Introduction In this essay the author will be discussing a case study of a patient with a condition of major depression. The author will also discuss what depression is; the assessment that was done on the patient, interventions and medications as well as the effects of the condition on the focused patient in my case study. The author has chosen to use this condition for their case study because they find depression interesting in terms of what and how much impact it had on this patient’s physical, sociological and mental state. Moreover, using this patient’s condition for the case study will enable the author to know the care needs of the patients with this condition in the future. Also studying depression for the case study will also help improve the author’s theoretical and practical knowledge of depression. Names that are used in this case study have been changed in order to meet up with the requirements of Nursing & Midwifery Council code of conduct (NMC, 2008) on privacy and confidentiality. Mrs Smith had been admitted to the community hospital for rehab following a discharge from Hospital; she had recently been diagnosed with a condition of major depression in January 2014. She already was suffering from a condition of anxiety just after she had lost her mother in August 2013. The illness and Condition Depression is a psychological disorder that affects an individual’s mood. According to (Moragne, 2011 pg. 16) depression is a mood disorder caused by a combination of biological, psychological and environmental factors that will affect a person’s mind and body. Mood disorders affect a person’s mental, social and physical well-being and this can have major effects on the individual. Under (DSM-IV-TR cited in, American Psych... ... middle of paper ... ... from communicating by being silent and talk negatively and which can be difficult for everyone. Another, issue was that Mrs Smith did get emotional and cried at times; therefore, the author and the mentor had to stop the assessment for a while until Mrs Smith was no longer distressed. This is also supported by (Sanders 2011, pg. 501) who suggested that communicating with a depressed patient can be quite difficult. This is exactly what the author experienced when assessing Mrs Smith. Since Mrs Smith had been living with depression she was taking medications such as antidepressants which made her feel better and suppressed the symptoms from getting worse. Therefore, she was considered to be at low risk of self harming since the symptoms were suppressed by the medication but a follow up and mental health team checkups were arranged for her when she gets discharged.
A 38-year-old single woman, Gracie, was referred for treatment of depressed mood. She spoke of being stressed out due to conflicts at work, and took a bunch of unknown pills. She reported feeling a little depressed prior to this event following having ovarian surgery and other glandular medical problems. She appeared mildly anxious and agitated. She is frequently tearful, but says she does not have any significant sleep or appetite disturbance. She does, however, endorse occasional suicidal ideation, but no perceptual disturbances and her thoughts are logical and goal-directed.
When horrific crimes occur in large cities, many of them can be chalked up to gang violence or to the larger population of that specific city. But when horrific crimes happen in small cities like Lincoln, Nebraska, people begin to ask questions like who did this and why. In 1958, a nineteen year old man named Charles Starkweather put the entire state of Nebraska and possibly the entire nation in a state of terror. With his murder spree taking only three days, Starkweather had collected a body count of ten bodies, including two teenagers and a young child. Understanding Starkweather’s past and state of mind begins to answer the second question of why.
Depression is a serious medical illness that negatively affects how a person conducts him/herself, and the way he/she think. Depression may include anxiety disorders, post-traumatic stress disorders, manic depressions. People with a depressive illness cannot merely ‘pull themselves together’ and get better. About 5% of the population will have some form of a mental illness at some point in their lives. Half of these people will also have a substance abuse
This paper will discuss a case study of Pritesh, a 26 years old man who is transferred from the emergency department (ED) to the high dependency unit (HDU) with the developing of a tension pneumothorax. Initially, a general description of the patient’s chief complaint which is tension pneumothorax will be introduced, following by assessments of the patient’s need. The paper will focus on the discussion of nursing care and management for the patient, and a brief summary and evaluation of the care will be given. Lastly, a conclusion of what author has learned from this case study will be present.
Case introduction: A 19 year-old gentlemen, SS, presented to station 20N through the emergency department, following what was described by friends and family as “bizarre behavior.” SS had recently begun college at a local liberal arts school. He had done well during the first semester, but began to struggle academically during the second semester. Family attributed the decline in academic success to an increase in class size, which made SS uncomfortable. Several weeks prior to hospital admission, SS became increasingly isolated, spending the majority of his time in the dorm room and less time in class. Friends and roommates reported that SS was exhibiting bizarre behavior, often confiding in friends that he was being “spied on” by others and that people around him could “read his thoughts.” SS also endorsed a strange delusion in which those around him would blink simultaneously as a form of communication. All of the aforementioned events became overly distressing to SS and his family, so they sought medical help. SS had a limited psychiatric history for which he had seen a psychiatrist. The psychiatrist had put him on an anti-psychotic medication some months prior, but SS self-discontinued the medication after just a several week trial. As a result of the above, and a lack of explanation regarding the past psychiatric referral, the events were described as “first-episode psychosis.” Discussion regarding the diagnostic work-up followed.
This case study is intended to analyze the movie When a Man Loves a Woman, and to provide worst and best case scenarios for treatment. This film depicts a family that is struggling with a family member’s alcoholic dependency. The mother, Alice Green, is a school counselor who has an addiction to alcohol that is causing her to experience problems in her life as a result of her use. Her husband, Michael Green, is an airline pilot that is very protective Alice and often steps in and takes over for Alice, even in her role as a mother. Alice has two children, Jess and Casey, which also bear witness to their mother’s deterioration from alcohol addiction.
