War - After the War Post-traumatic Stress Disorder is a severe anxiety disorder developed after exposure to an event that resulted in psychological trauma. Post-traumatic Stress Disorder has been around for thousands of years recognized as battle fatigue‚ accident neurosis‚ and shell shock. Although it wasn’t until 1980 that the American Psychiatric Association added Post-traumatic Stress Disorder to the third edition of its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III) classification
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It was 1976 when the Ebola virus first appeared in the Republic of the Congo in a village situated near the Ebola River from which the disease received this name. The Ebola virus is comprised of five distinct species; bundibugyo‚ Ivory Coast‚ Reston‚ Sudan‚ and Zaire. Sudan and Zaire species have been associated with large Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF) outbreaks in Africa‚ while the Ivory Coast and Reston species have not. EHF is a febrile hemorrhagic illness which causes death in 25 to 90% of all
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dysfunctions as the prime cause of the above eating disorders. They believe that somatic illnesses may act as a contributing factor in bulimia and anorexia nervosa. Park et al studied four women in 1995 all of whom had had glandular fever before the onset of the eating disorder. He argues that the glandular fever may have influenced the functioning of the hypothalamus‚ resulting in changes in the body’s chemical balance. Holland et al suggested that genetic factors play an important role in the
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raising awareness among the public‚ especially nurses‚ about the two major categories into which elderly substance abuse falls: early onset (or chronic) abuse‚ and late onset (or situational) abuse (Benshoff‚ Harrawood‚ & Koch‚ 2003). Naturally‚ these two groups require different drug abuse interventions if treatment is to be successful. Situational abuse‚ or late-onset substance abuse‚ for example‚ is likely to be related to an instance of traumatic loss (death of a loved one‚ retirement‚ changing
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Formulation of the Character’s Disorder – A Beautiful Mind Case Conceptualisation A beautiful mind (Grazer‚ 2001) is an American biographical drama movie‚ which reflects the life experience of the American mathematician Dr John Nash‚ who struggled with schizophrenia. Predisposition Early in ‘A beautiful mind‚’ Nash exhibited signs of aloofness‚ diminished emotional expression‚ social interpersonal dysfunction‚ and affective flattening (scene.time.1.43-to-2.21; sence.time.2.34-to-3.54); which are
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Dialysis Experience 3/23/2012 Medical Surgical Hemodialysis (HD) is one of several renal replacement therapies used for the treatment of end stage kidney disease (ESKD) and kidney failure. Dialysis removes excess fluids and waste products and restores chemical and electrolyte balance. HD involves passing the patient’s blood through an artificial semipermeable membrane to perform
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to be longer than for women of normal weight; specifically arrest of dilation can occur. 1st Stage * Considered to last from the onset of regular uterine contractions to full effacement and dilation of the cervix. Commonly the onset of labor is difficult to establish because women may be admitted to the labor unit just before birth‚ and the beginning of labor may only be an estimate. The first stage is longer than the second and
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twins‚ it must be noted that this is not true for all. This indicates that there are also non-hereditary factors involved in diabetes. For example‚ exposure to certain viruses may put people at higher risk for young onset diabetes and being overweight increases the risk of older onset
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A STUDY OF PREVALENCE OF INSOMNIA AMOMNG UNIVERSITIES TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN‟S STUDENTS TAN SHI SHENG A RESEARCH PROJECT SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE BACHELOR OF SOCIAL SCIENCE (HONS) PSYCHOLOGY FACULTY OF CREATIVE INDUSTRIES UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN MARCH. 2011 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank Doctor Siah which is my supervisor and also my academic advisor in University Tunku Abdul Rahman. Without his assistance‚ it is impossible for me to complete
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group. What are some of the most interesting findings taken from victimization surveys? What are some of the most interesting revelations taken from self-report studies and official statistics? What does the research suggest in terms of age of onset? What does the research suggest in terms of “chronic youthful offenders”? Regarding escalation of offenses‚ describe the three pathways
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