Genetic Disease Project – Tay-Sachs Disease Tay-Sachs is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder caused by a mutation in the HEXA gene on chromosome 15 that damages the nerves of the brain and spinal cord. It is also known as GM2 gangliosidosis because of the accumulation of gangliosides (especially and particularly GM2 gangliosides, a component of the cell membrane) in the brains nerve cells which leads to premature death of the cells and is the cause of the deterioration the patient exhibits
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Health & Clinical Psychology Healthy Living Stress Dysfunctional Behaviour Disorders [pic] [pic] [pic] Contents • Objectives for the Health and Clinical Psychology module 6 • What is Health Psychology? Careers in Health Psychology 7 • Unit G543: Health and Clinical Psychology 8 • Exemplar exam paper 9 PART A – INFORMATION TO HELP EVALUATE STUDIES • Evaluation sheet for the theories/studies of Health Psychology
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Sexual/Gender, Sex, and Personality Disorders The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV-TR, which was published in 2000, is a multi-axial diagnostic tool used by clinicians, psychologists, psychiatrist, and medical professionals for the classification of mental disorders (Hansell & Damour, 2008). Axis I and Axis II of the DSM-IV-TR cover symptom disorders—those typified by unwelcome types of distress and/or impairment—and personality disorders—those exemplified by inflexible personality
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The concept of personality style is broader than and includes the concepts of "personality traits", "personality type", and "temperament". Personality style is usually represented dimensionally, as with the Big Five personality traits, or as a classification of type, as with the Holland Codes. "Personality styles should be recognized as constructed approximations of human experience" and should be arrayed on a continuum rather than be
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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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Chamberlain College of Nursing Simulation Mental Health – July 2015 1. Describe the pathophysiology of alcoholism and addictive disorders. Alcohol affects virtually every organ system in the body and, in high doses, can cause coma and death. It affects several neurotransmitter systems in the brain, including opiates, GABA (Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid), glutamate, serotonin, and dopamine. Increased opiate levels create an euphoric effect of alcohol, while its effects on GABA cause anxiolytic
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risk for developing a particular disease or injury in association to their lifestyle, environment, habits, or socio-economic conditions. Post active-duty war veterans are a group that is at high risk for developing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), which can lead to physical, psychological, and social problems. These problems not only affect the veteran but also strongly alter the health and lifestyle of the entire family. The objective of this paper is to present the health profile
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Infant Mental Health Critical Review Abstract In this critical review, the newspaper article being reviewed is Infant mental health: Giving children the best head start, is described and summarized. The topic being discussed is infant mental health and how they should be receiving satisfactory care from their caregivers at an early age. Infant mental health can be defined as a field that studies the parent caregiver relationships and inner lives of infants. In agreement with this
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why depression has been deemed the common cold. Almost all humans go through periods when they face what seems like insurmountable odds or times of hardship. The stress and moods that ensue often fit the emotional state that marks depression. The mental symptoms often present themselves simultaneously with many physical markers of
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English 1010 ADHD: Amphetamines Don’t Help Disorders There are more drug users in elementary schools today then every before. Most of these users are children around the ages of seven to fourteen. The drugs they use are highly addictive Amphetamines, similar to cocaine. The worst part is these drugs are prescribed to them for behavioral problems in school. The stimulants these children are taking are for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Because these children do not behave
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