and psychological factors appear to contribute to the onset. Family members of those with BPD tend to have high occurrences of mood disorders‚ suggesting that there is a link between mood disorders and BPD. While many traits of BPD tend to be inherited‚ such as impulsivity and intense emotional reactivity‚ it appears that environmental factors‚ specifically early trauma such as sexual or physical abuse‚ have a significant effect on the onset of BPD. In this way‚ BPD is quite similar to PTSD in many
Premium Borderline personality disorder Psychology Psychotherapy
Association) It is said that about five percent of people with this disease have younger-set Alzheimer’s occurring in someone in their 40’s or 50’s. With the factor of age being removed‚ are there any medical risk factors that are known for the onset of this horrific disease? A study with the researchers at the Mayo Clinic found that a combination of tests and factors has led to a “reliable prediction algorithm for the development of a mild cognitive impairment.” (Miller) A mild cognitive impairment
Premium Alzheimer's disease
Girls Experiencing Sexual Intercourse Early: Could it Play a Part in Reproductive Health in Middle Adulthood? December 2‚ 2010 M/W/F‚ 8am Psychology 103 Dr. Harris Introduction The article‚ “Girls experiencing sexual intercourse early: Could it play a part in reproductive health in middle adulthood?” is a study that examined a possible relationship between experience of early intercourse and reproductive health characteristics for women in middle adulthood
Free Human sexual behavior Sexual intercourse Pregnancy
Nutritional support in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis ABSTRACT: Aim: This review aimed to discuss the nutritional assessments and the perceived benefits of available enteral nutrition interventions in terms of nutritional status‚ survival‚ safety and complications in ALS patients. Findings: Nutritional assessments for ALS patients involve the diagnosis of malnutrition‚ bulbar dysfunction and respiratory impairment. There are no guidelines about the indication and formulation for enteral nutrition
Premium Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Body mass index Obesity
Although dissociative identity disorder (formerly called multiple personality disorder) is extremely rare and difficult to diagnose‚ it seems to be awfully popular with numerous Hollywood interpretations. The Three Faces of Eve does a fairly admirable job of conveying the disorder even though information defining the illness was (and still is) limited at the time the movie was made. Eve White‚ Eve Black‚ and Jane‚ all played by Joanne Woodward‚ had distinct personalities. Eve White was the quiet
Premium Personality psychology Dissociative identity disorder Dissociation
*focused on protecting patient dignity‚ preserving functional status‚ & promoting well being Comparison | Delirium | Dementia | Depression | Onset | Sudden: hours-days | Slowly- over months | Gradual with exacerbation during crisis or increased stress | Cause/Contributing Factors | Hypoglycemia‚ fever‚ dehydration‚ hypotension‚ infection‚ conditions that disrupt homeostasis; Adverse drug reaction
Premium Psychology Cognition Mind
Its multiplication in the ganglion is heralded by the onset of pain or paresthesia at the site of the inoculum‚ which is the first clinical symptom and a hallmark finding. From here‚ the rabies virus spreads quickly‚ at a rate of 200-400 mm/d‚ into the CNS‚ and spread is marked by rapidly progressive encephalitis
Premium Infection Vaccination Mammal
Discuss explanations for insomnia and/or narcolepsy. (8 marks + 16 marks) Explanations of narcolepsy are in majority biological. Scientists have discovered that narcoleptics often are lacking in hypocretin which is a chemical in the brain that control sleep and wakefulness. A lack of this chemical may explain the sudden attacks of sleep. Sakurai (2007) highlighted how there are about 10‚000-20‚000 hypocretin-producing cells in a normal hypothalamus‚ but people with narcolepsy have a significantly
Premium Schizophrenia Bipolar disorder Major depressive disorder
market‚ or by both types of forces? (3) does fashionable management discourse evidence a pattern of real learning- carefully considered arguments triggering the onset of the fashion‚ with counterfactual evidence triggering its decline- or does the discourse evidence superstitious learning‚ emotional outbursts of unrealistic enthusiasm at the onset followed by disillusionment in the decline? Thesis While most fads in management technique are short-lived some techniques become institutionalized and evolve
Premium Fashion Management Learning
The precipitating event of “Lucky Men” was when the doctor told Michael that he was diagnosed with young onset Parkinson’s disease back in 1991. In the book Michael says “the doctor said some more words‚ like young onset‚ progressive‚ degenerative‚ incurable‚ very rare. At your age‚ new drugs‚ new hope…the air sucked from my lungs‚ my left arm was shaking clear up to the shoulder” (chapter 1‚ pg. 28). When Michael found out about his diagnosis with Parkinson’s disease‚ he was in complete shock. Michael’s
Premium Psychology Mental disorder Drug addiction