RUNNING HEAD: Teen Drug Addiction; a Chronic Disease Teen Drug Addiction: a Chronic Illness Drug addiction is a chronic disease‚ associated with mental illnesses‚ and similar to other chronic diseases such as type II diabetes‚ cancer and cardiovascular disease. No one chooses to be a drug addict or to develop heart disease. In my paper‚ I am going to research some issues of teenage substance abuse and examine some of the biological factors that cause drug abuse and addiction
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Tutor: Judith Hassan Chirwa 2012 Pain Short Answer Questions Compare and contrast acute and chronic pain. Pain is a human experience which can be uncomfortable‚ with the potential to be horrible. The proper definition of pain is defined by the International Association for the Study of Pain‚ it states that pain is “an unpleasant sensory (shooting‚ aching or burning) and emotional (frightening‚ annoying or sickening) experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage or described
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Chronic Side effects of chronic cocaine use Cocaine hydrochloride Chronic cocaine intake causes brain cells to adapt functionally to strong imbalances of transmitter levels in order to compensate extremes. Thus‚ receptors disappear from the cell surface or reappear on it‚ resulting more or less in an "off" or "working mode" respectively‚ or they change their susceptibility for binding partners (ligands) – mechanisms called down-/upregulation. However‚ studies suggest cocaine abusers do
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Chronic Conversion Disorder Billy Lockhart Troy University- Montgomery‚ AL Chronic Conversion Disorder In this article the author is doing a case study on a patient known as Ms. T. The article is on Chronic Conversion Disorder Masking Depression and Anxiety: The case of Ms. T. by Dr. Robert C. Kores. A case formulation with therapeutic focus and direction‚ and follow-up information regarding a patient with somatic concerns is presented. A Conversion Disorder was diagnosed with underlying
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A Nursing Case Study on Chronic Renal Failure In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements in NCM-102 CRITERIA Introduction and Implications - 5% Objective - 5% Developmental Data - 5% Physical Assessment - 10% History - 5% Anatomy and Physiology - 5% Pathophysiology - 10% Interpretations - 5% Drug Studies - 5% Nursing Management - 20% Health Teachings - 5% Format - 5% Punctuality - 10% Reference - 5% _________________ TOTAL:
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Bennet Omalu discovered Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) in a former NFL player‚ Mike Webster. CTE is a progressive brain degenerative disease that is caused by repetitive brain trauma. Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy can affect who has had multiple brain injuries and may be any age. CTE can only be diagnosed through an autopsy but‚ tests can be done to
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Attitude Problem: Most of the employees in the BPO industry are youngsters who lie in the age group of 20-35 years. Many of them used to be in college or graduate pass outs that use to join a BPO for part time earning and to cover their sundry expenses. These people generally are apathetic about the company’s culture and often create nuisances which disrupt the very decorum of the company. Some of the key outcomes of this behaviour are: Misuse of freedom and indiscipline: The trend set by
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33 Ways to Reduce and Prevent Stress Stress is evident everywhere in our fast-paced world. It’s a mental‚ emotional‚ or physical strain caused by anxiety or overwork. We all feel stress and often suffer the results of it in some way or other. What you are about to read can have a significant impact on the levels of stress you experience. This post is not about how to deal with stress; it’s about how to reduce and avoid it. Most of the stress we experience can be broken down into three categories
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INTRODUCTION Stress is an integral part of life‚ especially for working college student. It is unique and personal to each of us. Stress is the emotional and physical strain caused by our response to pressure from the outside world. Common stress reactions include tension‚ irritability‚ inability to concentrate‚ and a variety of physical symptoms that include headache and a fast heartbeat. Stress is part of our lives. Extra stress because you working student‚ is to be expected. Too much stress
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Stress has become a new and more used vocabulary word for everyday life. Research has shown how effective some techniques are to channel stress. Whenever it happens to me‚ I try to relax or keep myself busy. Some new techniques that I tried include: meditating as a relaxation technique‚ playing tennis as a physical activity‚ and listening to music as a multi-media activity. Through these new techniques‚ I have learned to deal with stress well. Through meditation I realized that I can truly relax
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