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    Her infection was able to spread to her sinuses because her sinuses became an area that her nasal passages and pharynx could drain into. In here the drainage just sat there and became a breeding ground for bacteria. B) What is the Cough Reflex? Describe the process that Cari’s respiratory system is using to clear her lungs by coughing? a. The cough reflex is used to get things like irritants and fluid which causes us to have sputum out of the nasal passage and pharynx. The cilia or little hairs

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    like he knows that something is wrong with Charlie and wants to help. In this movie it is clear to see that Charlie is suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). This is what would go on Axis 1 of the multi-axial system. For this diagnosis he needs to have 6 or more symptoms from 3 different areas. These areas are re-experiencing‚ avoidance‚ and arousal. He has been suffering for over 1 month and is severely distressed and impaired. The traumatic event that Charlie was exposed to

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    ‘Discuss issues surrounding the classification and diagnosis of schizophrenia’ (24 marks) An issue is that they are two manuals which are used to diagnose schizophrenia the DSM-IV manual and the ICD manual. Cooper et al found that people are twice as more likely to be diagnosed with schizophrenia in New York then in the UK this means the diagnostic manual for schizophrenia is unreliable. This is an issue because it can lead to misdiagnosis and people will be schizophrenic in a country and then

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    sheath. There are five main types of Multiple Sclerosis. The first type is Benign Multiple Sclerosis. It is the least severe‚ has little progression‚ and takes up twenty percent of all cases. The second type is Benign Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis. It carries symptoms that fluctuate in severity‚ mild disability‚ and it makes up thirty percent of the total. The third type is Chronic Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis. It is characterized by disability that increases with each attack‚ and it

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    1. No‚ I would not do pre-implantation genetic diagnosis if money was no object. I do not think that it is right to go through the genetic information of an embryo and decide what you want and what you do not want. I think that all physical attributes such as height‚ hair color‚ and eye color‚ should be decided naturally. As well as the physical attributes‚ I think genetic disorders and hereditary diseases should be left alone. If they were in the genetic makeup of the human embryo‚ then God has

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    The movie‚ A Beautiful Mind follows a brilliant mathematician‚ John Nash’s progression of his physchiatric condition schizophrenia. John‘s symptoms first started to appear during his time as a graduate student of Princeton as he struggled with intense stress while trying to formulate an orginal idea for publishing. After accepting a position with MIT‚ John’s delusions and hallucinations become progressinly worse over time‚ and he believed to have been recreuited by the Department of Defense to break

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    | Plan | Implement | Evaluate | ------------------------------------------------- Mental Health DX------------------------------------------------- Schizophrenia(DSM-IV TR)Axis I | ------------------------------------------------- Nursing Diagnosis based on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs:------------------------------------------------- Safety & Security | Long-Term Goal | Short-Term Goal | Nursing Actions | Scientific Rationale | Evaluation | Related to:Predisposing Factors:Precipitating

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    1. What is dementia? Why is Alzheimer disease based on a “diagnosis of exclusion”? What diagnostic tests would be ordered to determine if Ella’s dementia could be caused by Alzheimer’s disease? Dementia: Grossman and Porth (2014) define dementia as a group of symptoms caused by disorders that affect the brain. Another name for dementia is‚ nonnormative cognitive decline‚ which can be induced by any disorder that irreversibly damages large areas of the cerebral hemispheres or subcortical areas (memory

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    Mash‚ E.J.‚ Wolfe‚ D.A. (2010). Abnormal child psychology (4th ed.) Belmont: wadsworth Cengage Learning. Matison‚ H.L. (2004). Beyond party politics-unexpected democracy-deepening consequences of one party dominance in South Africa Meyer‚ J. (2005). Early Adolescence. In Wait‚ J.‚ Meyer‚ J.‚ & Loxton‚ H. (Eds.)‚ Human development a psychosocial approach (149-163) Milevsky‚ A.‚ Schlechter‚ M.‚ Netter‚ S.‚ & Keehn‚ D. (2007). Maternal and paternal parenting styles in adolescents: Associations with self-esteem

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    Outline and Evaluate Issues Surrounding the Classification and Diagnosis of Depression Scheff’s Labelling Theory is a process which involves labelling people with mental disorders when they produce behaviour that does not fit with socially constructed norms and labelling those who reflect stereotyped or stigmatized behaviour of the ‘mentally ill’. A disadvantage of labelling an individual with depression is that labelling can accentuate and prolong the issue. In addition by labelling someone

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