Treatment

The fact that the notion of mental health and mental disorders is socially constructed is supported by cross-cultural studies that demonstrate that the very same behaviors might be perceived as the norm in one culture and deviation in another. Apart from cultural differences in the understanding of disorders, an effective...

Introduction Jessica Smith, a 13-year old biracial girl who identifies as a sexual minority, has been having trouble with maintaining her grades at school, causing trouble at school, and running away from home. Jessica has had a very limited history of acting out in the manners which had just been...

Explanation There are a number of different ways that medical professionals help people with epilepsy. The most common means of treatment is through the procurement of drugs. People use drugs to control the symptoms of epilepsy, and over the short term, to stop seizures while they are happening. Some individuals...

The Case of Sue Sue, as a distraught parent, has experienced a number of disturbing episodes and painful encounters in her life in the recent past. She might be tempted to believe that the happenings around her are her fault. However, the reality of the matter is that the decisions...

Dara Rehab is the first habit rehabilitation facility in South East Asia and is Asia’s premier International endpoint for addiction behavior treatment. The organization is the most renowned drug and alcohol rehabilitative center in Thailand. Dara rehab believes in two perspectives; firstly, the organization conforms to the idea that each...

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued the Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2014-08 to revise the treatment of discontinued operations. The update also obligates entities to issue further disclosures regarding disposal transactions that fail to meet the criteria of discontinued operations. It also makes alterations in the scope, presentation requirements,...

One of the central concerns of health promotion is motivating smokers to quit because this addiction poses significant threats to the health and life of an individual. All the cessation treatment that presently exist can be subdivided into two large groups: behavioral and medication smoking-cessation treatments (Shiffman, Brockwell, Pillitteri, &...

The article “From recreation to functional drug use: the evolution of drugs in American higher education, 1960-2014” authored by Ross D. Aikins, provides vital insight on the untamed drug usage in the United States higher education platforms. Aikins posits that the usage of cognitive-enhancement drugs in the United States higher...

Since its emergence as a “popular” hallucinogen in the late 1930s (Liester, 2014, p. 146), lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) has been alternately viewed as a dangerous, recreational substance and a medically sound means of treating a range of illnesses. Ironically, in fact, LSD is most widely used in clinical settings...

The treatment regimen for tuberculosis (TB) can take from six months to two years in order to fully treat the disease. Therefore, appropriate are at the hospital is crucial. As an individual confirms a diagnostic with an active TB, he or she will then get transferred to the department of...

Treatment of the elderly refers to a set of multidisciplinary and multidimensional diagnostic instruments explicitly formulated to retrieve vital elderly’ information pertaining their medical, psychological and functional capabilities. The information obtained is instrumental as it facilitates the development of long-term follow up and treatment plans for elderly. Noteworthy, assessment treatment...

Incorporating technology within the healthcare system has many beneficial outcomes that contributed positively to improve healthcare settings. The medical insurance coding involves the integration of information science and medical science to employ healthcare professional’s knowledge in an efficient manner. The use of medical insurance coding has been widely used due...

There is an epidemic in this nation regarding obesity and the overall health of the people living here. This is specifically true of children who are given leeway in choosing what they eat when they want to eat it. According to Hoelscher et al (2013), there is a dangerous epidemic...

With the rise of modern science, the sets of beliefs an average American adheres to in his/her everyday’s life have changed dramatically; notably, the past decades have seen a significant shift of focus by the nation to a more flexible view on the use of drugs. To date, prescription of...

Muench’s article describes a fascinating episode in the history of epidemiology, in which crucial progress was made in identifying the causes of the ‘Blue Death’ (cholera) in 19th century England. The progress was from employing humoral and miasmic models of relevant epidemiology to a more modern and scientifically sound model....

One of the potential reactions of helping professionals to clients who have HIV/AIDS is stereotyping how the infection is acquired. This reaction can affect the perceptions of the helping professional about the relational and psychological impact of the disease while working with the client. For instance, the helping professional may...

Since the time HIV was discovered more than thirty years ago, more than 575, 000 U.S. citizens have the victims of AIDS. Statistics says that every year over 56,000 people become infected with HIV in the U.S. These days, more than 1.1 million U.S. citizens are living with this disease....

Throughout the world, people have been suffering for decades from Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). It is a non-discriminatory virus, which affects every class, race, and sex, making this a global issue that should spark everyone’s interest. Although scientific medicine has focused a large...

Opioid addiction is very difficult to treat successfully or permanently (Park & Friedmann, 1997). The use of opioid replacement therapy or partial opioid treatment to prevent relapse in persons in treatment for opioid addiction or opioid withdrawal has proven successful in many cases (Vo, Robbins, Westwood, Lezama, & Fishman, 2016)....

Chronic pain is considered the most common reason of seeking medical help. According to Tompkins, Hobelmann, and Compton (2017), about 100 million adult Americans suffer from this condition. Gaskin and Richard (as cited in Tompkins, Hobelmann, & Compton, 2017) claim that total expenses on treating chronic pain constitute up to...