CU261P Mood disorder: this is a group of diagnosis in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM IV TR) which classifies mental health‚ this particular one is when a person’s mood is seen to be the underlying cause of mental health issues. This umbrellas a host of disorders‚ such as; Bipolar Disease (BD)‚ Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)‚ and also less severe depressions such as dysthymic or cyclothymic. Some mood disorders can be substance induced‚ (due to someone’s drug use)
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Handbook of Disabilities Schizophrenia Schizophrenia Description of the Disability Schizophrenia is a significant‚ chronic disorder of the brain that can cause serious problems with how a person thinks‚ feels‚ and acts. A person with schizophrenia may have difficulty distinguishing what is real and not real and may have difficulty expressing normal emotions in social situations. Although it cannot be cured‚ schizophrenia can often be successfully treated and controlled. Researchers do
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In addition to these symptoms‚ veterans develop post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and may have extreme periods of sadness and irritability (Ragsdale‚ cite). PTSD is common among military service members. Veterans with PTSD and has a history of mTBI demonstrate more severe PTSD symptoms than veterans with PTSD without a
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Colony Collapse Disorder Bees are weird animals. They know how to count to four based on a experiment done at the University of Queensland; they communicate with one another through dancing and pheromones; their fat bodies make them one of the least aerodynamic creatures that have ever left the ground; they can carry one hundred and twenty two times their body weight; and have personalities that have been characterized as anything from “thrill-seekers” to “pessimistic”1‚2. The oddest thing about
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Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is an anxiety disorder that is characterized by excessive‚ uncontrollable and often irrational worry about everyday things that is disproportionate to the actual source of worry. This excessive worry often interferes with daily functioning‚ as individuals suffering GAD typically anticipate disaster‚ and are overly concerned about everyday matters such as health issues‚ money‚ death‚ family problems‚ friend problems‚ relationship problems or work difficulties.[1]
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Schizophrenia is a severe disorder that affects the brain which leads to the person affected by this illness to interpret reality abnormally by affecting how that person feels‚ behaves‚ and thinks. While schizophrenia is not very common as other mental disorders there are reportedly more than 200‚000 cases per year in the united states alone and the symptoms can be extremely disabling. Risk Factors With the help of science and our advanced technology‚ scientists have known that schizophrenia sometimes
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Medication or Therapy: Treating Psychotic Disorders The history of the concept of psychosis is traced from the time it was coined in 1845 to the present day. Originally‚ psychosis included the category of mental handicap‚ as well as certain other serious mental disorders. But within a year‚ this changed; psychiatric disorders became included under its umbrella heading amidst a confusing array of terminology. The term psychosis stems from the Greek ψύχωσις (psychosis)‚ "a giving soul or life to
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1.What is the Glasgow Coma Scale? The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS). The GCS is an objective assessment that defines the level of consciousness by giving it a numeric value 2.What is a subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH)? A stroke resulting from intracranial bleeding into the cerebrospinal fluid–filled space between the arachnoid and pia mater membranes on the surface of the brain 3.What are the causes of an SAH? rupture of a cerebral aneurysm (congenital or acquired weakness and ballooning of vessels).
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Gas Transport Page 1. Introduction The blood transports oxygen and carbon dioxide between the lungs and other tissues throughout the body. These gases are carried in several different forms 1. dissolved in the plasma 2. chemically combined with hemoglobin 3. converted into a different molecule Page 2. Goals To explore how oxygen is transported in the blood. To explore how carbon dioxide is transported in the blood. To understand the effect of variables‚ such as PO2 and PCO2‚ on oxygen and
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BTEC Extended Diploma in Health & Social Care (Health Studies / Social Care) Unit 20: Promoting Health Education Assignment Title: The approaches used in health education and the design and implementation and evaluation of a small scale health education campaign. Lecturer – Andrew Oldnall Room - 705 Extension - 8114 Email – Andrew.oldnall@bmetc.ac.uk Learning outcomes On completion of the unit a learner should: 1. Understand different approaches to health education
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