Vascular Dementia Vascular dementia is a common cause of dementia in the elderly. Dementia is a condition that affects the brain and causes people to not think well or act normally. Vascular dementia is one type of dementia. It occurs when blood clots block small blood vessels in the brain and destroy brain tissue. Likely risk factors are high blood pressure and advanced age. This disease can cause stroke‚ migraine-like headaches‚ and psychiatric disturbances. SYMPTOMS Confusion. Problems
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Teen Suicide and Depression “Help ME!!!” Do you ever wonder if being irritable or an unhappy adolescent might actually be experiencing teen depression? Teenage Depression is everywhere we look‚ these two words appears together as one‚ in newspapers and magazines‚ as well as in scholarly reports. Teenage depression is one of today ’s "hot topics" this among other teenage mental health problems‚ has been brought to the forefront of public consciousness in recent years after several incidents involving
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Devices and Practices for Sensory Impairments Many students with physical disabilities and other health impairments may achieve more success if they are properly supported by an assistive technology (AT) device and AT support services. The two devices I chose were the cochlear implants for the deaf children and screen headers for the blind children. The cochlear implant is a small complex electronic device that can help provide a sense of sound. The students that will benefit from the cochlear
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| "False" Memory Is Common‚ Study Shows by Gerry Everding Washington University | People have difficulty suppressing false memories | | | Even when you give people fair warning that you are about to trick them into recalling something that never happened‚ most will still fall prey to the deception‚ creating "illusory" or "false" memories that sometimes include vivid details‚ according to new research from Washington University in St. Louis. "Fully informing people and warning them about
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Depression is not only a state of being sad‚ it is a disease that conquers the ability to feel emotion‚ whether good or bad‚ whatsoever. Depression not only involves the mind‚ it also involves the body and thoughts. In different cultures some complain of excessive headaches and extreme pain and this is identified as depression‚ moderate or otherwise. This disease can be passed down through genes or can follow external events or can be caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain. Depression affects
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me first hand. I have killed many people each year‚ and I don’t discriminate based on age‚ gender‚ race‚ skin colour‚ or religion. Who am I? I am depression. And although it may not always lead to suicide‚ I can tell you from personal experience that depression is a horrible illness that can negatively affect you mentally and physically. A sad feeling is the most common and most widely known symptom of depression‚ but it’s not the only symptom. Another symptom is a feeling of worthlessness‚ which
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Specific Language Impairment is a concept to discuss as it is generally considered that 5-11% of the population suffers from it. Additionally being able to communicate is important to the children’s social and emotional development. SLI occurs when children do not have a normal language development and this abnormal development cannot be explained by hearing problems‚ neurological deviation‚ physical/emotional problems and cognitive deficiencies (Bishop‚ 2006; Leonard‚ 1998). Additionally SLI leads
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Depression PSY350: Physiology Psychology May 6‚ 2013 Depression Depression in children is mainly in children when he or she is medicated‚ it is very common for depression to be unrecognized. Risk factors always include a family history of depression or even a poor school performance. Acknowledging children who are unrecognized should be evaluated. The risk factors also would be reduced and with problems like school failure and suicide would be less (November 15‚ 2000). Children and adolescents
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You may have heard about Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Dementia. There’s multiple types of dementia like Vascular‚ Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease. This is important to understand between Alzheimer’s and Dementia because most people confuse them for not being the same. The AD and dementia falls under the category having the same cognitive impairment symptom. In fact‚ some people get confused by aging you start forgetting thinking you have dementia. To understand this disease‚ you have to know
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Remembered Event A remembered event is when something important and interesting happens in a person’s life. These days will leave good memories and emotions in people’s mind and it will be memorable forever. These days are usually one that people will always want to talk about and remember every moment of it. One of the most remembered events in my life is the birth of my brother. It was March‚ 2008 when I found out that my mother is pregnant. I was upset at the beginning‚ because all my life
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