Medical conditions are also a major cause of depression. Having a medical condition may cause a person to feel helpless, useless, and inferior to others. ... Psychotherapy is a treatment that requires that the doctor must first do an assessment, which should include sexual history, assessment of drug utilization, past, and current medical conditions, and a reproductive life history. Other treatments for depression include interpersonal therapy. ... Counseling is also helpful for the treatment of depression. ...

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Attention - Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has been recognized as a medical condition since the early 1900's. Yet, outside of the medical field, awareness of ADHD remained limited until the early 1990's. ... Once these medical conditions are ruled out, the doctor will evaluate whether any other psychiatric disorders are present in addition to ADHD. ... Effective treatment of ADHD may require a wide-ranging approach involving medical, psychological and educational iniatives. ... Behavior modification uses ordinary people as treatment agents. ...

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(Corales) Certain advancements in nuclear medicine are helping make progress in the treatment of the Post Traumatic Stress Disorder examples of the advancement are Neuroimaging, Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), Positron emission tomography (PET) In years of studies advances in neuroimaging has been better understood the studies of neurophysiology of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), studies have shown dysfunction and volume changes of the medial prefrontal cortex and hippocampus many changes in the regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF). ... (Johnson) There has been certain advancements...

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(iii) Axis III This axis pertains to the medical conditions relevant to understanding or treating a patient's Axis I or II disorder. ... (iv) Axis IV This axis involves psychosocial and environmental problems relevant to diagnosis, treatment, and outcome. ... However, OCD is a distinct disorder with its own set of criteria, symptoms and treatment. ... People with conversion disorder experience motor or sensory problems that suggest a neurological or medical disorder, even though one is not present. ... A key aspect of hypochondriasis is that a person worries about having a particular dise...

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Today our society encompasses people form many different backgrounds, hence, there is now a shift to consider socio-cultural factors in the assessment and treatment of patients (Regier, Kuhl, & Kupfer, 2013). ... Therefore, today evidenced-based practice requires careful consideration of socio-cultural differences in the classification and treatment of people with mental disorders (Regier et al., 2013). ... The CFI's questions employ a wide-range of theories based in medical anthropology: idioms of distress, explanatory models of illness, social networks, psychosocial stressors and supp...

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These people helped reform the medical profession to where it would be for assistive and detailed in order to try and help people understand mental illness. ... After campaigning for 40 years for humane treatment and better facilities for those who were mentally ill, Dix managed to become chief of hospital nurses for the Union forces during the Civil War. ... First of all, psychiatrists are not only psychologists but they are also medical doctors; those that received an M.D. Not only do they have the jurisdiction of the medical aspects of working with patients, but they also have practice w...

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Like many medical conditions, ADHD can be managed, but not cured. ... Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), completed a long-term, multi-site study to determine which treatments had the greatest positive effect on reducing ADHD symptoms. This study is better known as the MTA study (multi-modal treatment study of children with ADHD). ... Often, the first treatment step begins with learning what ADHD is and what to do about it. ... There have been many reports that medication is overprescribed for treatment of ADHD. ...

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Like many medical conditions, ADHD can be managed, but not cured. ... Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), completed a long-term, multi-site study to determine which treatments had the greatest positive effect on reducing ADHD symptoms. This study is better known as the MTA study (multi-modal treatment study of children with ADHD). ... Often, the first treatment step begins with learning what ADHD is and what to do about it. ... There have been many reports that medication is overprescribed for treatment of ADHD. ...

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These "warehouses- of the past were known for their sparse living conditions, brutal treatment of patients, and harsh medical procedures and treatments such as electroshock therapy. ... In the civil rights conscious state of the era, they were allowed to make their own decisions regarding their need for treatment. ... These behaviors create barriers to engagement in mental health services and treatment."" ...

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With the emergence of several medical and psychological breakthroughs regarding forensic/criminal psychology, the Queensland legal system is still using a rule formed when there was no access to diagnostic equipment and expert medical opinions, no previous precedents or access to statical data. This places a mentally ill defendant at a disadvantage from the start, having to prove their case without great importance being placed on various medical analytical equipment at their disposal. ... In the middle of his original trial, Mr Wilson was medically examined and the trial was stopped as the ap...

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If the public was more educated about the causes, behaviors, and treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, the people who suffer with it would not have to suffer in silence. ... While there is no cure for OCD or a way to prevent it, there are treatments for the symptoms. ... Within the last twenty years, scientists and psychologists have developed two successful treatments for OCD. These two treatments are cognitive-behavioral therapy (or CBT) and a medication that has a serotonin reuptake inhibitor, or SRI (OCF, 2000). ... As you can see, OCD is a proven medical condition that affects ...

