Obesity In Children Pediatrics > Obesity In Children Key points Children and adolescents with a body mass index (BMI) above the 95th percentile for age and sex are defined as obese Obese children usually first present at routine check-ups during which weight and BMI are assessed Evaluation should include a fasting lipid profile and a fasting blood glucose level with insulin and C-peptide levels to assess degree of insulin resistance. Obese children newly diagnosed with diabetes should be evaluated
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1) T he content of the unconscious mind is the focus of ________ therapy. A) R ogerian B) r eciprocal inhibition C) p sychoanalystic D) b ehavioral E) i nsight 2) M AO inhibitors and tricyclics are two important types of A) a ntipsychotic medications. B) a ntidepressant drugs. C) b ehavioral therapies. D) p sychosurgeries. E) c ognitive fear reduction techniques. 3) J anet has an intense fear of spiders. Her therapist picks one up and lets it sit on her shoulder. The therapist is utilizing
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DSM-IV Evaluation Case Study 1: Schizoid Personality Disorder “People with schizoid personality disorder persistently avoid and are removed from social relationships and demonstrate little in the way of emotion (APA‚ 2000)” (Comer‚ p. 398‚ 2005). Psychodynamic theorists believe schizoid personality disorder is caused by something that happened through a person’s childhood. They have been unaccepted by their parents or even abused as a young child‚ which causes a person to avoid all relationships
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Prescription drugs are a critical part of the health care system and chronic patients who rely on medicines to keep them healthy. Unfortunately‚ drug costs in the United States are too high and continue to be raised routinely. The unsustainable drug costs put a severe burden on the health care system and ultimately the patients. Should the United States government do more to regulate the cost of prescription drugs? It is still a debatable question as it is evident throughout history that developments
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Discuss Psychological Explanations of Schizophrenia [8+16] AO1: The cognitive approach acknowledges the role of biological factors. Frith 92 found a disconnection between frontal areas of the brain concerned with action and the posterior areas of the brain that control perception‚ explaining auditory hallucinations. This causes a split from reality where sz are unable to distinguish between actions brought by external forces and those generated internally this then causes the positive symptoms of
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Setting: The setting of the film took place in Princeton University in Princeton‚ New Jersey‚ in 1950 and in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge from 1951 to 1959. Main Characters: John Nash The schizophrenic who later got a Nobel Prize for his mathematical prowess. Alicia Nash The student of Nash who later becomes his wife and helps him overcome his illness. Parcher The Defense Department agent who was also imagined by Nash Charles Nash’s roommate whom he also imagined
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Schizophrenia is defined as a group of psychotic disorders involving major disturbances in perception‚ language‚ thought‚ emotion‚ and behavior; the individual withdraws from people and reality‚ often into a fantasy life of delusions and hallucinations. Schizophrenia means ’split mind‚’ but the name really refers to the fragmenting of thought processes and emotions found in schizophrenic disorders. Schizophrenia is characterized by psychological disturbances in five areas; perception‚ language‚ thought
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Mayce Bacon was born in the quiet town of Mauston‚ Wisconsin in the year 1994 in Hess Memorial Hospital. Only a year into her life did her lack of grace and klutziness appear by her getting excited at the age of one and falling off the bed she had been set upon. To this day she blames any and all problems with her klutziness on that incident. From Mauston‚ Mayce and her family moved to the Lake Delton‚ Wisconsin area after her younger sister Mackenzie was born. In those early years‚ Mayce found interest
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Did you know 8% of all Americans will experience a traumatic event that will cause Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)? This disorder‚ also known as PTSD is an anxiety disorder that commonly affects our troops that keep our country free. PTSD is a commonly heard term‚ but do you know what it really is? Most Americans aren’t aware of the severity of this disorder. PTSD causes depression‚ nightmares‚ anxiety‚ and panic attacks. In many instances‚ people have committed suicide due to a traumatic
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Today I will inform my audience of the history of Alzheimer’s ‚ what happens to the brain in alzheimers disease; the stages as well as treatment. Alzheimer’s disease is an irreversible‚ progressive brain disease that slowly destroys memory and thinking skills and‚ eventually even the ability to carry out the simplest tasks of daily living. In most people with Alzheimer’s‚ symptoms first appear after age 60 but it can precent itself sooner. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia
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