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Suicide and mental disorder
The social control of psychiatric patients, both in hospital and community settings, is not limited to the question of violence to others. Mental health services are also concerned with reducing the incidence of self-harm and selfneglect. Rates of suicide among psychiatric patients are high for a number of reasons. Their labour market disadvantage places them […]
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what is Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar Disorder Along with Major Depression, bipolar, or manic de- pressive disorder, represents a major mood disorder. “Bipolar” refers to the fact that patients may experi- ence two clinical poles: depression, and mania or hy- pomania. Most bipolar patients experience multiple cycles of depression interspersed with mania or hypo- mania. Less than 10% of bipolar […]
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What is Cyclothymic Disorder
Cyclothymic Disorder, like Dysthymic Disorder, is a chronic disorder of at least 2 years’ duration in which the afflicted person has multiple episodes of hypo- mania interspersed with mild depressive periods. The cycles in cyclothymic patients tend to be neither as ro- bust nor as long as they are in bipolar illness. How- ever, the […]
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DSM-IV Criteria for Major Depressive Episode
A. Five or more of the symptoms listed below have been present during the same 2-week period and represent a change from previous functioning; at least one of the symptoms is either depressed mood or loss of interest or pleasure. (1) Depressed mood most of the day nearly every day, as indicated either by subjective […]
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Characteristics of Caregiving
Caregiving defines yet another element within the dynamic, dimensional experience of aging and disability – whether late life onset or aging with a disability. Disability implies some deficit in function, and for many older people with disabilities, a spouse,adult daughter, or daughter-in-law becomes the caregiver. Caregiving intensity and duration varies substantially. A National Alliance on […]
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What is injury
Injury represents the third pathway to disability. Injury as noted in the discussions above is not a singular pathway because injuries may occur among those with developmental disabilities at any age, among those with no disability, and may be precipitated by chronic conditions among older people. These characteristics represent a limitation in the model; nevertheless, […]
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Aging Among Those with Specific Conditions Down Syndrome
Increasing evidence suggests that people with Down syndrome experience accelerated biological aging (Zigman & Lott, 2007) and age-related comorbid and secondary conditions occur earlier than the general population (Bittles & Glasson,2004). Chief among age-related health conditions is the early onset of Alzheimer’s dementia. Estimates suggest Alzheimer’s has a prevalence of 0–10% among people aged 30–39, […]
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Depression and Mood
Mental health is neglected among older people generally. It is often neglected,dismissed, or misunderstood among people with disabilities. In large part, many mental health providers are ill equipped to respond to the needs of people with disabilities regardless of the cause or age. Despite the lack of mental health servicesin the community, a substantial literature […]
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Pain and Fatigue
Thompson (2004) identified pain, fatigue, and weakness as common problems occurring among people with cerebral palsy, post polio, and spinal cord injury.Pain may result in the overuse of some joints in the case of wheel chair users or may result from spastic muscles that pull on joints. Turk (2009) reviewed the health status of adults […]
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What is physiological reserve
Mosqueda (2004) made a distinction in physiological reserve over time among peoplewithout disability, with people aging with disability, and those with injury-related disability. Her model is instructive. Mosqueda defines physiologic reserve as the buffer that allows us to cope with and recover from stressors. So it is that a 25-yearold-man can outrun a 75-year-old-man. The […]
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