Bipolar Disorder
.... symptoms of a depressive episode include anhedonia, disturbances in sleep and appetite, psycomoter retardation, loss of energy, feelings of worthlessness, guilt, difficulty thinking, indecision, and recurrent thoughts of death and suicide (Hollandsworth, Jr. 1990 ). The manic episodes are characterized by elevated or irritable mood, increased energy, decreased need for sleep, poor judgment and insight, and often reckless or irresponsible behavior (Hollandsworth, Jr. 1990 ).
Bipolar affective disorder af .....
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Nutrition: Facts On Malnutrition
.... and gaining weight. To try to reduce the effects of a diet low in energy people usually become less active. In severe cases, a low energy intake results in starvation. Children, especially those under 5 years of age, suffer from the effects of starvation more quickly than adults. In severe situations, they can develop a condition which is life threatening called protein energy malnutrition. This means that their diet provides too little energy and protein. Kwashiorkor and marasmus are the two most comm .....
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Epilepsy
.... a generalized seizure and comes seconds or minutes before the actual seizure. In most people, however, seizure are unpredictable and unrelated to the person’s current situation some external determinants may trigger seizures though. Lack of sleep, emotional stress, missed meals, alcohol ingestion/withdrawal, even fever or some infections may produce seizures.
There are many possible cause of epilepsy but in more than half the causes, the precise cause cannot be determined. An inherited tenden .....
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Attention Deficit Disorder And Impassivity And Overactivity
.... a student takes one or more of the following tests: Intelligence – to help evaluate the students IQ and reasoning abilities. Achievement – to find the actual grade level the student is working at. Fine motor skills – to see if there are problems with the student’s hand-eye coordination and/or writing skills.
Then the student is evaluated. Parents are asked to describe their child’s behavior over a long period of time. The student’s teachers are asked to rate the student’s behavior using standardized .....
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Von Willebrand’s Disease
.... Patients with von Willebrand disease have either have stopped the production of von Willebrand factor or they produce a molecule that does not function normally, which cause their platelets do not adhere properly when blood vessels are injured, therefor it takes longer for a blood clot to form. In some patients, the factor VIII (the anti-hemophilic factor that helps blood clot) is also reduced, and blood clotting is severally impaired. In patients with hemophilia, the primary problem is the decrease o .....
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Schizophrenia
.... patients hear,are related to the patients emotional problems,while others are just jumbled messages.
Location and Occurrence
Schizophrenia occurs in all cities and countries.All social classes are affected,but in the larger cities schizophrenia is three to four times more common in the lower classes,than in the middle and upper classes.Doctors say this difference is due in part to the downward social status of people developing the disease."Schizo" occurs equally as often in men and women,however .....
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The Human Genome Project
.... our modern society. Genetics, particularly of a large population, cannot be quickly changed. Tyrants, like Hitler, Stalin, or Mao, may be interested in genetics and attempt to manipulate the gene pool, but do not have generations to wait . They usually do terrible and evil things long before the effects of a multigenerational genetic improvement program, however misguided, could be carried out.
Many religious leaders believe that genetic engineering is “playing god”. They worry that using this “unnat .....
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Steroids
.... known as anabolic steroids. At the moment everything seems peachy keen, but was it really worth it? Now that I have set the stage, you have probably guessed that my research paper is on anabolic steroids.
In this paper I hope to show you all of the effects of steroids, both positive and negative. Steroids are a serious matter and a very controversial issue in our world today. Many people take the side that they shouldn’t be an illegal drug because all they do is help people gain strength and size. Th .....
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Steriods
.... Many athletes turn to steroids more often because they're cheaper then marijuana or cocaine. A ten week cycle of testosterone cypinate and methandrostone costs only about one hundred dollars. Steroids are also very hard to trace because of their water base composition. They can pass through the body within two days. All these benefits of steroids help an athletes become more competitive and increase their chance of being a winner. Of course everybody wants better biceps and triceps but when using steroi .....
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Miscarriage
.... bleeding during the first 28 weeks of pregnancy. The bleeding may be light or heavy and may or may not be accompanied by lower abdominal discomfort and backache. It is a relatively common situation. The second word used is, spontaneous miscarriage/abortion, and it indicates that the abortion occurred naturally and that it was not induced. Complete abortion means that all the products of conception-the fetus, placenta, and amniotic sac-have been expelled from the uterus, and that the uterus is empty .....
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How Psychology Can Help Enhance Health Care Delivery
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The Focus of this discussion is to highlight on three crucial qualities that can influence a typical health care scenario; these are obedience, conformity and compliance. These qualities shall be explored in great depth revealing how the knowledge of psychology can help enhance a health care delivery.
Obedience, conformity and complience are known to depend on what is at risk, whata person loses will dtermine what he/she is going to do and to what extent the person carries given .....
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Crohn's Disease
.... known causes for Crohn's disease, some scientists say that bacteria infections can cause this disease. The disease is not contagious. It has been said that your diet can affect how Crohn's disease affects you. Diarrhea is one of the most common symptoms of Crohn's disease.
Crohn's disease can also be referred to as IBD, which stands for Inflammatory Bowel Disease. It can also be referred to as Ulcerative Colitis, or simply colitis, enteritis, ileitis or proctitis.
This disease is not very .....
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A Look Into Alzheimer's Disease
.... lose much of the information that they have recently learned and cannot learn anything new. They begin to constantly misplace objects, often repeat themselves, and usually become confused in simple situations. When in relatively simplex places patients may become lost or even forget where they are. Psychologically however, patients begin to become depressed most of the time and be anxious or confused. Some become restless and can barely ever sleep.
The cause of the disease, although not completely .....
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Bulimia
.... most successful when medical therapy and psychotherapy are combined.
taking laxatives to get rid of the body food. It usually affects young women, especially adolescents, but is observed in older women and men also. People with bulimia are often obsessed with food and self gratification, and the disorder frequently accompanies Anorexia Nervosa.
Such behavior stems from psychological difficulties involving a compulsive desire for perfection, poor self-image, and stressful familt relationships; depression is also common. Research in the late 1980's says that bulimia it .....
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Death
.... o'clock in the morning and my sister was driving. Then she fell asleep and starting driving off the road. She swerved back on the road really hard, which made the car flip over four times. Then we were rushed to the hospital and stayed there for about an hour. My sister and I were all right but my dad was in critical condition. My dad ended up only loosing his pinky finger. Just being in that situation made my outlook on life and death different. I couldn't bear the fact that my dad would be gone for .....
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