While proponents note that DID is accompanied by genuine suffering and the distressing symptoms, and can be diagnosed reliably using the DSM criteria, they are skeptical of the traumatic etiology suggested by proponents.

While there is some evidence that estrogen may play a role in the etiology of BPH, this effect appears to be mediated mainly through local conversion of androgens to estrogen in the prostate tissue rather than a direct effect of estrogen itself.

While it is possible that more than one etiology can produce the same result, there is an accepted hypothesis, based on established research in the fields of biochemistry and forensic taphonomy, and further supported by observational research, that accounts for the taphonomic mechanisms that would result in the most often encountered cases of postmortem extrusion of a nonviable fetus.

While the mechanism of disease has yet to be fully elucidated, the leading hypothesis is that the process is begun with an autoimmune process of unknown etiology that triggers production of p-ANCA.

While AA has pamphlets that suggest meeting formats, groups have the autonomy to hold and conduct meetings as they wish " except in matters affecting other groups or A. A. as a whole ".

While one-to-one bartering is practised between individuals and businesses on an informal basis, organized barter exchanges have developed to conduct third party bartering.

While Sunni and Shia Islam differ sharply on the conduct of a caliph and the right relations between a leader and a community, they do not differ on the underlying theory of stewardship.

While acknowledging that his conduct had been lax, he countered that he had never allowed gifts to influence his judgement and, indeed, he had on occasion given a verdict against those who had paid him.

While a variety of views regarding homosexuality as an inclination or status exist within the Orthodox Jewish community, Orthodox Judaism generally prohibits homosexual conduct.

While the Government of the Marshall Islands is free to conduct its own foreign relations, it does so under the terms of its Compact of Free Association with the United States.

While his letters to Stalin – he wrote 34 very emotional and desperate letters tearfully protesting his innocence and professing his loyalty – suggest a complete capitulation and acceptance of his role in the trial, it contrasts with his actual conduct in the trial.

) While not a member of the NASA Astronaut Corps, McAuliffe was to be part of the STS-51-L crew, and would conduct experiments and teach lessons from space.

While a MOV is designed to conduct significant power for very short durations ( about 8 to 20 microseconds ), such as caused by lightning strikes, it typically does not have the capacity to conduct sustained energy.

While fighting the Dutch navy at the Battle of Solebay off the Suffolk coast in June, valorous conduct aboard the Duke of York's flagship, the Prince, earned Churchill promotion ( above the resentful heads of more senior officers ) to a captaincy in the Admiralty Regiment.

The Boy Scouts asserts that it " teach that homosexual conduct is not morally straight ," and that it does " not want to promote homosexual conduct as a legitimate form of behavior ," While the policy may not represent the views of all Boy Scouts, the First Amendment " does not require that every member of a group agree on every issue in order for the group's policy to be expressive association.

While the Ten Commandments of Judaeo-Christian ethics are rules of conduct laid down by divine revelation, the Negative Confession is more a divine enforcement of everyday morality.

While it is unlikely that ADHD alone is a risk factor for developing conduct disorder, children who exhibit hyperactivity and impulsivity along with aggression is associated with the early onset of conduct problems.

While language impairments are most common, approximately 20-25 % of youth with conduct disorder have some type of learning disability.

While we may have " free will " ( liberum arbitrium ) in the sense that we can choose our course of conduct, we nevertheless lack true freedom ( libertas ) to avoid sin, for sin is inherent in each choice we make.

While in some of these countries there are limits on what restrictions the courts will see as enforceable or valid ( e. g. Germany after 2001, where appeals courts have indicated this ), a written and properly initiated contract, freely agreed upon, cannot be challenged by, for instance, invoking the circumstances under which the marriage broke down or the conduct of either part.

While a comparison of his expositions of the Pauline and Johannine Christologies with the earlier Unitarian exegesis in which he had been trained shows how wide is the interval, the work does not represent a mifid that had throughout its history lived and worked in the delicate and judicial investigations he here tried to conduct.

