Neurological Processes PSY/340 Neurological Processes Every animal has a brain‚ but humans have a more complex and unique brain in terms of giving individuals the power to think‚ plan‚ speak‚ act‚ and behave. It is an extremely complex organ that consists of many areas that all work together in unison in order for the body to perform the tasks it is told to perform. The brain is responsible for controlling both voluntary and involuntary actions and coordinates and controls other organs in the
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Cognitive Disorders Definitions Cognition: The act‚ process‚ or result of knowing‚ learning‚ or understanding -represents a fundamental human feature that distinguishes living from existing -has a distinctive personalized impact on the individual’s physical‚ psychological‚ social & spiritual conduct of life -Direct relationship with ADL’s Cognitive Disorders: Psychiatric disorders that are manifested in deficits in memory‚ perception‚ & problem solving. 1) Delirium 2) Dementia 3)
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This paper is about the neurological problems that could arise following the use of recreational drugs and substances from a neurological perceptive. In this paper I cover general categories of recreational drugs verses specific drug by drug classifications. I present this information with minimal consideration of the added complications of the interactions between recreational drugs‚ alcohol‚ pharmacological products‚ and predisposing or current mental and physical health. Keep in mind that I am
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1. Describe how eating disorders can be viewed as multi-determined disorders Eating disorders can be viewed as multi-determined disorders because there are many different factors that come into play when identifying them. Differing dimensions‚ like societal‚ cultural and psychological pressures all weigh in considerably when exploring the multiple scopes in influencing an eating disorder. Societal and cultural pressures are likely to influence the general population on how they see themselves in
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Copyright ª Blackwell Munksgaard 2005 Bipolar Disorders 2005: 7(Suppl. 3): 5–69 BIPOLAR DISORDERS Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) guidelines for the management of patients with bipolar disorder: consensus and controversies Yatham LN‚ Kennedy SH‚ O’Donovan C‚ Parikh S‚ MacQueen G‚ McIntyre R‚ Sharma V‚ Silverstone P‚ Alda M‚ Baruch P‚ Beaulieu S‚ Daigneault A‚ Milev R‚ Young T‚ Ravindran A‚ Schaffer A‚ Connolly M‚ Gorman CP. Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments
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This is a case study of Sarah‚ a 39 year old female who presented at the emergency department with her husband‚ who is worried about her recent behaviour. She is showing classic signs of Hypomania‚ which is commonly associated with Bipolar Disorder. Hypomania has distinguishing features and can be displayed with high energy levels‚ positive mood‚ irritability‚ inappropriate behaviour‚ heightened creativity and mystical experiences (Athanasos 2009). Bipolar Disorder sufferers not only experience highs
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individuals with eating disorders get help early on during the disorder there is a high success rate of long-term recovery. Sarah is part of one the highest rated risk groups for eating disorders. People between the ages of ten to twenty-five are at the most risk for developing an eating disorder. Sarah is entering her teenage years and is encountering a lot of changes with her boy and her emotions. Eating disorders are also usually referred to as female diseases. Eating disorders are not limited to
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Psychological Disorder: A syndrome marked by a clinically significant disturbance in an individual’s cognition‚ emotion regulation‚ or behavior. Consider the definition above‚ explain what is meant by clinically significant. Break the definition into smaller parts for your explanation. Disturbance: Disturbed‚ or even dysfunctional behaviors of this disorder is maladaptive; meaning they often interfere with a normal day to day life. This clinical significance of thought and emotion is also used as
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Depressive Disorder Jane a 29 year old lady has reported cases of feeling sad all day‚ accompanied by daily crying spells in her day. She also reported cases of distressed and disturbed sleeping patterns where she would experience insomnia in some days. Her sleeping patterns included cases of difficulty in falling asleep where she would spend several hours trying to fall asleep. Other times Jane could not fall asleep at all‚ and if she did‚ it was only for very few hours. All this time was spent
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anxiety disorder is one of the behavioral health disorders which induce from stress. Anxiety disorder is a severe mental health issue which can lead to other related mental health illnesses‚ such as depression‚ bipolar disorder‚ and substance disorders. This problem is a serious issue that matter to her because she had involved with several national mental health policies and she believes that only increase the accessibility of physical health care can resolve the large amount of anxiety disorder on homeless
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