75 Medication Essays, Term Papers and Book Reports
A Beutiful Mind
Mental illness is a disorder of the brain that results in a disruption of a persons thinking, feeling, mood, and ability to relate to others. For someone whos never had a mental illness, it may be hard to imagine what life would be like for someone who does. I chose the movie A Beautiful Mind s....
A Family Battling Multiple Sclerosis
I never thought I would be diagnosed with an incurable disease. So imagine how shocked I was when the doctor entered the room and said the tests confirm you are in the beginning stages of Multiple Sclerosis. You are a text book case. My husband and I were in a state of disbelief. We ....
Abortion
From 1973 to 1987, over 22 million abortions have been performed. Pro-lifers would call that a terrible waste of humanlife. True, 22 million lives were taken, but I believe that we are better off without those. Webster's dictionary defines abortion as "the expulsion of anonviable fetus." Abortion mi....
ADHD in Children
ADHD in Children
Robin Schroeder
Axia College University of Phoenix
Com 125 Utilizing Information in College Writing
Marscha Brown
June 2, 2007
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ADHD: Is your child's behavior normal?
According to Michael Fumento, the old saying Boys will be boys is now known as Boys will be medicated. In addition, Fumento believes the old lost my homework excuse is now My child has ADHD (1). Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is defined by Paula Anne Ford-Martin as a....
Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Adult (acute) respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is the rapid onset of progressive malfunction of the lungs, especially with regard to the ability to take in oxygen, usually associated with the malfunction of other organs. The condition is associated with extensive pulmonary inflammation and small....
Alzheimers disease
Alzheimer's Disease: THE VICTIMS OF MEMORY LOSS
Creeping in like a masterminded burglar, Alzheimers disease (AD) has robbed as many as 4.5 million Americans (and by mid century 11.3 16 million) (Ed., A. Cronin-Golomb, P.R. Hof Intro. IX,) of their memories, the capacity to execute....
Anorexia and Bulimia
"I'm Just Dying to Be Thin:" Anorexia and Bulimia
In today's society, especially in western civilization, there is an ever-growing emphasis on what is considered the "ideal" physical appearance. The once desired look of a healthy and well maintained body has been overshadow....
Antisocial Personality Disorder
Antisocial personality disorder is defined as "a pattern of irresponsible behavior that lacks morals and ethics and brings the person into conflict with society" (A.D.A.M). This definition highlights the two major features of the disorder. The first is that the individual does not have a regar....
Anxiety Disorders
Imagine someone is lying in a beautiful green meadow. Its a perfect day, the sun is shining and there is a gentle breeze wafting trough the trees all around them. Sounds of nature fill the air as they chat and laugh with their family and friends. They are surrounded by people that they love ....
Asthma
What is asthma?
Asthma, is a chronic lung disease characterized by periods of breathlessness, wheezing, and coughing. People with asthma suffer from chronic inflammation of the bronchi. The inflamed airways react to irritation by swelling, constricting, and filling with mucus. These changes obstru....
Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
It has been estimated that from 3% to 10% of the population has a condition known as Attention Deficit Disorder, also abbreviated as ADD. From the Latin word dis- meaning take away, and ordinare means to order, regulate. This syndrome, often diagnosed during childhood, is characterized ....
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) was first described almost 100 years ago and the beneficial effects of stimulant medication have been well known for over half a century. Nowadays, when we talk about ADHD we refer to a slight but demonstrable difference in normal brain function that ....
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is the most common developmental disorder in the United States and affects between three and ten percent of the population. Many of those affected are not able to concentrate on any one thing for more than 20 seconds; their thoughts change constantl....
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Drugs
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Drugs.
Lisa Person
Axia College of University Of Phoenix
Olivia Miller
June 24th, 2006
Recent media reports on abuse and diversion of stimulants drugs have distorted statistics regarding abuse of prescription med....
Autism
Zachary Stevens
Joy Jones
Composition I
2 December 2006
Autism
Autism is not a mental illness like most people think. It is a developmental disability thought to be caused by an anomaly in the brain. Ever since autism was first diagnosed in 1943, it has been on the rise. In the 1970s, autis....
Autism
Autism is known as the spectrum disorder which affects the brain. It causes impaired social interactions. An autistic child has problems with communication and also has unnatural repetitions of words which obligates the child to doing useless activities. Rett Syndrome is one of the most common for....
bipolar
Bipolar depression
PSY 112
Bipolar disorder is a real medical condition that affects two million people in the U.S. This disorder was also known as manic-depressive illness. It causes mood swings from feelings of extreme euphoria or irritability to hop....
Bipolar Disorder
Everyone has days where they are feeling a bit gloomy or unhappy about their life and also days when they feel cheerful and lighthearted. However, there are some people who tend to have extravagant mood swings. For example, in one-moment an individual might feel as though they can do anything and ....
