What places Illinois woman at risk for HIV/AIDS? What are the symptoms of HIV/AIDS in women?
What places Illinois woman at risk for HIV/AIDS? What are the symptoms of HIV/AIDS in women? How can a woman reduce her chances of contracting HIV?
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What are the person’s struggles? What treatments have been tried and failed? What works?
Think about a client with schizophrenia that you know about from personal, work or clinical experience, or from news media or other sources. Describe the individual. What are the positive and/or negative symptoms? What are the person’s struggles? What treatments have been tried and failed? What works? If you were that person, what would you […]
What are common differential diagnoses? How common is the disease? What are the potential consequences of misdiagnosis?
In the assigned article, you read about ovarian teratomas. This diagnosis, although rare, can cause patients to present with psychiatric symptoms. However, if not discovered, the patient can end up in respiratory arrest and/or cardiac arrest on the psychiatric unit. Think back over your experience to a time when a misdiagnosis may have had serious […]
Explain the various adverse effects and complications that the client may experience as a result of receiving external radiation to the upper chest area.
Sallie Dean, a 42-year-old female client with a history of lung cancer, is being treated with outpatient teletherapy (external radiation) treatments. After the treatment, she complains of fatigue; localized skin burns, owing to which the skin is dry and red; and a dry, hacking cough that has developed gradually after several treatments. The client asks […]
What is the underlying cause of psoriasis? What are the common signs and symptoms of this disease?
Description Part 1: Skin KM is a 38-year-old white woman with a 6-year history of psoriasis. Her family history includes allergies and asthma and her mother with psoriasis. KM returns today for an increase in symptoms, and she wants to improve the appearance of her skin. Please discuss the following: What is the underlying cause […]
Discuss your differential diagnosis and provide a thorough basis for any diagnoses you have included.
Identify the patient’s symptoms and the available demographic and historical data. Discuss your differential diagnosis and provide a thorough basis for any diagnoses you have included. Determine what (if any) additional testing you would order and how this would be helpful in clarifying the diagnosis. Finally, explain recommendations for the patient/family for ongoing functioning (social, […]
Would women who suffer from premenstrual syndrome (PMS) benefit from taking zinc supplements to help reduce symptoms and improve mood and mental health associated with PMS?Discuss
Would women who suffer from premenstrual syndrome (PMS) benefit from taking zinc supplements to help reduce symptoms and improve mood and mental health associated with PMS?Discuss
What is the correct diagnosis for Burt’s problem(s)? Be specific with your diagnosis. Explain why you believe that is the correct diagnosis (mention at least 2 symptoms that stood out to you).
Generalized Anxiety Disorder Burt is a 27-year old electrician who complains of dizziness, sweating palms, heart palpitations, and ringing of the ears of more than 24 months duration. He has also experienced dry mouth and throat, periods of extreme muscle tension, and a constant “edgy” and watchful feeling that has often interfered with his ability […]
Address acute and overuse sports injuries, their associated signs and symptoms, mechanisms of injury, and physiological and psychological response to injury.
sports injuries Address acute and overuse sports injuries, their associated signs and symptoms, mechanisms of injury, and physiological and psychological response to injury.
Which drugs are contraindicated, if any, and why? Be specific. What is the timeframe that the patient should see resolution of symptoms?
PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY SHORT ANSWER Review the Learning Resources for this week. Reflect on the psychopharmacologic treatments that you have covered up to this point that may be available to treat patients with mental health disorders. Consider the potential effects these psychopharmacologic treatments may have on co-existing mental health conditions and/or their potential effects on your patient’s […]