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    Jenny Davis Case Study

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    Progress Review- Cheyenne Davis Please list outcomes of any/all drug screens. Please include the date‚ type‚ results‚ and substance (if applicable) Not applicable Progress in treatment: (please choose either moderate-significant-slight improvement‚ or moderate-significant-slight deterioration‚ or no change) ISSUE PROGRESS Anger Outburst Regression. Client continues to have behaviors in her school setting which resulted in her hours being increased. Night Terrors Slight Deterioration- Client

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    Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Imagine living in a world where sights‚ sounds‚ images and thoughts are constantly changing and shifting. Unable to focus on whatever task is at hand‚ your mind wanders from one activity or thought to the next. Sometimes you become so lost among all the thoughts and images that you don’t even notice when someone is speaking to you. This is what it is like for many people who have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder‚ or ADHD. Once called hyperkinesis

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    Sleep Deprivation‚ Disorders‚ and Drugs Tyesia Wheeler Axia College of University of Phoenix PSY 240 Autumn Harrell December 16‚ 2012 Almost everyone‚ at some point in their lives‚ suffer from sleep deprivation. There are a lot of different reasons that people lose sleep that include not feeling tired‚ or because of their jobs‚ life issues‚ and etc. Many people believe that 8 hours of sleep is required for a person to function right during the day; while others believe that they can function

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    German scientists Max Bockmühl and Gustav Ehrhart first synthesized methadone in 1937. The synthetic opioid analgesic was created while they were searching for a pain reliever that would be safe to use during surgeries and had a low potential for addiction. On September 11‚ 1941‚ they filed for a patent for what they called Hoechst 10820 or Polamidon. Eli Lilly and Company brought methadone to the United Stated in 1947. They gave it the trade name Dolophine‚ which came from the German Dolphium

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    Introduction Armodafinil is basically a (-)-(R)- enantiomer of the racemic drug Modafinil. Cephalon Inc. is the pharmaceutical company that produced this drug. The Food and Drug Administration of United States approved this drug in June 2007. Armodafinil is more effective than Modafinil because despite having similar half lives‚ Armodafinil touches the peak blood concentration later after administration than that of Modafinil. It improves wakefulness better in people who complain of excessive somnolence

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    Non-fiction Essay - “How Facebook addiction is damaging your child’s brain” You have one‚ I have one‚ and 1‚5 billion other people have an account on Facebook. The number of members is increasing and so is the power of social media. Due to this development‚ Susan Greenfield delivered the lecture “How Facebook addiction is damaging your child’s brain” at the Woman of the Year lecture in 2009. Greenfield is against Facebook and claims that the social media affect our children in a negative way. Therefore

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    Position Paper: HDHD‚ is it a real disease? Following the Psychology 101 Guidelines Georgia Milteer Park University Abstract I will be discussing the controversy over Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (HDHD). Some psychologists believe that Attention- Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is defined as a combination of problems‚ such as difficulty sustaining attention‚ hyperactivity and impulsive behavior. Some psychologists believe that Attention-Deficit

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    p. 125). Considering the diagnosis of mood disorders‚ such as depression or anxiety‚ medications classified as antidepressants are often used to decrease the undesired symptoms. Subsequently‚ in the treatment of ADHD‚ stimulants that include Methylphenidate are commonly prescribed to patients of all ages to control or eliminate certain behaviors. Further‚ in cases of disease risk factors‚ such as predisposition for developing heart disease‚ drug therapies are often used to lower cholesterol or regulated

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    | $5.01-$10.00 | $5.75 | $10.01 - $20.00 | $6.75 | $20.00 and up | $7.75 | a. $13.72 b. $23.03 c. $30.78 d. $32.91 4. Of the following prescription drugs‚ which cannot be prescribed with refills? a. nifedipine b. lorazepam c. methylphenidate d. hydrocodone/acetaminophen 5. A technician answers the phone and the patient calling states that‚ after taking a medication she received from the pharmacy a few hours earlier‚ she is not feeling well and would like to know the side effects

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    are highly addictive and can lead to many health problems. Besides the fact that they are addictive and harmful to un-prescribed users‚ they give the user an unfair advantage during exams. The most common prescription smart drugs are Ritalin (methylphenidate) and Adderall (amphetamine)‚ also known as stimulants and uppers‚ among other names. These drugs are prescribed to people for the treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and narcolepsy. There are hundreds of thousands of people

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