Bipolar Disorder in Teens and Children
Everyone has ups and downs in their mood; such as, happiness, sadness, and anger are normal emotions and an essential part of everyday life. In contrast, bipolar disorders a medical condition in which people have mood swings out of proportion, or totally unrelated, to things going on in their lives.....
Bipolar Disorder Medications
There are many different medications that are presently used to treat and control bipolar disorder. Discussed here are the most popular medicinal treatments which include the mood stabilizer lithium, anticonvulsants, antipsychotic medications, and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs).
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Bipolar Disorder: A Serious Mental Illness
Running Head: BIPOLAR DISORDER
Psychology
Abstract
The paper discusses the symptoms of bipolar disorder as compared to other types of depression and looks at the treatment involved. It relates that bipolar disorder is largely genetic but is also environmentall....
Borderline Personality Disorder
Thesis Statement
Borderline Personality Disorder is a psychological abnormity that affects 10 to 13 percent of the gross population. In the research paper I plan to define the disorder, describe the etiology and signs and symptoms, reference the diagnosis, which will validate the treatment, thou....
Case study: coronary artery disease (CAD)
Introduction
Heart disease is any of conditions that can affect the heart. There are many different types of heart disease such as coronary artery disease (CAD), heart attack, heart failure, and ischemic heart disease. The most predominant type of cardiovascular disease is CAD and myocardial infarc....
Catatonic Schizophrenia
Many people tend to cherish their most precious lifetime memories. The birth of a child, A Wedding, and College Graduations are memories that all of us hold dear to our hearts. Our Family and the things that we accomplish in life, shapes us into becoming the type of individuals that we are today. U....
Causes of Neurosis
Causes of Neurosis
Table of Contents
Page
I. Introduction 1
II. Definition and History of Neurosis 1
III. Primary Causes of Neurosis ....
Cirrhosis
Cirrhosis is a serious disease of the liver where scar tissue replaces normal healthy tissue, and affects the function and structure of the liver. Liver, which is the largest organ in the body, has a vital roles which are important to keep the body functioning well. Liver makes proteins and enzyme....
Clincal Infomation Diseases: Pseudomembranous Colitis and Guillian Barre
Pseudomembranous Colitis
Definition An infection of the colon resulting in odious smelling diarrhea, abdominal pain, and fever.
Etiology The main cause may be from the bacterium Clostridium difficile. Antibiotics such as clindamycin and cephalosporins causes the normal bacterial flora of the bow....
CLINICAL ASSESMENT
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SERVICE PLAN
Presenting Problem: L.M. is 80 years old Jewish female who resides in her sisters home in Canarsie, Brooklyn. Due to L.Ms difficulty to ambulate independently because of arthritis, her social role outside the home has become rare. L.M. believes t....
College students and the Illegal use of A.D.D. Medications as Study Aids
College life offers distractions around every corner. Most people can tune the distractions out to focus on the requirements of classes and degrees. However, there is a population of students who feel that their efforts alone are not enough to meet the standards of academic success. Illegally tak....
Depression
Running head: Depression
Depression
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Depression
Depression is among one of the leading mental health diagnosis in America today. According to the National Institute of Mental....
Depression
Depression may be described as feeling sad, blue, unhappy, miserable, or down in the dumps. Most of us feel this way at one time or another for short periods. But true clinical depression is a mood disorder in which feelings of sadness, loss, anger, or frustration interfere with everyday life for an....
Depression in Adolescents
. Introduction
Depression is said to be one of the most common emotional problems that all human beings, especially the youth have to undergo and surpass. It may be caused by many risk factors, including both the biological and environmental aspects of an individual. It may also have one or more....
Determining the best way to go when faced with putting a child on ADHD medication
ADHD Medication
Parents are faced with hard decisions when a child is diagnosed with ADHD. Which would be the best route to take: medication or a more non- traditional route? Teachers are usually the first people to make the parents aware of ADHD symptoms in children. A letter is sent home to the ....
Disorders of Homeostasis
Disorders of Homeostasis
This assignment will describe the aetiology and pathophysiology of a disease and its processes occurring in a patient within the practice placement setting. Care and analysis will show how the diseases impacts on that patient from a biopsychosocial perspective. The es....
Dyslexia
Dyslexia is a developmental reading disorder that results from the lack of being able to process graphic symbols. This can hinder a person's ability to read, write, spell, and sometimes even speak. Dyslexia is caused by an impairment in the brain's capability to translate the images seen by a per....
End-Stage Renal Disease
Pathophysiology
S.M. is a 74 yr. old Female admitted 2-14-07 with a Hx of CHF, a fib, PVD, DM, and hypotension. Her admitting DX is ESRD in which she receives dialysis 3x per week, as well as left Tibia and left Fibula fractures. Patient apparently fell after missing a step while walking down st....