While the general scientific consensus is that hypnosis cannot induce an individual to engage in conduct they would not otherwise engage in, the Model Penal Code, as well as the criminal codes of Montana, New York, and Kentucky do provide hypnosis and hypnotic suggestion as negating volition, and consequently, actus reus.

3d 863, 873 ( 1989 ) observed: " While the filing of frivolous lawsuits is certainly improper and cannot in any way be condoned, in our view the better means of addressing the problem of unjustified litigation is through the adoption of measures facilitating the speedy resolution of the initial lawsuit and authorizing the imposition of sanctions for frivolous or delaying conduct within that first action itself, rather than through an expansion of the opportunities for initiating one or more additional rounds of malicious prosecution litigation after the first action has been concluded.

While such conduct can be harassment of women by men, many laws around the world which prohibit sexual harassment recognize that both men and women may be harassers or victims of sexual harassment.

While Rodney disapproved of Byng's conduct, he thought the death sentence excessive and unsuccessfully worked for it to be commuted.

While controlled clinical trials of atypicals reported that extrapyramidal symptoms occurred in 5 – 15 % of patients, a study of bipolar disorder in a real world clinical setting found a rate of 63 %, questioning the generalizability of the trials.

While some people with bipolar disorder mainly experience manic symptoms, others more often feel depressed.

While medication for bipolar disorder is important to manage symptoms of mania and depression, studies show relying on medications alone is not the most effective method of treatment.

BDD is a disorder resulting in the sufferer becoming “ preoccupied with what they regard as defects in their bodies or faces .” While 2 % of people suffer from body dysmorphic disorder in the United States, 15 % of patients seeing a dermatologist and cosmetic surgeons have the disorder.

While a poet rhyming is not evidence of mental illness, disorganized speech that impedes the patient's ability to communicate is a disorder in itself, often seen in schizophrenia.

While most treatments are meant for people who have a true disorder, the techniques discussed above will work well for any person dealing with nightmares.

While the term is sometimes used in sleep literature to describe a disorder demonstrated by polysomnographic evidence of disturbed sleep, insomnia is often defined as a positive response to either of two questions: " Do you experience difficulty sleeping?

While patients typically resist the potentially stigmatizing diagnosis of an anxiety disorder, many MCS sufferers benefit strongly from lifestyle changes.

While possessing great technical skill and sincere enthusiasm, Barclay seems anxiety-ridden, socially awkward, and self-conscious in ways that may indicate Asperger syndrome, avoidant personality disorder or social anxiety disorder.

While the Vietnam War spawned protests and sit-ins on the Olympic College campus, the city was relatively free of civil disorder during the 1960s.

While borderline personality disorder can manifest itself in children and teenagers, therapists are discouraged from diagnosing anyone before the age of 18, due to adolescence and a still-developing personality.

While some clinicians agree with the diagnosis under the name " borderline personality disorder ", some would like the name to be changed.

While retrospective studies have found earlier instances of what may have been the same disorder, the first clearly identified examples of paresis among the insane were described in Paris after the Napoleonic Wars.

While the orchestra responded well to his leadership, Klemperer had a difficult time adjusting to Southern California, a situation exacerbated by repeated manic-depressive episodes, reportedly as a result of severe cyclothymic bipolar disorder.

While Asher was praised for bringing cases of factitious disorder to light, critics objected variously that a literary allusion was inappropriate given the seriousness of the disease ; that its use of the Anglicized form " Munchausen " showed poor form ; that the name linked the disease with Münchhausen himself, who did not have it ; and that the name's connection to works of humor and fantasy, and to the essentially ridiculous character of the fictionalized Baron, was disrespectful to patients suffering from the disorder.

While all chromatophores contain pigments or reflecting structures ( except when there has been a genetic mutation resulting in a disorder like albinism ), not all pigment containing cells are chromatophores.

While some sources describe this disorder as rare, others suggest it is relatively common but overlooked by physicians.

While physicians of the period acknowledged that the disorder stemmed from sexual dissatisfaction, they seemed unaware of or unwilling to admit the sexual purposes of the devices used to treat it.