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Child And Adolescent Children And Adolescents
1,546 wordsAdolescent depression continues to be a growing American problem since its discovery in the 1970 s. How exactly to treat this problem, however, is not a clear issue. For years the psychiatric community felt that psychotherapy was the best way to treat this growing epidemic. However, with the development of antidepressants, most famously Prozac, many people feel the problem is nearing a solution. Many psychiatrists believe these pills can be a quick and effective way to treat suffering adolescent...
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Diagnosis And Treatment Of Depression In The Elderly
1,256 words... g interest in the results of cognitive therapy on elderly depressed patients. In addition to the success, the US National Institute of Health consensus conference highlighted the need for continued development in this area (January 1997). The types of psychological treatments used on the elderly are specifically designed for aged persons. The central idea in cognitive therapy is to take the negative self-opinion and teach ways to reverse this opinion. Validation and reminiscence are examples...
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Elderly Patients High Risk
1,346 wordsWithin the health care arena there is a growing concern about the needs of the elderly. Families wonder if their loved ones are getting the proper care that they need With the growing costs of health care and the decreasing resources of primary care physicians it is feared that only the physical needs of the patient are met. Concerns rise about the social psychological and environmental needs or the elderly. A study by Barbara Berkman and associates tries to provide some answers to people concer...
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Downs Syndrome Genetic Disorder
1,468 words... y common in Downs Syndrome babies. Another thing that should be checked is for congenital dislocation of the hips. Extra care should be taken during the usual neonatal examination. In about 13 % of Downs Syndrome newborns there are already version problems with congenital cataracts. The removal of this early is very crucial. The sooner removed the better the babies vision is. (How to treat people with Downs Syndrome) Infancy It is extremely important to watch that the child during infancy do...
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Managed Care Organizations Health Care System
921 wordsMedia Chung Massachusetts is located in the northeastern section of the United States with a land area of 7, 838 sq. miles. It is nicknamed the Bay State. The total population of Massachusetts is 6, 016, 425. Massachusetts has a white majority with the protection of the rights of minorities. There is no single body responsible for making and enforcing health care policy. The majority of the population is White 5, 405, 374 (89. 8 %); Blacks 300, 130 (5. 0 %); Hispanic 287, 549 (4. 8 %); Asian 143...
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Adolescent Depression Affective Disorders
1,664 wordsThe suicide rate for adolescents has increased more than 200 % over the last decade. Recent studies have shown that greater than 20 % of adolescents in the general population have emotional problems and one-third of adolescents attending psychiatric clinics suffer from depression. The majority of teenage depressions can be managed successfully by the primary care physician with the support of the family, says Maurice Blackman MB, FRCPC. Depression has been considered to be the major psychiatric ...
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Managed Care In The Psychiatric Setting
1,646 wordsManaged Care in the Psychiatric Setting The healthcare has been of the greatest interest to governments around the world throughout the human history. The age dynamics, death expectations, and fertility rates are the facts that matter when the government ponders some social program. I should note here that if the US government managed to provide the health care to every US citizen, it would probably be re-elected billion times, because health issues, government support and aid can be used as a c...
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Health Care System Health Care Services
2,314 wordsRunning head: HEALTH CARE Health Care for Families and People with Disabilities [author's name] [author's affiliation] Health Care for Families and People with Disabilities Disability is defined by Newacheck and Halfon (1998) as a long-term reduction in ability to conduct social role activities because of a chronic physical or mental condition. Krahn (as cited in Krahn, Hammond, & Turner, 2006) noted that, until recently, disability was presumed equivalent to illness, with similar expectations o...
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Health Care Providers People With Disabilities
2,323 words... means of the following four key elements: Arrangement with selected clinicians to furnish a comprehensive set of health care services to members of the plan for a preset fee in most cases. Explicit standards for the selection of health care clinicians. Formal programs of quality assurance and utilization review. Substantial incentives for members to use clinicians associated with the plan. Managed care has aimed to provide quality health services while constraining costs. Committee on Childr...
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Science And Technology Health Care
538 wordsResearch Trends At the national level, serious health policy issues proved to be intractable. A large proportion of the population (at least 40 million people) lacked health insurance, almost 20 % of the population lacked a usual source of care, the public health infrastructure remained weak, and mental health care struggled for recognition and parity. There was renewed uncertainty about the adequacy of the health care workforce, confirmation of important disparities in health and health care, a...
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Physical Fitness For Youth And Adults
2,167 wordsPhysical fitness for youth and adults According to A Comprehensive Lifestyle Approach: physical fitness is the body's ability to function efficiently and effectively. It consists of health-related physical fitness and skill-related physical fitness, which have at least eleven different components, each of which contributes to total quality of life. Physical fitness also includes metabolic fitness. Physical fitness is associated with a person's ability to work effectively, to enjoy leisure time, ...
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Principles Of Utilitarian And Logic
699 wordsPrinciples of Utilitarian and De ontological Logic The U. S government and private health care providers are currently trying to create a more systematic approach for States and local communities to extend health and mental health care to their uninsured residents, which correlates directly with the principles of utilitarian and de ontological logic. In the United States cultural and social factors contribute to the causation of mental illness, yet that contribution varies by disorder. Mental il...
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Community Development And Empowerment
2,629 wordsCommunity development and community empowerment The present research will concentrate on the discussion of the questions and problems of the community development and community empowerment, based on the case study of the Chinese farmers. The aim of the work is to distinguish the main postulates and strategies of the community empowerment, the barriers for their development and the role of community in its own development. The aspect of the community development and the question of the participat...
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Rheumatoid Arthritis Chronically Ill
1,957 words... the medical profession. Early reports from the USA suggest that the consequences for patients will be even more unfortunate than we have seen to date. The rising cost of primary care for all patients is tremendous. This often results in ill children being forced out of hospitals before fully recovering. The American Journal of Diseases of Children reports that some aspects of HMO policies were found to operate against the interest of families with chronically ill children. In particular, HMO...
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Shown In Figure Rheumatoid Arthritis
1,714 wordsCompare And Contrast The Changes Described In Compare And Contrast The Changes Described In All The Tissue Types Of The Neuro-Muculoskeletal System Associated With Rheumatoid Arthritis And Degenerative Disease Accompanying Advancing Age. Compare and Contrast the Changes Described in all the Tissue Types of the Neuro-Musculoskeletal System Associated With Rheumatoid Arthritis and Degenerative Disease Accompanying Advancing Age. By Daniel Gibb (3 rd Year) Introduction: Arthritis is a chronic illne...
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Low Blood Pressure Symptoms Of Depression
2,478 wordsMental disorders are becoming more prevalent in today? s society as people add stress and pressure to their daily lives. The elderly population is not eliminated as a candidate for a disorder just because they may be retired. In fact, mental disorders affect 1 in 5 elderly people. One would think that with disorders being rather prevalent in this age group that there would be an abundance of treatment programs, but this is not the case. Because the diagnosis of an individual? s mental state is s...
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Health Care Reform Luke
1,562 wordsIntroduction The Fargo, North Dakota healthcare market is served by many different physicians and hospitals. This area includes an eastern North Dakota and a portion of western Minnesota. St. Luke? s Hospital and the Fargo Clinic are both major players in this region. St. Luke? s was a community not-for-profit hospital, and the Fargo Clinic was two separate for-profit corporations. Until recently, they have been operating as separate entities. In 1986, they formed a partnership and proceeded to ...
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