International Journal of Neurological Nursing
Volume 2, Issue 1 (2016)
Published
Table of contents
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A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Parents Knowledge about the Home Care Management of Children with Autism Disorder in Carunnai Special School, Puducherry
Abstract: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on level of knowledge among parents on home care management of children with autism disorder. The result reveals that the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on home care management of autism among parents of autistic children in the pretest mean level of knowledge were 11.40 and the standard deviation were SD is 3.241. Comparatively the post-test …
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Parkinson’s Disease
Abstract: Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurological disorder, in which its signs and symptoms intensify after some time. Almost one million individuals in the US are living with Parkinson's illness. The cause is obscure, and in spite of the fact that there is quickly no cure, there are treatment alternatives, for example, solution and surgery to deal with its side effects. Parkinson's includes the malfunction and death of key nerve cells …
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Bipolar Disorder
Abstract: Bipolar disorder, with its varying and extreme emotional mood swings ranging from misery to madness, used to be called hyper depressive disorder. Bipolar disorder is intense and can bring about dangerous behaviors, even suicidal tendencies, and can be treated with treatment and timely medication. There are four different types of bipolar disorders. It is also difficult to diagnose. Left untreated, bipolar disorder tends to worsen. The disorder will show more …
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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
Abstract: ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. A-myo-trophic comes from the Greek language. "A" means no. "Myo" refers to muscle, and "Trophic" means nourishment – "No muscle nourishment." When a muscle has no nourishment, it "atrophies" or wastes away. "Lateral" identifies the areas in a person's spinal cord where portions of the nerve cells that signal …
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Asperger’s Syndrome
Abstract: Asperger’s syndrome is a neurobiological disorder. It is now considered as a part of the wider groupof autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The other disorders included in this category share almost the same signs and symptoms for the respective diseases. Asperger’s syndrome is considered as a high-functioning form of ASD. Every individual suffers from mild to moderate or intense type of symptoms associated to this disease.
Published in International Journal of Neurological Nursing · Vol. 2, Issue 1, 2016 · pp. 9–10 Read article