SymptomsIn this descriptive longitudinal pilot study, symptoms reported weekly by 18 alcohol-dependent women (AG), during their 2nd, 3rd, and 4th months of recovery, were compared with the symptoms from a comparison group (CG) of 15 healthy non-alcoholic women. The women provided weekly records...
A condition is “any deviation(s) from the normal structure or function of the body, as manifested by a characteristic set of signs and symptoms (typically a recognised distinct disease or a syndrome)” (section 1). From: Clinical Research in Paediatric Psychopharmacology, 2020 ...
Symptoms Environmental sensitivity Smoking Alcohol Physical activity 1. Introduction It is generally assumed that risk perception and worry about the negative impact of various factors on health are associated with protective behaviours. For example, the Health Belief Model [[1], [2], [3]] states ...
The medical history may include diabetes mellitus, renal insufficiency/failure, alcoholism, hepatic cirrhosis/failure, other endocrine diseases, or recent surgery. However, obtaining an accurate medical history may be difficult if the patient's mental status is altered. Central nervous system (CNS) s...
11. Experiencing withdrawal symptoms, such as discomfort, irritability and lower back pain, which can be relieved by using chairs again (chair use withdrawal syndrome). Like substance use disorders, chair use disorder is characterized not by only the amount of chair use (sedentary time) but by ...
The selection of cuff size will be chosen according to the left arm circumference of each participant; the blood pressure cuff will be placed on bare skin. Blood pres- sure will be assessed in a seated position at the level of the right atrium, with the participant's back supported and...
Significant pathogen loads and high levels of alcoholism have also been implicated in transition studies of iron status among the !Kung (Kent & Lee, 1992). Data collected among the transitioning Agta of the Philippines indicates that approximately 34% of adults and 17% of children were ...
A 42 y/o man presents to the ER with severe knifelike epigastric pain that radiates to his back, and several episodes of vomiting. He drinks alcohol daily. PE: patient is lying on the stretcher in the fetal position. He is febrile, and the skin of his abdomen has an area of bluish ...
For the purposes of our litera- ture review it was most suitable to use the term mental disorders allowing us to include different characteristics of psychiatric patients described in reviewed studies (e.g., diagnoses, symptoms, diseases, etc.). The concept of comorbidity The term "comorbidity"...
Indicators of well-being have been found to be important to alcohol abstinence (Longabaugh & Lewis, 1988; Peele, 1988) and were found to be correlates of dependence levels in alcoholism careers (Taylor et al., 1986). Additionally, indicators of poor well-being have been viewed as potential...