Introduction Schizophrenia is a mental disorder in which a person’s ability to think, feel, and behave appropriately is affected. A person who is schizophrenic may experience delusions, hallucinations, suicidal ideation, and other cognitive difficulties. Schizophrenia usually appears between late adolescence and early adulthood and can often be a lifelong struggle. In Cechnicki, Bielańska, Mętel, Susz, […]
Introduction How would you react if you woke up one day and just felt off? You’d probably go about your day and carry on as usual. Days and weeks would go by, and you probably wouldn’t notice that feeling worsening or even notice anything different at all. Over time, you might start distancing yourself more […]
Introduction Schizophrenia: the “cancer” of mental illness. Schizophrenia is the most severe and debilitating psychiatric disorder that exists. This disorder affects about 1% of the population worldwide (Owen & Mortensen, 2016). Although the percentage may not seem significant, the actual number of people affected is huge. While there are several different causes of schizophrenia, most […]
Introduction Diabetes, formerly known as diabetes mellitus, is a disease in which the body loses its ability to produce or respond to the hormone insulin. Insulin is a hormone produced by your pancreas when glucose levels rise in the blood. When insulin works properly, it stores the excess glucose from the blood and lowers the […]
Introduction My Adult Case Study involved a 25-year-old Hispanic female who was seen on February 6, 2019, at one of my clinical sites, Texas Tech Physicians of the Permian Basin in Odessa, Texas. This clinical site primarily sees OBGYN patients from prenatal, post-partum, and women’s health. This particular female came in seeking a primary care […]
Introduction In this paper, I am going to attempt to provide a detailed understanding of type 2 diabetes, the populations it affects, and how lifestyle and medical development can change how one lives with this disease. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, also known as the CDC, defines type two diabetes as a long-lasting […]
Introduction Diabetes is a disease that affects millions of people every year. It can happen if the pancreas makes little or no insulin. This is called type 1 diabetes. It can also happen when the body does not make enough insulin or isn’t able to use it. This is called type 2 diabetes. Without the […]
