Biofeedback

PTSD-GHOST FROM THE PAST In 2015, people of Nepal had to go through two destructive earthquakes. Many people died, and many lost their houses. I survived, but a close friend of mine lost his life. I could feel the pain that his family was going through. It affected his mother the most. After those earthquakes, many aftershocks were shaking the surface of Nepal. I could see his mother shouting his son 's name and asking people for help. The death of her son made her mentally ill. Each of the…

In this paper, I will be talking about the diagnostic testing, complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), appropriate treatment, typical prognosis, patient teaching and potential barriers. I hope that you can learn from these different topics about type one diabetes mellitus. Diagnostic Testing The diagnostic testing that is done for diabetes mellitus is that they can give urine tests, which they will give you, a paper strip or…

Many options are available today for people looking for alternatives to traditional methods of healthcare. Most people are not aware of the different approaches to health and healing that can be taken. The term alternative medicine is, “used simply to denote approaches to health and healing that do not rely on drugs, surgery, and/ or other conventional medical procedures for treating illness.” (Goldberg). When becoming involved in alternative medicine, a world of possibilities is introduced.…

Alpha waves are linked with relaxed mental states, an increase in alpha wave activity is the goal of most biofeedback training. EEG can be used to provide moment-to-moment feedback when alpha waves increase or decrease (www.psychology.com,2017). Mindfulness training and meditation tend to produce noticeably more alpha waves without the use of technological machinery…

Nurses hold a significant role in leading the way towards integration of holistic healthcare practices among patients and other healthcare disciplines. In having 24 hour accountability and prolonged contact with patients and their families, nurses are in a unique position in witnessing and alleviating the impact of treatments and illnesses and in seeing their effect on individuals (Bridges et al., 2012). This distinctive position, places nurses as key players in unification of viewpoints…

As nurses, we spend long hours in our workplaces, for that it is important for us to have a safe working environment. In fact, there are three things that can affect health which includes physical aspect of work and the workplace which is influenced by exposure to physical risks and hazards such as needles pricks. It also includes psychosocial aspects of work and how work is organized. And finally, work-related resources and opportunities such as employee benefits, which is influenced by the…

As a college student, I have will experience many new experiences that I have never encountered before in my life. From the day we first set foot into college, we being our transition from adolescence to adults. College requires students to become more independent and responsible in our decisions and actions. Each student is responsible for their own education and no longer have their parents to rely on and hold their hand. This type of freedom could be seen as a good or bad thing depending on…

John Dollard (1900 -1980), grew up in a very modest household, with his father being a railroad engineer and his mother a former schoolteacher (M.H Olson, 2011).He received his undergraduate from the university of Wisconsin in 1922, and his PhD in Sociology at the University of Chicago in 1931 (Ewen, R.B, 1998). He studied psychoanalysis at the Berlin Institute in Germany (1931-1932), and taught Anthropology at Yale University. In 1935, he became a research associate at the Institute of Human…

Treating Co-Occurring Disorders Before entering a treatment facility... If you are concerned that you or a family member or friend may have co-occurring conditions, you probably feel uncertain about how to access the services you need. The only way you can ensure you get adequate treatment is to identify and confirm the presence of co-occurring disorders. This is the first and most central step towards your recovery. Many substance use disorders involve symptomatology patterns that overlap with…

video games would increase the mental health of players, learning and exceeding in subjects like English. However, Taoism also states that there has to be a harmony between playing video games and the benefits from playing video games. So, scholastic video games should be played moderately because excessively video game playing can lead to addiction and that comes with it 's vices. Video games can reduce the symptoms of ADHD and treat anxiety. In Nathan Wilkinson 's article “Online Video Game…