Refer to the DSM-IV checklist for specific phobia. Which of Tina’s symptoms meet any of the criteria? (Be sure to match specific symptoms with specific criteria.) |Tina’s fear of a bridge collapsing while she is on it, matches the phobia criteria number 2: “immediate anxiety usually produced by | |exposure to the object.” | 2b. Does Tina have a specific phobia and if yes, what is the feared object?
Case Study: Anxiety Answer Sheet Diagnosing Tina Student Name: Diagnosing Generalized Anxiety Disorder: 1a. Refer to the DSM-IV checklist for generalized anxiety disorder. Which of Tina's symptoms meet any of the criteria? (Be sure to match specific symptoms with specific criteria.) |Shortness of breath, dizziness, trembling hands falls into the category of outbreaks of panic.
Patients with paranoid schizophrenia are more opportunistic in behaving aggressively or violently towards co-patients and/or staff, which is why implementation of such assessment tools have been put in place (Langan, 2008). Upon completion of regular risk assessment screening tools the nurse must implement measures to minimize risks which have been identified. Good examples of this on an inpaitent unit are increased visual observations,
CASE STUDY: DEPRESSION ANSWER SHEET Ellen: Depression and Suicidality Student Name: Diagnosing Ellen 1a. Refer to the DSM-IV checklist and list all symptoms that Ellen has that match the criteria for major depressive episode. Which of Ellen's symptoms meet any of the criteria? (Be sure to match specific symptoms with specific criteria.) 1b.
Psychological Disorder Analysis Greg Bradford PSY/270 5-27-2012 This is an analysis on a 42-year-old Hispanic female named Marla with symptoms of having trouble sleeping, feelings of anxiousness or jumpiness, and an inability to concentrate. Marla is showing signs that she is suffering from a dysthymic disorder. If she was a child, ADHD would have been another possibility, but at her age and the onset of symptoms as they are, Marla is developing a dysthymic disorder. However, I would like to follow up with a line of questions for Marla to answer. These questions will help better understand Marla’s affliction or disorder.
D) Nancy has a negative Babinski's reflex bilaterally. Due to her deteriorating condition, Nancy is immediately referred to the neurologist. The ED nurse realizes that Nancy has probably suffered a left-sided brain attack. 3. Which clinical manifestation further supports this assessment?
pg. 16). According to Frederick T. L. Leong, the general editor of the Encyclopedia of counseling, says that a panic attack can have onsets of fearfulness, intense apprehension, and even leaving an individual with feelings of doom. Others may feel short of breath, a choking feeling, chest pain, or palpitations to mention just a few symptoms one may endure. Individuals who have endured such symptoms tend to worry about when the next occurrence of these sudden onsets may arise and just how these symptoms will affect them in the future (Leong.
Biological perspective is relating anxiety to family and genetic history. Many illnesses including mental illness can be genetic. An approach for this would be anti-depressants as well anxiety medication. The perspective I agree with is the biological and psychodynamic perspective. I agree with the psychodynamic perspective because I have anxiety attacks from situations that have happened to me as a child.
In later stages of TSD, the child will experience seizures, vision and hearing loss, exhibit an abnormal startle response to loud noises and paralysis. TSD is a fatal and tragic disease, and it is very important for parents, and anyone who is thinking of becoming a parent to be informed on what the disease is, and how it can and will affect not only their life, but their child’s life. Tay-Sachs disease was named
Myths have developed surrounding the law and ethical principles in end of life care, which can make care provision at the end of life complex and fraught with potential dilemmas. This article examines three of the most common myths related to the provision of palliative care and highlights their inadequacy when set against the ethical and legal principles on which end of life care pathways are based. the following end of life decisions (Quill et al 1997, Taylor 2003, Veterans’ Health Association National Ethics Committee 2007): Withdrawing or withholding life-prolonging treatment. For example, the care team might decide not to start a patient on ventilation, dialysis, artificial nutrition or hydration, or antibiotics. Alternatively, having