Literature review Essay

Literature Review History of PTSD Prior to the classification by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) as a distinct mental health disorder (APA, 1980), characteristic symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder have been identified and recorded throughout history. During the late 18th and early 19th century, the industrial revolution, despite being a man-made distressing event, was one of the first cases of PTSD external to a military conflict. Throughout the industrial revolution,…

The hormone cortisol helps the body to manage stress. However, overproduction of cortisol as a response to major stressors can promote disadvantages to overall health. Aggressive behaviors have been shown to be associated with increased cortisol reactivity. The Trier Social Stress Test (TSST), a common laboratory-based protocol used to study stress, provides negative evaluative feedback to study participants by trained judges. While cortisol reactivity of the evaluated participants has…

In the article “Medication Treatment for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder” by Joseph B. Ryan the author discusses the importance about ADHD and the various treatments that youth go under which benefit them or which may cause them side effects. The recent advancement of medical science has lead to improvements in the treatment of ADHD which is good news for parents with children who are suffering from ADHD. This new innovation in the branch of science has lead to positive contribution…

All four articles focus weigh the benefits and criticisms of breast feeding in contrast to formula feeding infants. Unsurprisingly the results are very similar in each article and the authors all seem to have the same belief that with all the known advantages of breastfeeding, it should be the obvious choice. The study done in 2007 in the UK shown in, “Healthcare Professionals and Mother’s Perceptions of Factors that Influence Decisions to Breastfeed or Formula Feed: A Comparative Study”…

Grappling The reading starts with a discussion of Carl, a student, who feels ineffectual in the school environment. He listens to the teachers’ answers to question, being told his poetry is substandard and his help with computers is unwelcome by a substitute. Sizer and Sizer (1999) suggest that it is unwise to underestimate young people. Students should feel empowered, competent and that i talents are valued by a broad audience. This leads to a stronger sense of agency than just focusing on…

In this article, Fassinger aims to illustratively tie together small fragments of literature that can offer promise in reviewing LGBT leadership issues. She uses a multidimensional model to suggest that the literatures used in this piece intersect in complex ways. It is important to note that her discussion is affirmative in that is does not create a problem of LGBT identity, but instead her discussion attempts to envelop the ways in which stigma and marginalization can affect both LGBT leaders…

The following discussion aims to consider a wide spread literature search found to examine why are there fewer men working in different childcare settings and other practitioners views of men in childcare/education. Throughout the literature research common themes arose giving areas to consider when exploring the aims. Is that better...MORE GROWN UP?? MEDIA GOVERNMENT – influences (1. 2.) STEREOTYPES (1. 2.) During the 19th Century education was seen as a masculine job and women were only there…

CRITICAL REVIEW ON TREATMENT AND PREVETION OF HEPATIC CIRRHOSIS AND FIBROSIS INTRODUCTION Liver cirrhosis is a common outcome in clinical progressions of all chronic liver diseases, distinguished by substitution of tissues of the liver by fibrous (scar) tissues. Regenerative nodules - lumps that appear in a bid to repair the damaged tissues – also replace the liver tissues, leading to an alteration of the liver structure to into structurally abnormal nodules. Liver fibrosis is as a resultant…

Purpose Statement The purpose of this article is to examine how breastfeeding, directly at the breast, for the first 24-48 hours postpartum affects the breastfeeding rate at 6 months. This article was published in BMJ Open in 2015 and the lead author is Della A. Forster. The primary research question for this team was the following: “Are healthy term infants fed solely at the breast in the first 24-48 hours of life more likely to be having any breast milk at 6 months than those receiving any…

Ceyla Erenler S004351 Temple Grandin and a Review on Autism Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is defined by American Psychiatric Association as “A neurodevelopmental syndrome that is defined by deficits in social reciprocity and communication, by unusual restricted, repetitive behaviors.” (2000) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, highlights an increase in people diagnosed with ASD and about 1 in 68 children has been diagnosed with the disorder. (2016) Although generally diagnosed at…