Abnormal Behaviors

I noticed that Mrs. Lewis who was quiet when we entered her room upon seeing me approach her bed started to groan loudly and turn her head from side to side (this made me feel worried as it was obvious to me that she didn’t like me). The patient was also licking her lips and coughing up mucus and she appeared to me as if she were choking. My mentor informed me that this was normal for Mrs. Lewis but it added to my anxiety as I had not seen a patient in Mrs. Lewis’ condition before and it alarmed me.

There are ten different personality disorders, each having specific symptoms, but all of them share certain characteristics. The first of these characteristics is that an

"After drinking people usually feel pleasure and become talkative at first. These feelings are usually replaced by drowsiness as the alcohol is eliminated from the body, and the drinker may then become withdrawn. This pattern often encourages people to drink more to keep the buzz going." ( Net Biz Mentor ). When people get like that they usually get a little bolder and want to do normal tasks and routines like driving a motorized vehicle. The effects of alcohol result in poor coordination, slurred speech, double vision, decrease of self-control, lost of consciousness and maybe even death.

A man or a woman suffers, they have a distinct physical desire to consume alcohol beyond their capacity to control it, regardless of all rules of common sense. The symtoms of being an alcoholic is having rituals and being irritated/annoyed when these rituals are disturbed or commented on. This could be drinks before/during/after meals or after work. Dropping hobbies and activities the person used to enjoy; losing interest in them. A person who abuses alcohol may have many of these signs and symtoms- but they do not have the withdrawal symtoms like an alcoholic does, nor the same degree of compulsion to drink. Then comes along, binge drinking. When a woman consumes over six units and a man consumes more than eight units of alcohol in one sitting. Sipping wine, beer, or spirits three or four times per week increases the risk of binge drinking. Men who drink 22 or more units of alcohol a week have a 20% higher rate of admissions into acute care hospitals than non-drinkers. Healthy young adults who regularly binge drink may have a higher risk of heart disease later in life. "Underage drinking should not be a normal part of growing up. It's a serious and persistent public health problem that puts our young people and our communities in danger. Even though drinking is often glamorized, the truth is that

She does not want to take her shoes off when she weighs and something is abnormal about her blood pressure.

As a wife I can understand wanting to take care of your spouse but in some way I feel ,the patient either didn’t understand that her lack of treatment could led to her death . Maybe she didn’t care and made the sacrifice to care for her husband. The care giver role that Mr. Williams is currently in is very common in the elderly especially with spouses. Addressing his anxiety will facilitate a speedier recovery for Mr., and Mrs. Williams.

condition causes her stress which results in high healthcare costs that she can’t cover. Legal factors

The patient claimed that she had mild depression before her visit. She said that she felt like her job was unfulfilling and that she was disappointed that she did not have a partner. Once she came and sat down with Dr. Santos, she would talk for about ten minutes and then interrupt herself by apologizing saying that the doctor was ‘bored or had better things to do than listen to her’. She told her that was not the case and to keep going. She interrupted herself again three times during her session. Dr. Santos payed an appropriate amount of attention to Mallory. She was careful with her body language, eye contact, and made sure to make Mallory feel that she was interested in what she was

She has been diagnosed with intellectual disability and a drug addiction along with hypochondriasis. On average, she is in the hospital once or twice a week, frequently changing her doctor or even hospital. This woman knows of her disorder, but has actually claimed to be cured and told her family that they no longer need to worry about her with this disorder. After her family came back the Caribbean, she claimed to either have yellow fever or malaria, depending on who she was talking to. When asked about her illness on December 13th, 2014, she again refused to admit that she had the disorder, that she had been cured of it. In an ironic twist, she had to hang up to go to the doctor for a test due to a mini stroke she had a few weeks prior. When she was in the hospital for this, she had to get a nurse to give family members a diagnosis due to the lack of belief they held for her medical

Drinking can cause a person to have a complete personality change and become violent or hostile after drinking. They may also become irritable or panicky during times when a drink is expected. An alcoholic may drink to the point of black out; this is where they don’t remember what they’ve done or said that happened during a bout of drinking. A definite red flag for alcoholism is when a person has to have to drink in the morning when they first wake up.

She seems to have good insight into her behaviors and recognizes that they are irrational, as she describes them as “stupid and not making sense”, but reports that she feels the need to continue to participate in the behaviors. She reports feeling fearful that something bad would happen to her family if she did not participate in the behaviors or ritual, particularly that her grandmother may become sick. She reports being preoccupied with germs, which leads her to spend hours, over six hours of her day in ritualistic behaviors including shaking out her clothing for a half an hour and washing her hands with rubbing alcohol. As a result, her hands have become bloody and painful, as well as her personal hygiene has become neglected, as she is not brushing her hair or eating breakfast. She has missed out on fun things as a result of being unable to leave the house in a timely manner as a result of her obsessions and compulsive behaviors. She also reports a preoccupation with numbers and words and in her mind needs to add these numbers together. She seems to have good insight, as previously stated, as she is said to be “sensible”, recognizes that her behaviors are not normal, and is able to make the connection of her childhood surroundings with her current obsessions and

Residents appears to be well kept and groomed from her hair being brushed to clean clothes most days. She sets out her clothes she wants to wear for the next day. Resident does not appear t wander or appear to be verbally or physically abusive towards others. The resident’s behavior matched all situation from talking about a sad or uncomfortable topic to talking about happy topics. She did not show many facial expressions if she was sad or in any pain. Resident did appear to be anxious. She would make repetitive physical movements such as moving her hands a lot and not make eye contact when speaking or being spoken to. She does withdraw herself from any activates that she might have a small amount of interest in. She doesn’t know anyone or

     There are many causes for a patient to be a hypochondriac. When a hypochondria learns of a new disease and its symptoms, he/she excessively worries that they have or developing the disease. Attention can intensify a bodily sensation. By watching medical shows, a person can connect bodily sensations felt with a disease described on the show. The misinterpretation of the bodily sensations is what causes a patient to be a hypochondriac. Hypochondriasis might also be caused by anger deep within a person. Rather than letting their anger out towards people, a person turns their anger into physical symptoms. The life of a hypochondriac is usually unhappy and depressive. A hypochondriac will fell hopeless and have a lack of interest in life. Lastly, hypochondria can be triggered by a previous illness experienced or by a relative's sickness. Someone who was treated with cancer might be more preoccupied with bodily sensations and will connect them to a disease. Hypochondriacs have a fear. They fear that they will be struck with an illness. There are many causes why a person becomes a hypochondriac and most being psychological.

Heavy drinkers may develop a tolerance or ?immunity? to certain amounts of alcohol. That said- the more often you drink, the more you can handle next time. The human body recognizes alcohol as a foreign substance and will use every method possible to

This disorder could be quite dangerous, especially if she is suffering from this disorder is