made in recent years have all too frequently since been swamped by the tsunami of prisoners with serious mental health needs. Overworked staff find it difficult to respond even to psychiatric emergencies‚ let alone to promote recovery from serious illness and the enhancement of coping skills. Budget constraints and minimal public support for investments in the treatment‚ not punishment‚ of prisoners‚ elected officials have been reluctant to provide the funds and leadership needed to ensure prisons
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policies explain that I will provide appropriate treatment and First Aid if an accident or emergency situation occurs or if a child is taken ill. I will seek medical treatment if necessary. I am also committed to protect the children from the spread of illness and infectious diseases. As a registered childminder‚ it is an OFSTED requirement that I hold an up to date Paediatric First Aid Certificate. Policy for Accident and Emergency If any child in my care has an accident or an emergency situation
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Jamilieh Knight Sjogren Syndrome Sjogren’s Syndrome is a chronic autoimmune disease where the white blood cells attack the moisture producing glands. The disorder may cause dry eye‚ mouth‚ skin‚ nose‚ and vaginal dryness. Sjogren can also affect the kidney‚ gastrointestinal system‚ blood vessels‚ lungs‚ liver‚ pancreas‚ and the central nervous system. Sjogren’s can occur alongside other autoimmune disease such as rheumatoid arthritis‚ lupus or scleroderma. The consequences of Sjögren’s syndrome
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12 Health Risks of Chronic Heavy Drinking Health Risks of Alcohol: 12 Health Problems Associated with Chronic Heavy Drinking Share this: Font size: AAA By David Freeman WebMD Feature Reviewed by Marina Katz‚ MD It’s no secret that alcohol consumption can cause major health problems‚ including cirrhosis of the liver and injuries sustained in automobile accidents. But if you think liver disease and car crashes are the only health risks posed by drinking‚ think again: Researchers have linked
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What clinical findings are likely in R.S. as a consequence of his COPD? - COPD‚ chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is mostly consists of two main diseases: emphysema and chronic bronchitis. A patient with COPD can show various clinical findings which can include dyspnea‚ cyanosis‚ wheezing‚ “Blue bloaters” clubbing of the finger nails‚ and pink puffers. Also‚ the patient can show continuation of productive chronic coughing with expectoration within last 3 months for two consecutive years. Other
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Mental illness affects approximately 1 in 4 people‚ including Macbeth from Shakespeare’s famous play‚ The Tragedy of Macbeth. Illnesses like schizophrenia and psychopathy impact about one percent of the population. In the play‚ Macbeth expresses worrisome traits of both of these disorders. Schizophrenia and psychopathy are both extremely deteriorating to the mind and he very well could have suffered from not just one‚ but both of these illnesses. He has the tendencies to be a psychopath while also
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Human development follows unique developmental trajectories to which each child adapts differently to adversities. To understand these trajectories‚ a multidimensional approach to understanding human development should be undertaken. Human development is two dimensional; inner and outer worlds. The inner world consists of biological‚ psychological and spiritual experiences which either influence or are influenced by the outer world factors such as interpersonal‚ social‚ structural and cultural aspects
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Creative Story: The Chronic Swamp Murders One day while Joe and Jill Hemp were walking through Chronic swamp they came across a trail of blood in the water. They followed the trail until it stopped at a dead body. The body was of a man who was wearing a camouflage outfit. They immediately ran back to their house‚ which was not far from the murder site and called the police. Their house was located right on the edge of the swamp. When the police got there they roped off the whole area so they
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My graduation year marks my tenth year living with chronic hives. The allergic reactions started when I was seven and immediately the doctors put me on a prescription antihistamine. Living with chronic hives is hard. Today I take three different high-dosage prescriptions with almost impossible to overcome side effects ranging from extreme drowsiness to hallucinations. The worst of the condition arrived sophomore year when my hives worsened as reactions appeared even after taking my medicine. I went
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In Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ Macbeth and Lady Macbeth both show signs of what would today be diagnosed as symptoms of schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is defined as “long-term mental disorder of a type involving a breakdown in the relation between thought‚ emotion‚ and behavior‚ leading to faulty perception‚ inappropriate actions and feelings‚ withdrawal from reality and personal relationships into fantasy and delusion‚ and a sense of mental fragmentation”. There are three major symptoms of this disorder:
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