Diabetes and Treatment Walden University Advanced Pharmacology NURS - 6521N - 4 Diabetes and Treatment Diabetes is a group of diseases that result from a defect in the body’s ability to maintain a homeostatic glucose level. The defect may be in insulin secretion‚ insulin action or both. Diabetes can be classified as Juvenile‚ Type 1‚ Type 2‚ or Gestational. Distinction between the different classifications is based on the circumstances present at time of the diagnosis. Defect in insulin
Premium Diabetes mellitus Insulin Diabetes
Bipolar disorder is one of the oldest known illnesses. Extensive research reveals that there was some mention of the symptoms in early medical records‚ which date back to the 1600’s. Bipolar was first noticed as far back as the second century. Aretaeus of Cappadocia (a city in ancient Turkey) first recognized some symptoms of mania and depression‚ and felt they could be linked to each other. Aretaeus’s findings went unnoticed and unsubstantiated until 1650‚ when a scientist named Richard Burton wrote
Premium Bipolar disorder
Major Psychological Disorders Psychological disorders affect a person’s everyday life‚ as well as the lives of the people around them. “Psychologist typically define abnormal behavior broadly‚ considering it to be behavior that causes people to experience distress and prevent them from functioning in their daily lives” (Feldman‚ 2009‚ p.518). In order to diagnose psychological disorders we need to be able to judge what normal and abnormal behavior is. In this essay I will address the topic of
Premium Abnormal psychology Panic disorder Anxiety
BSBMKG514A Implement & monitor marketing activities Assessment Student Name: Introduction and instructions: The assessment for this Unit of Competency consists of three assessment tasks: 1. Case Study Activity – requiring you to review case study scenarios‚ answer related questions 2. Practical Assessment – requiring you to prepare policy and procedure manual. Result: The result of each assessment task will be either ‘Satisfactory’ (S) or ‘Not Satisfactory’ (NS). Once you have satisfactorily
Premium Marketing Marketing plan
double fencing for the full length of the Mexico border. However‚ Rick Perry of Texas‚ where 1‚200 miles of the 2‚000 miles exists‚ was quoted as saying‚ “…building a border-length fence would take 10-15 years and $30 million‚ and wouldn’t be cost-effective.” Adversaries of the Border-Fencing dispute that constructing and keeping up a fence through even the most isolated or hostile terrain could cost billions of dollars and maybe not even affect illegal crossings. They also include in their argument
Premium Immigration to the United States Immigration United States
Mood Disorders Mood disorders are a disturbance in the emotional state‚ which affects thinking‚ physical symptoms‚ social relationships and behavior. If you have a mood disorder‚ you might feel very happy or very sad for long periods of time for no apparent reason. There are different types of mood disorders including: mania‚ depression‚ bipolar‚ drug induced mood disorders‚ and medically induced mood disorders. When a mood factor pushes a person to one extreme or the other that mood disorders can
Premium Bipolar disorder Major depressive disorder Dysthymia
Bipolar Disorder TC Bulger MCI University Bipolar Disorder Over the years there have been many misconceptions about what bipolar disorder is‚ what the symptoms are‚ and how it is treated. Bipolar disorder‚ also known as manic-depressive illness‚ is a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in mood‚ energy‚ activity levels‚ and the ability to carry out day-to-day tasks. A person who has “mood swings” does not automatically qualify them for a diagnosis of bipolar disorder
Premium Bipolar disorder
Amnestic Disorder Riddhi Bulsara September 1st 2011 Clinical Asepsis My paper is going to be about Amnestic Disorder. “Amenstic disorder is a group of diorders that involve loss of memories. Previouly established‚ loss of ability to creat new memories‚ or loss of the ability to learn new information”. As defined by the mental health professional ’s handbook‚ the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders ‚ fourth edition‚ text revision (2000)‚ also known as DSM-IV-TR. Amnestic Disorder
Premium Amnesia Traumatic brain injury Hippocampus
Delusional Disorder Abstract This paper explains the mental illness of delusional disorder. It explains the different types of delusions that exist‚ what could cause them‚ and how they are possibly treated‚ though it’s often confused with schizophrenia‚ delusional disorder is quite common‚ especially in women. What does it mean to be delusional? What is a delusional disorder? This paper will include all information on delusional disorders and what could
Premium Schizophrenia Mental disorder Psychosis
2c) Disparate treatment in the text states “treating employees of one race or sex differently from employees of another race or sex. It results from unlawful discrimination when an individual is treated less favorably than other employees because of race‚ color‚ religion‚ national origin‚ or sex”. Pollard was a victim of disparate treatment because she was the only woman employee in her department. Pollard‚ was treated differently by her supervisor Mr. King when he suggested she do as the sign
Premium Human sexual behavior Racism Sexual intercourse