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    Bipolar Disorder Case Study

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    This is a case study of Sarah‚ a 39 year old female who presented at the emergency department with her husband‚ who is worried about her recent behaviour. She is showing classic signs of Hypomania‚ which is commonly associated with Bipolar Disorder. Hypomania has distinguishing features and can be displayed with high energy levels‚ positive mood‚ irritability‚ inappropriate behaviour‚ heightened creativity and mystical experiences (Athanasos 2009). Bipolar Disorder sufferers not only experience highs

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    New Jersey. There had been 13 cases of leukemia and 9 cases of Hodgkin’s disease in between 1973 and 1978. This issue was first brought to light‚ when parents of students from one school district (Pierrepont School) realized that there had been several cases of leukemia and Hodgkins disease (Garfinkel). A mother found her self in a hospital in New York with her son who was being treated for leukemia. At this hospital she found another woman‚ also with her son who had leukemia as well. There‚ they

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    Medication used to treat psychiatric conditions are abused by those who have been diagnosed with co-occurring disorders Why is this so common? Non-medical prescription use and prescription drug disorders are also associated with increased frequency of substance use‚ mood‚ and anxiety disorder. (Blanco et al.‚ 2013) Several medications are available and effective in treating anxiety disorders. These include benzodiazepines; Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs)‚ Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors

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    Health Issue: Cardiovascular disease Factors contributing to Loitja’s risk of cardiovascular disease include: Stress (Harvard Health Publications‚ Harvard Medical School‚ 2010-16) -Loitja’s can be due to: low income‚ being a carer; crowded living conditions; disability; language and cultural differences from the mainstream; being Indigenous given historical factors such as dispossession from land. Passive smoking could leave her at risk of: COAD; COPD; cardiovascular diseases; and lung cancer. Loitja’s

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    Psychiatric DisordersDiseases‚ and Drugs Marah Lacey-Woods PSY/240 05/05/2013 Dr. RAYMOND MC CLENEN Psychiatric DisordersDiseases‚ and Drugs Schizophrenia is a chronic‚ severe‚ and disabling brain disorder that has affected people throughout history. Schizophrenia is a group of severe brain disorders in which people interpret reality abnormally. Schizophrenia may result in some combination of hallucinations‚ delusions‚ and disordered thinking and behavior. About

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    in protein. 3. Any race can be affected with kidney disease‚ but African-Americans‚ Asian Americans‚ Native Americans‚ and Hispanics are more at risk for getting kidney disease (American kidney fund). People over the age of 60 are at a greater risk for kidney disease because the kidney decreases in effective functioning when an individual gets older. People over 60 are also more at risk for diabetes

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    Lyme Disease: Mechanisms of Disease – A Patient Conversation Lyme Disease: Mechanisms of Disease – A Patient Conversation Lyme disease is a bacterial infection that spreads throughout the body from the bite of a tick. Lyme disease is a bacterium called Borrelia burgdorferi (B. burgdorferi) and the body’s immune response to the infection (Meyerhoff‚ 2013). Ticks pick up B. burgdorferi from another host such as deer or mice; they then transfer it to humans (Lyme disease‚ n.d.). B burgdorferi

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    Anxiety‚ Somatoform‚ and Dissociative Disorders Outline & Case Analysis The capacity for an individual to have normal socialization and daily function can be altered in disorders such as; anxiety disorder‚ somatoform disorder‚ and dissociative disorder. Each disorder has varying biological‚ behavioral‚ emotional‚ and cognitive components; however‚ the symptoms in each of these disorders can overlap into another disorder. Identifying these components is important for abnormal psychology to develop

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    ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS DSM-IV ADJUSTMENT DISORDERs (SPECIFY if ACUTE/CHRONIC) 309.24 With anxiety 309.0 With depressed mood 309.3 With disturbance of conduct 309.4 With mixed disturbance of emotions and conduct 309.28 With mixed anxiety and depressed mood The essential feature of adjustment disorders is a maladaptive reaction to an identifiable psychosocial stressor that occurs within 3 months of the onset of the stressor. (The reaction to the death of a loved one is not included here‚ as it

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    Who Is a Good Person

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    WHO IS A GOOD PERSON? A good person is someone who is sincere and loyal‚but not selfish. A person is someone who has a positive attitude and respects for oneself as well as others. A good person should be evaluated by criteria of his/her characteristics‚ intellect‚ thoughts‚ emotions and behaviours‚ but not his/her physical appearence‚ religious belief or ethnic origin. Firstly‚ being altruistic is one of the most important qualities. Altruism is selfless helping. Someone helps

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