Antonio Cyrino

This essay will outline a key policy and how it influences current practise. It will analyse the economic, political and philosophical context of the policy. The student will appraise the ethical and moral implications for practice drawing on appropriate principles, theories and frameworks. Implications for future practice will also be highlighted. Outline one recent key … Read more

Introduction Hypertension is found in more than 50% of children with chronic renal failure. Hypertension should be treated to prevent the development of symptomatic cardiovascular disease and to delay the progression of chronic renal failure. The hepatic 3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitors, commonly known as statins, are molecules of fungal origin. They are competitive inhibitors … Read more

Obesity is one of the major health problems among children today. This is evident from the United States and many developed countries in the world. Pediatrics in the past has come up with different ways of addressing the issue for instance by encouraging much time for physical activity in schools. They have also argued that … Read more

Historically, an overweight child was presumed to be a healthy child, because it was capable to survive periods of undernourishment and infections.2 Natural selection probably favoured people with an thrifty energy metabolism (the thrifty gene hypothesis3). During millennia of frequent food scarcities this economical energy metabolism was favourable. However, with stable food supplies about 60 … Read more

Freud in the late 19th century acknowledged the phenomenon referred to now as childhood amnesia (CA), where adults are unable to remember events from their early childhood- even though young children have incredible learning capacities. The cause of CA is uncertain; psychologists either point to the child’s neurological make up or the development of their … Read more

Chaparro, M.P., Kim, H., Fern??ndez, A., & Malti, T. (2013). The development of children’s sympathy, moral emotion attributions, and moral reasoning in two cultures. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 10(4), 495-509. doi: 10.1080/17405629.2012.742008 The central focus of the study was the comparison of groups of 6- and 9- year old children from two distinct cultural … Read more

Background and Problem Issues’ concerning children with disabilities and their participation in extracurricular activities has become a topic of discussion among many. Worldwide, childhood disabilities (0’14 years), which is estimated to be 95 million (5.1%) children, of whom 13 million (0.7%) have ‘severe disability’, according to World Report on Disability (2011). Understanding how to identify … Read more

Introduction Mentalization is the capacity to understand and interpret one’s own and others’ behaviour as an expression of mental states such as feelings, thoughts, fantasies, beliefs and desires (Katznelson, 2014). In short: mentalization is the ability of seeing ourselves from the outside and others from the inside (Asen & Fonagy, 2012). Reflective functioning (RF) is … Read more

ABSTRACT Background Relieve of pain and fear in children undergoing medical procedures can be achieved by either procedural sedation and analgesia (PSA) or hypnotherapy. We hypothesize that the combination of hypnotherapy and PSA is a valuable addition in the pain- and fear management in children. 
Objectives
To determine whether the use of hypnotherapy as pretreatment for … Read more

Child abuse is a big issue that causes much more than surface wounds, and can leave a lasting effect on the victim’s life. Child abuse has been and continues to be a problem in the United States, as well as all across the globe. However, this issue is not being overlooked, many different organization are … Read more

The study of linguistics, in particular language acquisition, is often hindered by phenomena that linguists have are yet to decipher. These hindrances include all manner of both environmental and experimental issues. It can be seen in the discipline of language acquisition that such a factor is individuals with varying forms of brain damage. Many learners … Read more

Arya’s eating, sleeping and motor development are equivalent to the normal developmental patterns that should be seen during the first 9 months of life. From 0 to 3 months, Arya was calm, in a good mood, and easy to soothe when upset. He was increasingly curious of the world around him. With regards to his … Read more