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Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Discover why sometimes a quick patient history isn’t enough to help diagnose a problem. In addition to walking you through patient cases, Dr. Benaroch offers insights into fascinating tools that help doctors uncover serious illnesses hidden behind basic symptoms, including complete blood count tests and air contrast enemas..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Test your creativity with cases where common symptoms mask uncommon causes. There’s Mabel, whose "cold"has another cause; Peter, whose vomiting is not a typical tummy bug; Crystal, whose legs are covered in mysterious sores; and Vipul, whose nosebleed illustrates the unusual ways that children can get themselves into trouble.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Diagnoses are the labels we attach to the signs and symptoms of particular diseases or illnesses. But not all diagnoses are equally valid. Here, learn how doctors make informed diagnoses and investigate several diseases that illustrate the controversy behind them, including chronic Lyme disease, chronic fatigue syndrome, and fibromyalgia.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Get a window into how pediatricians uncover potentially serious symptoms that they sometimes can’t see or hear. Topics include the "differential"(a list of possible diagnoses), the importance of describing symptoms as accurately as possible, and why listening and building good communicative rapport are the most important tools in a pediatrician’s toolbox.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Cardiomyopathy is a weakness of the heart muscle. It has many causes and often leads to heart failure when the needs of the body are not met by the weakened heart. It is estimated that 300,000 Australians are living with heart failure. Not all people with cardiomyopathy develop symptoms of heart failure. Heart failure symptoms include shortness of breath, fatigue and fluid retention causing swelling of the ankles, legs and abdomen. Sometimes the first...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
From headaches to irritable bowel syndrome, many symptoms are affected by the connection between the mind and body, which makes understanding psychology essential to pediatric care. Here, Dr. Benaroch illustrates how pediatricians navigate the waters of behavioral and psychosomatic symptoms that have a significant impact on the lives of children and their families.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Clinical depression is an illness, a medical condition. It significantly affects the way someone feels, causing a persistent lowering of mood. Depression is often accompanied by a range of other physical and psychological symptoms that can interfere with the way a person is able to function in their every day life. The symptoms of depression generally react positively to treatment. This Speaking from experience program offers offer first-hand accounts...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Perhaps surprisingly, numerous physical symptoms and medical conditions can be triggered by sensitivity to foods. Study the six primary food groups related to food sensitivity and allergy, examine the astonishing data linking them to conditions such as migraines and arthritis, and learn about the elimination diet, which locates the specific source of food-related symptoms.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Millions of Americans every year are diagnosed with a serious mental illness and prescribed drugs as the standard treatment. But are these diagnoses always correct? And are drugs the only or best way to treat their symptoms? Diagnosed with bipolar disorder, Ross McKenzie's psychiatrist told him he would have to take lithium to control his symptoms for the rest of his life. But the daily dose of the drug felt like a chemical lobotomy to Ross, leaving...
11) Crazywise
Publisher
Green Planet Films
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Crazy...or wise? Indigenous cultures address "mental illnesses" quite differently from western societies. Are symptoms a 'calling' to grow or just a 'broken brain'? The documentary CRAZYWISE explores what can be learned from people around the world who have turned their psychological crisis into a positive transformative experience. During a quarter-century documenting indigenous cultures, human-rights photographer and filmmaker Phil Borges often...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Discover how to be more comfortable and confident when speaking in public with anxiety management techniques based on specific symptoms and sources.
Whether presenting, pitching, delivering a toast, or contributing in a meeting, most people experience some degree of anxiety about speaking in public. In this course, author Matt Abrahams explores what causes people to feel nervous and shares some common anxiety management pitfalls. He then offers anxiety...
Publisher
Mental Health Television
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Unique to the use of video in teaching is the ability to show change over time and we use this to maximum advantage here as we follow the progress of two patients with severe anxiety symptoms over a period of fifteen years.. We see them in extreme distress and they describe their disabling symptoms. Later on, we hear more about the causes of their problems and are given a better understanding of what it's all about. Both had difficulties with medication...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of arthritis, affecting nearly one and a half million Australians. It can appear at any age, but tends to occur more commonly in women and in people aged over 40 years. Two of the most common areas affected are the hips and knees. OA affects cartilage, the hard, slippery tissue that covers the ends of bones. In osteoarthritis, the surface layer of cartilage breaks down and wears away. When this happens,...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Both heartfelt and entertaining, My Depression uniquely illuminates the symptoms, emotions and side effects of depression using animation, comedy and music.The film helps to make a difficult and sometimes taboo topic more understandable, both for those who may be suffering from depression as well as family and friends of people with the disorder.My Depression takes viewers through an individual's journey from the early symptoms through the darkest...
16) Psychosis
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This playlist features a discussion about early psychosis and an assessment of a person displaying psychotic symptoms with co-current cannabis abuse.
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