The cognitive explanation for OCD starts from the observation that everybody at some time has undesirable thoughts that they would be ashamed to admit (e.g. most of us worry at times about touching something dirty). The theory suggests that people with OCD have a ‘cognitive bias’, irrational thought patters. The cognitive therapy for OCD helps the individual change their irrational thinking by encouraging them to use counter-statements in order to reverse negative, irrational thinking. For example ‘if the worst happened is it true that I would not be able to handle it?’, this would enable negative and irrational thoughts to be dispelled.
Once your immune system weakens by chronic stress you are more vulnerable to reacting to irritants and allergens, thus you will get itchy, red, pale swellings, known as hives. “Experts believe that there is a very
Wound Dressings: Wet to Dry According to the article, “The issues surrounding the continued use of saline soaked gauze dressings”, using wet to dry dressings for wounds healing by second intention may actually have a detrimental effect on wound healing and patient comfort. The article stated that saline soaked dressings may prolong inflammation by adhering to granulation tissue during debridement causing the wound to return to an earlier inflammatory stage. The author also states that this will also cause increased pain for the patient. In addition, debridement in this manner can also cause dehydration of the wound and cause further pain by exposing nerve endings to air and cold saline several times a day during dressing change. Also mentioned, is the increased risk of localized hypothermia and risk for infection as wet gauze to the wound can cause vasoconstriction and in theory, also decrease leukocyte mobility and efficiency of phagocytes.
HPSY401 – HEALTH BEHAVIOUR CRITICALLY EVALUATE ANY MODELS ON HOW TO BREAK BAD NEWS Bad news may be defined as “any information which adversely and seriously affects an individual's view of his or her future”. (Placek JT, Eberhardt TL 1996). Buckman (1984) considers bad news to be ‘news that alters a person’s view of the future: drastically and negatively’, Bad news is always, however, in the “eye of the beholder,” such that one cannot estimate the impact of the bad news until one has first determined the recipient's expectations or understanding. Recently, there has been a renewed interest in developing specific educational initiatives to prepare healthcare professionals in breaking bad news. While most initiatives have previously focused on medical staff, some now offer training to a wider range of healthcare professionals (Blok et al, 1999).
Discrimination is attached to the mentally ill and because of this they are denied the same equalities that others in society have. The mentally ill are blamed for their own misfortunes by the bias opinions that others place on them through interaction and the negative portrayal displayed in the media. The nurse must be a voice for the mentally ill and strive for a better way in which the mentally ill are perceived and treated. I agreed with the author, in that the health care professional’s attitudes towards drug users does affect how they approach and provide care to these individuals. Patients with a history of illicit drug use are seen as having a higher risk for simultaneous chronic drug related diseases.” Negative attitudes towards patients with a history of illicit drug use can adversely affect the therapeutic nurse-patient relationship, resulting in suboptimal patient care”.
His claim indicates that negative and traumatic experiences are more likely to be forgotten than more positive ones, which are more likely to be remembered. Anything that can be forgotten could have been repressed, because we are not comfortable with that idea. There is a tendency to use repression as a defence mechanism. It’s used against negative emotion, which is obtained in childhood and is a response to poor quality relationships with parents. Freud argued that repression didn’t only explain the anxiety disorders of his patients, due to the repression of traumatic experiences, but it was common cause of forgetting something daily.
And Teds work by inhibiting the cyclooxygenase enzymes that make the inflammatory and pain producing chemicals prostaglandin. For severe pain opioids are most potent and effective. Hope you have a downside because they are at high risk for being abused and can cause respiratory difficulty, depression and constipation. For neuropathic pain antiepileptic and antidepressant drugs are you prescribed. Some neuropathy pain might include damage to the nerves from high blood pressure, neuralgia and diabetic neuropathy.
People who stutter can build up intense fears in response to the loss of control that they feel or in response to the penalty that they experience from listeners. Avoidance behaviors may constitute the largest group of behaviors developed in response to fear. People who stutter will do a variety of things to avoid a moment of stuttering and the subsequent loss of control and listener penalty. Some common examples include substituting words that they think are easier to say for the ones they fear stuttering on, talking around a word and not saying it at all, pausing and pretending to think, and avoiding talking altogether. When people who stutter have successfully avoided a moment of stuttering the fears does not subside as completely as we might expect.
Cheating also causes an internal struggle in the person performing said action. Feelings of guilt can overcome a person when they realize that their action can't be reversed. This can be detrimental to their family life, social life, and ultimately health. It has been proven that stress can decrease a person's immune system, causing them to be more prone to being sick. The sicknesses cannot only be physical,
People get stressed out so much that they start making their body less healthy by their actions. As it is mentioned in the article, “ people who are stressed out tend to do other things that makes their body less healthy and more vulnerable to the effects of stress” I agree with this statement because of my personal experience. The article has shown us how stress can affect the lives of human beings physically and mentally. The article starts by informing the reader that stress can cause both short and long term change in the body and mind. Short term stress is caused by our hormones and adrenaline and it could increase our heart rate; whereas, long term stress could be a danger to our life.