Brain Disorders One out of five Americans struggle with a brain disorder. The brain is a fragile muscle which controls thoughts‚ memory‚ speech‚ and movement. Any form of distress to the brain can cause loss of functions we take for granted. Disorders can affect you physically or mentally. Mental disorders can affect your mood which results in depression‚ anxiety disorders‚ schizophrenia‚ eating disorders and addictions; physical disorders affect your daily tasks. Brain disorders are caused by genetics
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Period 4 What is PTSD? ● Develops after a person experiences or witnesses a traumatic/terrifying event ● Causes intense fear‚ helplessness or horror ● Family members can also develop What are its symptoms/effects? ● anxiety ● excessive alcohol use ● combat related nightmares ● anger ● depression ● poor responsiveness PTSD In The Vietnam War ● ● ● In 1980 National Vietnam Veterans Readjustment Study Helped U.S. government to understand the development
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Cerebral palsy Cerebral palsy (CP) is a coordination and muscle movement disorder. Cerebral palsy have different affects on people. It can affect body movement‚ muscle coordination‚ muscle control‚ muscle reflect‚ posture and balance. It is caused by an injury in the part that control body movement in a child’s brain. People with cerebral palsy can have other problems such as seizures‚ decreased the ability of learning‚ problems hearing‚ seeing‚ and thinking. There is no cure has been
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made to see how severe the injury is within the person. According to Struchen & Clark (2007)‚ the reason for doing this is to see the initial “triaging” and helping with planning with planning treatment. There are three main ways in traumatic brain injury is assessed and characterized. The first is through Loss of Consciousness (LOC) which is done when after a head injury‚ a person may be going through a coma. The longer a person is unconscious‚ the more severe the injury is. What happens‚ is a medical
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A traumatic brain injury is potentially one the most devastating disabilities. It not only affects the person suffering from the injury but can turn whole families upside down. The range and severity of problems arising from a brain injury will vary significantly from person to person because every person’s brain injury varies in the extent and location of the damage. Some of the affects of a brain injury are not immediately obvious and only become apparent as time progresses. The following are
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Effects of alcohol on brain functioning and neurotransmitters The consumption of alcohol can cause an effect on several parts of the brain including the hypothalamus‚ pituitary gland‚ medulla and the limbic system (How alcohol works 2008). Each sector responds differently to alcohol‚ causing changes in specific behaviors. Cerebral cortex The role of the cerebral cortex is to decipher information received from the senses‚ processing thought‚ speech‚ and memory and indicating the majority of
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Running head: TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (TBI) The Silent Killer Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) The Silent Killer A human brain weighs 3-pound (1.4-kilogram) and consistency is a mass of jelly-like fats and tissues. There are at least one trillion nerve cells working to coordinate the mental and physical‚ that which sets humans apart from other species. Thus by far making this one of the most complex anatomy. Photograph by Fred Hossler of Getty Images supplied by National Geographic Thrill seeking
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I am terrified of storefront windows. When I accidentally glance into storefront windows‚ I see a reflection of how I walk. My gait and the resulting walk provide evidence of a lack of oxygen to my brain during my birth—the evidence that I have Cerebral Palsy. Cerebral Palsy has provided me with a stride that resembles that of a drunk person‚ a fact that I am regularly reminded of on Friday and Saturday evenings due to living on a college campus. I know that the weekend has come when I see a good
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MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES? 1. The military is plagued with a problem of having a stigma surrounding getting mental health assistance. The military should establish better awareness and better self-care tools for unit members who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) so they can get help without fear of judgement. Additionally‚ the military should focus on more effective mental health screening techniques such as hiring in house mental health providers that build a trust for unit members. These
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Cerebral Palsy Cerebral Palsy is caused by a brain injury or brain malformation caused before‚ during or after birth‚ which is when the baby’s brain is under development.As a result of the brain damage a child’s muscle control‚ muscle coordination‚ muscle tone‚ reflex‚ posture and balance could be affected because of this. Can impact the child’s motor skill. In order to prevent your child from having Cerebral Palsy you have to be careful with birth injuries. In some cases‚ Cerebral Palsy cannot
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