In our agency “No Vets left behind‚” the biggest issue many of our clients are struggling with is the readjustment back into civilian life. There are many issues affecting veterans returning home from combat. Many of these service members exhibit high levels of emotional distress while on deployments. The events experienced in combat that may elicit trauma include: firefights‚ improvised explosive devices‚ minesweeping‚ witnessing death and much more. These traumatic experiences can create mental
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Commonly confused with Autism‚ Asperger’s Syndrome is a type of pervasive developmental disorder (PDD). These types of disorders (PDD) have delays is the development of basic skills such as‚ the ability to socialize‚ to communicate‚ and to use imagination. Children with Asperger’s typically have normal intelligence and language development‚ but these could change as they get older. This disorder was declared official in 1944 by an Austrian doctor‚ Hans Asperger. How is Asperger’s different from
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of the short-term effects of rape trauma syndrome‚ both in the text and the film. For instance‚ she was extremely terrified of the hateful look her husband gave her‚ and throughout the event she constantly was crying and laughing hysterically. Also‚ in the text‚ she gives her testimony in a temple and not in the magistrate’s court‚ implying that she is unwilling to be in the same location as Tajomaru‚ her rapist. Showing many symptoms of rape trauma syndrome‚ the wife proves to be a candidate of this
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An increase in the heart rate and cardiac output occurs which dilates the blood vessels causing the blood to flow throughout the liver more efficiently. (Schwartz JS‚ 1987) Hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) is caused by liver disease‚ HPS occurs from the vasodilation of the blood vessels. When vasodilation occurs it causes a shortness of breath due to the exertion and loss of energy‚ and it also causes hypoxaemia which is due to vasodilation.
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Ectrodactyly or split-hand syndrome/cleft hand syndrome‚ also known as Lobster-claw syndrome or Split hand/foot malformation (SHFM)‚ came from the Greek word ektroma (abortion) and daktylos (finger). It is a rare inborn genetic disease where the hand is split on where the five fingers should be. Therefore creating a lobster claw-like hand. According to the site‚ SHFM is caused by abnormalities at one of the multiple loci‚ including SHFM1 (SHFM1 at 7q21-q22)‚ SHFM2 (Xq26)‚ SHFM3 (FBXW4/DACTYLIN
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False memory syndrome The Controversy of False Memory Syndrome Sigrid Jacquez PS 101 Introduction to Psychology Dr. Diane Bryan May 1‚ 2009 Outline I. Introduction II. Abstract III. The negative views of ineffective therapy A. Psychologist induced suggestions B. Hypnosis C. Vulnerabilities IV. The positive view of effective therapeutic therapy A.
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Tanya Mitchell suffers from Battered Woman Syndrome. Tanya Mitchell was charged with second degree murder in 2002. Mitchell killed her abusive husband because she thought her life was in danger (Moscatello‚ 2015). Tanya’s husband used to make threats of killing her. Her husband was also tied to law enforcement so it was hard for Mitchell to seek help. A shelter she requested help from told her she could no longer stay there because of the threats her husband and his friends made to staff. Women are
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Progeria‚ otherwise known as Hutchinson-Gilford syndrome is an extremely rare‚ generic childhood disorder with reported incidence of about one in a million. Hutchinson has reported the syndrome in 1886 when he found the first patient with Progeria. In 1904 Gilford described a second case of Progeria‚ thus creating the term to reflect the syndrome ’s senile features. There are only about a hundred reported cases since the disorder has been discovered over a century ago. Currently‚ there are
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relative to the IW’s complaints of numbness and tingling‚ although improving with the use of a wrist splint‚ electrodiagnostic studies should be performed. Electrodiagnostic studies performed on 08/04/16 were consistent with bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome‚
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possess exceptional skills suggest that a definition of the savant syndrome be further critiqued. This study also assisted in the search for a correlation between autism and special talents‚ and used sensory processing in talented relative to non-talented individuals with ASD to act as a stepping stone for further research on this topic. Overall‚ it is clear that this study is crucial in discussing the definition of savant syndrome and differentiating it from symptoms of ASD. I feel that the results
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