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- (Bruscia 1) Given that music therapy is ever changing, like any other newly introduced medical treatment, there are numerous definitions for this process. ... Given this, the prescription is solely based on the client's personal habits and behavior, which can be focused on directly with the treatment. ... "Until World War II music in therapy continued to be used as a general treatment, a soporific, good for the soul, and morale builder. ... One important thing to be aware of is the fact that even though clients may develop musical skills because of the treatment, this is not the t...

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Medical factors that are associated with anxiety include stress around serious medical illnesses, a lack of oxygen from emphysema, heart conditions, blood clots in the lung, and side effects and symptoms of medication and illness (Crosta, 2013). ... Treatment often includes taking medication but without some form of therapy to accompany it, individuals suffering with anxiety disorders might be on the medication and never adopt useful strategies that can help them cope with their anxiety without taking medication. ... Resistance to treatment for someone that struggles with anxiety might stem fr...

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In the Texas Youth Correctional facility resocialization is basic correctional treatment. ... When a person is given certain medical diagnoses they are faced with resocialization. ... This proces could be siad for a lot of medical conditions. ...

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During a period of five years, 150 individuals who had either taken ecstasy at least once in their life or consecutively, were studied while in an addiction treatment facility. ... All patients that were a part of this study were both medically examined and a psychiatric history report was done. ... Every person had to fill out a consent form and a questionnaire about their age, gender, education level, medical history, and past and present use of legal and illegal use of drugs. ...

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The research attempting to develop treatment is to prevent said types of adrenalin from reaching the brain. ... Pitman of Harvard Medical School reasons that the fact the body reacts in the way it does (i.e. creating emotionally varying memories) is an evolutionary characteristic acquired by our ancestors to avoid hazardous situations and that this natural process could sometimes "overshoot that system" to cause PTSD. ... THE RESULT: This medical breakthrough opens the doors to a huge amount of potential medical findings. ...

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It was first used in German medical literature in 1922 but it didn't come to America until the 1930's. ... Phychosomatics is an approach of reforming medicine and this suggests new treatment in medicine, psychiatry, and psychology. ... A common treatment for asthmatic attacks is an injection of adrenaline ( Benzedrine inhaler) and surgery is not possible because the nerves that enervate the lungs are often confused with the ones leading to the heart. So the most effective treatment to cure asthma is therapy. ...

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Regularly practicing meditation and mindfulness can help us to 'stress-proof' ourselves, assisting us in the prevention, as well as the treatment, of stress. ... Medical studies have proven that if cells get enough oxygen due to correct deep breathing, it is impossible to get illnesses such as cancer, which is caused by a lack of oxygen to the cells (Dr. ... On a more physical level, medical studies have discovered proof of a delay in the aging process due to the practice of meditation and mindfulness, increasing the appearance of youth in older meditators and decreasing their '...

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Macdonald (2003) says that most of the time with mental illness, there is no medical proof, no evidence that there is anything wrong with you. ... Cuomo and Ronacher (1998) say that rebellious teenagers, unhappy housewives, dissatisfied workers, or lonely old people are often diagnosed as mentally ill, in which similar to what MacDonald says, is less a medical, scientific description than it is a judgment that the person being labelled has, in some way, behaved improperly. ... He was hospitalized for eight months and during that time was given shock treatments. ...

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"Music therapy has been shown to have a significant effect on a patient's perceived effectiveness of treatment, self-reports of pain reduction, relaxation, respiration rate, behaviorally observed and self-reported anxiety levels, and patient choice of anesthesia and amount of analgesic medication" (9). ...

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"How's it going, are you feeling okay? You don't seem like yourself, are you positive you're doing alright? If somethings going on you know you can talk to me, no judgement involved." Just those few sentences could have helped me conclude that I need help. There have been many times that I've gone days, weeks, even months feeling uneasy, emotional, indecisive, worthless, restless, and loss of interest in things that normally bring me happiness. ...

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All treatments are applied with emphasis on healing the whole body, which includes mind, body, and spirit. ... It can be used to heal all types of medical conditions such as stress, and can be used with chemotherapy; it reduces the side effects. ...

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Abstract Social behavioral research can involve non-human animals and human subjects. Until 1960 social behavior was devoid of any concept regarding right and wrong method of conducting research. Subsequently code of ethics was developed for research with both animal and human subjects. Animal rese...

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He started reading medical dictionaries and female anatomical texts that lead to a first time interest in women since as a child Gein's mother insisted he remain unmarried, and forced in him the belief that women betray and leads families to separation. ...

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