Simpson, C. (2007) ‘Mental Health part3: Assessment and Treatment of Depression’ British Journal of Healthcare assistants. pp 167-171.
I chose to pick a fictional character that played in a couple of films and now has a TV series. This particular boy suffered severe emotional abuse as a child at the hands of his mother who preached to him that sexual intercourse is sinful and that all women except her are whores. The boy’s father died which left the boy and his mother living alone together until adolescence, when his mother took on a boyfriend. This boy became incredibly jealous and murdered both him and his mother with strychnine.
...nto more depth and realise the major effects of depression on individuals. Moreover, the author also learnt the cause’s, statistics, interventions for patients with depression and understood why Mrs Smith was given those interventions. What did not work so well in this essay was that the author had no much theoretical knowledge about the condition of depression and had never looked after a patient with depression before. Next time the author could improve their knowledge about this condition by speaking to the patients more in order to learn about their condition and also by speaking to the experienced members of the team such as the specialist nurses or nurses. The author will also read about the depression condition into more depth so that this will be an advantage should the author look after a depressed patient again in their practice or during next placement.
This case study is based on Piaget’s theory of Cognitive development. Piaget's theory of cognitive development is a comprehensive theory about the nature and development of human intelligence that is based mainly off of age, and was first developed by Jean Piaget. I will be testing this theory out on a six year old boy who I will call “Jordan.” I will be checking to see if Jordan falls in to the Preoperational stage of Cognitive development which ranges from age 2 until approximately age 7 and if he is in transition to Concrete Operational stage which ranges from age 7 until about 11 years. The following questions will be answered: Does he interpret language literally? Does he understand conservation? Does he think of things in terms of his own activities? Does he solve problems by pretending or imitating? Does Jordan have approximately 2000 words in his vocabulary?
At the most recent strategy session, the CEO of Pegasus, Tom Oswald, and division managers of the Wireless Division decided that they would like to expand into China. Through the team’s initial research, it indicates that China is likely to develop into a profitable market for wireless. In conjunction, the government has made spending on wireless a priority as an added incentive to pursue this venture. The extreme expenses of burying communication cables make wireless the most optimum solution. Additionally, copper wires are used for the buried cables, which tends to a lucrative business to steal the copper cables and sell it in the black market.
In today’s society, it is not difficult to fathom why an organization may place trademarks upon their designs or expressions. Such safety measures allow a company to ensure that others do not replicate their personality profile for commercial purposes, sanctioning for the delineation between organizations (Wensley and Caraway, 2014). A trial between Salam Toronto Publications v. Salam Toronto Inc. exemplified the lack of discrepancy between two companies and was investigated to detect trademark infringement. This lawsuit took place in Toronto, Ontario on Sept. 29, 2008, and lasted until Jan. 9th, 2009 (Salam Toronto Publications v. Salam Toronto Inc., 2009). The plaintiff, Salam Toronto Publications, administered by Mohsen Seyed Taghavi, was an Urdu/Farsi newspaper that had been operating since October 2000, printing issues pertaining to the Iranian population (Salam Toronto Publications v. Salam Toronto Inc., 2009). Mr. Taghavi indicated to the Court of Law that Salam Toronto Publications was registered on January 5th 2001 and "Salam Toronto” was trademarked, sanctioning for prima facie evidence of ownership (Salam Toronto Publications v. Salam Toronto Inc., 2009)(Wensley and Caraway, 2014). The plaintiff issued a trademark infringement following the depreciation of goodwill and breach of sections 7(b), 19, 20, and 22 of Canada's Trademark Act, and passing off (Salam Toronto Publications v. Salam Toronto Inc., 2009). The utmost deliberated section of the Trademark Act was section 20, which detailed that a trademark was violated only if it was used in “association with a confusing trade name” (Salam Toronto Publications v. Salam Toronto Inc., 2009). It was reported within the litigation that the defendant, Salam Toronto Immigratio...
Depression is an extremely delicate topic. In the novels “13 Reasons Why” by Jay Asher and “The Perks of Being A Wallflower” by Stephan Chbosky do an outstanding job hitting the topic depression. Both novels cover depression in its own style. In one, someone commits suicide while on the contrary, the other person surpasses depression. Support systems are vital during depression, lack of communication as well as self-expression all lead to an easy way out. Anyone who is suffering from depression should have at least one confident to be able to communicate to. Depression is a heavy weighed disease in which one needs all the support one can get. A voice is needed as well, in which many people are scared of having. In each of the novels each fictional
Depression is well known for its mental or emotional symptoms. Symptoms for depression include: persistently sad or unhappy mood, loss of interest or pleasure in previously enjoyable activities, difficulty concentrating, remembering, making decisions, anxiety, feelings of guilt, worthlessness, helplessness, and thoughts of death or dying. “People who have endured a major depressive episode describe the experience as a descent into t...
Cunard Line, Ltd., is continually facing challenges with combining strategic and tactical advertising techniques. Cunard has found it difficult in creating price-promotional advertising that is persuasive but does not reduce the value of the Cunard image has proven to be difficult. The main challenge is the balance and implementation of tactical strategies while maintaining the image of Cunard.