According to the article "What Is Combat PTSD?”, Diagnosing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder can be hard because soldiers view reporting their symptoms as a sign of weakness (What, 1). This makes it difficult to get an accurate idea of exactly how many men and women return from war with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Those who suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder often relive the horrendous events they have experienced in combat. Behaviors of this disorder can take on many forms. Sufferers may have a hard time relaxing, experience anxiety, and they often battle depression.
While most initiatives have previously focused on medical staff, some now offer training to a wider range of healthcare professionals (Blok et al, 1999). Over the course of a career, a busy clinician may disclose unfavorable medical information to patients and families many thousands of times. Breaking bad news to patients is inherently aversive, described as “hitting the patient over the head” or “dropping a bomb”. Breaking bad news can be particularly stressful when the clinician is inexperienced, the patient is young, or there are limited prospects for successful treatment. Bad news must be told because of the following reasons: Patients Want the Truth Ethical and Legal Imperatives Clinical Outcomes However, breaking bad news is also a complex communication task.
Hypochondriasis: An evaluation of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and its effectiveness Hypochondriasis also known as Health Anxiety is a recurring conundrum in primary and secondary medical care which has a considerable burden on health facilities. A mole equals skin cancer, a headache equals a tumour, the course of thought a hypochondriac goes through. According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-IV (DSM-IV), hypochondriasis is an unrealistic explanation of bodily feelings as irregular leading to anxiety and the conviction that one has a serious disease. According to the Self Care Campaign Group £2 billion is what hypochondriasis is costing the NHS every year and a fifth of GP appointments are accountable for common treatable ailments (Martin, D., Newspaper, 2010). Hypochondriasis is so overwhelming that it causes problems with work or relationships in one’s life and if it is severe it can be completely disabling.
The main findings are that anorexia can cause many problems in the heart, the brain, the stomach, bones and in the end even death. The treatment includes both medical and psychiatric support. Furthermore, marketing can easily affect negative and positive the people’s thoughts, through advertisements. Anorexia is a serious problem and is caused only by human act. This is the reason that is must be examine in a deeper way in order to end this illogical illnesses.
Also I would want to be in the healthiest condition possible. Also I just don’t find it fair for everyone to know what’s wrong with ME except ME. Family matters also get caught up in this matters such as could they get it. If I had a disease like cancer for example, then I would want to find out if any other relatives have it. Because the last thing I would want to happen when I have a terminal disease is lose someone I care about.
When inhaled, each of these ingredients can result in hazardous effects on our respiratory system, especially the lungs which are the most important among the various organs of the respiratory system. Tobacco isn’t a good drug for people. It affect to lungs, brain and action of people. To quit smoking is hard, but he want us try to quit smoking. Reynolds’s commentary is part a larger debate about the effect on the brain after smoking.
Kelly Washington March 12, 2012 Define Normal & Abnormal: There can be two things to define normal and abnormal behavior: the culture that the individual is living in and the individual them self. Different cultures have different norms for which behavior is either typical or atypical and different individuals have different opinions on what they are willing to tolerate Case Study: Cancer is a very serious and traumatizing disease that affects the entire family, not just the person who has it. There’s almost no way to prepare for its outcome. Personally, I felt compelled to address this case study because of my having lost my father to this dreaded disease in 2008. Case Study of The Ins And Outs Of Cancer Cancer has affected the lives of each and every one of us alive today.
The emotion that I’m referring to is called stress. Stress is defined as the body’s reaction to an uncontrollable or unpredictable event which a person may perceive the event as being a threat to their well-being. This reaction is some like the flight or fight response and it is harmful for an individual when they are under too much pressure for consistent periods of time. It’s becoming a common occurrence for people who are so stressed out from work or school to decide and shoot up their job or school. However, due to all the senseless and heinous crimes occurring stress is being seriously debated by the medical community.
3). This is because the radiation level and hazardous chemicals in air pollution can severely damage a person’s lungs. These side effects can also cause multiple visits to the doctor, weird weather patterns, and in some cases even death (AA, 1) Another government facility, like Camp Pendleton located in southern California, has regulations in place but they’re still a key factor in air pollution from government facilities (Boothe 1). There have been multiple cases in which residents, who live near a burn pit on the facility, have reported severe cardiovascular issues and other serious health issues. Just for clarification, burn pits are the worst cause of air pollution.
“The way we perceive and handle issues of life affect our destiny as social beings”. (Chesnay & Anderson, pp.551). Long Island is considered a vulnerable community because of the risk that its 1,419,369 residents are facing with insecurity and the risk of developing lung diseases. Long Island was and still is a place I love to live in because of it’s quietness and its serenity even when I am aware of the risk factors. From my research, it is revealed that the air is polluted with ozone gas and that racism is an issue which can have an effect on the health care delivery.