opportunity that you are giving me. A part of this opportunity that you have given me contains two parts, A and B. In part A, I will analyze schizophrenia a psychiatric disease that is well known. I will take you on the journey of how schizophrenia affects the brain, neural basis, causes, symptoms, and drug therapies of this psychiatric disease. In part B we will continue our journey through a bio-psychologist’s perspective on the following two case studies; the first one will be about a teenager named Beth
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Health Promotion Elva Cantu 09/08/12 Health Promotion Health promotion is helping people take charge of their body in order to obtain the best health possible. It is learning to balance physical, social, emotional, intellectual and spiritual health. Lifestyle change is encouraged through awareness and through an environment that supports good health practices. The purpose of health promotion is to encourage good health behaviors and improve living and working conditions
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The onset tends to be earlier in men, than in women. This disorder rarely begins during childhood, or after the age of 45. People with schizophrenia in their family may have a higher risk for being diagnosed with this illness. The exact cause of schizophrenia is still unknown. Although scientists recognize that this disorder tends to run in families, and that a person inherits a tendency to develop the disease. Schizophrenia may also be triggered by environmental events, such as viral infections
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organism with a brain and behavioral capabilities. Infancy (birth – 24 months) – psychological activities (language, symbolic thought, sensorimotor coordination and social learning. Early Childhood (2-5 yrs.)- “preschool years” young children learn to become self-sufficient and care for themselves. Middle Late childhood (6-11) fundamental skills of
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Autism is commonly heard about but do people really know what it is? Autism is a series of developmental disorders that is generally diagnosed at a young age. Every now and then it is challenging to distinguish if someone is autistic. Many children with autistic behaviors do not have as much brain control as a person without autism. The disorder is not rare and more people should be acquainted with the term “Autism.” Researchers have been exploring for the past century to find if Autism has a type
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It had been a long year battling Breast Cancer, all the doctor appointments, chemotherapy and then the radiation therapy, Grannie was exhausted. She just wanted to sleep all day, she was worn out. The family was told that she would bounce back after a month or so, the radiation therapy would wear off, then she would be back to herself in no time, but that never happened. She had told us that she was going to the doctor that afternoon; he had called to ask her to come in. That is never a good thing
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during the duration of the disease. If capable, talk with her support group to set up advanced directives. Instructional directives will allow her to communicate the types of life sustainable measures she wants performed, if any. I would also recommend the proxy directives be established at this time, having them available upon Mrs. Ellis becoming incompetent or incapacitated. Developing these legal terms early will be very helpful to both her and her family as the disease
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Jennifer Ince Educating Exceptional Children Grand Canyon University SPE 226 Instructor: Mike Mannelly Date: 07/10/2011 Differences among people are around us every day in our lives. Taking the time to understand individuals with uniqueness is an essential part of our own growth and development. Educators are more involved with helping students with disabilities now more than ever before. Finding the correct methods and instruction to produce a healthy learning environment
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They affirm that MPD and trauma are not the same and that people are using MPD in order to explain and find an analysis to some symptoms. Although MPD appears in the DSM as an illness, some professionals assert that the disease is not approved and is just a description of what people believe they have (Smith, 2009). On the other hand, other mental health professionals ratify that MPD is a disorder affecting uncountable people of the society that need a specific treatment
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(Gilbert and Gilbert,p 3). According to disabled world, an eating disorder is a continual disturbance of eating and or eating-related behavior that leads to altered consumption or absorption of food in the body system, in a great way impairing the physical health or psychological and social functioning of the person. Eating disorders are more often than not long-term problems, which can cause great suffering for victims and their families (Eating Disorder Symptoms, Types and Treatment Methods, Para
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