Epilepsy
Introduction
Epilepsy is often known as seizure disorder. It is a result of the brain malfunctioning due to abnormal electrical discharges in the brain. (Magill283) Some of the results of the brain not working include muscle spasms, convulsions, and twitching. Brain damage, illness, and abnor....
Gamblers Anoymous
GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS: A NEW WAY OF LIFE
GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS
A NEW WAY OF LIFE
Submitted To: Nancy Woolridge
Submitted By: Lonnie Barry
Due Date: Tuesday, April 4, 2006
Lonnie Barry
23 Lancaster Crescent
Mount Pearl, NL A1N 2X8
Tuesday, April 4, 2006....
Health
Twenty-five years ago, the great Athenian doctor Hippocrates believed that balance is health and that imbalance is the cause of all illness and pain. For more than three hundred years, this concept has been in disfavour. Now, clinical experiences with Phen/Fen suggest that Hippocrates was right. ....
how should obesity be treated
Many people all over the world struggle with obesity, from the youngest to the oldest person alive. Today, it is found to be that obesity in America and around the world is on the rise and out of control. One should take into consideration the major risks and life threatening diseases that can aris....
Huntingtons Disease
Huntington's disease is a progressive neurological disease that causes a variety of crippling physical and psychological conditions. It is a genetic disease, and will cause a defective gene to be repeated during protein synthesis, which will cause the amino acid glutamine to be repeated in the prote....
Is Musical Therapy as effective as Conventional Therapy in the treatment of Depression?
Music therapy is a relatively new subject, therefore of the number of people who have heard about it, many are uncertain and skeptical about what exactly it is, and if so, who and how much qualifications are required to practice it. There are also many misconceptions of its uses, its effects and pos....
Lupus
Systemic lupus erythematosus, or simply lupus is a chronic autoimmune disease or immune system malfunction. A person's immune system normally protects the person from viruses, bacteria and other foreign materials. When a person has an autoimmune diseases like lupus, the immune system turns against i....
Maintaining a Healthy Body
How people eat and their general lifestyle are just some of the factors that affect the health of the body.
As technology is constantly delivering new ways for people to 'cut corners' in how they prepare food, undertake daily commuting and go about their daily lives, laziness has become a growing t....
Management and Operations Management Theory Paper
Management and Operations Management Theory Paper
This paper is to describe how the different functions of management impact the operations management theory of an organization. The four functions of management are planning, organizing, leading and controlling. I am to describe the fo....
Medication Errors
Medication errors are a continuing problem in the healthcare field. A medication error is any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medication is in the control of the health care professional, patient, or consumer. A medication error ca....
Medication Errors and Solutions
Medication Errors
Jennifer Ball
Beckfield College
May 8, 2006
In partial fulfillment of the requirements of Pharmacology for Nursing
Jason Gregg
Medication errors are a continuing problem in the health....
Meditation: The History and Benefits
Meditation History and Benefits 2
Meditation is the practice of deep concentration of the mind and body and has been around for thousands of
years. While meditation is not a substitute for traditional medical applications, Eastern cultures practiced this for
centuries as an alt....
Moving Towards self acceptance
Moving Towards Self-Acceptance
How an individual perceives her self physically can significantly influence how she perceives and responds to others, to her relationships, to her environment, and to her life objectives and potential. Self-image can positively or negatively affect an individual....
Myths of Sleep
Have you ever thought to yourself, âI feel so low on energy, I must get more sleepâ? People as a whole tend to think that when we sleep, our brains are at rest as well, thus enabling them to gain the energy that they may need to function throughout day-to-day activities. However, when we....
Newlyweds Stress and a Baby
Growing up quicker than expected is an expanding trend among teens today. Becoming pregnant wasn't the pan; it was an "accident," is what the answer most teen moms will give you. How can you fix it? You can't, you think to yourself how can I afford a baby? What will I drive, my car isn't ....
Nutrition Therapy for HIV
HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is a type of virus that replicates itself in the T-cells and destroys the lymphocyte. The physiological implications consist of glycoprotein binding to the white blood cell (CD-4) membrane receptors, and once it enters the cell, it synthesizes protein which is the....
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER (OCD)
INTRODUCTION
When it comes to obsessive-compulsive disorder, there are common features that are associated with it. Those common features are: of sweating, accelerated rate of heartbeat, and restlessness. All show that a person is experiencing the symptoms of ....
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Introduction
We all have traditions and a certain way we like to do things and those traditions become a part of our lives. If we skip or do not do them we feel as if something is missing. However, when the traditions become so ingrained that we must do them over and over again or we feel that s....
Osteogenesis imperfecta
Osteogenesis Imperfecta
Osteogenesis Imperfecta, also referred to as the Brittle Bone Disease, is a devastating condition that plagues over 1 in 20,000 births. (Solomon) A person with this condition can have multiple fractures from the slightest of traumas. (Antoniazzi) There is no....
