levels of calcium in your blood. • Migraine. • Heart rhythm problems. • Sleep disorders. • Drug and alcohol abuse. Common causes of psychogenic non-epileptic seizures include: • Stress. • Emotional trauma. • Sexual or physical abuse. • Major life events, such as divorce or the death of a loved one. • Mental health disorders, including panic attack and attention disorder. SYMPTOMS Symptoms of a non-epileptic seizure are similar to those of an epileptic seizure
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Ms. Wells’ performance on the Verbal Scales of the WASI places her in the 70th percentile and in the Average Range of Intellect. Her responses on the Overeating Questionnaire indicated she presented an accurate and consistent description of her eating patterns. She does not tend to eat after hungry satisfied. She's not inclined to engaging in unsafe dieting practices such as, yo-yo dieting. Her cravings are minimal and she does not use food as a way to achieve emotional regulation. Ms. Wells may
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Thresholds I had the opportunity to learn about a local agency in Kankakee called Thresholds. The program director of Thresholds is named Jeannette Tetreault and she present information about the agency and mental Illness. Jeannette explained that mental illness condition affects thinking, mood, social connection and behavior and it is indicated that it is very common 1 in 4 families will have someone who experience a serious mental illness. Further, people often have more than one condition and
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In “Harrison Bergeron,” the readers might feel sorry for George and Hazel . Both George and Hazel are handicapped . They lived in 2081, where everyone was “ equal to each other .” In order for everyone to be equal, they had to be handicapped . In order for them to be handicapped, the people had to wear weights around their necks. The more weights or mask, the stronger, prettier, or smarter they were. In the world 2081 they had to wear weights around their necks . George had to
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gathering the strength to survive. Because of such unpredictable change, the boy begins to act and interest his need for others in unpredictable ways, he begins to have violent encounters with a boy named Gramm. Also the death of a son can have a major impact in the life of a mother, one who is left to grief and deal with physiological problems. In “The Good Doctor” by Adam Hassett, a middle-aged women Mrs. Buckholdt is diagnosed with depression after her son dies from car crash and drug abuse. Through
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The article I picked focuses on different types of treatments, for women suffering from Postpartum Depression. Postpartum Depression (PPD) is a major public health problem. Postpartum depression is defined as an episode of non-psychotic depression according to standardized diagnostic criteria with onset within 4 weeks to 12 months of childbirth (Fitelson, 2011).Some of the causes of postpartum depression after few weeks after delivery of the baby include being a single mother, childcare stress with
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The patient is a 48 year old male who presented to the ED via EMS for concerns with history of alcohol dependence. P.A. Jason on minor care requested a psychological evaluation due the patient being very vague and statement referring to a history of possible suicidal thoughts. At the time of the assessment the patient currently denies suicidal ideation, homicidal ideation and having any visual or auditory hallucinations. Patient does not appear to be exhibiting signs of aggression, or responding
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Males Adolescent Residential Treatment Program – Ages 9 to 17 – Sexually Maladaptive Behavior – Courage Unit Lakeland’s behavioral health clinic in Missouri offers a residential treatment program for boys ages 9 through 17 who have issues with poor sexual boundaries and sexually maladaptive behaviors. This includes individuals who have been involved in a behavior that has affected another child, adolescent or adult. These residents are considered a risk to society due to these behaviors/poor boundaries
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From the list of the three disorders, I have chosen depression because I have a few friends with depression. The key symptoms of depression are intense fellings of sadness, changes in appetite or sleep, and losing interest in things that one once loved. Also, people with depression, sometimes have a hard time getting out of bed because they do not know how they going to plan their day, such as, what to do, and where to go. Those people also have a hard time at making decisions because in their mind
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The supplement I chose to write about for the unit 9 assignment was St-John’s Wort. “St.-John’s-Wort (Hypericum perforatum) is a long-living plant with yellow flowers and it contains many chemical compounds, some are believed to be the active ingredients that produce the herb’s effects, including the compounds hypericin and hyperforin” (Stanfield, 2010, p. 198). St.-John’s-wort may work by preventing nerve cells in your brain from reabsorbing the chemical messenger serotonin, or by reducing levels
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