Placebo

Chief Complaint: My 62-year-old male, Hispanic, cancer patient was sent to LA County last Friday, October 15, by his home care nurse who noticed that an existing ulcer-like wound at his coccygeal region had worsened, as well as severe swelling/scabbing in his lower limbs. History of Presenting Illness: My patient was diagnosed with a squamous carcinoma three years ago that was found in his neck posterolateral neck area. He underwent chemotherapy (at LA County) and the cancer was subdued. It…

waitress on the same street. Because Mr. Richman and Mr. Quiana’s trials do well while they takes these action, they believe that doing these actions will increase their chances of winning trials, making them more confident. This is known as the placebo…

Panic disorder is an anxiety disorder which may be diagnosed from recurrent unexpected panic attacks or at least one attack followed by a period of fear about additional panic attacks. Panic attacks are sudden periods of intense anxiety that may not be appropriate for the amount of potential danger in a situation. They are common with up to 40 percent of the population experiencing one at some time in their life. It is when these panic attacks are recurrent, there is a long period of fear of an…

BAtrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia encountered in clinical practice, particularly in the aged population. Incidence and prevalence of AF have constantly been on the rise over the last decades and expected to double by 2050, partly because of growing aging population. It has been estimated that AF is affecting 8-9% of people aged 80 years or more and 35% of patients with AF are > 80 years of age(1, 2). Epidemiologic studies estimated AF to be in the rage of 1-2% of the…

arm. The trainer didn’t think it was a serious injury so he gave him a fake pill and told him it will make the pain go away. 1 hour later Aaron said he had no pain in his arm. What effect explains this scenario? Answer 2: Placebo effect- a beneficial effect, produced by a placebo drug or treatment, that cannot be…

throat clearing, throat pain, lump in throat, or chronic cough. Results indicated that the “omeprazole group showed significant improvement in hoarseness and in throat clearing”, while “throat pain decreased significantly with both omeprazole and placebo groups” (Khair et al., 2003, p. 845). Further discussion revealed that that laryngeal signs and symptoms presented within the study could be associated with other diagnoses of laryngeal structures. To conclude, more information is needed on the…

compared to .19 when moods were mismatched. The same pattern of results can be seen in the drug manipulation experiment.3 Where when learned and recall occurred in the same state more information was recalled than when when taking a drug and the placebo during different…

neuron, increasing serotonin’s availability (Vallone, 1997). The five currently marketed SSRIs- fluoxetine, sertraline, paroxetine, fluvoxamine and citalopram- were accepted by international regulatory agencies, as they were found to be superior to placebo, and for most cases, of equal efficacy when compared to the older generations of tricyclic…

Of the myriad of “invisible wounds” that may become manifest in veterans returning from combat deployment I choose to describe “depression”. Kanel (2014) states that “symptoms such as sleep problems, feelings of guilt, worthlessness, hopelessness, regret, loss of energy and interest in life, and concentration deficits, appetite disorder, psychomotor retardation or agitation, and suicidal thoughts” (p. 179), all may be associated with depression. If I, as a crisis worker, was not knowledgeable…

1. A psychologist is interested in learning more about how children interact with each other during the school day. The psychologist is particularly interested in discovering the ways in which children behave when they think they are not being watched. What research method would be best used to conduct this type of research? Why? What ethical concerns might be an issue in this type of research? I would use an observational study for the purpose of show interaction while the children are playing…