Schizophrenia Treatments Schizophrenia is a brain disorder that results in hallucinations, paranoid delusions, confused or disordered thinking and/or speech, difficulty concentrating and functioning, and other negative symptoms. It is diagnosed accor Continue Reading...
Nursing Strategies to Encourage Patient Independence Nurses have a vital role to play in the hospital-based emergency care to home-based hospice care settings. Nurses have evolved from being simple supportive caregivers to having a central role in e Continue Reading...
Health Promotion The absence of illness does not thoroughly explain "Health", it can as well be described as wellness of the body and mind. More technically, health can be defined from two perspectives -- bodily and psychological health. A state of Continue Reading...
Leininger's Transcultural Theory and the Health Belief Model: A Synthetic Approach to the Problem of Geriatric Care Geriatric care is a challenge in most ERs today because this is where geriatrics expect to receive regular treatment. Making this cha Continue Reading...
Cholinergic Drugs: Oxybutynin and Tolterodine Oxybutynin and Tolterodine [Author Name(s), First M. Last, Omit Titles and Degrees] The article concerns a study meant to assess the side effects and efficacy of two well-known medications for overacti Continue Reading...
Autonomic nervous system function and depth of sedation in adults receiving mechanical ventilation. The authors of the article were attempting to discover how the autonomic nervous system affected the depth of sedation which occurred when a patient Continue Reading...
Deliberate self-harm (DSH) or self-injurious behavior (SIB) involves intentional self-poisoning or injury, irrespective of the apparent purpose of the act. (Vela, Harris and Wright, 1983) Self-mutilation is also used interchangeably with self-mutilat Continue Reading...
Child Protective Services in Florida: Comparing and Contrasting with California and TexasIntroductionChild protective services are used to protect the welfare of children who may be at risk of abuse. Traditionally, child protective service agencies h Continue Reading...
Mental Status Part A: Case Study, Mental Status Checklist, Narrative, Sample of MSE, BDI, BAI Case Study Barbara Allen (BA), 39, a female professor at a local university, is brought by the partner who fears that the BA is schizophrenic. BA demonstrat Continue Reading...
The groups I attended were well organized. There is a rule however that was constantly broken in each of the group sessions I attended. The rule is called cross-talk and when a member is sharing their story or whatever it is they decided to partici Continue Reading...
According to Shim and Siegel (1999), "The price-earning ratio equals market price of stock divided by earnings per share. It is used by potential investors in deciding whether to invest in the company. A high P/E ratio is desirable because it indic Continue Reading...
Expatriate Repatriation Employees that are sent on assignment overseas for a specified period of time often experience difficulties upon their return to the United States in readjusting to the culture that they once closely identified with. As a res Continue Reading...
Health Model and Healing Model The healing model and health model have influenced the human belief for several decades, and the health model defines health as robust physical human fitness that is free of disease. On the other hand, healing is a fun Continue Reading...
Audit of Organizational Effectiveness Department of Social Services Effectiveness audit: The Department of Health and Human Services Organization to be analyzed The Department of Health and Human Services is the umbrella organization within the U Continue Reading...
The race between new drugs and new resistances has not stopped since then.... And in 1986, WHO's expert panel concluded that a magic solution could not be relied upon, and that furthermore, malaria patterns were determined by a variety of socioecono Continue Reading...
Overweight and Obesity -- Literature Review A report by the World Health Organization (WHO) indicates that obesity is among the 10 preventable health risks across the globe. However, this health risk contributes to 300,000 annual deaths in the Unite Continue Reading...
Flat Tax over the Current Tax Policy The focus of this paper is to demonstrate effectiveness of flat tax over the current tax rate. Presently, the U.S. government employs progressively tax law as the current tax policy. Under the current tax polic Continue Reading...
Client Description. The client is a 19-year-old single male who was referred for treatment by his parents who are concerned that his use of alcohol is interfering with his grades in college. The client reportedly had all A grades in high school and Continue Reading...
Evidence, Evaluating Evidence, Making Recommendations Life is a precious aspect of the human nature; the person has only one life to live. Therefore, it is essential for people to protect and guard the life of the individuals jealously. The nurses Continue Reading...
Ginko Biloba Gingko Biloba -- Part I What are the author's general conclusions (summarized) on the effectiveness of Gingko Biloba as a cognitive enhancer? According to the author, effects of Gingko on cognition are perplexing because of its dual a Continue Reading...
