In this article Meadow published his theory of MSBP. People that suffer from this disorder are said to harm or fake symptoms of illness in their children (parents are most common) or persons in their care. They do this in order to gain attention from the medical community. He based his theory on two cases of this bizarre type of behavior he found in two mothers. One of the mothers had poisoned her child with enormous quantities of salt.
After the birth of her fifth child and the death of her father, she went into a severe depression and was forcefully admitted to Devereux-Texas Treatment Network. There, Dr. Mohammed Saeed prescribed a series of psychotropic drug treatments. He also abruptly tapered off the antipsychotic Haldol, a medication that helped Andrea recover in 1999. On June 20, 2001, during the hour between her husband leaving for work and her mother-in-law arriving, Andrea Yates drowned all five of her children in the bathtub. Debra M. Osterman, a psychiatrist with the Mental Health and Mental Retardation Authority of Harris County, Tex., said
Symptoms: •Diarrhea (often containing blood or mucus) •Abdominal cramps •Fever Causes: Infection occurs when you accidentally swallow shigella bacteria. Touching your mouth Eating contaminated food Swallowing contaminated water Risk factors: Being a toddler, living in group housing or participating in group activities, living or traveling in areas that lack sanitation. Complications: Dehydration. Persistent diarrhea can cause dehydration. Symptoms include lightheadedness, dizziness, lack of tears in children, sunken eyes and dry diapers.
A Character in Arrested Development Dr. Kathryn Rodriguez 3/18/2011 Human Growth and Development Amy Kathryn Simmons I watched a movie entitled “Dolores Claiborne” and intend to argue that the main character’s daughter, Selena St. George, is arrested in early adolescence, as well as a stage two moral development. Selena’s character is dually frozen due to multiple traumas. Selena’s basic story is as such: Her father died when she was 13 and her mother was accused of his murder but acquitted. We come to find later in the story that her father had been sexually abusing her for some period of time prior to his death. It is her abuse that accounts for the moral arrest and trauma of negative celebrity and the essential mental breakdown that followed cause her to arrest again, this time developmentally in an early adolescent mind set.
Running head: POSTMODERN AND FAMILY SYSTEMS THERAPY: Term Paper Postmodern and Family Systems Therapy: Term Pape Grand Canyon University PSY 460 3/28/2011 Postmodern and Family Systems Therapy In North America 12% of women were sexually abused when they were children, not counting all unreported cases, leaving in its wake, long-term consequences for the survivor to cope with (Hunter, Sally V., 2006). Some of these symptoms include depression, anxiety, panic disorders, phobias, suicidal thoughts, low self-esteem, self-mutilation and toxic shame. This paper covers how various therapy models help female survivors through their recovering process to lead more vital and satisfying lives. Survivors of childhood sexual abuse are forever reminded either consciously or unconsciously, that they are set apart, wounded, or lonely in their self-imposed isolation, realizing that their coping mechanisms are not working for them, many seek help. Each of these therapy methods is unique and all can provide the guidance and support they need.
It is revealed that the girl in the flashback is Alice herself, who was kidnapped from her home 8 years previously. Alice was left chained up for two months in the basement of the same farmhouse "Kristen" had burned down, in order to survive the past torture, she created different personalities. It is then revealed that Alice is suffering from multiple personality disorder, creating Tammy, Zoey, Sarah, Iris and Emily. Over time Alice's own personality became so overwhelmed by that of the others that she became lost. Through experimental techniques, Dr Stringer explains that her treatments were working until "Kristen" appeared.
Medication errors performed by health care professionals are the most common type of injury resulting in patient harm and death. According to "U.S. Food And Drug Administration" (2014), 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 (para. 1). This paper further discusses a critical regulatory issue in health care relating to a case law, which sent a pharmacist to jail for a medication error that led to the death of a child. In February 2006, Emily Jerry, a two-year old child was at a Cleveland hospital to complete her last series of chemotherapy treatment.
As the disease progresses, muscles continue to weaken, affecting the infant's ability to move, chew, swallow, and breathe. Affected infants also experience vision loss and seizures.” (Genetics) Ella-Louise’s mother Linda Van-Roy had to watch her daughter slowly faded away under palliative sedation, food and liquid withheld so her suffering was not further prolonged. Mrs. Van-Roy wished that she had the option to end her daughters suffering. The purpose of this speech today is to inform you about euthanasia and physician assisted suicide. According the Indian Journal of Psychology author Vinod K Sinha, “The English philosopher Sir Francis Bacon coined the phrase "euthanasia" early in the 17th century.
For instance, she writes that year after year in the early fifties, the words infantile paralysis and poliomyelitis struck great fear in young parents that the disease would snatch their children as they slept (paragraph 3). On the other hand, she mentions that in these days the polio-free generations have grown up to be doctors, teachers, business leaders, government officials and parents. Cancer, heart disease, strokes and AIDS are for more lethal realities to them know than polio (paragraph 9). Through this technique the author shows the very difference between the polio generation and the free-polio generation, so the reader can have a clear idea about it. The second writing technique that the author uses is historical.
Khyra Isheq A girl of seven who was allowed to die by a failed Social Services Khyra Isheq was beaten with a cane and was allowed to starve and eventually die a slow and painful death by her mother Angela Gordon and her step father Junaid Abuhamza. This happened to Khyra even though she was being monitored and visited by at least nine Social Workers, Teachers, Education Officers and even the Police. Many of the people who visited Khyra were simply fobbed off by her mother. Her step father who was found to be a Schizophrenic believed that Khyra was possessed by an evil spirit called a “Jinn” and that Khyra could only be saved by having the spirit starved and beaten out of her. Once Khyra had started to lose weight she was removed from mainstream school and was instead taught from home by her mother.