Nail Disease 1 - Paronychia Paronychia is a bacterial infection that occurs around the nails. The area around the nail fold can be inflamed, red and swollen and resulting in pustule cuticles. The main symptom is a painful, red, swollen area around the nail, often at the cuticle. There may be pus-filled blisters especially with a bacterial infection. It can be caused by injury to the area eg biting off or picking a hangnail or from trimming or pushing back the cuticle. It is also common among persons
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with a host of many other agonizing and heart wrenching emotions. When the addicted person also carries a mental health disorder along this journey, it can become an even more treacherous and dangers path. These are indeed two very complex struggles for one human being. The combination of a person suffering an alcohol or substance abuse disorder and a mental illness disorder are identified has having a dual diagnosis. Dual diagnosis has different causes, difficulty in trying to diagnose and difficult
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Silver Linings Playbook is an American romantic comedy-drama film written by David O. Russell in 2012. Bradley Cooper plays Patrick Solatano, Jr., a guy with bipolar disorder who is free from a psychiatric hospital and goes back to live with his parents, played by Jacki Weaver Robert De Niro. Strong-minded to get back with his separated wife, Pat meets up with widowed Tiffany Maxwell, known by Jennifer Lawrence, who insists to help him out with getting his wife back if he signs up for a dance competition
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LESSON FIVE & SIX – ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT EATING DISORDERS ------------------------------------------------- Specification link: You will be able to outline and evaluate: ------------------------------------------------- Biological, including neural and evolutionary, explanations of anorexia nervosa ------------------------------------------------- Psychology explanations of anorexia nervosa Outline and description of theories | Research evidence and commentary | IntroductionThe
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Fighting to End Obesity Everyone knows someone like Mary; she is a woman who many consider to be beautiful, smart, successful, and has a great personality. Each person she comes in contact with admires her and who she is as a person, but Mary has a problem; she cannot run and play with her children nor do most things that an average sized adult at her age would be able to do. The reason she cannot perform these tasks is because she is obese. Mary is three times heavier than what is believed to
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he went through therapy. A person undergoing depression and an anxiety disorder should not be in possession of a gun. With universal background checks, many lives could’ve been saved. The sandy hook shooting is another example. The shooter, Adam Lanza, was diagnosed with sensory-integration disorder in elementary school. When he was thirteen he was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome. Adam also had an obsessive-compulsive disorder. Lanza also suffered from anorexia. It was obvious that Lanza was a troubled
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Drugs A recent issue in today’s society is the use of prescription and illicit drugs within the teenage population. There are seven major categories in which drugs are labeled, that include the following: CNS depressants, CNS stimulant, hallucinogens, dissociative anesthetics, narcotic analgesics, inhalants, and cannabis. The misuse and exploitation of these drugs can have life-altering effects which can lead to death. Many teens are unaware of the consequences when taking the previously mentioned
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want to find a cheaper, simpler, safer, and more widespread to help people. I believe the solution lies in noninvasive DBS. DBS has been FDA approved for Parkinson’s Disease, Essential Tremor, and movement disorders, but it can also help people Tourette’s Syndrome, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and other
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resulting in an inability to cope with life’s ordinary demands and routines.” There are countless numbers of these diseases, including depression, anxiety disorders such as Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADD/ADHD), Bipolar disorder, and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). With this background on mental diseases, we can efficiently research the question, what causes these mental
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treatment modalities aimed at the behavioral health patient. The vastness and diversity of the behavioral health field has resulted in more awareness and a focus aimed at increasing my knowledge base on treatments and management of psychiatric disorders. The following pages will highlight the different mental issues I dealt with this semester and how they were managed. Anxiety The objective in managing and treating patients with anxiety was to understand the clinical presentation of anxiety
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