Brain functioning - Samenvattingen, Aantekeningen en Examens

Fundamentals of Abnormal Psychology Abnormal Psychology - Study of abnormal behavior in an effort to describe, predict, explain and change abnormal patterns. Four Ds - Distress, disfunction, deviance and dangerous Deviance - Acting different than acceptable social norms and behaviors Distress - Anxious behavior, ideas of emotions Danger - Danger from oneself to others Dysfunction - When abnormal behavior tends to interfere with daily functioning. Culture is important Eccentr...

NRNP {NGN} study guide LATEST 2023 SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS Substance use disorders are a cluster of disorders in which cognitive, behavioral, and physiological symptoms indicate that a person continues using a substance despite significant substance-related problems Psychiatric symptom clusters may be related to substance use, discontinuation of substance use, or withdrawal from habitual substance use. Substance use disorders lead to changes in brain circuits and physiological...

Dit document bevat de samenvattingen van alle artikelen voor het vak Personen met beperkingen: Diagnostiek van de RUG. Dit zijn de volgende artikelen: - Internationale Classificatie van het Menselijk Functioneren of ICF-CY - Using the ICF Framework to Explore the Multiple Interacting Factors Associated with Developmental Coordination Disorder – Ferfuson et al., 2014 - Psychosocial functioning following moderate to severe pediatric traumatic brain injury: recommended outcome instruments for ...

Summary NUR 280 Comprehensive Review Comp 1 Comp 2 comp 3 2023. Comp #1 Spinal Cord Injury/Surgery/Procedure - Expected finding: o Decreased reflexes o Numbness/tingling o Inability to urinate (from low spinal cord injury) - Not Expected: o Decreased RR. o Headache (increased ICP) o CSF halo (yellow fluid) - Post-Op: o Airway, circulation o Monitor for ICP, Neuro checks, VS closely - Complication: o Autonomic Dysreflexia. S/S:  Numbness & tingling (expected)  Severe hypote...

Introduction to the Study of Psychology. Goals for today’s class… ● The Nervous System ● The Central Nervous System ● The Brain ● The Brain & Behaviour ● The Peripheral Nervous System ● Connecting the Brain to Behaviour ● The Cells of the Nervous System ● The Action Potential – how does our body communicate internally? ● How do drugs affect the functioning of the brain and the nervous system – thereby influencing behaviour? ● Genetics: how much of human beh...

Abnormal Psychology Chapters 1 & 2 abnormal psychology - the study of abnormal thoughts, feelings and behaviors that may or may not be part of a larger mental illness. 5 criteria for dignosing a psychological disorder - 1. Does the behavior involve a measurable degree of impairment and can the diagnosis predict future behavior or responses to treatment? 2. Does the behavior reflects a dysfunction in psychological, biological, or developmental processes? 3. Does the behavior cause distres...

NUR 352 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2023. Vital Signs ● Normal Adult ranges of- T, P, BP, R, O2 saturation. ○ T: 36-38C (96.8-100.4F) ○ P- 60-100 ○ BP- <120/<80 ○ R- 12-20 ○ Oxygen saturation- 95-100% ● Causes for alterations in each – T, P, BP, R and O2 saturation. ○ Temperature ■ Hormones ■ Environmental temperature ■ Activity ■ Infection ■ Eating hot/cold foods/drinks before an oral temperature ■ Smoking ■ Age ■ Stress/anxiety ■ Circadian ...

NURS 660 Exam 1 Study Guide 2023. GLUTAMATE  Excitatory NT, can excite and turn on all virtually ALL CNS neurons. Known as the master switch  Glutamate is released from synaptic vesicles, interacts with neighbor cells (glia) is taken up into glia VIA excitatory amino acid transporters (EAATs), it is converted to glutamine inside glia by enzyme glutamine synthetase, glutamine is released and SNAT (specific neutral amino acid transporters) takes it back into presynaptic neuron where it...

NURS 660 Exam 1 Study Guide 2023. Suicide Assessment DIM - Suicide appears to occur when a mental Disorder is present, Intent develops, and Means become available When Should Suicide Assessment be Conducted?  First assessment on any patient with a mental illness or substance abuse diagnosis.  When a patient experiences sadness, low mood, recent loss or hopelessness, and at each subsequent session as long as the patient remains at risk.  Any time a patient has any other identified...

NURS 660 Exam 1 Study Guide 2023. The mesocortical dopamine pathway also projects from the midbrain ventral tegmental area but sends its axons to areas of the prefrontal cortex, where they may have a role in mediating cognitive symptoms (dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, DLPFC) and affective symptoms (ventromedial prefrontal cortex, VMPFC) of schizophrenia. Expression of these symptoms is thought to be associated with hypoactivity of this pathway.  The tuberoinfundibular dopamine pathway p...