Bipolar disorder‚ also known as manic depression‚ is a common‚ recurrent‚ and debilitating mood disorder which causes extreme shifts in energy and mood. The word bipolar indicates the two main polar extremes which a person with the disorder experiences. According to NIMH‚ a branch of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that oversees neurological and psychological research‚ this disorder affects about 2.3 million adults in the United States and about 1.2 percent of the population worldwide.
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Psychological and Mental Disorders PSY 240 August 4‚ 2013 Marie Dube ’ Psychological and Mental Disorders A psychological disorder or mental disorder is a pattern of psychological or behavioral symptoms that can and usually do impact various areas of the life and/or create distress of a person that experiences symptoms. Schizophrenia‚ Depression‚ Mania‚ Anxiety disorder‚ and Tourette syndrome are all types of these disorders. Schizophrenia‚ a psychotic disorder characterized by loss
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person started to lose interest in everyday activities‚ and they start to lack the ability to experience pleasure. Don’t think you have to be stuck with dealing with all of these things because there is treatments for it. Doctors may prescribe antipsychotics which is the most prescribed‚ antidepressants or anti-anxiety. If none of these work you may even be hostiplitized. Therapy is also an option for treatment. Someone anonymously posted on TheTopTens about this illness “I am a schizophrenic...
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Schizophrenia Child schizophrenia‚ like other psychopathologies has many documented‚ and several uncertain causes. Some scientists have evidence that pregnant mothers have experienced an immune reaction that present dangers to the unborn child. Schizophrenia is a disorder where the body=s immune system attacks itself. Schizophrenia is not present at birth but develops during the adolescence period or young adulthood. ASchizophrenia is a biological brain disease affecting thinking‚ perception
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Diagnosing Charles Manson Brianna M. Petrosky Harrisburg Area Community College Diagnosing Charles Manson Born into a life of poverty‚ despair‚ and recklessness‚ Charles Manson did not have the greatest upbringing. His mother was a sixteen year old prostitute who was unsure of who was Charles’ father. He did not have a father figure in his life whatsoever. His mother was an alcoholic all his life who never sought treatment for herself. Alcoholism has been deemed a “family disease” for a
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Ethical Legal Dilemma in Advanced Practice Nursing Ethical Legal Dilemma in Advanced Practice Nursing The profession of advanced practice nursing is characterized by several attributes‚ one of them being the delicate balance between the law and the ethical code. One may argue that the legal system was designed around ethical principles but in the following paper‚ the author will attempt to point out the distinctions that separate and define legal and ethical
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louder—louder—louder! And still the men chatted pleasantly‚ and smiled. Was it possible they heard not? Almighty God!—no‚ no! They heard!—They suspected!—They knew!” (Poe 306). Management Short-term Goals The patient should be put on conventional antipsychotic medication to treat his Schizophrenia. The goal of this would be to stop the patient from hearing the heartbeat in his
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for the treatment of these patients came only after a campaign to protest the treatment at this facility was established (Ray‚ 2017). Moreover‚ in the 20th century‚ treatment of the mentally ill population began to improve as introduction of antipsychotic medication was introduced to patients with mental health disorders (Ray‚ 2017). The state hospitals which was the main source of treatment for the population had drastically decreased from 550‚230 to 71‚619 (Ray‚ 2017). The state was on the path
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Alzheimer’s Disease Case Study Scenario M.E. is a 62-year-old woman who has a 5-year history of progressive forgetfulness. She is no longer able to care for herself‚ has become increasingly depressed and paranoid‚ and recently started a fire in the kitchen. After extensive neurologic evaluation‚ M.E. is diagnosed as having Alzheimer’s disease. Her husband and children have come to the Alzheimer’s unit at your ECF (extended-care facility) for information about this disease and to discuss the possibility
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Voiding dysfunction is a general term‚ used to describe circumstances where there is poor coordination between the bladder muscle and the urethra. This will result in incomplete relaxation of the pelvic floor muscles during voiding. Voiding dysfunction can manifest many symptoms‚ which include difficulty in emptying the bladder‚ slow‚ or weak urine stream‚ urinary urgency‚ urinary frequency or dribbling of urine‚ Voiding dysfunction is often described by symptoms such as frequency (urinating more
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