Moreover, it is unclear whether Jim has attempted to reestablish any meaningful contact with his children; rather, his entire focus has been on becoming a better person. While there is certainly nothing wrong with that goal in and of itself (it is, Continue Reading...
Schizophrenia is a heterogeneous disorder and can be characterized by any of the following symptoms: intellectual deterioration, emotional blunting, disorganized speech, disorganized behavior, social isolation, delusions, and/or hallucinations (Ameri Continue Reading...
5 per 100,000 in 1986. In 1994, the number of TB cases among residents of correctional facilities for 59 reporting areas had reached 24,361 (4.6% of the total reporting correctional population) (Braithwaite et al.). The incidence rate was 139.3 per 1 Continue Reading...
Participants filled out a Short-Form McGill Questionnaire, an Arthritis Self-Efficacy Scale, and Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire in order to measure their levels of pain over the past few weeks. What the researchers found through statistical analy Continue Reading...
The therapist encourages openness and honesty on the part of the patient. This parent-like role gives the therapist the power to influence the patient positively, and to interpret his self-defeating behavior and distorted beliefs about reality. The Continue Reading...
These strategies should focus on parolees' risks and need and conducted in a way that would motivate change. Aware of these realities, States continue to innovate and evolve reentry strategies towards this end (Yahner et al.). The BRI was a particu Continue Reading...
The finding is that gastric bypass surgery does not have an impact on life expectancy of the patient, only quality of life. The general trend is that the higher the BMI, the lower the life expectancy and quality of life. Males have higher life expec Continue Reading...
, 2010). In addition, small frequent feeds, and a large amount of fluid is provided to maintain the nutritional needs of the patient and prevent dehydration. The r suctioning of secretions proves necessary in preventing aspiration of secretions. The Continue Reading...
Sensorimotor Disorder Restless legs syndrome, also known as Ekbom syndrome, is the most commonly experienced sensorimotor disorder among the general population (Bassetti et al., 2011). The disorder afflicts approximately 2 to 10% of the general popu Continue Reading...
Group Annotated Bib Annotated Bibliography Crits-Christoph, P., Johnson, J.E., Connolly Gibbons, M.B., & Gallop, R. (2013). Process predictors of the outcome of group drug counseling. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 81(1), 23-34. Continue Reading...
Art therapy entails creative procedures that work well with provision of a safe environment, and trust, which allows patients with psychotic disorders to express desirable emotions. Creative procedures promote awareness, expression as well as enhance Continue Reading...
, 2010). This point is also made by Yehuda, Flory, Pratchett, Buxbaum, Ising and Holsboer (2010), who report that early life stress can also increase the risk of developing PTSD and there may even be a genetic component involved that predisposes some Continue Reading...
Homeopathic Remedies for Anxiety Homeopathy Homeopathy is a branch of medical science which mainly deals with medicines. This system was invented by a German medical practitioner, Samuel Christian Hahnemann (1755). It is combination of Greek words Continue Reading...
Hydroxyurea Segal, J.B., et al., (2008), Hydroxyurea for the Treatment of Sickle Cell Disease, Baltimore, MD: AHRQ Variables/Key Concepts To determine efficacy, effectiveness, harms, and barriers of the use of hydroxyurea treatment of sickle cel Continue Reading...
Neurological Disorder Epilepsy Neurological Disorder Epilepsy -- a Neurological Disorder Epilepsy is a neurological disorder which causes frequent seizures due to abnormal electricity activity within the brain. Epilepsy is considered a brain disor Continue Reading...
Perampanel Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Physical Therapy as Interventions for the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease Clinicians and researchers have been constantly searching for more information on how to treat the symptoms of Parkinson' Continue Reading...
Nursing There are many diseases that can be treated if they are detected at an early stage. A number of such diseases include cancers including colon, cervical and breast cancers. All of the mentioned diseases can be fatal if they are not treated in Continue Reading...
Discussion Though a great deal more is known about neurotransmission today than was known at the beginning of the research associated with the initial biological discoveries of neurotransmitters and the neurotransmission process there is still a g Continue Reading...
, 2010). The model includes several mediator (e.g., knowledge exchange) and moderator variables (e.g., self-leadership competencies of actors) that explain why and when this approach is effective and looks at leadership in more of a comprehensive way Continue Reading...
