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In 2001 an award-winning filmmaker, Maryann De Leo, directed a documentary called Bellevue: Inside Out. Bellevue hospital in New York City is one of the country’s most famous psychiatric institutions, where over 7,000 patients are brought in and treated per year. Through this documentary you get to know a couple of the patients at the time of filming, and you get to see how they are treated. Majority of the patients are brought in by the police in handcuffs and showing aggressive behavior. All…

The thunder of applause and screams of excitement settle down as all the lights dim, and the auditorium is pitch black. This silence is once again broken with cries of anticipation when the luminous spotlight focuses on the singer in the middle of the stage. As the singer inhales, the whole world holds its breath awaiting his voice, and as he begins singing, the soft and tender vocals flow naturally from his mouth, with the audience’s amazement filling up the concert hall. Michael Jackson…

Although Kervorkian was suspended from his medical license, none of this stopped him from assisting suicides. He was unable to gather the medicine he needed for the Thanatron so he created a new way to go about assisting suicides. He created the Mercitron, which let loose carbon dioxide inside a gas mask. When Michigan found out about his new machine, they made a law specifically for Kervorkian to stop his experiments. As a result, Jack was put in jail twice that year, but bailed out by a lawyer…

Opioids, such as heroin and morphine, are medications that relieve pain. They reduce the force that pain signals travel to the brain, and thus reduces the perception of pain and gives a calm euphoric feeling. When the drug enters the brain, it binds to molecules known as opioid receptors, which are located in the brain and the brain stem; the brain stem controls automatic functions such as respiration, arousal, and blood pressure. Opioids are frequently prescribed by doctors to provide people…

What do you recommend when patients continue to relapse while taking buprenorphine? I recognize that opioid addiction is an illness, so I increase the intensity of treatment if a patient should relapse. However, repeated relapses signify a major problem. Medication-assisted treatment with buprenorphine requires a great deal of self-monitoring (self-policing). Patients who are unable to self-monitor are still in need of treatment, but at a higher intensity level. Options include treatment at an…

was really crazy because my family is from the Pacific Northwest and I grew up reading books about the fiddlers on the Lewis and Clark expedition! It all kind of felt meant to be. The production was massive and there were a lot of big names involved— HBO had teamed up with Brad Pitt and Tom Hanks’ companies and NatGeo— but after a few months of shooting there were some problems that forced the production to go on hiatus and we haven’t yet finished it yet, so we’ll see what happens, and whether…

Throughout Shutter Island, there are some very interesting scenes, which describe the characters in greater detail, forming a more secure story line. According to Les Edgerton, author of Opening Scenes: An Overview, he states that an opening scene has four main components, the inciting incident, the story-worthy problem, the initial surface problem, and finally the setup (Edgerton, Les). These elements are all apparent in the opening scenes of Shutter Island. In the opening moments of film, an…

willing to pay extra for other channel packages. There is a large market for this as many people are okay with spending extra money to be able to watch the sports teams that they root for, or to watch their favorite shows on the premium networks such as HBO and Showtime. Also through Comcast’s new platforms such as X1 Infinity, they can charge more for an advanced television watching experience and technology, while also being able to benefit from those who wish to pay extra for the DVR (Digital…

and 1997 she was part of the stars in Boston Common, an NBC sitcom. She later on worked alongside Tom Arnold in 1997 in the WB sitcom The Tom Show which aired only for a short period. She became supporting actor characterized as a drug addict in an HBO miniseries, The Corner. On top of these, she was also a guest actor in others like Without Trace, The…

MRMC Auxiliary, Foundation/Patient Ambassador/Physician Recruit and Liaison and Facility Support Director of Maintenance/Grounds/Emergency MGMT./Environmental Services/Security. The Ancillary Support Division includes, Pharmacy, Respiratory Care (HBO), Radiology, Laboratory and Rehab. Furthermore, the Finance Division includes, two Division Leaders. The first Division Leader operates Revenue Cycle Specialist/Business Office, Continuum of Care (Social Worker) and Health Information MGMT. The…