1 HLTH 21: Health Education Spring 2012 Course Orientation This course is all about what YOU want and need to know about personal, family, and community health with an emphasis on epidemiology of disease, nutritional behavior, communicable disease, disease prevention, mental health, and substance abuse. It's really up to you to decide how much you want to get out of this course in terms of meeting your personal and professional goals. Learning Outcomes By the end of this course, students
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TS and symptoms Mild to severe Description of causes TS and genetics Include studies Methods of diagnosis Related disorders OCD ADHD * Social Aspect of TS: Challenges TS cause Reality and perception of TS Why do people with TS use slurs? TS and making friends Living successful with TS Not curable, just treatable Natural remission Cases of famous people with TS Conclusion: Reiterate the challenges and underline the resolutions to TS TS can be overcome Hello, my name is
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ritualistic ties to death. Universally religions tend to be very centered on the afterlife, and this faith tends to bring comfort to those who have recently lost a loved one. But does being associated to a religious group really reduce the depression and stress brought along with
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improve, mental health. Philippe Pinel opposed such brutal treatments. He insisted that sickness of the mind is caused by severe stress and inhumane conditions. Curing them requires “moral treatment’” including boosting patients’ moral by unchaining them and talking with them. Medical model - the concept that diseases, in this case psychological disorders, have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and in more cases, cured, often through treatment in a hospital Biopsychosocial Approach
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fighting for freedom. Soldiers put in work everyday and sacrifice more than what a lot of people realize. But most importantly, veterans and soldiers alike are human too, meaning they also have problems and struggles in life; most commonly Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Because of soldiers’ great sacrifice to protect civilians and their country, more actions must be taken to assist in reintegrating veterans with PTSD back into society. When dealing with a particularly
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Case Analysis: Private, Dismissed Introduction This case takes place at the Overton Brooks VA hospital in Shreveport, Louisiana. Overton Brooks recently underwent major reconstructing to create the Behavioral Medicine Programs to handle inpatient and outpatient mental health services. Patty Cohen, one of the social workers hired during the restructuring of the VA's Behavioral Medicine Program worked in the outpatient mental health clinic. Patty, diagnosed with lupus, holds her clinical licensure
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involves emotional, behavioral, physical, and cognitive symptoms. Severe depression is defined as a persistent condition that interferes with everyday life and afflicts a person’s mental and emotional state. This can cause negative bias in ways of thinking and processing information. Depression can be a combination of genetics, environmental, psychological. Although the cause of depression is not entirely clear, it's generally believed that stress plays a key role in depression. In today’s age, depression
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distress and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Both active duty and reserve component soldiers who have fought in the war (i.e. experienced combat) have been exposed to high levels of traumatic stress. As a consequence, many have gone on to develop a wide range of mental health problems such as PTSD. “According to researchers, PTSD is a long-term reaction to war-zone exposure that can last up to a few minutes, hours, several weeks, and for some a lifetime.” Common symptoms include: emotional numbing
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Schizophrenia is one of the most common mental illnesses. Schizophrenia is a neurological disorder that affects the cognitive functions of an individual. The cause of this illness to this day is still unknown, but there are several theories of how an individual may get schizophrenia. Because there are so many symptoms of the disease and because the symptoms can vary quite significantly among several individuals and even within the same individual over time, the diagnosis of schizophrenia can be quite difficult
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CRIS 304 Module 1 Signs & Symptoms of PTSD Dr. Michael Lyles People who experience PTSD, they do not remember, they literally relive what they are going through. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) – An anxiety disorder that occurs after exposure to a traumatic event, which triggers memories of the traumatic event and is characterized by intense fear, helplessness, and horror. 25-30% of victims of significant (extreme or severe) trauma develop PTSD. The lifetime prevalence of PTSD in
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