Parkinson disease What is Parkinson disease? Parkinson disease is a degenerative neurologic condition that typically causes progressive tremor‚ slowed movement‚ muscle stiffness‚ and trouble walking. Eventually‚ individuals may develop behavioral changes. Most people develop symptoms during middle age (around age 56). The condition usually starts with shaking or tremor in one arm. Over time‚ patients may become physically disabled without the ability to perform daily activities. In fact‚ Parkinson
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Bipolar Disorder By Elliott Subervi Bipolar Disorder “Bipolar disorder is a condition in which people experience abnormally elevated (manic or hypomanic) and abnormally depressed states for short‚ or significant periods of time; in a way that interferes with functioning .(web‚Md) Bipolar disorder has been estimated to affect more than 5 million Americans—about 3 out of every 100 adults. [2] It affects people without regard to age‚ race‚ ethnicity‚ gender‚ education or occupation. Not everyone
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Analyzing Psychological Disorders Tanya Harrell Psy/240 06/09/2013 Schizophrenia one of the more common psychological disorders‚ also called mental illnesses. Schizophrenia affects behavior as well as thoughts‚ and encompasses many different things‚ including auditory hallucinations and mood swings. At some point this disorder may even manifest itself into a psychotic phase that involves delusions and disorganized speech along with bizarre behavior. People who have schizophrenia believe
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states sleeping well through the night; feeling rested in the morning; socialising with others during day activities e.g. cards‚ games‚ colouring. This improvement is due to sleeping pattern had improved; medications (antidepressants/antipsychotic) were administered as charted; had ECT treatment number 6; participated in the group activities. Being able to interact with others promoted self-esteem‚ confidence‚ and positive thought
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Running head: GENETICS AND EVNIORNMENTAL INFLUENCES LINKED TO Genetics and Environmental Influences Linked to Schizophrenia Abstract Psychotic episodes are among the most frightening and tormenting experiences perhaps even more frightening due to his or her ability to control theses emotions or experiences. The distress individuals go through dealing with psychotic episodes is made worse by the fear and aversion such behaviors create in other people. Paranoid
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is also referenced well in the literature‚ is the failure of patients with mental illness to adhere to their prescribed medication (Valenstein et al 2004‚ Razali 2010). Gray et al (2002b) argues that despite the effectiveness of new and modern antipsychotics‚ poor adherence to treatment remains common in people suffering from schizophrenia. This presents a big challenge for psychiatric nurses working in the community‚ especially since poor adherence to medication might cause deterioration in mental
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can usually occur in late teens and early twenties. The treatment for delusional disorder is antipsychotic drugs which reduce hallucinations and delusions and improve thinking and psychological help. The symptoms of psychotic disorder are: scary behavior‚ loss of personal hygiene‚ and incoherent speech. It can occur in early childhood and teen years. The treatment for psychotic disorder is also antipsychotic drugs‚ and psychological help. The mentally ill are the most werk part in society in terms
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Huntington’s disease is the degeneration‚ or breakdown‚ of neurons within the structures of the brain. The structures affected are responsible for thought‚ perception‚ emotions‚ and memory. The basal ganglia‚ which controls movement and coordination‚ is also affected by the disease. Huntington’s disease is usually developed between the ages of 30 and 50‚ but can still develop earlier or later depending on the person. Juvenile Huntington’s disease is when it is developed in people under 20 years
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Analyzing 1 Analyzing Psychological Disorders Frank T. DiBona PSY 240 February 14‚ 2011 Debrah Hall 2 A biopsychologist will implement the biological approach to psychology in the attempt to study psychological diseases and disorders as well as in the diagnosis and treatment of individual’s that suffer from such diseases and disorders‚ and this will include
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Outline and evaluate neural and hormonal mechanisms in aggression. There are two main biological explanations to aggression‚ neural and hormonal. The neural explanation is the serotonin and dopamine neurotransmitters and how they affect our aggression; the hormonal mechanisms are the testosterone and cortisol chemicals. Testosterone is a hormone that is more concentrated in men than in women as it is a male sex hormone‚ it is thought to influence aggression from a young age onwards‚ due to its actions
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