Description : Do you think it's when suicidal patients start feeling better that they sometimes have the energy to follow through?
Last Answer : No. When a suicidal person starts to feel better, they recognize that they have choices (often the suicidal person feels they have none) and having a choice helpsto return one to a feeling of empowerment. This came from a psychologist/psychiatrist (she was both, BTW) that I had consulted.
Description : Does autism ever go away?
Last Answer : My guess? No. If a person claims that it “went away,” they probably learned to live with it. I have a learning disability. Always have, but it wasn’t really apparent until recently. And I still suffer from it.
Description : Is OCD passed on through genetics?
Last Answer : I don’t know much about ocd except that it’s not genetic and that it can be treated like an addiction and taken care of.
Description : Can anyone give me advice on what I think is an overactive imagination disorder?
Last Answer : You need medication, bad.
Description : What mental disorders come from sibling separation?
Last Answer : You would have to do some searching for journal articles about case studies for answers to this. Is this for an assignment? If so, I suggest you go to your school or college library ... search a public library's social science and general scholarly databases for relevant articles. Hope this helps.
Description : Is spherocytosis contagious?
Last Answer : answer:No. It’s not. It is when red blood cells are shaped like balls instead of discs. It’s often a hereditary condition but is also seen in auto immune haemolytic anemia.
Description : How can I recover from a lack of common sense?
Last Answer : If someone says you are disagreeing when you are actually in agreement, my first inclination would be to tell you to explain why you feel the way you do. Is this a general communication problem? Could you give a specific example? That may help to clarify things.
Description : Do I have Maladaptive Daydreaming disorder?
Last Answer : In what ways would you say that this has had a negative impact on your life? That’s where the whole “maladaptive” thing comes in. It’s only a problem if it gets in the way of normal functioning, and it sound to me like you function pretty well.
Description : What would be wrong if one spent more hours asleep than awake?
Last Answer : answer:This is interesting I want to hear what other people have to say. The only times I've ever slept more than being awake was when I was going through a depression :( and physically/emotionally/mentally ... ? Vampire . ? Like I said, I'm interested to know in what other people have to say.
Description : Why do so many people write off schizophrenics as "insane"?
Last Answer : Why? Because the vast majority of people have no clue what schizophrenia is.
Description : Is it possible to have Seasonal Affective Disorder for spring and summer?
Last Answer : I think that by definition, SAD is brought on by shorter daylight hours. So whatever is affecting you, it’s not SAD.
Description : Which episode of Law and Order SVU was it?
Last Answer : This one.
Description : Applying for Disibility and I got denied, what should I do?
Last Answer : It’s my understanding that the process of applying for disability is a long and convoluted one. I suspect that your best chance for a finding in you favor will involve a lawyer who specializes in such cases.
Description : What is this disorder?
Last Answer : Are you thinking of Marfan’s Syndrome? Link
Description : Is there a human need for a certain amount of disorder?
Last Answer : I don’t think there is a human need for disorder so much as there is a natural inclination toward disorder.
Description : If a person has the urge to be agressive or mean to others and then has another desire to help people later, is this a disorder?
Last Answer : IS your FRIEND someone who SOMETIMES IS VERY ANGRY but the later perfectly okay? Because it MIGHT BE CAPSODYSMIA, a very serious disorder that requires a LOT OF ATTENTION FROM A LOT OF ANNOYED AND EXHAUSTED PEOPLE WHO WOULD RATHER BE doing something else.
Description : Is there a disorder for people who can't see from other people's views?
Last Answer : I would say it’s plain ol’ stubborness & being thick-headed! Perhaps just lacking the empathy vibe too
Description : Any idea on how to get rid of depersonalization?
Last Answer : Doesn’t THC go away on it’s own? Or kills your cells? And I’ve learned that the more you tell someone not to do something, they do it even more. It happens to me.
Description : Can anesthic drugs(sleepy drugs for surgery) affect brain usage permanently?
Last Answer : Perhaps you should tell us, if you feel like it, the nature of your surgeries. Chemotherapy can cause brain fuzz, as can many Rx’s. Usually anesthesia wears off and is flushed out of the system over a period of several days. What do you mean by “Maturity is over” and “nothing.Just nothing”?
Description : Any tips on controlling mania and depression?
Last Answer : Stay active. Stay aware of yourself, as much as possible. Find mentors.
