Psychological Disorder Analysis ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY: ABUSE‚ ADDICTION‚ & DISORDERS Psy 270 Jalisa Cooper February 4‚ 2012 Final paper Psychological Disorder Analysis Psychological disorders can be very debilitating for those who suffer from them. Psychological disorders affect a person’s ability to function normally in their daily lives. In regards to the case study of Nicole the patient Nicole is a 40-year-old Hispanic female who comes to the mental health clinical complaining
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The abuse‚ especially occurring in early age‚ can affect child’s physical and psychological maturity and lead to attachment disorder‚ delayed development‚ impulsive behavior and dissocializing problems. The dose of abuse‚ the frequency‚ the relation with the abuser are factors to determine the child’s reaction to the abuse and the outcome of the child life. Jenny‚ as a child she need unconditional love‚ security‚ protection‚ etc. In this case Jenny‚ may feel disorientated‚ lose the sense of life
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to cocaine and alcohol; as a result‚ she voluntarily admitted herself to the Meridian Behavioral Healthcare‚ Crisis Stabilization Unit‚ where Jane spent several days before transferring to the Bridge House. Presenting Problem Jane recently gave birth to her premature baby during her sixth month of pregnancy‚ due to substance and alcohol abuse. Jane’s new born is currently in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and she expresses‚ “I
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Prescription drug use among high schoolers‚ specifically in Southern California‚ although beneficial at times‚ are being abused in some cases for the euphoric feelings they create in an individual. The parents of these students are taking notice‚ but have not had much interference with the abuse of these drugs among their children. Prescription drugs are a great benefit to those with hereditary disorders such as ADD and ADHD in the way that they help regulate the detrimental effects of the disorder
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Drug Testing in Nigeria Table of Contents Introduction 3 Background 3-4 Ethical Dilemma 4-5 Situational Analysis 5-6 Stakeholder Analysis 6-7 Analysis Based on Ethical Theories 7-8 Conclusion and Recommendations 8-9 References 10 Drug Testing in Nigeria Introduction ‘What if a drug company experimenting on critically ill children does not get the proper Parental consent‚ 11 of those children die and a whistleblower is fired?’ (Perlroth. 2008) This paper will discuss the issues
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DOI: 02/09/1982. This is an 80-year-old male employee who strained his back and neck while dumping fuel with a hose. Patient is diagnosed with other intervertebral disc displacement‚ low back pain‚ and chronic pain syndrome. Per history of present illness‚ the patient started acupuncture on 1/5/16. Patient had resumed ibuprofen over-the-counter to control his back pain. Tylenol was ineffective for the patient. He is not able to take any narcotics or stronger NSAIDs due to stomach issues and also
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Drug Consumption Rooms (DCRs) have been operating in Europe for the last three decades. Their primary aim is to reduce the risks of disease transmission through unhygienic injecting practices‚ prevent drug-related overdose deaths and connect high-risk drug users with addiction treatment‚ social and health services. They also hope to reduce the occurrence of drug use in public places and to tackle the number of discarded needles and other public order problems linked with street drug using. Drug
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Prescription drug abuse happens whenever someone is using a medication in a manner other than for the use for which it was prescribed‚ for the experience provided by the medication‚ or without a proper prescription. Painkillers are by far the most commonly abused prescription drugs‚ and they’re relatively easy to obtain. Consequently‚ prescription drug addiction is not all that uncommon. About one in five Americans (https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/prescription-drugs/director)
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a look at the prescription drugs and the abuse of it. I would like to look into different origins to where prescription drug uses for non medical purposes might have started (ie. residential mobility‚ disabilities‚ race‚ or gender) . It would also help if I look at what are pharmacists and prescribers thinking when they are prescribing and giving the drugs to their patients. Bibliography: Felicilda-Reynaldo‚ R. D. (2014). Recognizing Signs of Prescription Drug Abuse and Addiction‚ Part I. MEDSURG
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safety. Yes‚ drug prices reflect a fair and competitive market. Pharmaceutical companies are in the business to provide treatment/cures to diseases that were considered killers just a few years ago. The high cost is misinterpreted as a greed endeavor. However‚ what the public fails to understand is that for every ten projects there is one that will provide suitable results. Those eleven projects will cost billions of dollars in R&D. Not to mention that the life cycle of a drug has only 7 years
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