Psychological disorders and diseases PSY 240 November 2, 2014 Psychological disorders and diseases Schizophrenia is a severe brain disorder for which there is no cure; however, it can be managed. Although researchers are not sure what causes schizophrenia, they think a person’s environment coupled with genetics play a significant role in the development of the disease. Other factors may include abnormalities in the neurotransmitters called dopamine, and glutamate. It causes people to think
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------------------------------------------------- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Sonya Gibau 4/24/16 PS-208 Sonya Gibau 4/24/16 PS-208 Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health disorder that occurs after exposure to severe helplessness or a fear inducing threat. The victim will continue to experience the trauma, will avoid any stimuli associated with it, and develops a numbing responsiveness and an increased vigilance and arousal (Barlow & Durand, 2015). Some
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Running Head: HEALTH PROMOTION Health Promotion Grand Canyon University NRS-429V January 8, 2011 Health Promotion Health is a basic human right; a right which many people in society take for granted. People do not see that their health affects every aspect of their life. If someone is not healthy, then they cannot fulfill their position in society to the fullest. Health promotion is a critical part when looking at helping society as a whole improves their overall health. Health promotions
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drug-taking. THERE ARE FIVE THEORIES OF ADDICTION NAMELY; * MEDICAL MODEL * PSYCHODYNAMIC MODEL * SOCIAL MODEL * MORAL MODEL * BIO-PSYCHO-SOCIAL MODEL MEDICAL MODEL This involves * Addiction as a “brain disease” * Neurotransmitter imbalance * Disease model: * Agent: drug * Vector: dealers * Host: addict PSYCHODYNAMIC MODEL This involves the following * Drug abusers who are self-medicating * Drug abuse which is a symptom of underlying psychological
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Effective Programmes Diagnosis and Treatment WHO Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Diagnosis and Treatment. (Cancer control : knowledge into action : WHO guide for effective programmes ; module 4.) 1. Neoplasms – diagnosis. 2. Neoplasms – therapy. 3. Early detection. 4. National health programs. 5. Guidelines. I.World Health Organization. II.Series. ISBN 978 92 4 154740 6 (NLM classification: QZ 241) © World Health Organization 2008 All rights reserved. Publications of the World Health
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Obsessive - Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Children and Adolescents A Review of Literature Galaunda J. Pee Professor Shirley McClerklin - Motley “Using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV TR)” Coker College, Hartsville South Carolina Abstract Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder or OCD, is a medical disorder that causes repetitive, unpleasant thoughts (obsessions) or
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This disorder is one of the most common psychiatric disorders, which occurs in both the young and old. Of all of the types of depression MDD is prominent due to the extent and duration of the most severe form of depression. It is second to heart disease in the extent it collaborates to the lower qualities of life. MDD is characterized by the effects it causes during such extent, leading it to be the most severe form of depression. In this paper the details of MDD, diagnosis, treatment, family,
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towards providing care and education to the patient. In summarizing what the author has learned from the Heritage Assessment Tool (HAT) is that, the author and her husband both were born in a Muslim country and lived there for the best part of their childhood. Her husband migrated to US when he was fifteen and the author migrated to US at the age of twenty-two. Their parents and grand parents are from the same country and share the same cultural and religious beliefs and practices. The author and her
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of disregard for, or violation of, the rights of others that begins in childhood or early adolescence and continues into adulthood. There may be an impoverished moral sense or conscience and a history of crime, legal problems, impulsive and aggressive behavior. The American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) and the World Health Organization's International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems' (ICD) (F60.2 Dissocial personality disorder
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pain they suffered at the hands of a parent, relative or partner. By the time they are adults, who have been abused, tend to look at potential mates more closely to try and keep free from an abusive relationship. Intimate Partner Violence depicts physical, sexual, or psychological damage by a current or former partner or spouse. This compulsion can occur among heterosexual or same-sex couples and does not require sexual intimacy (Baird, Spring 2010). Some types of abuse is associated with Intimate
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