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MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS - SYMPTOMS, DIAGNOSIS AND LIFE SPAN

This 5-page paper examines the disease of multiple sclerosis, the symptoms, treatment options and other factors. Bibliograpy lists...

AFTER JOB LOSS: PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EMOTIONAL SYMPTOMS

stock into their jobs. For them, their jobs are their lives, and when theyre let go, they feel as though a part of their life has ...

Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment and Effect on Families of Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder

patients experiencing either symptoms or full episodes of depression much more frequently than those of mania or hypomania" (Micha...

Target Symptom Rating: An Overview

medical care - the effect of the health care process on the health and well-being of patients and populations" (Foundation for Hea...

The Symptoms of Lung Cancer

The difficulties result from plural effusion, a build up of fluid between the outer lining of the lungs and the chest wall,...

Symptoms of Schizophrenia

In two pages this paper examines schizophrenia's symptoms in a consideration of thought pattern disturbances, hallucinations, delu...

Parkinson's Disease and PT Treatments

In nine pages this paper discusses how Parkinson's disease symptoms can be alleviated through various types of physical therapy ap...

A Research Proposal on Social Phobia

approaches: medications and psychotherapy. Cognitive behavioral therapy has shown the greatest promise. Among other elements, this...

Overview of scleroderma

occur, due to the effect of the disease on intestinal muscles. Heart and lungs may also be affected because of poor blood flow and...

Headaches and Migraines

that could be severely disabling (Taylor et al, 2004, p. S-3). The differences between a migraine and a tension headache are as f...

Three Categories in DSM-IV

(Rowney, Hermida and Malone, 2009). Comorbidity is common with both generalized anxiety disorder and panic attacks with overlappin...

Brief Summary of Depression

from chronic - or dysthymic - depression); dysthymic depression, mild yet chronic in its attack upon the individual. The perpetua...

About Bacterial Meningitis

multi-organ failure" (Appold, 2008, p. 56). However, as the bacteria spread into the spinal fluid, which surrounds the brain, the ...

Diagnosing a Stroke

The general symptoms of strokes, both ischemic and hemorrhagic, and transient ischemic attack will have a sudden onset (Caplan, 20...

An Overview of Menopause

think of this in societal or psychological terms. Generally, one views their life as divided into periods such as "school", "work"...

A Troubling Human Parasite The River Fluke

There are hundreds, if not thousands, of parasitic organisms in the world that prey on mankind. One of these organisms is the Chi...

Existential Therapy Case

that individuals want to take responsibility for their own behaviors and decisions. People especially must take responsibility for...

Anthrax Cause and Response

The disease known as Anthrax is caused by the highly infectious microorganism Bacillus anthracis. The bacteria...

Alcohol and Drug Use/Juvenile Crime

health and well-being (Neff and Waite, 2007). While illicit substance usage peaked in the late 1970s, recent statistics indicate t...

Understanding the Physiology of AIDS and HIV

(Center for Disease Control, 2007). AIDS is directly associated with certain lifestyle choices. Homosexual males are amon...

Definition, Causes and Treatment of PTSD

p. 120). DSM-IV-TR diagnostic symptom criteria include nightmares, intrusive memories, avoidance and arousal (Dyer, et al, 2009). ...

Nightingale's Theory, Case Study of Elderly Woman

client who is the focus of this case study is an 86-year-old woman who has been living at home with her husband. Her medical histo...

Schizophrenia and Treatment

The paper outlines this psychosis and the associated symptoms. The potential use of cognitive behavioural therapy to aid with the ...

THE CASE OF BEN AND A PERSONALITY DISORDER

incident mentioned in the case study in which Ben presented the "gift from Jesus" to a pedestrian does lead to a definite lack of ...

Acute Asthma: A Case Report

Introduction Dawn Lights, a 21-year-old university student with early onset moderately persistent asthma reported that she was re...

Kidney Failure and Treatment

chronic disease. A medical dictionary, available online at http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com, indicates that the ter...

Alzheimer's Disease

("Three stages," 2011, p. 1465). Mild cognitive impairment characterizes the second stage of AD ("Three stages," 2011). The thre...

UTI's Planning Health Program

rates per 100,000 by ethnicity in San Francisco are reported as: African-American, 1,302; Asian/Pacific Islander, 446; Latino, 535...

PTSD, Effects on Life Circumstances

This research paper describes the symptoms of PTSD, but then goes on to discuss the effects that PTSD has on the lives of its vict...

Manic Depressive

The title manic depressive was changed about three decades ago but it is still referred to by this label. Today, it is called bipo...