Mental disorders are any illnesses with significant psychological or behavioral manifestations that are associated with either a painful or distressing symptom or an impairment in one or more important areas of functioning.
Shigihara Y, Tanaka M, Akira Ishii, Kanai E, Funakura M, et al. (2013) Two types of mental fatigue affect spontaneous oscillatory brain activities in different ways. Behav Brain Funct 9: 2.Shigihara;Yoshihito;Tanaka;Masaaki;Ishii;Akira;Kanai;Etsuko;Funakura;Masami;Watanabe;Yasuyoshi.Two types...
Opioid drugs are useful in the treatment of general postoperative pain, severe pain, and other specific conditions. The use of opioids to relieve the pain associated withkidney stonesorgallstonespresumably depends on their ability to affect opioid receptors in these tissues and to inhibit contractility...
Some of the more common ones include UTIs, pneumonia, bed sores, and blood clots. If someone in a coma develops complications, this could affect their prognosis. For example, blood clots could go to the lung and cause a pulmonary embolism or to the brain and cause a stroke. A UTI, ...
Physical examination is very helpful in trying to localize a potential brain lesion. A careful neurologic exam may be useful in finding weakness, changes in sensation (including light touch, pain, vibration, and position sense), and coordination. Mental status, agility, and other organ systems are...
Tongue movement problems are often caused by nerve damage (for example, post-strokeor post-surgery nerve damage). Limited tongue mobility can greatly affect our eating, swallowing, and speech. Depending on the extent of nerve damage, sometimes physical therapy may help in regaining control of the...
of Clinical Nutrition, it’s beenshown to have positive effectsof production ofgrowth hormone, which can improve aspects of mental health, such ashelping with releaseofgamma-aminobutyric acidthat boosts feelings of “inner calm and tranquility.” Nitrogen, created by glutamine in high amounts, ...
Our model neglects some factors that likely affect diazotroph growth and N2 fixation, such as differ- ences in nutrient uptake capacities and temperature- dependent metabolism, for which limited physiolo- gical information is available. However, it is driven by observations of cell abundance, ...
a syndrome that can affect individuals who have endured some highly traumatic event, such as anatural disaster, torture, or incarceration in aconcentration camp, was considered a type of neurosis. The symptoms include nightmares, a diffuse anxiety, and guilt over having survived when others perished...
a number that was expected to increase significantly by 2030, in part because of anticipated increases inlife expectancyin many countries. In the 2013 revision of theDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders(DSM), there was a shift from the termdementia, and this group of disorders ...