FIJI GENERAL PRACTITIONER VOLUME 14 NUMBER 2 JULY 2006 Journal of The Fiji College of General Practitioners mEdICO-LEGAL IssuEs 1. vIEwPOINT ARE vIRTuAL uNIvERsITIEs AN ALTERNATIvE TO BRICk ANd mORTAR? 2. vIEwPOINT HEALTH PACkAGEs: A LABORATORy PERsPECTIvE 3. vIEwPOINT BOxING ANd mEdICINE AN ANALysIs OF CAusEs OF dEATHs IN FIJI Theme: Screening Medicals Health Packages. CONTENTS EdITORIAL...............................................................................
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setting to get in trouble with the law and could cause harm to the person who was in need of health and safety requirements could become harmed. 2.1 Identify common types of medication Analgesics e.g. paracetamol Antibiotics e.g. amoxicillin Antidepressants e.g. cipramil Anticoagulants e.g. warfarin 2.2 list conditions for which each type of medication may be prescribed Analgesics are used to relieve pain such as headaches
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Child Development Ch. 15 and 16 Quiz 1. A 15-year-old girl realizes that the dress she has worn to school has a small stain on it. Her belief that everyone will notice it is an example of: B) adolescent egocentrism. 2. When adolescents fantasize about how others will react to their new hairstyle‚ they are creating a(n): D) imaginary audience. 3. Ryan’s thinking is no longer restricted to personal experience as it was earlier in his life. Ryan is in the stage of: D) formal operational thought
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A small list of anxiety disorders are the panic disorder‚ agoraphobia‚ social phobia‚and the obsessive compulsive disorder. This entire list of disorders all have to do with how people react to and deal with stressful moments and situations in their lifetime. The panic disorder relates to panic attacks‚ when people randomly become extremely shaky and stressed (Ediger‚2015). A panic attack is said to be your body’s natural response to being threatened. When someone has an attack‚ they immediately
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adolescents. Although symptoms may diminish‚ most times those who suffer from ASPD will always suffer from it and always struggle to treat it properly. The best treatments for ASPD have been proven to be therapies‚ mood stabilizers‚ antipsychotics and antidepressants. In prescribing these drugs to those with the disorder‚ physicians need to be careful when prescribing them as well as test those people to protect against the probability of misuse or abuse. Those people will most usually deal with drug and alcohol
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storage‚ recording and disposal of medicines. 2.1 Analgesics e.g. paracetamol. - Analgesics are used to relieve pain such as head-aches. Antibiotics e.g. amoxicillin - Antibiotics are used to treat infections caused by bacteria. Antidepressants e.g. cipramil - Antidepressants work by changing the chemical balance in the brain and that can in turn change the psychological state of the mind such as for depression. Anticoagulants e.g. warfarin -Anticoagulants are used to prevent blood clotting. 2.2 Certain
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Agoraphobia is an anxiety disorder in which you fear and often avoid places or situations that might cause you to panic and make you feel trapped‚ helpless or embarrassed. The word agoraphobia literally means "fear of the marketplace." People with agoraphobia fear an actual or anticipated situation‚ such as using public transportation‚ being in open or enclosed spaces‚ or being in a crowd. The anxiety is caused by fear that there’s no easy way to escape or seek help if intense anxiety develops. The
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chapter 11 treatment of chapter outline module 36 Exploring Diversity: Racial and Ethnic Factors in Treatment: Should Therapists Be Color-Blind? Psychotherapy: Psychodynamic‚ Behavioral‚ and Cognitive Approaches to Treatment Psychodynamic Approaches to Therapy Behavioral Approaches to Therapy Cognitive Approaches to Therapy module 38 Biomedical Therapy: Biological Approaches to Treatment Drug Therapy Try It! What Are Your Attitudes Toward Patient Rights? Electroconvulsive Therapy
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food increases as people are hypnotized by the latest episode of Honey Boo Boo. 4. Depression Technology creates the perfect recipe for depression with the lack of human contact‚ overeating and lack of exercise. There is a reason the use of antidepressants are on the rise and the blame can’t be completely dumped on the pharmaceutical companies. They aren’t carting people into the doctor’s office and force feeding them the pills. This isn’t to say that depression isn’t a real problem‚ but some people
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Schizoaffective Disorder is a mental health condition that includes schizophrenia and particular mood disorders. It affects ages six to sixty and over in both genders. Some mental disorders can be depression or mania. There are two types of schizoaffective disorder which are the Bipolar type and the Depressive type. It affects people uniquely which can deeply affect them at work or in family life. It can cause loneliness and the inability to hold or obtain a job. Treatment may help manage symptoms
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