Osteoporosis: Cause and Effect
An estimated 10 million people have osteoporosis in the United States at the minute, and approximately 34 million have decreased bone density which puts them at an increased risk for developing the disease. Also, about 1.5 million fractures are caused annually in the US alone due to osteoporosis.....
Parkinson s disease
Parkinson's disease is a chronic disease of the central nervous system caused by lowered levels of the inhibitory neurotransmitter dopamine. Parkinsons disease targets a specific area of the human brain that is a collection of nerve cells, the substantia nigra. The damage to these functional units....
parkinsons
Parkinson's disease is a chronic disease of the central nervous system caused by lowered levels of the inhibitory neurotransmitter dopamine. Parkinsons disease targets a specific area of the human brain that is a collection of nerve cells, the substantia nigra. The damage to these functional units....
Pediatric Medication Errors
Abstract
The following documentation will examine the problem of pediatric medication errors in the clinical setting. Focus will be on providing insight on this topic and raising healthcare worker awareness. A lot of information was gathered about different studies that were conducted to try to red....
Pharmacist's Negligence
Pharmacists Negligence
Pharmacists are held to a standard of care that requires absolute accuracy in order processing. The fact of error speaks so loudly that, when a patient has received a wrong drug, or the right drug in the wrong strength, or the right drug with the wrong directions, a pres....
Phobias
Most persons lose out on many opportunities due to the fact that they try to avoid a particular situation, object or activity. Many of us might say that those persons may have a fear towards that situation, object or activity and others may state that it is a phobia. However, having a fear is norma....
Physical and Environmental Effects of a Nuclear War
Imagine the heat of millions of degrees, the immediate destruction of thousands of acres, and the deaths of hundreds of thousands of lives. Now imagine all of that times a thousand. There you have a nuclear war, the explosion of a thousand or more nuclear bombs on the earth. That is what is estim....
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
DATE: JANUARY 7, 2007
SUBJ: FINAL EXAM RESEARCH PAPER
POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD)
In the face of disaster, each of us reacts in our own way. Just hearing news of shattering events, such as the September 11th destruction of New Yorks World Trade Centre and incidents during ....
Post-traumatic Disorder
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD
The post-traumatic stress disorder occurs when the person has suffered some kind
of traumatic stress from accidents, disasters, violence etc. This may sometimes be
confused with a disease. This is not a disease, it is an injury. Most of the....
Psychotropic Drugs: Are They Helpful or Harmful to Children
Psychotropic Medications: Are They Helpful or Harmful to Children?
By Tierwanda Bright
Children who have been diagnosed with Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) or Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) are often prescribed some form of psychotropic ....
Public Health for Nutrition Studies Risk Factors
Australia Institute of Health and Welfare, (2008) defines a risk factor as a term given to a health aspect which can impact on a person's health usually in a negative way. There are many different types of risk factors; they can be modifiable and non-modifiable factors. Modifiable factors have the p....
Public Literacy: Understanding the Influence of Advertising
Companies have spent millions and millions of dollars to advertise their merchandise, in magazines, newspapers, and websites directing towards middle age women because they might be at a point in their life where health and nutrition is essential. As I skim thru magazines, many of the advertisements....
ritalin use for children
Ritalin
In class, there are always the kids who cannot sit still, constantly are talking out without raising their hands, and have trouble paying attention. Often times these problems are affecting the childs entire life and need to be treated. Attention d....
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is one of the most common mental illnesses. About 1% of the world population has schizophrenia. In the United States, there are about 2.5 million people with the disease. Schizophrenia is the cause of more hospitalizations than almost any other illness. Schizophrenia most commonly beg....
Sleep Deprivation
Unconscious Frustration
A normal day in the life of a college student: waking up early for class, skipping out on the most important meal of the day, breakfast, continuing on with activities, and then going to bed after midnight. According to Adriel Bettelheim, graduate of Case Western Reserve Uni....
Suicide
A wrenching, twisting, emotional agony turns into involuntary affliction, than develops into an entity dark universe of an eternal vacuum of death. Suicide can occur from many reasons; extreme stress, abuse, emotional upset, neglect, poverty, health injury, disability, living conditions, and extrem....
Unseen Tears revealing the hidden side of domestic violence
There are sounds coming from a neighbors apartment, but no one is ever listening or willing to help the person behind the door. There are loud screams of words that should never be spoken then sounds of a person being hit and thrown to the floor. How bad is this person hurt or are they dea....
urinary tract infection
UTI - A urinary tract infection (UTI) is an infection that begins in your urinary system. UTIs limited to your bladder can be painful and annoying. But serious consequences can occur if the infection spreads to your kidneys.
Women are most at risk of developing a UTI. In fact, half of all women wil....
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