Esophageal cancer in a young woman with bulimia nervosa: a case report Eric T Shinohara‚ Samuel Swisher-McClure‚ Michael Husson‚ Weijing Sun and James M Metz Journal of Medical Case Reports 2007‚ 1:160 doi:10.1186/1752-1947-1-160 Received: 27 July 2007 Accepted: 29 November 2007 Published: 29 November 2007 Introduction In the past twenty-five years‚ the prevalence of esophageal adenocarcinoma has increased dramatically within the United States and it is now the most common histological type
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CAC – Child & Adolescent Counselling Case Study At a height of 5 feet 7 inches and a weight of 79 pounds‚ Sandy‚ a 17-year-old white female‚ had the look of an emaciated fashion model when she arrived for for the initial assessment. Unlike a model‚ she was dressed in secondhand clothes and worn-out flip-flops‚ which stood in stark contrast to her parent’s more polished professional presentation. Sandy didn’t really think there was anything wrong with her‚ but her parents knew that her current
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Sam: A Case Study Sam is a ten year old boy diagnosed with Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS). “A person with PDD-NOS is given the diagnosis because they have some but not all characteristics of autism or who has relatively mild symptoms” (Autism Speaks‚ 2013). PDD-NOS is a general category used to describe a pattern of behavioral differences (which may include deviations‚ excesses‚ or difficulties) in the areas of social relating‚ communication‚ and attention/interest
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1. CASE STUDY: ALICIA Alicia is a 28 year old female that has been referred for outpatient services after being admitted into an acute psychiatric ward for 5 days. Alicia complains of persistent numbness on the right side of her body‚ extending from her face down to her leg. Twice‚ Alicia was admitted into the hospital from the emergency room with a visible amount of paralysis on the right side of her face. After numerous tests‚ ruling out Bell’s Palsy and Parkinson’s disease‚ Alicia was sent
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person’s chances of developing a disease. In this case with Mrs. X‚ her risk factors are her weight‚ waist circumference and blood pressure. Her weight and height puts her at a body mass index (BMI) at 28.4 kg/m2‚ which is associated with an increased risk for type 2 diabetes‚ dyslipidemia‚ hypertension‚ and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Also women are at increased relative risk if they have a waist circumference greater than 35 inches‚ in Mrs. X’s case she is 2 inches over the standard. As well as her
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Patient was diagnosed with segmental and somatic dysfunction of lumbar spine‚ radiculopathy of the lumbosacral region‚ other muscle spasm and low back pain. Of note‚ chiropractic manipulative therapy for three to four regions was provided for removing structural dysfunctions of the involved joints and associated muscles and secondary neurologic alteration. On the statement of medical necessity per MG-2 form dated 01/23/17‚ patient reports reducing
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Holding Therapy What is Holding Therapy? Holding therapy was developed by Dr. Martha Welch in the late 1970s. Dr. Welch was a psychiatrist in New York who began using it with children with autism. Later‚ she outlined her form of therapy in a book titled‚ Holding Time (Welch‚ 1988). Originally‚ Dr. Welch discovered holding therapy with autistic children. Later‚ however‚ she began using this therapy with typical children as well and‚ in her opinion‚ discovered equally satisfying results
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Target Population Both forms of therapy have been shown to be effective especially with people in institutionalized settings. While existential therapy tries to help people find meaning in their lives and through this help them overcome a crisis‚ SFBT tries to provide brief therapy that will enable the client to deal with future problems (Corey‚ 2013). Considering the nature of the two therapies it becomes apparent why they would work well with populations such as people in institutionalised settings
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Music therapy is the use of interventions to accomplish individual goals within a therapeutic relationship by a professional who has completed an approved music therapy program.[1] Music therapy is an allied health profession and one of the expressive therapies‚ consisting of a process in which a music therapist uses music and all of its facets—physical‚ emotional‚ mental‚ social‚ aesthetic‚ and spiritual—to help clients improve their physical and mental health. Music therapists primarily help clients
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Physical therapy has been used for years to assure the rehabilitation of our physical and mental standards. There are many different types of physical therapy such as: Occupational Therapy‚ Orthopedic Physical Therapy‚ and Neurological Physical Therapy. As a whole‚ physical therapy helps rehabilitate people who have been injured through various means. Some doctors feel physical therapy is not a legitimate form of medicine‚ and would not respectively send their patients to a physical therapist. Though
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