Description : How to fix a bi-polar mother?
Last Answer : Could be menopause
Description : Skin Disorder
Last Answer : So you lost your crowning glory. You now have a lot in common with bowling balls and snow globes. Your head is literally a mirror to the world. Face it: you're bald. In medicine, baldness is classified ... that seem to not work. Who knows, you might be the next famous bald man to change the world.
Description : Genetic Disorder
Last Answer : Among all genetic disorders, cystic fibrosis (CF) is one of the more common. This potentially fatal illness affects about 30,000 individuals in the United States, and approximately 3,000 ... and Laura Rothenberg have all written memoirs on their lives with cystic fibrosis before they died.
Description : Dissociative Identity Disorder
Last Answer : Dissociative identity disorder (DID) was once known as "multiple personality disorder." It is a controversial personality disorder popularized in Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Strange Case of Dr. ... on reality. The harmful effects of DID can also be alleviated through medicaton and hospitalization.
Description : Attention Deficit Disorder
Last Answer : It was once said that Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) can be outgrown - that it's just a phase that children undergo when they have too much sugar in their system. This is ... , psychotherapy, coaching, and counseling are also used to treat and control the negative effects of ADHD.
Description : Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
Last Answer : Frank has been working hard as a carpenter for almost 30 years. When he was young, he dreamt of becoming a bank manager, but his poor grades in school discouraged him from pursuing his ... be achieved. With the numerous treatments available today, controlling ADD's effects may not be too difficult.
Description : How To Treat Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder
Last Answer : How To Treat Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder Unexpected and traumatic events affect people in different ways. While some are able to handle these situations properly and eventually get over them, some ... , a traumatized individual will eventually be able to learn how to cope with his struggles.
Description : Could you still be clinically depressed if you don't have suicidal thoughts?
Last Answer : To answer your first question, it’s definitely possible to be depressed but not suicidal. I’ve never been suicidal, but I take medication (initially for depression, now for anxiety).
Description : My friend told me she was depressed, should I be worried? What are some signs that she may be suicidal?
Last Answer : Since she know about her depression, you ahould tell her to visit a therapist/whatever for more help. Don’t make her feel less than what she is.
Description : How quickly do you throw away things like valentines and birthday cards? especially when they're from your sweetie?
Last Answer : I keep them a few months then out they go. Husband is a pack rat and drives me crazy, I throw his things in his pout room so I don’t see them.
Description : What is your opinion of doctors sending away patients that refuse to follow orders?
Last Answer : I think it’s a valid choice for the doctors. Is it the best way to get a parent to allow adequate care for their children? Probably not. But when those kids come down with some gawd-awful illness, guess who the parents will blame?
Description : A patient of megaloblastic anaemia was treated with oral folic acid 5 mg daily. After 2 weeks he reported back with cognitive deficit, sensory disturbance, depressed knee jerk, while ... therapy has unmasked pyridoxine deficiency D. Patient has folate reductase abnormality in the nervous system
Last Answer : D. Patient has folate reductase abnormality in the nervous system
Description : Do you fear happiness?
Last Answer : answer:It is an interesting question really. Personally I often look at things that would make me happy and I see this amazing thing ahead of me, but then I kind of fear more how to get there than the ... aspect? You are used to the bedlam and chaos that for that to suddenly change it can be scary.
Description : Osteoarthritis is known as a disease that a) is the most common and frequently disabling of joint disorders. The functional impact of osteoarthritis on quality of life, especially for elderly patients, ... causes the described problem and is usually diagnosed in the second or third decade of life.
Last Answer : a) is the most common and frequently disabling of joint disorders. The functional impact of osteoarthritis on quality of life, especially for elderly patients, is often ignored.
Description : Especially in America, do we generally have this idea that when a kid says they're hungry, they have to be fed right then and there?
Last Answer : Yea, I disagree. Health is more important than family togetherness.
Description : In the nutritional support of patients with cancer, which of the following statements is/are true? A. Nutritional support benefits the patient's lean body mass but does not enable ... with cancer about to undergo surgery revealed decreased morbidity and mortality, especially morbidity from sepsis.
Last Answer : Answer: B DISCUSSION: The problem with the patient with cancer is a very vexing one. Clearly, one of the metabolic effects of cancer, cachexia, affects patients in the last quartile ... undoubtedly reveal that there are certain nutrients that tumors require, which probably should be best avoided
Description : What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence? Choose one: a. Life and death. b. Life and pursuit of happiness. c. Liberty and justice. d. Life and the right to own a home.
