Cancers…………………………………………………………………………… 1. LungCancer………………………………………………………………….. 2. Breast Cancer ……………………………………………………………….. B. Effects in Cardiovascular System………………………………………………… 1. Coronary Heart Disease……………………………………………………… 2. Stroke…………………………………………………………………………. 3. Other Heart Disease………………………………………………………….. C. Effects in Respiratory System…………………………………………………….. 1. Asthma………………………………………………………………………... 2. Irritation of Respiratory Tract………………………………………………… D. Effects in
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complications account for only a small percentage, an estimated ten percent, of cerebral palsy cases. In my interview with Mrs. Rachel Kagichiri, a parent to a recently diseased CP child, she explained to me that many of the misconceptions we have about the disease should be done away with. Karanja, her son, was often blamed on her ‘negligence’ by relatives and friends who openly thought she must have done something for her son to turn out this way. Current research suggests the majority of cerebral palsy
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heightened moods. He recognized this to be different from simple depression, and finally in 1875 his recorded findings were termed Manic-Depressive Psychosis, a psychiatric disorder. Another lesser-known fact attributed to Falret is that he found the disease seemed to be found in certain families thus recognizing very early that there was a genetic link. In 1913, Emil Krapelin established the term manic-depressive, with an exhaustive study surrounding the effects of depression and a small portion about
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explains smoking using empirical evidence to support your answer A Psychological perspective is a view or an approach to studying human behaviour. Smoking today kills around 4 million people every year; it is the main cause of lung cancer and disease in humans. To understand smoking behaviour we can look at the main psychological perspectives to better understand the reasons behind smoking, and maybe come up with effective solutions to reduce this behaviour and promote healthier lifestyles.
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Introduction On November 2007, The Oregonian began an investigation on children in foster care that had been prescribed powerful psychiatric medications. These medications were given four times the rate of other children. Concerns have been on the rise for children that are given “psychotropic medications”. Primarily the concern is high for those children in foster care, and who receive Medicaid, because they are in a system that has lost structure of the importance of the health and welfare of
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Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD) is one of the most commonly known but misunderstood disorders. Antisocial Personality Disorder is one of the more prominent or famed (in terms of popularity not diagnosis) disorders, many people have heard of antisocial personality disorder, but few and far between can define what ASPD is exactly or the characteristics of it. Identifying ASPD is not only a problem throughout society but in clinicians as well, as ASPD is very hard to diagnose, especially when
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of Final Project My client , Angelina Jolie (also known as “Kitty”), has been through some significant amount of stress, depression, trauma and other personal obstacles throughout her life history came to office for therapy. Kitty over the years endured therapy with the chief psychiatrist in the state owned hospital, although her condition was well managed and treated vigorously in depression and trauma for some time, but it was unsuccessful for the long term as she has started
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“Child Development Theory” 2 Child development occurs from birth and continues throughout adulthood, and during their life span they go through many different changes, including language, physical growth, and cognitive abilities. Interest in this field has been very important to researchers because they want to know what happens during child development as well as the influences on development. There are a few theorist who have their
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usually associated with distress, disease, response to a particular event, or limited to social relations (Chikomo, 2011). Mental health knowledge is the capacity to identify specific disorders, knowing how to seek mental health information knowledge of risk factors and causes, of self-treatments, and of attitudes that promote recognition and appropriate help-seeking. Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely absence of disease or infirmity Kenya is listed as
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Chapter 1. Literature Review: Borderline Personality Disorder in university students 1.1 Chapter Overview The literature review first presents the evolution of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) over the past 60 years, highlighting the shift from psychodynamic perspectives to that of biological and environmental determinates. Diagnostic classification of BPD is then examined, and subsequently discussed in terms of sectors of psychopathology that serve to demarcate the disorder. Next, dominant
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