Dysfunction

Primary adrenal insufficiency (also known under the eponym Addison’s disease) occurs when the adrenal glands situated on top of the kidneys produce inadequate amounts of glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid hormones. Autoimmune destruction of the aforementioned glands is the most common cause of primary adrenal insufficiency in the developed countries, whereas tuberculosis is the second most frequent cause worldwide. A plethora of autoimmune comorbidities can be associated with primary adrenal…

Cognitive behavioural theory can explain the aetiology of a number of psychological disorders. In the case of Molly, a 35-year-old woman diagnosed with schizophrenia a cognitive behavioural approach is also applicable to explain how the disorder developed. This essay will argue that both cognitive and behavioural models contribute to the manifestation of schizophrenia in some individuals and not others. This assertion is supported by vast empirical research on how both theories contribute to…

Moynihan, Heath and Henry argue that the pharmaceutical industry capitalises on the want of consumers to eliminate undesirable conditions. They claim that pharmaceutical companies partake in “disease mongering”: that is, they fabricate new diseases by “widening the boundaries of treatable illness”. Critics such as Healy and Dossey agree with this claim. However, I will argue that, although not unfounded, the claim that pharmaceutical companies are guilty of disease mongering is not justified. I…

FOUR: Please discuss the major reasons cited by Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein, in their book It’s Even Worse Than It Looks, for the extreme polarization and dysfunction that now characterizes our government. Thomas Mann and Norman Einstein discuss many reasons to explain the dysfunction of the government and the extreme polarization that has occurred in the past decades. One of the reasons for the emergence is the abuse of filibustering. Filibustering is a tactic used throughout politics to…

I remember I would go to Amanda 's house everyday after school to help raise and support those cats as they were my fur babies. When no one else was around to support me the cats were my escape goat for coping in a world of dysfunction as they got me through the war of my life. I felt like they were my children as I needed someone to care for because no one was there to care for me. I don 't feel like I had much of a childhood because I had to take adulthood on at an early age…

eventually become more lenient in all cases where a brain dysfunction shows that impulses could not be controlled. If we begin to allow criminals to escape responsibility for their actions, what’s to reason that crime would not rise, because as long as you can prove you have a dysfunctional prefrontal cortex, you can get away with it. Murder is murder, whether you could control yourself or not, and saying that a murderer had a brain dysfunction does nothing to console a family who has…

Sociological theories are broad and can often be applied to all different aspects of a society. TV shows, books, movies, holidays, sports, they can all be looked at through the lens of a sociologist. The popular TV show Survivor can be examined through multiple theories such as structural functionalism, conflict theory and symbolic interactionism. These theories allow one to view the manifest and latent functions of the show, and see how it fits into and interacts with society. Structural…

These all adds to the socio-cultural varieties of the country. India’s social problems are also rooted in the religious practices and beliefs of it people. Almost all forms of social issues and problems find their origin in the religious and cultural practices of the people of India. These social problems are developed in a long period of times and are still continuing in one form or other. Furthermore, India has witnessed several wars of large proportions; several foreign invaders attacked…

and usually requires prompt surgical intervention, with placement of pins to prevent further slippage. A delay in diagnosis or treatment leads to an increased risk of avascular necrosis of the affected femoral head. This can lead to long-term hip dysfunction and early osteoarthritis. Slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) is a disorder of adolescents in which the growth plate is damaged and the femoral head moves (“slips”) with respect to the rest of the femur. The head of the femur stays in…

AIDS damages the immune system leaving those infected susceptible to infection. Therefore, older adults with weaker immune system are more susceptible to HIV/AIDS. Older adults are less likely to practice safe sex because of the belief that sexually transmitted diseases do not happen in old age. Diagnosis can take longer because the symptoms of AIDS such as weakness, weight loss, fatigue, infections and night sweats are associated with aging (Saxton, Etten, & Perkins, 2015). This is an area…