population A total of 70 HIV positive patients were analyzed for their AFB smear‚ culture from sputum and chest X-ray results. Sputum smear negative cases having findings consistent with TB on chest x-ray were matched with culture results for the final diagnosis. Sensitivity‚ specificity‚ negative and positive predictive values of the chest x-ray was determined in smear negative cases. Data management‚ analysis and presentation Secondary data was collected from AMPATH MTRH records office. Each data sheet
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the classification and diagnosis of phobic disorders. ( 8+16) A phobia is an irrational fear which interferes with daily life. For a phobia to be diagnosed it must meet the criterion set by the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders. Reliability and validity are two important factors when considering classification of mental disorders; they must be present for an accurate classification to be made. Reliability and validity are linked because a diagnosis that is not reliable is
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Psychological Diagnosis of Antisocial Personality Disorder in "A Good Man is Hard to Find" and "A Rose For Emily" Antisocial personality disorder is characterized by a person using cunning strategies and deceit to get their way‚ a failure to conform to social norms (often resulting in criminal behaviour)‚ a lack of compassion for others‚ an "inflated and arrogant self-appraisal"‚ "reckless disregard for safety of self or others" (American Psychiatric Association [DSM-IV]‚ 2000) and most importantly
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DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF SCHIZOPHRENIA‚ AFFECTIVE DISORDER AND ORGANIC BRAIN DAMAGE WITH THE HELP OF WECHSLER SCALE Shakti Mehrotra Dr. Ambalika Sinha * Scientist ‘F’ Selection Centre East‚ Allahabad. **Assistant Professor‚ Department of Humanities and Social Sciences MNNIT‚ Allahabad ABSTRACT The present study was conducted to evaluate the diagnostic value of Weschler Adult Intelligence Scale Revised ( WAIS-R ) and Weschler Adult Performance
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Donnie Darko is an almost confusing film about time travel‚ schizophrenia and the manipulation of one ’s fate. The film focuses on a teenage schoolboy named Donnie Darko. Donnie is not mentally healthy but he is very intelligent and has extremely high Iowa test scores. He also has a tendency to hallucinate and do destructive things when sleepwalking‚ such as flooding his school and burning down a house‚ due to this he is on strong medication and sees a therapist on a regular basis. After a near death
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unit that is so emotionally integrated that the effects they can have on each other are enormous. Throughout this paper‚ we will explore the components of this theory and then compare and contrast how it does or does not apply to the story of Antwone Fisher as told in the 2002 film starring Derek Luke and Denzel Washington (cite).
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mistakes or correct them. Which is why adolescents who are enrolled in social programs tend to have a different view upon the world. A perfect example of a adolescent who is troubled in a social program would be Antwone from the memoir Finding Fish by Antwone Q. Fisher. We do not only see it in Antwone but in adolescents around the world who are scarred from the enrollment in these social programs. Social programs are a government run program that takes in minors who have been ostracized from family and
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Pioneer developments in "moving pictures" occurred during the 1890s with the patenting of the kinetograph and kinetoscope (1891) by Thomas Edison and W.K.L. Dickson in the United States and the cinematograph (1895) by the Lumiere brothers in France. By the turn of the century‚ films less than a minute in length were being exhibited at major fairs in the U.S. and abroad. Soon after‚ audiences began flocking to movie houses called "Nickelodeons‚" one-floor venues‚ where short films (approximately 10
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Treatment Plan Assesment/Summary Client Name: Antwone Fisher Presenting Problem: Antwone was referred for treatment for a psych. Evaluation due to his recent and reoccurring altercations with others on the Navy Ship. Antwone has a lot of anger and aggression problems. Antwone Fisher is a young African American male in his twenties. He was born in an Ohio Correctional facility where he was placed in an orphanage by the state until his mother could resume the responsibilities of him. However his mother
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Name: Maan ayyash Class:AAS 101 Date: 5/15/2012 Final In the book The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks‚ Rebecca Skloot is searching for the identity of Henrietta Lacks. In the movie Antwone Fisher Antwone is in turn seeking his own identity. Discuss some of the parallels‚ similarities or differences between the book and movie. Usually when talking about a movie or a book‚ it hard to discuss the similarities and the differences. Because sometimes a movie can be more influencing than a book
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