which the smartphone is becoming a tool for self diagnosis (Knox‚ 2013). Mobile applications have been developed to enable the user to diagnose and manage a wide range of health issues‚ from Asthma to Schizophrenia to Celiac disease. While this is beneficial for most people‚ how accurate is the diagnosis? How can the diagnosis be managed? And how is this process affecting our medical system? According to the Oxford Dictionary (2015)‚ self diagnosis is "to diagnose oneself of having a particular medical
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diseases‚ including cancer are estimated to be one of the leading cause of male death worldwide and its management is based on guidelines regarding diagnosis‚ evaluation‚ treatment and continuing care. In this study a fuzzy expert system for diagnosing‚ and learning purpose of the prostate diseases is described. HIROFILOS is a fuzzy expert system for diagnosis and treatment of prostate diseases according to symptoms that are realized in one patient and usually recorded through his clinical examination
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of dementia are present a diagnosis is not performed until an average of 20 months later. One of the key factors of why diagnosis is so late is because it is often hard for people to differentiate the difference between normal ageing and dementia (Bond et al. 2013). Family members play an important role in assessing wether a diagnosis is required as they should be able to differentiate between ageing and dementia. Whilst there is no cure for dementia‚ if an early diagnosis for dementia is made it could
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How is Schizophrenia Diagnosed? There is currently no physical or lab test that can absolutely diagnose schizophrenia - a psychiatrist usually comes to the diagnosis based on clinical symptoms. What physical testing can do is rule out a lot of other conditions (seizure disorders‚ metabolic disorders‚ thyroid disfunction‚ brain tumor‚ street drug use‚ etc) that sometimes have similar symptoms. Current research is evaluating possible physical diagnostic tests (such as a blood test for schizophrenia
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people. The first two manuals were published in 1952 and 1968. The two were criticized for their low reliability/validity and bad utility of syndromal diagnosis. The third edition (1972) was an important development‚ as it was the first empirical based nomenclature of the DSMs. It improved the reliability‚ validity and utility of syndromal diagnosis substantially. It introduced the multiaxial approach of five scales‚ which is characteristic for the 4th edition of DSM. Professionals are using those
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Schizophrenia is one of the most debilitating psychotic disorders that can tend to cause distortions in perceptions‚ hallucinations‚ delusions‚ and other strange behavior in 1% of the population in the United States (Picchioni & Murray‚ 2007). Receiving a diagnosis of schizophrenia can be life altering and hard to grasp. A myriad of emotions come into play for both the individual diagnose and their family. The prognosis for individuals diagnose with schizophrenia can be affected by many factors like positive
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According to April‚ she received a diagnosis of stage three Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma five weeks ago and had not told anyone close to her. She wanted to talk to someone “objective” to figure out what steps to take next. Client Identification Demographics: April is a 23 year-old woman who currently lives on campus at Pratt Institute studying architecture and urban planning. Her parents are married and she has a 21 year-old brother‚ Daniel‚ who has a diagnosis of Down syndrome. Her father used
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Introduction The essay will critically analyse two contrasting theories/approaches to the diagnosis of Attention Deficiency Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD). The two approaches are the Biomedical Model that posits that ADHD is a mental disorder that has a biological basis un its aetiology and the Social Construct Theory which indicates that ADHD is not a real disorder but a socially constructed explanation for behaviours that are outside social norms. Biomedical model of ADHD The causes of ADHD are
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Multicultural Counseling After reading the many articles on the notion of diagnosis and counseling with multicultural/ethnic patients‚ it has come to my attention that this focus is solely based on stereotypical attitudes. Sure‚ it can be said that it is important for a therapist to have a background of the patient’s heritage and culture‚ but doesn’t this necessarily mean that the outlook of the therapist will be put in a box by doing so? I think multicultural competency is a ridiculous way to
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patient diagnosis and treatment‚ but is also important for collecting and communicating accurate public health statistics. Components of the DSM IV Criteria: The DSM consists of three major components: 1. The diagnostic classification 2. The diagnostic criteria sets 3. The descriptive text. The Multiaxial System of Diagnosis in DSM IV Criteria: The DSM uses a "multiaxial" system for assessment. This assessment model is designed to provide a comprehensive diagnosis that includes
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