Traditional therapies may fail to help adolescents with depression. Adolescent and their resistance to therapy is so strong. However‚ if the therapist enters the adolescent’s depressive world view by offering art as a means of communication‚ there is a great possibility of creating some alternatives. Art therapy provides practical treatment for adolescents‚ giving them another lens for viewing their perceptions through their own illustrations and narratives. Because adolescents tend to act out their
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1. What concepts in the chapter are illustrated in this case? What ethical issues are raised by radiation technology? Basic concepts that are covered in this case are responsibility‚ accountability and liability. Ethical issues that are raised by radiation technology is when scientist is finding ways to use radiation therapy to destroy cancerous cells while making sure that healthy cells are not being harmed. An incident occurred where Mr. Jerome-Parks “experienced deafness and near-blindness‚
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Cognitive therapy functions on several levels‚ looking for and changing a person’s symptoms‚ as well as their perspectives‚ core beliefs and underlying schemas (Seligman & Reichenberg‚ 2013) and once healthy thinking takes place then the therapist helps the person develop skills to continue to monitor‚ assess and respond to their own cognitions that allow them to lead successful healthy lives (Seligman & Reichenberg‚
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The benefits of hydroxyurea therapy in sickle cell anemia are extensive and well established‚ and were first demonstrated by the Multicenter Study of Hydroxyurea in Sickle Cell Anemia‚ a double blind‚ placebo controlled trial in 299 adults with sickle cell anemia. The clinical trial‚ which lasted for 21 months‚ showed that patients with sickle cell anemia treated with hydroxyurea had dramatically fewer painful episodes than those who received placebos. Firstly‚ among the 299 adults studied at 21
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[pic] Color Therapy was first discovered thousands of years ago in the ancient cultures of China‚ Egypt‚ and India. Each color gives off a different wavelength and energy. The main colors involved in color therapy include; red‚ orange‚ yellow‚ green‚ blue‚ indigo‚ and violet. Each of these colors relates to one of the seven main chakras‚ which are just energy centers in the body. If you balance these seven chakras then you are in good health and wellbeing. These colors also affect your mood
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Gene Therapy What is it? If genes don’t produce the right protein or don’t produce it correctly a person can have a genetic disorder. Gene therapy is an experimental technique that involves the transfer of a working copy of a gene into a cell to repair or replace a faulty gene so it is able to produce functioning proteins again. There are several approaches. The most common one is to insert a normal gene to replace the non-functional gene. Another approach is to swap a non-functional
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Psychodynamic Therapy involves an exploration of a client’s past‚ particularly their childhood experiences. What is the value of exploring a client’s past in this approach? Thanks! Learning about the origins of where this theory came from was very interesting for me‚ as it was by accident when I first started to realise how much our earliest childhood experiences could damage and affect people. I actually thought prior to that realisation that I had an okay childhood‚ but the more I thought about
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Conversion Assignment 2 Proton Therapy Presented to: Dr. Walid Assaf By: Farid Akiki 20082191 Semester: Fall 2012 Proton Therapy Proton therapy (also called proton beam therapy) is a type of radiation treatment that uses protons rather than x-rays to treat cancer. A proton is a positively charged particle that is part of an atom‚ the basic unit of all chemical elements‚ such as hydrogen or oxygen. At high energy‚ protons can destroy cancer cells. Proton therapy was first used for cancer
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Laughter Therapy - An Effective Treatment Today when nothing is free‚ laughter is perhaps the only medicine that comes for free but does miracles for us. Laughter is the best medicine! About 20-25 minutes of laughter every day can make you feel fresh‚ energetic and young for the whole day... Do you always feel stressed? Are you a heart patient? Is your blood pressure high? Do you want to improve your immune system? Do you feel depressed and are undergoing psychosomatic disorder? Do you want to
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There are many incidents in life that cause people to have a need for physical therapy. Whether it is a sports related injury‚ a car accident‚ or something out of the ordinary the need is there. Doctors recommend PT in most all cases. Physical therapy is an exercise treatment methodology aimed at the treatment and curing of certain physical ailments‚ through exercise and stretching. The primary aim for physical therapy (or physiotherapy)‚ is to get the patient well and back to normal‚ free from pain
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