Maxine Beja‚ Kryshna Estor and Timmy Bete Peralta ADHD What are the causes of ADHD? Causes of ADHD are still unidentified‚ but they com from inherited genes. Researches focused on studying the genes cause ADHD. Improper care of a pregnant mother may cause risks of ADHD to the baby. Lead may also cause ADHD (Patricia Quinn‚ 2011). The hallmark symptoms are hyperactivity‚ impulsivity‚ or inattention. The symptoms would have an impact on a child’s life‚ negatively. ADHD would start 6 months
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This essay sets out to discuss the importance of comprehensive and accurate assessment on a registered nurses’ ability to make excellent clinical decisions. It will examine what factors can change a nurses’ capability to be aware of‚ and act on abnormal assessment findings. As well as assessment being part of the nursing process that is used in every day nursing‚ it is also a critical part of patient safety (Higgins‚ 2008). Assessment findings are used to determine what needs to be done for the
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Where Cancer comes from Cancer of the lung‚ like all cancers‚ results from an abnormality in the body ’s basic unit of life‚ the cell. Tumors can also cause cancer. Tumors usually can be removed and do not spread to other parts of the body. Malignant tumors‚ on the other hand‚ grow aggressively and invade other tissues of the body‚ allowing entry of tumor cells into the bloodstream or lymphatic system and then to other sites in the body. This process of spread is termed metastasis; the areas of
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For any child abnormality‚ it’s easy to point fingers at the parents or guardians when a diagnosis has been reached. One assumes a lot of developmental factors of the abnormality disorder were caused by childhood trauma‚ family involvement‚ and few noticed biological factors. However‚ when a child is diagnosed with conduct disorder‚ it becomes difficult to trace the reasoning behind it. Something to consider would be looking to see if the child’s family plays a role in the child’s development of
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disorders? Even today‚ the medical model is recognizable in the terminology of the mental health movement. This medical perspective has also gained such credibility from recent discoveries that genetically influenced abnormalities in both brain structure and biochemistry; playing an important role today in psychological factors‚ such as chronic or traumatic stress. 65-4 Explain what clinicians seek to accomplish by classifying a disorder
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Eugenics‚ a science based on improving the human population and condition through selected reproduction‚ is rooted in widespread controversy and was practiced with abysmally horrid medical knowledge. Numerous issues‚ some as serious as the infamous Nazi Germany concentration camp systems‚ have surfaced across the early to mid - twentieth century‚ which serve as a constant reminder to the dangers of putting the task of bettering the human race into the wrong hands. Unfortunately‚ the science behind
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concepts of normality and abnormality. (Discuss: Offer a considered and balanced review that includes a range of arguments‚ factors or hypotheses. Opinions or conclusions should be presented clearly and supported by appropriate evidence) Defining Abnormality * There are several characteristics that can be viewed as components of abnormal behaviour. * These cannot be used independently‚ as no one component sufficiently defines abnormality. Defining Abnormality in Terms of ‘Statistical Infrequency’
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of either PTSD or depression will also be asked to consent for further tests and interviews every 2 years‚ for over the following 10 years. The participants will be retested and re-interviewed every 2 years‚ checking for changes in structural abnormalities‚ fundamental behavioral changes‚ mood disorders‚ academic achievement fluctuations‚ which will be measured by the adolescent ’s school records‚ and an increase or decrease in symptoms of PTSD and/or depression. It is hypothesized that adolescent
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after an episode of bronchopneumonia. Environmental factors like fever has been reported to trigger the onset of RS in genetically predisposed subjects‚ though there are hardly any reports in the literature. Seizures are one of the supportive criteria but these are overestimated. Nonseizure events like twitching/jerking/head turning/trembling/bruxism/staring/laughing/ pupillary dilatation/breath holding and hyperventilation are usually confused with seizures(2). Role of video EEG is very
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brainstem reflexes and apnoea‚ her neurologist declared her brain-dead after showing the three neurological criteria which are coma‚ apneoa and the absence of brainstem reflexes making her clinically and legally dead. M is a 25-weeks pregnant and after performing sonography to check the fetus vital signs‚ it showed that the fetus is alive and does not have any congenital diseases or abnormalities.
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