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When is ECT therapy useful?
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treatment of major depressive disorders when medication fails to alleviate symptoms.
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how does the liver help maintain normal blood glucose levels after carbohydrates are consumed
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liver converts carbs from digested food into glucose. glucose used by cells to meet body's energy needs. Any excess glucose not needed for energy by the body is converted by the liver into glycogen.
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What is phototherapy? and what pt's might benefit from it?
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Exposure to sunlight. pt's with seasonal effective disorder, or sad.
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Identify diagnostic test and lab values for diabetes insipidus?
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fluid deprivation test. If they have d.s their urine specific gravity will be <1.005
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what defense mechanism is likely to show for a person experiencing guilt over having an affair?
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projection which is when someone has an unpleasant emotion or feeling and projects them onto someone else.
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What would you expect to see in a pt. that has had a thyroidectomy?
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Twitching of the eye when the facial nerve is tapped.
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What is portal systemic encephalopathy? What causes this condition?
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a brain disorder that can result from chronic liver disease. When the liver functions normally it detoxifies various chemicals in foods people ingest.When liver's damaged the chemicals bypass or fail to be detoxified by the liver and accumulate in the blood.
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