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Personal Theory: Integrative

any explanation" (Hunt, 2000, p. 12). II. THEORIES The primary focus of any theory is to empower a sense of freedom in an indivi...

Conversion Disorder

such as tragedies, deaths, serious injuries or threatening situations, require the human being to respond in a way that intensifie...

Depression, Nutrition And Abnormal Behavior

nutritional deficiencies are directly associated with an infants failure to thrive during the developmental period, which impacts ...

e-Cigarettes People with Mental Problems Quit

People with mental illness are two to three times more likely to be tobacco-dependent than the general population and their attemp...

Serial Killers Versus Mass Murderers

outcast or recently being fired from a job can trigger an individuals compulsion to enact revenge against those who may or may not...

Nursing Philosophy for Professional Practice

nurses should understand these patients thoroughly, "who they are, where they live and with whom, their current health status and ...

Dialectical Behavior Therapy

a juxtaposition of opposites" (Hannush, 2007, p. 7). II. THERAPEUTIC APPROACH Dialectical behavior therapy utilizes many of the ...

Early Accounts of American Colonial Life

have long been "possessed" by adventurers, as this act would eternalize "the memory of those that effected it" (Smith). As this su...

What Illness a Tick can Cause

There are a number of different types of ticks, some of which do not cause any prolonged illness but there is one that can cause a...

Impact of Persistent Diseases

As we live longer, we are subject to acquiring one or more chronic illnesses, some of which come with advancing age. Older age ran...

Major Psychological Theories

Cognitive behavior therapy is effective with a wide range of problems, including very complex and challenging life situations. Bu...

Health Care Organizations :

is not an expectation based on fact or knowledge, it is based on hope. 2. Clinicians personal and professional values Personal ...

Medical Coding - Informed Consent Forms

researchers found that persons who had diabetes were often readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of discharge (Robbins and Web...

Article Analysis: The Effect of Uncertainty on Communication

Visiting Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Tulsa. Linda W. Cardillo is a doctoral student in the School of...

Article: The Effect of Uncertainty on Communication

Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Tulsa. Linda W. Cardillo is a doctoral student in the School of Journali...

Chronic Illness and Meaning

the illness, and then suffer greatly in the end, regardless of what they felt happened to the individual after death. But, overall...

A Diabetes Overview

In nine pages diabetes and its various aspects are considered regarding illness management including medication alternatives, non ...

Pathophysiology Of AIDS

pathophysiology: I. Asymptomatic/acute HIV infection; persistent generalized lymphadenopathy II. Weight loss = 10% of body weight...

Garlic Growing Protects Against Cancer and Vampires

side up and root side down approximately 3" apart 2. After covering with soil, a mulch that can consist of cut grass clippings sho...

Personal Reflections on Identifying and Dealing with Illness

can bring them a fan. There are, in fact, many small things that we can do to reduce our patients stress levels that have nothing...

Employee Absenteeism as a Form of Negative Behavior

For example, if we look at the UK as an example. If we look at the figures produced by the CBI we see there is an upward trend in ...

Potential Cases for Tortuous Action Under Australian Law

to provide a route to gain relief for damages received and costs incurred, at the same time as acting as a deterrent to others. Un...

Love in the Time of Cholera

old age. There is a symbolic reality to the novel that is always filled with a sense of illness and decay, which are all intricate...

Psychology's Role in Managing Overall Health

of improved mental health, but it also often improves physical health as well. For example, at one time, any problems that a woma...

Using Medical Marijuana

number of states. Predictably, this has caused a great deal of controversy. This paper considers the following questions: What con...

Overview of Gestalt Therapy

human beings perceive of things far beyond their physical limitations. The law of pragnanz, which asserts that man is "innately d...

Disease of Schizophrenia

known to manifest various peculiarities or disorders of thinking and behavior. Correctly speaking, however, these are diseases of ...

Health Care and the Culture of Greece

without mentioning their love affair with olive oil, and the esteem which this precious ingredient holds in this culture (Miller, ...

Illness in Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors by Susan Sontag

from the plethora of emotionally-charged meanings that unnecessarily increase the suffering of those stricken with this disease. E...

Ethnicity and Health

more difficult to conduct trials in populations with varied ethnicities. She states that "other studies have shown that the effect...