Last Answer : Correct Answer: b. Life and pursuit of happiness.
Description : The distinctive action of chlorpromazine like drugs not possessed by any other class of drugs is: A. Relief of anxiety without producing sedation B. Suppression of agressive behaviour C. Mood elevation in depressed patients D. Correction of distortions of thoug
Last Answer : D. Correction of distortions of thought and perception occurring in psy
Description : $ Lysosomes are also called suicidal bags of a cell. ! Glyoxysomes and Peroxisomes are the types of microbodies.
Last Answer : $ Lysosomes are also called suicidal bags of a cell. ! Glyoxysomes and Peroxisomes are the types of ... wrong D. If both As and R are wrong.
Description : Which of the following are also known as 'Suicidal Bag of Cells'? (1) Lysosomes (2) Lycosome (3) Nucleus (4) Chromosome
Last Answer : (1) Lysosomes Explanation: Lysosomes are membrane enclosed organelles that are known as 'Suicidal Bag of Cells'.
Description : The following antiepileptic drug is likely to cause hyponatremia as a side effect, especially in elderly patients: A. Primidone B. Carbamazepine C. Phenytoin D. Sodium valproate
Last Answer : B. Carbamazepine
Description : Which of the following statement(s) is/are true concerning heparin-associated thrombocytopenia? a. Heparin-associated thrombocytopenia occurs only in the face of over anticoagulation with heparin b. ... d. Heparin-associated thrombocytopenia may be seen within hours of initiation of heparin therapy
Last Answer : Answer: b, c Heparin-associated thrombocytopenia occurs in 0.6% to 30% of patients who receive heparin, although severe thrombocytopenia (platelet counts less than 100,000) is seen in ... as coating on pulmonary artery catheters or low rate infusion into arterial catheters may cause this syndrome
Description : Do you find it especially upsetting when you view photos of dog meat markets in East Asia, or does it not bother you any more than the way farm animals are treated in the US?
Last Answer : answer:Well, I have been accustomed with these views since I was a kid. At first it looks so inhumane but we need to know that those people have been consuming these animals since ancient times. ... their culture. It's the same like killing consumable animals like chickens, cows, bats, snakes, etc.
Description : Prophylaxis antibiotic for anthrax is given to people with symptoms who have been in a defined hot zone for a period of a) 60 days. Those with symptoms who have been in the hot zone should ... . Those with symptoms who have been in the hot zone should be given 60 days of prophylactic antibiotic
Last Answer : a) 60 days. Those with symptoms who have been in the hot zone should be given 60 days of prophylactic antibiotic. The aim of prophylaxis is to assure that if spores were ... of mediastinal lymph node involvement should be treated with intravenous antibiotics and respiratory support, if needed.
Description : Medical personnel of Reddit, why is a patient with a CPAP treated like they're using a biological weapon?
Last Answer : What do you mean?
Description : If you were seriously inconvenienced by a suicidal/mentally ill person do you honestly think you could remain compassionate (please read details)?
Last Answer : As much as I am all right with suicide (which is not very much- I think it's a legitimate answer in Right-To-Die fatal illness scenarios, but not as an answer to, say, teen angst), people who do ... and easy to clean up, I get less angry at than those who go in public, messy, and upsetting ways.
Description : What does man love more than life Fear more than death or mortal strife What the poor have, the rich require, and what contented men desire, What the miser spends and the spendthrift saves And all men carry to their graves? -Riddles
Last Answer : Nothing.
Description : What does man love more than life? Fear more than death or mortal strife? What do the poor have, what the rich require, And what contented men desire? What does the miser spend, the spendthrift save, And all men carry to their graves? -Riddles
Description : Which of the following statements reflect current research regarding the utilization of non-pharmacological measures in the management of burn pain? a) Music therapy may provide reality orientation, distraction, ... of burn pain. Pet therapy has not proven effective in the management of burn pain.
Last Answer : a) Music therapy may provide reality orientation, distraction, and sensory stimulation. Researchers have found that music affects both the physiologic and psychological aspects of the pain experience ... orientation, distraction, and sensory stimulation. It also allows for patient self-expression.