Designed and developed by: Sandeep Gupta – Director‚ Ivy-GMAT +91-97395-61394 (Call b/w Mon and Fri) sandeepgupta01@gmail.com Address: # 24‚ 2nd floor‚ above BATA Showroom‚ Near Sukh Sagar Restaurant‚ Titan Eye-Plus Road (Opp IIPM)‚ 5th Block‚ Koramangala… PINNACLE office The 700-800 Club Critical Reasoning Critical Reasoning Topic 1: CONCLUSION 1. In the United States‚ about $5‚200 per person per year is spent on health care‚ while in Britain the amount is about half that. A recent study
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Medication management in older adults: a critique of concordance Austyn Snowden across the hfe span; older people are just as unlikely to take a medicine that interferes with their lifestyle or behefs as younger people (Carter et al‚ 2003). The concept of concordance has emerged as a principle underpinning many suggested solutions to these problems (Medicines Partnership‚ 2003). This article examines the concept of concordance and concludes that‚ while useful as a principle‚ it is difficult to
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Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Schizophrenia: A Case Study William Bradshaw University of Minnesota Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy: An International Journal‚ 12‚ (1) 13-25‚ 1998 Abstract Cognitive-behavioural treatment (CBT) has rarely been applied as the primary treatment for the multiple‚ severe and persistent problems that characterize schizophrenia. This case study describes the process of CBT in the long-term outpatient care of a young woman with schizophrenia. The study highlights
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The Drug Attitude Inventory-(DAI-30) was created to assess the effectiveness of medication used to treat people hospitalized with Schizophrenia (Lin et al.‚ 2013). This model was based upon 30 questions and yielded a true or false response. For each question resulting in a true response the number 1 assigned. False responses yielded a -1 response. At the end of the assessment scores totaling were referenced to as subjective and negative referred to as negative subjective (Lin et al.‚ 2013).
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EXW 350 Exam II Study Guide 1. Describe the major aspects of amphetamine psychosis and its relationship to paranoid schizophrenia. Amphetamine psychosis is a mental illness that usually happen to people who use an illegal drug called amphetamine. People develop this condition when they use this type of frequently. The experts say that in some rare cases‚ a single use of amphetamine can trigger the disorder‚ but more studies is needed to confirm it. Signs and symptoms of this drug include decreases
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The most common early warning signs are depression/social withdrawal‚ hostility or suspiciousness‚ extreme reaction to criticism‚ decline of personal hygiene‚ expressionless/outer space gaze‚ inability to cry/express joy/laughter‚ unable to concentrate‚ forgetful‚ sleep disorders (insomnia/oversleeping)‚ strange use of words/ways of speaking‚ odd/irritating statements. There are five types of symptoms for schizophrenia: delusions‚ hallucinations‚ disorganized speech‚ disorganized behavior‚
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Dopamine is Another relative of norepinephrine and epinephrine it is found to be a neurotransmitter in the 1950s by another Swede‚ Arvid Carlsson. It is an inhibitory neurotransmitter‚ implying that when it discovers its way to its receptor locales‚ it obstructs the inclination of that neuron to flame. Dopamine is emphatically connected with reward systems in the mind. Drugs like cocaine‚ opium‚ heroin‚ and liquor increment the levels of dopamine‚ as does nicotine. In the event that it can rest easy
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Robert Kargher Electroconvulsive therapy does it really work? Since its start of use in 1938‚ electroconvulsive therapy has been in much debate over its practice and effectiveness. Its inventor ladislas Meduna‚ suggested that by “changing the chemical composition of the brain” through ECT we could effectively treat
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Schizophrenia - Pipeline Review‚ H1 2014 On 8th July 2014 Summary This report "Schizophrenia - Pipeline Review‚ H1 2014’’ provides comprehensive information on the therapeutic development for Schizophrenia‚ complete with comparative analysis at various stages‚ therapeutics assessment by drug target‚ mechanism of action (MoA)‚ route of administration (RoA) and molecule type‚ along with latest updates‚ and featured news and press releases. It also reviews key players involved in the therapeutic
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factors. Most people with schizophrenia receive some form of drug therapy. Drug therapy is the most common treatment‚ using antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs aims to help patient function as well as possible and increasing patient’s feelings of well being. Researchers believe that dopamine plays an important part in schizophrenia. The goal of conventional antipsychotic drug therapy is to reduce the amount of dopamine‚ or the amount of dopamine receptor sites. They are dopamine antagonists
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