Bipolar disorder

In Case Study 16 (Herlihy & Corey, 2015), a 17 year old male named Frank reveal to his counselor that he had the desire to commit suicide. His parents referred him to the counselor when they realized that things he once valued, he no longer cared about and his behavioral change concerned his parents. In Frank’s initial counseling session, he expressed his suicidal thoughts of: killing himself, giving up and planned to drive his car into an intersection of incoming traffic. His counselor provided…

Ellen DeGeneres is very inspirational, she is always happy and always strong, and she never lets anything or anyone bring her down. Ellen DeGeneres was born in Metairie, Louisiana on January 26, 1958. (Watson 1) She graduated high school from Atlanta High School in 1976. She started college at the University of New Orleans. (Watson 1) Ellen only went to college for one semester, as she dropped out she was deciding what she should do with her life. She had many jobs like a clerk, house painter,…

The Starry night by Anne Sexton is a lot deeper than you might think when you first read it. To really understand the way Sexton writes you must first know more about her back story. It explains in the beginning that she was a troubled housewife that later committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning. IN which, If you know anything about Van Gogh (The artist of the painting Sexton writes about) her death is similar to how he also committed suicide. This poem is both simple and complex due to…

The northern beach girl who was hit by a car while on holiday in Las Vegas three weeks ago, remains in a coma as the insurance company refused to pay for her treatment, News Local reported. Peter Baldwin said that his daughter Brooke, 21 years old has been fighting for her life since the accident. He said that the insurance company refused to cover her treatment because they claimed that she was intoxicated during the incident. "They rang Lisa at 11.30pm at night and said 'we're not going to…

In "The Topic of Cancer" the author is very detailed and wanting to grab your complete attention. He was very successful in his writing skills being able to attract his readers as he seemed to have a lot of readers. He used the phrase "shackled to my own corpse" and "Feeling like death." Very strong phrases. When he woke up and stated that he felt like death, it more so meant that he was not himself. He was very sick. It was more of a sudden sickness. He had also stated that he felt like he…

Juvenile delinquency in the United States has had an overwhelming number of adolescences in trouble with law enforcement. Major sources of data have been collected by researchers to measure the magnitude of the delinquent actions, some of these data collection organizations include but are not limited to Juvenile Court Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting program (UCR), Cohort Studies, victimization surveys, and self-reporting. With this information we will look into how prevalent delinquency is…

It’s not unusual for an investigator to be up late working, but tonight was different. Detective Gordon Lane looked at the calendar on his wall: June 15, 1937. It has been four months since the death of his wife, Rose Lane, and that was unacceptable. It wasn’t unacceptable that was wife was dead, that was unavoidable. What was unacceptable was the fact that the person who killed her was still out there. That was just flat out wrong. At this point in the night, Gordon was reviewing his case…

Phenylketonuria (PKU) is a disorder that causes an amino acid called phenylalanine to build up in a person’s body. PKU is caused by a defect in the gene, the PAH gene, that helps to create the enzyme hydroxlase that is responsible for breaking down phenylalanine. Without this important enzyme, a person will build up a dangerously high level of phenylalanine when they eat foods that are high in protein. Babies in the United States are screened for PKU soon after birth. Newborns with PKU…

Partial seizure is described as focal seizure. It take place in just one part of the brain that serves as an irritant pouring the epileptic response. In partial seizure, patient experience a range of bizarre or strange sensations including abrupt jerky movements of one body parts, alterations in hearing or seeing, discomfort in stomach or a sudden sense of fear. Consciousness is not impaired in this seizure (Shorvon et al., 2004). Partial seizures are further classified into simple partial…

Annotated Bibliography Azim, F., Janapana, H., Rehmatullah, S., Shireen, F., & Temuri, H. (2014). Trauma Experience of Youngsters and Teens: A Key Issue in Suicidal Behavior Among Victims of Bullying? Pak J Med Sci , 30(1), 206-210. Suicide is a major health factor and problematic issue that is preventable, but is so prevalent in our youth that it is now one of the leading causes of death. Due to the dramatic increase in suicidality among our youth this article methodically breaks down and…