Deep brain stimulation

The Psychology of Music People have only recently started studying in-depth into music’s connection with brain activity. Scientists are just now starting to develop theories why music has such a big impact on us as humans and our intelligence (Lerch). Music psychology is not a modern idea though. Even the ancient philosophers – Plato, Aristotle, Pythagoras – believed in the calming power of music (“Music and Emotions”). Let’s first talk about what music is, before we explain its correlation to…

Psychological Disorders Losing track of one’s thoughts is a common occurrence when the mind is preoccupied with a certain task. Eventually, one comes back to reality and realizes they have forgotten their train of thought. This forgetfulness can become frustrating and annoying for many people as it can become truly inconvenient to lose information randomly. Data from Statistics Canada (2015) suggests that around 2.3% of the Canadian population, who were aged 15 years and older, were living with…

elaboration of sensory inputs in the brain by parallel, multitrack processes of interpretation of language. Information that enters the nervous system is always under a continuous editorial revision. The process of the discrimination helps the mind yield a sequence that has continual editing by specialized processes and continues indecently; however, the multiple draft narrative fragments are in various editing stages and in different locations in the brain. An example would be a controlled…

like to be diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, but it is important to note what it is, how it affects an individual, what the treatment options are, and how individuals cope with this disease. Parkinson’s Disease is a disease involving the death of brain cells called neurons in which causes the movements of the body to become uncontrollable. In this paper, Parkinson’s disease, its symptoms, secondary factors, population affected, causes, treatment, and therapy approaches will be thoroughly…

Rather it is the affect the musical development will have on the person's physical and psychological functioning. You can find music therapists working with a wide variety of people. Some include the mentally ill, the physically handicapped, those who have been abused, the elderly, the terminally ill, and people with learning disabilities. Because traditional therapeutic remedies rely on language, their effectiveness depends on the person's ability to verbally interact with the therapist.…

experience accompanying voice and speech problems. The Lee-Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT-LOUD) has been shown to an effective behavioral treatment for such deficits. It has also been demonstrated through recent literature that the use of deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus (STN-DBS) to treat PD symptoms has been associated with improvement in various aspects of motor function related to speech production. While there are a number of studies supporting the efficacy of STN-DBS on…

diabetes-related abnormalities in coagulability and endothelial function. Diabetes mellitus has been considered as a potential risk factor for idiopathic (unknown cause of disease) Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) (karim Gariani, 2016). Moreover, DVT is a frequent and potentially fatal complication of patients with COPD. Deep Vein Thrombosis account for many deaths in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (Victor F. Trapson, 2005). The potential influence of inflammation on…

According to NICE (2010) “A UK survey suggested that 71% of patients assessed to be at medium or high risk of developing deep vein thrombosis did not receive any form of mechanical or pharmacological VTE prophylaxis”. The guideline emphasized the need for mechanical or chemical prophylaxis especially for post-surgical patients because these are the patients who have significant…

However, my preceptor voiced her willingness to help me obtain charts which were buried deep in medical records. She has made the process of locating and reviewing charts little easier than it would have been. She also assisted with the process of collecting data and sorting it out. The management of the clinical site welcomed the research…

venous insufficiency and deep venous thromboses. It will also present pathophysiology and treatment of the two mentioned diseases. The symptoms to the diseases may be identical although the anatomy is truly different.There is no exact amount of the people that are affected by chronic venous insufficiency and deep vein thrombosis although the estimated range is from 300,000 to over 600,000 each year in the United States. Approximately 60,000 to 100,000 Americans die of deep vein thrombosis (DVT)…