Prescription drug overdose and abuse is a common problem faced by many individuals today. According to the CDC (2013)‚ prescription drug overdose and abuse has increased exponentially since the 1980s. In 2009‚ the prescription drug overdose was five times that in 1980. Deaths due to drug overdose exceeded those due to motor vehicle accidents for the first time in 2009. The majority of these deaths were attributable to opioid overdose. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse‚ approximately
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The rate of Autism in our society is rapidly growing with time. More and more children are being diagnosed with this exceptionality. Autism is classified as a developmental disability that results from a disorder in the central nervous system. It causes impairments to social interaction‚ communication‚ imagination‚ interests‚ and activities. Most of the issues based around Autism are controversial because it is still not known what the cause of Autism is! Researchers strive every day to find why
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among adult patients is a big problem for the health care sector‚ especially the nursing profession. Cognitive impairment‚ medically –induced immobility‚ past medical fall history‚ weak muscle and certain group of medications like psychotropic/benzodiazepines‚ are some factors that have been noted to be responsible for elderly patients vulnerability to falls. Educating the patients at risk for falls‚ lowering/stopping the use of the psychotropic medications‚ close observation and bed-alarm use are
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Drug Addiction Drug addiction is a dependence on an illegal drug or medication. Many people confuse it with drug dependency‚ which is when a person needs a drug to function normally. The difference between drug addiction and drug dependence is drug dependence is when a person needs a drug to function normally‚ like some blood pressure medications can cause a physical dependence‚ but the person is not addicted to the drug. A person can have a physical dependence‚ but not be addicted. Many scientist
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Unit 5 Notes Chapter 41 Diuretics Drugs that increase urinary output Two major applications Treatment of hypertension Mobilization of edematous fluid to prevent renal failure Introduction to Diuretics Figure 41-1 How diuretics work – mechanism of action Blockade of sodium and chloride reabsorption Site of action Proximal tubule produces greatest diuresis Adverse effects Hypovolemia Acid-base imbalance Electrolyte imbalances Figure 41-2 Classification of diuretics Four major categories
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Urine Testing for Drugs of Abuse U. S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES • Public Health Service • Alcohol‚ Drug Abuse‚ and Mental Health Administration Urine Testing for Drugs of Abuse Editors: Richard L. Hawks‚ Ph.D. C. Nora Chiang‚ Ph.D. Division of Preclinical Research National Institute on Drug Abuse NIDA Research Monograph 73 1986 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Public Health Service Alcohol‚ Drug Abuse‚ and Mental Health Administration National Institute on Drug
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Helen B. Balois Cognitive disorder Cognitive disorders are a category of mental health disorders that primarily affect learning‚ memory‚ perception‚ and problem solving‚ and include amnesia‚ dementia‚ and delirium. While anxiety disorders‚ mood disorders‚ and psychotic disorders can also have an effect on cognitive and memory functions‚ the DSM-IV-TR does not consider these cognitive disorders‚ because loss of cognitive function is not the primary (causal) symptom. Causes vary between the different
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SOCIAL PHOBIA.!! Good morning everybody. I hope that all of you are doing well. So let get started. Do you have ever heard a term phobia? Phobia can be define as an extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something. There are actually many kinds of phobia exist in this world. Start from realistic one until the weirdest and strangest phobia that we all have ever heard. Ablutophobia – Fear of Bathing For example‚ ablutophobia. Do you know what ablutophobia is all about? Abluthophobia is the
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Name: James E. Roberts Course: CMSW 1313 Date: 11/24/10 Master Treatment Plan Person’s Name: Edward Kojak Date of first visit: 10/15/10 I. Identified Problems: Primary Problem: Bipolar II disorder Secondary Problem: Poly-substance in remission Tertiary Problem: unemployed II. Historical Data: Primary Problem: Bipolar II disorder Symptoms and/or history: : Client stated he began SDTP in 2004 and spent 9 wks on an inpatient psychiatric unit while incarcerated following
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Any of us if not more than some have experienced some difficulty sleeping. This can happen because of a number of things: We worry about some sort of troubling thing to come or one that has passed‚ or there is the all too famous insomnia‚ which gets the best of us from time to time. There are many times in my life that I have had trouble sleeping‚ whether it was from one of my three children being sick‚ my husband being sick‚ me being sick‚ or my mind just running from here to there which happens
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