The Iron Lady : Movie Review

Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher lead the conservative government from 1979-1990 and she made some very radical changes that have stuck.

Margaret Thatcher is a former prime minister who worked closely with Ronald Reagan. In the sincere and appreciative eulogy for Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher utilizes characterization, rhetorical appeals, and specific diction to recall all of Ronald Reagan's life and the wonderful things he achieved during his presidency.

A is an 87 year old women, with a long history of health troubles including chronic kidney disease, congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease, a pacemaker insertion for her atrial fibrillation, type 2 diabetes, dyslipidemia, colon cancer, breast cancer, mild cognitive impairment and most recently paranoid psychosis.

Susannah Cahalan, a 24 year old, healthy and successful journalist for the New York post, experienced an acute onset of psychosis. Symptoms ranged from paranoia to seizures, which eventually led to a catatonic state. The onset of the female’s symptoms occurred when she became paranoid of a bed bug infestation in her home, yet after having her home exterminated there was no indication of bedbugs. Concern arose from her nonexistent appetite and severe insomniac behaviors. She began noticing her own erratic behaviors and shortly after experienced her first seizure episode. In search of an answer to reoccurring seizures she went to a physician who put her on Keppra (an antiseizure medication) and warned her the symptoms were due to stress and heavy drinking. The increasing paranoia developed into hallucinations, people plotting against her or speaking poorly of her. EEG and MRI results exhibited normal results; further indicating stress and alcohol withdraw. After being admitted to the NYU medical school EEG monitoring floor, examination showed tangential, disorganized, and temperamental behaviors. Several escape attempts later, placed Susannah in the more difficult patients category. Doctors suggested conditions such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and cancer. She exhibited abnormally high blood pressure pointing to extreme concern.

appeared her stated age and appeared in good health. She was in no acute distress. She was alert, satisfactorily groomed, and casually dressed. She was cooperative and appropriate in the meeting. She had normal motor activity, with no unusual gestures or mannerisms. She made eye contact appropriately. her affect was appropriate. Client ambulates with a cane. She was oriented to person, place, time and situation. She denied suicidal or homicidal ideation.

Within four weeks of fieldwork, occupational therapy students got to know most of the residents at Ruth’s House (dementia unit). The residents have various medical conditions that limit their physical and mental capabilities. Anita, one of the residents in the facility exhibited a range of physical, cognitive, and behavioral symptoms. Based on direct observation, Anita demonstrated fluctuating alertness periods. With no evident trigger, Anita had multiple acute episodes of confusion, irritability, and agitation. In a several group sessions, she was restless and was very difficult to redirect. She kept standing up despite being told to take a seat so she does not fall. She was verbally disorganized. In addition, during the 2-week fieldwork,

Psych: The patient states that she is depressed due to “falling apart” and anxious about dying. Denies suicidal thoughts, memory loss and confusion.

The clinical features Mrs Lee now 83 is displaying changes to health and cognition noted in the last three to four months, with two transient ischaemic attacks but no significant medical issues. Although currently taking three medications for high blood pressure. Changes in word finding, getting words mixed up and confusing identifying words. Insisting everything is fine showing a lack of insight into her changes or difficulties. Short term memory Mrs Lees has difficulty retaining recent memories, however long term memory appears reasonable. Although Mrs Lees home is reasonably well maintained, she is emaciated and personal hygiene is poor. There is also evidence of emotionally Liable being frequently teary with no reason. History includes

HYPOTHESIS: The patient had general difficulty completing thought trends. He denied any hallu-cinations or delusions, but his guardedness would indicate possible paranoid ideation with possible unsys-temized persecutory delusional system. He felt there was some type of conspiracy against him to place him at Sweetwater Home Board and Care. He was unable to recognize and appreciate his medical and mental cir-cumstances appropriately and respond to them in an appropriate manner. Judgement was impaired since the patient could not make medical or financial decisions in his best interest. I do not feel that he knows the ex-tent of his medical illnesses or his financial situation. The patient was disoriented to time, person and place.

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

Elyn Saks shared her story of dealing with her chronic schizophrenia. She spoke of her positive symptoms of schizophrenia which included hallucinations, delusions, as well as disorganized speech. During one of her psychotic breaks Dr. Saks described a particular delusion where she believed she had killed hundreds of people with her thoughts. (Saks, 2012.) She also described her experience with disorganized speech “memos are visitations; they make certain points; the point is on your head; pat used to say that; have you killed anyone?” (Saks, 2012.) Dr. Saks also described some of her negative behavior which included her not eating and isolating herself in her apartment by making it completely dark in the middle of the day. Some of Dr. Saks’ negative behavior can also be seen as she is delivering her presentation. She shows anhedonia by speaking in a very monotone voice although she is talking about something that someone else would find highly emotional as well as being expression less through the entire thing. Another negative symptom Dr. Saks exhibits through her presentation is avoidance. She is avoidant because she avoids making eye contact with member of the audience and continuously looks down at her paper even when she is not reading from her writings. The avoidance continues further because she seems to be very uncomfortable being the center of

Setting the Stage: Patient 1 is an 87 year old retired man who arrived by ambulance. His last admittance to the hospital (from the nursing home that he lived at) was 2 months ago. According to his medical records, he had a history of peripheral arterial occlusive disease and deep vein thrombosis, and came in due to leg pain and a urinary tract infection. While the patient did not have a diagnosed neurocognitive disorder, the patient appeared delusional, and told the occupational therapist that he (the patient) was a retired occupational therapist, but had told the physical therapist the previous day that he was a carpenter. The patient was being treated for depression and anxiety with medications.

Mrs A is a 71 year old widow with CCF and osteoarthritis who has recently been exhibiting quite unusual behaviour. Her daughter is concerned about her mother's ability to remain independent and wishes to pursue nursing home admission arrangements. She fears the development of a dementing illness. Over the last two to three months Mrs A has become confused, easily fatigued and very irritable. She has developed disturbing obsessive/compulsive behaviour constantly complaining that her lace curtains were dirty and required frequent washing. Detailed questioning revealed that she thought they were yellow-green and possibly mouldy. Her prescribed medications are:

One of the biggest differences between Thatcher and Putin is the ability to use informal rules to enhance their power. As stated before the United Kingdom's has no written constitution because of this, much of the prime minister's power are technically informal. A Prime Minister can set a new precedent or replace old one by passing new legislation. The rules are binding, but they're are not enforceable. What keeps the PM in check is they can be voted out of office. To hold onto their power need to have the confidence of the majority and increasing their power through an informal approach will likely lead to their dismissal. This system of accountability reduces the likeliness for anyone to extend their powers.This has been in place for years,

Margaret Thatcher's political career has been one of the most remarkable of modern times she served as British Prime Minister for more than eleven years (1979-90), a record unmatched in the twentieth century.