Family-Focused Treatment vs. Individual Treatment for Bipolar Disorder Running Head: Family-Focused Treatment vs. Individual Treatment for Bipolar Disorder Family-Focused Treatment vs. Individual Treatment for Bipolar Disorder Amber Reddy Ivy Tech Community College Abstract Over a nine month period‚ recently hospitalized bipolar‚ manic patients were assigned at random to participate in family-focused psycho-educational therapy or individually focused patient treatment. Along
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length. 1. What are at least two legal issues associated with clinical psychology? Provide an example of a situation that could be legal but unethical. Explain your response. Two legal issues associated with clinical psychology include maintaining records and avoid inappropriate dual relationships. An example of a situation that could be legal but unethical would be for a clinical psychologist to engage in a personal or romantic relationship with a former or current patient. 2. What are at least
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well known ancient Greek physician‚ used the word “carcinoma” that described different types of cancers. The bodies of the mummies have shown growth indicated of bone cancer. The oldest information of cancer was found in Egypt back in 1600 B.C. What is Cancer? Cancer begins when the cells life cycle is abnormal. Instead of dying‚ the cancer cell continues to make new cells with the same damage DNA in a part of the body and eventually start to grow out of control forming new‚ abnormal cells with
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Clinical characteristics of schizophrenia | Issues in the diagnosis and classification of schizophrenia | Delusions: which are bizarre beliefs that appear realistic to a person with schizophrenia‚ but they are not real. They can sometimes be paranoid delusions Experiences of control: the person with schizophrenia may believe they are under the control of different group’s e.g. alien invasion. Hallucination: are bizarre‚ unreal perceptions of the environment that are usually auditory
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Non- Pharmacologic Treatment •To optimize the management of an asthmatic patient‚ it is extremely important to identify and avoid factors that may worsen the disease. •Reducing exposure to animal dander‚ dust mites‚ cockroaches‚ and other environmental triggers can improve asthma control. •Patients sensitive to dust mites should encase their mattress and pillow in an allergen-impermeable cover and wash the bed linens weekly in hot water. •Cockroaches can be controlled by removing exposed food and
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Chlamydia Trachomatis. Chlamydia infection is very common among young adults and teenagers. Many people do not know that they have Chlamydia because although they are infected they may not have any symptoms. About 75% of infected women and half of infected men have no symptoms of Chlamydia. This disease can cause serious complications that cause irreversible damage such as damaging women’s reproductive organs‚ and infertility. In men Chlamydia can cause discharge from the penis of an infected
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Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive disease that destroys memory and other important mental functions. It’s the most common cause of dementia a group of brain disorders that results in the loss of intellectual and social skills. These changes are severe enough to interfere with day-to-day life. In Alzheimer’s disease‚ the connections between brain cells and the brain cells themselves degenerate and die‚ causing a steady decline in memory and mental function. Current Alzheimer’s disease medications
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Imagine going everyday worrying about what might happen that day such as being judged for what you are wearing‚ getting a bad grade on a test‚ or being ignored by your friends. People that deal with that on a repeated basis have something called an anxiety disorder. To help those with this disorder‚ we need to learn what they are‚ symptoms‚ treatment options‚ recent studies and causes. Anxiety is a type of a disorder that affects many people around the world of any age. The disorder is not just getting
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Acne Treatment Acne is emerged from the Greek it actually means a tip ‚circumference & in common language it is known as Zits or pimples It is common type of dermatitis which cause whiteheads‚ blackheads & inflated red skin on face chest neck & back in almost all males & females during youth. Sebum is substance which protect and lubricate the skin‚ Sebaceous gland get stimulated and increase the production of sebum at the time of increase in male/female hormones during the formative
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Abstract Parkinson’s disease is a brain disorder associated with problems such as tremors‚ rigidity‚ slowness of movement‚ and also muscle stiffness (Pinel‚ 2008). Its foundation is based on the implications made by James Parkinson‚ the founder of the brain disorder. Many symptoms can be described within this disorder and to some extent‚ some causes can able be defined. Treatment then becomes easier to invent or find as causes and symptoms are apparent. This research paper will attempt to discuss
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