describe themselves as evangelical or born-again Christians, double the share of whites who do so. And 55 percent of Christians in the South say they're born-again, compared to 21 percent in the Northeast, 26 percent in the Midwest and 31 percent in the West.
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I found this, hope it helps\n\nWhile perhaps 10% of children will have a panic attack, about 1-2% will develop Panic disorder. \n\nOf those that do develop Panic disorder, 10-35% will recover and remain well the rest of their lives. At least 50% will be mildly affected years later, and the rest will have chronic Panic disorder for years. \n\nIf you follow-up children with panic disorder, about 25% will still have it years later. Of those who continue to have Panic disorder as they go into adulthood, many will develop other psychiatric difficulties. \n\nAbout 50% will develop agoraphobia, 20% will make suicide attempts, 27% will develop alcohol abuse, 60% will develop depression, 35% will believe they are unhealthy, 27% will not be financially independent, 28% will make frequent outpatients visits, and 50% will be show significant social impairment.