OPTION 2: Name and discuss 3 folk illnesses and what their biomedical explanations may be. Also discuss how you might tap social medicine perspectives to help patients and their families to respond more effectively to these perceived folk illnesses. Society and culture are factors that help shape people’s perceptions of illnesses‚ as well as the respective modes of diagnosis and treatment for these illnesses.1 What may seem irrational to a medical practitioner or medical specialist may be rational
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schizophrenia‚ eating disorders and addictive behaviors ("Mental Illness" 5). Mental illnesses consist of the following emotional symptoms: depression‚ confusion‚ exessive fears and worries‚ withdrawl from friends and activities‚ sleeping problems‚ delusions and hallucinations‚ alcohol and drug abuse‚ changes in eating habits‚ excessive anger‚ and suicidal thinking ("Mental Illness" 6). Physical symptoms of mental illnesses include: fatigue‚ back and chest pain‚ digestive problems‚ dry mouth‚ headache
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333 4.1 Describe the possible signs‚ symptoms‚ indicators and behaviours that may cause concern in the context of safeguarding. Physical Abuse May involve hitting‚ shaking‚ throwing‚ burning‚ poisoning‚ drowning‚ suffocating‚ and any physical harm to a child. This may also be caused by parents/carers or known adults who may also make up symptoms of illness. Signs and Symptoms Indicators and behaviours Bruises on the cheeks‚ ears‚ - Repeated injuries over a period
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Evidence of signs and symptoms‚ does not actually mean that a child is being abused; but they can help someone recognise that something may be wrong. If a child shows a number of these signs and symptoms; and they seem serious‚ the possibility of abuse should be investigated. It is important for people to realise that a child can be a victim of different sorts of abuse‚ such as a child being neglected; the child will not be clothed and fed properly‚ they will not feel loved and protected‚ and the
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There are many different types of mental health illnesses. In this section I am going to be explaining three mental health illnesses in detail. The three mental health illnesses that I have chosen to write about are; obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)‚ phobias and eating disorders. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Definition Obsessive compulsive disorder is a mental health condition and a serious anxiety-related condition where a person has obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviour
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‚ age‚ sex‚ occupation)‚ and the nature of their illnesses (e.g.‚ symptoms‚ whether any persons were hospitalized or died)? When did the affected person or persons become ill? (Date‚ time and the onset of illness) Where are the affected persons located? (Names and telephone numbers) Why (or how) do they think they became ill? (e.g.‚ risk
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misrepresents mental illnesses; cartoons and tv shows misrepresent them as well. By referencing mental illnesses within children’s cartoons‚ it allows the children to learn to stigmatize mental illnesses early in life. For example‚ in a study of six main cartoon characters portraying mental illnesses‚ three of them were comical‚ and the other three were the villains (Wilson par. 15) This is another example of how the entertainment industry is using the symptoms of certain serious mental illnesses in order to
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Identify the characteristics of different types of child abuse. *** Answer submitted on Apr 7 2013 4:55PM *** There are four main types of child abuse; Physical‚ Sexual‚ Emotional/Phychological and Neglect. PHYSICAL Physical child abuse is an injury resulting from physical agression even if the injury was not intended the act is considered physical abuse. Beating‚ slapping and hitting. Pushing‚ shaking‚ kicking or throwing. Pinching‚ biting‚ choking or hair pulling. Burning with cigerettes
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being is prone to depression. Although women are three times more likely to become depressed than men‚ men are five times more likely to commit suicide when depressed than women. Although all age groups are open to depression‚ teenagers are the most common to be heard of being affected by the disease. This is probably because of peer pressure and the changes in their life. One great risk for becoming depressed is if you smoke. Some scientists hold to believe that smoking may be linked to Depression
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Have you heard of mental illnesses? Do you know someone that gets stigmatized because of a mental illness? Around the world‚ everyday people with these illnesses get mistreated or hurt over issues that they can’t control. We all can agree that every person has a different way of observing and thinking. Just because of slight defect of a person‚ shouldn’t mean they should be treated any differently than others around them. There are different opinions on what behavior is normal. The stigma of others
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