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The Onset Essays and Term Papers
Late-Onset PsychosisPsychosis first occurs after the age of 60 and affects 2-4% of elderly people. Late-Onset Psychosis (LOP) effects include paranoid delusions and hallucinations in the absence of a mood disorder or medical condition before the person reached the age of 60. To be able to develop a psychotic ...
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Dementiais an organic brain syndrome which results in global cognitive impairments. can occur as a result of a variety of neurological diseases. Some of the more well known dementing diseases include Alzheimer's disease (AD), multi-infarct (MID), and Huntington's disease (HD). Throughout this essay ...
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Anxiety Disorders And TreatmentAnxiety is a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome. This is a normal human emotion that occurs frequently in life. It is normal to feel anxious before a test, dentist visit, interview etc. However, when a person ...
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LazinessKeratinization, absence of granular layer, and depositation of antibodies
and complement components in the stratum corneum. Most notable is the
hyperproliferation of keratinocytes in the epidermis. These keratinocytes
exhibit an increased mitotic rate and have ten times the turnover rate of
normal ...
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Alzheimer's: Genetic DementiaAlzheimer's, the disease of the degeneration of the brain, was
identified in 1907 by German physician Alois Alzheimer. Four million
Americans suffer from the disease which deprives the victim of the ability
to remember, think, reason, and eventually coordinate movement. This most
common form of ...
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Tourette's DisorderTourette Syndrome And Other Tic Disorders
Definitions of Tic Disorders
Differential Diagnosis
Symptomatology
Associated Behaviors and Cognitive Difficulties
Etiology
Stimulant Medications
Epidemiology and Genetics
Non-Genetic ...
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Obsessive Compulsive DisorderObsessive ¡V Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (henceforth OCD) is an anxiety related disorders and is a potentially disabling condition that can persist throughout a person¡¦s life. The key features of OCD are obsessions and compulsions. Obsessions can be defined as ...
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Senilityis a disease commonly referred to as dementia. It affects
4 million Americans every year and is a major cause of disability in old
age (Bunch, 1997, p. 106). Its prevalence increases with age (Bunch, 1997,
p. 106). Dementia is characterized by a permanent memory deficit affecting
recent memory ...
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DinoflagellatesDinoflagellates are the second most abundant order of marine organisms, outnumbered only by diatoms. Both of these orders of marine phytoplankton have species which produce toxins linked with human illness; however, on a global basis the dinoflagellates are the greatest significance. These ...
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DepressiooConsider this: Elizabeth Wurtzel has struggled with depression throughout her life. She has a history of suicide attempts, self-mutilations, and serious mood swings. She took numerous antidepressants and medications in an attempt to regulate her irregular behavior. She quit using the ...
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Insulin-Dependent Diabetes******REMINDER****** The information contained in the Rare Disease
Database is provided for educational purposes only. It should not be
used for diagnostic or treatment purposes. If you wish to obtain more
information about this disorder, please contact your ...
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DepressiooConsider this: Elizabeth Wurtzel has struggled with depression throughout her life. She has a history of suicide attempts, self-mutilations, and serious mood swings. She took numerous antidepressants and medications in an attempt to regulate her irregular behavior. She quit using the ...
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StutteringBehavioral
Long Term Goal: To decrease the severity of stuttering.
Rationale: Measures of severity may be the most clinically relevant assessment of overt stuttering behaviors.
Short Term Objectives
1. Objective: To increase production of fluent speech by decreasing rate of ...
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Lyme DiseaseThe National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD), P.O. Box 8923, New
Fairfield, CT 06812, (203) 746-6518
Lyme Arthritis
General Discussion --------------------------------
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Alzheimers DiseaseAlzheimer’s disease is a slowly progressive, degenerative disorder of the brain that eventually results in abnormal brain function and death. The disease was first described in 1907 by a German physician, Dr. Alois Alzheimer(1864-1915). In the neurological autopsy on the brain of a 56-year-old ...
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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis(ALS), sometimes referred to as "Lou Gehrig's Disease," is a progressive fatal neuromuscular disease that attacks nerve cells and pathways in the brain and spinal cord. Motor neurons, among the largest of all nerve cells, reach from the brain to the spinal cord and from the spinal cord to muscles ...
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Cholera: Virulence, Origin, And PandemicsMerriam Webster’s Tenth Edition College Dictionary describes virulence as the rapid course, severity, or malignancy of a disease or infection caused by a microorganism [pathogen] to overcome body defenses of the host. Ewald (1) looks at virulence in two spectrums depending upon mortality rates ...
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Alzheimer’s Diseaseis a slowly progressive, degenerative disorder of the brain that eventually results in abnormal brain function and death. The disease was first described in 1907 by a German physician, Dr. Alois Alzheimer(1864-1915). In the neurological autopsy on the brain of a 56-year-old woman Auguste D., of ...
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Pulmonary AgentsSummary
Signs and Symptoms: Eye and airway irritation, dyspnea, chest tightness, and delayed pulmonary edema.
Detection: Odor of newly mown hay or freshly cut grass or corn. There is no military detector for phosgene.
Decontamination: Vapor: fresh air. Liquid: copious water irrigation. ...
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Psychodelic DrugsAlcohol
Alcohol is one of the most widely used drugs in this society. It is
accepted as a part of social life. Its use is widely promoted via sponsorship of
sporting events. Advertising infers that drinking is the path to happiness,
success, romance, etc. There are references to alcohol and its ...
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