with Type 1 DM A.R.‚ a 61-year-old female from Project 4 Quezon City with a medical history chronic renal failure‚ The patient was scheduled to have her wound stitches removed. When suddenly she felt dizziness with cold clammy skin and uncontrolled urination. Usually patient with diabetes mellitus complains of dizziness and body weakness. Pathophysiology The symptoms of Type 1 diabetes mellitus are vague and the causes may be related to several factors. Type 1 diabetes
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Schizophrenia – “split mind” Schizophrenia (in Greek split mind) is marked by delusions‚ hallucinations‚ illusions‚ distorted perceptions of reality‚ normal verses abnormal‚ and a “split” between thought and emotion. Schizophrenia troubles one percent of the world’s population‚ making it the most common psychosis. Approximately two million Americans suffer from this illness in one year and roughly half of all the people admitted to mental hospitals are schizophrenic. Many symptoms appear to
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focuses on the diagnosis of schizophrenia‚ a major mental illness with much stigma and misinformation associated with it. World Health Organisation (WHO‚ 2012) epidemiological evidence suggests that schizophrenia is a mental illness affecting 24 million people worldwide. This essay will define schizophrenia and its characteristic signs and symptoms in relation to cognition‚ mood‚ behaviour and psychosocial functioning. The criteria enabling a diagnosis of schizophrenia are explored‚ as well as contemporary
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Evaluate the key drugs used to treat schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is one of the most common severe mental disorders effecting between 0.5% and 1% of the population (Sartorius at al‚ 1986) and is greatly discussed as not being a single condition but rather a combination of related issues and has several criteria’s in existence to help in the diagnosis. DSM-IV-TR (APA 2000) states that two or more symptoms including delusions‚ hallucinations‚ disorganised speech‚ catatonic behaviour or negative
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Schizophrenia is a category of mental illness of the psychotic disorders. Psychosis refers to specific abnormalities of cognition that include delusions and hallucinations. The abnormalities of Schizophrenia are often divided into 3 categories. The first being cognitive which deals with abnormalities of attention and planning abilities. The second category of abnormalities of Schizophrenia is often called negative symptoms which can include blunted emotions and a loss of enjoyment. The third category
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Culture and Schizophrenia Childhood schizophrenia is one of several types of schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a chronic psychological disorder that affects a person’s psychosis. Childhood schizophrenia is similar to adult schizophrenia‚ but it occurs earlier in life and has a profound impact on the attitude‚ behavior‚ and life. The child with schizophrenia may experience strange thoughts‚ strange feelings‚ and abnormal behaviors. Childhood schizophrenia
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The Paranoid Style in American Politics 1. Introduction "The Paranoid Style in American Politics" is an essay published in 1964 in Harper’s Magazine. Written by Richard Hofstadter‚ an american historian‚ this paper defines and describes what he calls the "paranoid style"‚ which is some kind of paranoid behaviour among politics. To do this‚ the author explores american History from late XVIIIth century to the 60’s and analyzes conspiracy theories and paranoid reactions of groups of people
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Station of Schizophrenia SPEAKER 1: Hello everyone and welcome to mind night here at Mars Hill University. In our station we will be discussing the effect of Schizophrenia on the mind and body. Over here *points to slab* we have a section of a human brain to show which areas of the brain are affected. Schizophrenia is a psychological disorder which changes a person’s idea of reality. Everything around them becomes altered due to the particular areas in the brain which are affected by Schizophrenia‚ which
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Case Studies – Types of Business Organization (Ownership) Case 2: Joseph LeBlanc‚ a student looking for summer employment‚ opened a bait shop in a small shed on a local fishing dock. For this case‚ I think the type of business here is Sole Proprietorship. Joseph LeBlanc a student looking for a summer employment and decides to open his own bait shop is a very big responsibility. If his business is Sole Proprietorship‚ it will benefit him in a lot of ways. He will be the boss of himself‚ which makes
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1.23.2 Glass types Application. This section will compare the effect of using some of the glass common types on the total cooling thermal load of the building. The cost of using these types will be studied as a comparison (effect VS Cost). 1.23.2.1 Simulation Goal The Goal of this study/simulation is to find out the relation between the Building Glass type and the total amount of the cooling load needed to keep the building temperature within the comfort zone range. The Simulation focuses on the
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