believed that cognitive limitations and brain abnormalities are more suitable explanations. 3. What forms of treatment are helpful for a person with autism? At this time there are no treatments that can reverse autism. Some treatments that are helpful would be behavioral therapy‚ communication training‚ parent training‚ and community integration. Psychotropic drugs and vitamins combined with other approaches are also quite helpful. 4. List the criteria for a diagnosis of mental retardation: People
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BIO-PSYCHOSOCIAL MODEL OF HEALTH AND ILLNESS INTRODUCTION The medical model has been the predominant approach used by physicians in diagnosing and management of diseases and illness in most Western countries. The biomedical model of illness and healing focuses on purely biological factors‚ and excludes psychological‚ environmental‚ and social influences. According to this model‚ good health is the freedom from pain‚ disease‚ or defect. It focuses on physical processes that affect health‚ such
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Mr. KH has significant cardiac history of 2 Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty in 1991 and 1994‚ and had suffered Myocardial Infarction in 1999‚ after which a stent was placed. The review of systems did not reveal any neurological abnormalities and history of epilepsy‚ and physical examination showed regular strong pulse at 60 bpm and blood pressure of 150/90. ECG examination failed to show AV block‚ arrhythmia‚ and long Q-T interval. The differential diagnosis of cough syncope was
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Vignette Analysis II What is schizophrenia? Comer (2013) states that “Schizophrenia us a psychotic disorder in which personal‚ social‚ and occupational functioning deteriorate as a result of strange perceptions‚ unusual emotions‚ and motor abnormalities” (p.426). What are Delusions? Comer (2013) suggests “delusions are a strange false belief firmly held despite evidence presented to the contrary” (p. 426). What are hallucinations? Comer (2013) states “hallucinations are perceptions that
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Sepsis is defined by the presence of 2 or more SIRS criteria in the setting of a documented or presumed infection (Rivers‚ McIntyre‚ Morro‚ Rivers‚ 2005). The condition may manifest into severe sepsis or septic shock. Severe sepsis is characterized by organ dysfunction‚ while septic shock results when blood
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what we feel‚ (c) what we experience are casual factors producing our behaviors. Schultz and Schultz (2013) states Maslow was the founder and spiritual leader of the humanistic psychology movement and he did not believe humans studied on only abnormality and emotional disturbed sampling yields only a crippling psychology ignoring the positive human qualities. Theoretical Constructs Describe the main
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RESEARCH STUDY ON PREVALANCE OF DIABETES MELLITUS IN WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE BETWEEN 15-44 IN FEMALE WARD IN COST PROVINCIAL GENERAL HOSPITAL‚ MOMBASA DISTRICT KENYA NAME OF STUDENTS; SHARIFFA S. ABDULLAHI INDEX NO. 66167K A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE K.M.T.C. MOMBASA CAMPUS IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT FOR THE AWARD OF A DIPLOMA IN KENYA REGISTERED COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING MARCH 2010 CLASS. KENYA MEDICAL TRAINING COLLEGE MOMBASA CAMPUS P.O. BOX 87946-80100 MOMBASA E-MAIL: kmtc@mtcmsa
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2010 SECONDARY EDUCATION CURRICULUM SCIENCE Program Standard: The learner demonstrates understanding of basic Science concepts and processes in an integrative way to solve problems critically‚ think innovatively/creatively and make informed decisions to enhance the integrity and wellness of the human person‚ protect the environment and conserve resources in order to sustain quality life. General Standard Grade 7 Integrated Science The learner demonstrates understanding of fundamental concepts and
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have noted that PTSD patients tend to feel that they have a lack of control over their lives and that the world is unpredictable. They often experience guilt about the trauma (such as a survivor from the Vietnam War etc). However‚ conceptions of abnormality differ between cultures and have significant influence on the validity of diagnosis of mental disorders. In this sense‚ culture blindness may negatively affect the process of classification itself‚ as for example Rack (1982) found that if a member
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Rosenhan pseudopatients were admitted to mental hospitals. a) One of the pseudopatients’ behaviours which were taken as evidence of abnormality was when they sat outside the cafeteria half an hour before lunchtime. Another behaviour which was taken as evidence of abnormality was when they wrote in their journals. b) It is difficult to define abnormality and normality because they have different meanings in different cultures. Something that may be considered normal in one culture may seem
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