1. What is dementia? Why is Alzheimer disease based on a “diagnosis of exclusion”? What diagnostic tests would be ordered to determine if Ella’s dementia could be caused by Alzheimer’s disease? Dementia: Grossman and Porth (2014) define dementia as a group of symptoms caused by disorders that affect the brain. Another name for dementia is‚ nonnormative cognitive decline‚ which can be induced by any disorder that irreversibly damages large areas of the cerebral hemispheres or subcortical areas (memory
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Discuss some of the issues surrounding the classification and diagnosis of schizophrenia Classification systems are needed for the purpose of treatment and research. It can also be comforting to and individual and their family to be able to identify what their problem is and give it a name. Any classification system relies on the symptoms an individual display. However‚ symptoms tend to cluster together‚ so most classification systems of mental disorder focus on syndromes (i.e. clusters of symptoms
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DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT PLANNING FOR PARTIALLY EDENTULOUS PATIENTS Content: 1. General information (name‚ age‚ sex‚ occupation) 2. Chief complaint 3. Recording the relevant medical history. 4. Recording the relevant dental history. 5. Performing a thorough visual and manual extra-oral and intra-oral examination. 6. Radiographic examination. 7. Treatment planning Recording general information: Name: Patient should be addressed by name which would add to personal touch and confidence of
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DIAGNOSIS AND REMEDIATION OF STUDENTS WITH DYSLEXIA AND DYSCALCULIA IN THE NIGERIAN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM BY ABUBAKAR SALIHU MADA KADUNA POLYTECHNIC‚ KADUNA Abstract: Dyslexia is a learning disability that manifest itself as a difficulty with the visual notation of speech or written language‚ particularly with reading‚ while dyscalculia is a learning difficulty in which a person has unusual difficulty in solving mathematical problems and grasping mathematical concepts‚ memory of
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Medicare Severity Diagnosis-Related Groups “For fiscal year 2008‚ Medicare adopted a severity-adjusted diagnosis-related group system called Medicare Severity Diagnosis-Related Groups or MS-DRGs. This was the most drastic revision to the DRG system in 24 years.” (Schraffenberger‚ 2016‚ p. 702) MS-DRGs had a single goal to which was to improve the ability to recognize the severity of a patient’s illness for inpatient hospitals. Within this system hospitals with the sickest patients
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Questionable Aspects of the Diagnosis and Treatment of Dissociative Identity Disorder Few psychiatric diagnoses have garnered as much controversy as that of Dissociative Identity Disorder‚ or DID. The fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) defines the disorder‚ formerly called Multiple Personality Disorder‚ as the existence of “two or more distinct identities within the individual” (as cited by Elzinga‚ van Dyck‚ & Spinhoven‚ 1998). Elzinga et
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Glenda Ngo Psyc 407 18 Apr 2011 Extra credit Reflection Paper related to the movie Back from Madness In the movie Back from Madness‚ you were introduced to four individuals diagnosed with serious forms of mental illness—Todd‚ a homeless man with Bipolar I disorder‚ Naomi‚ a college student with Schizophrenia‚ Eric‚ a young musician with Major depression‚ and Glen‚ a middle-aged photographer with severe Obsessive compulsive disorder. Answer the following questions related to your reactions to the
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Toxoplasma Gondii (T. Gondii) was first observed in rodents in 1908. Then in 1932 it was found to be in humans. T. Gondii is a disease that plagues the immune deficient because those with a healthy immune system are able to easily fight the parasite off. It has been estimated that nearly 60 millions Americans are infected with the parasite‚ however the bulk of them are completely unaware because they have no symptoms. One of the most interesting things about the disease is that it is found worldwide
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Implications of Prenatal Diagnosis for the Human Right to Life There have been a number of public heated debates on the implication of prenatal diagnosis for the human right to life. A number of researchers and scholars have provided various reasons as to why a genetic factor should be taken into account while making decisions regarding abortion and other related aspects. Although in the recent past people made decisions majorly on grounds of poverty‚ prevailing war and inadequate resources‚ genetic
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How to Handle Your Diagnosis of Plantar Fasciitis Many people often get up in the morning to excruciating pain in the bottom of the feet. Walking around makes it a little better‚ so they believe it was nothing serious. They also don’t remember injuring their foot‚ so expect it is gone for good. However‚ the same thing happens every morning until one day‚ the heel pain doesn’t go away as quickly. This common injury is known as plantar fasciitis and it can be easy to treat if you get treatment
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