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- 13351: Mental Disorders
- ... developed(3). Classification. The division of mental disorders into classes is still inexact, and classification varies from country to country. For official record-keeping purposes, most countries follow the International Classification of Diseases of the World Health Organization (WHO). For clinical use in the U. S., the American Psychiatric Association in 1980 adopted a third edition of its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-III); an extensive revision (DSM-III-R) was ... Cliffs, NJ 07632, 4. Carson, Robert C., James N. Butcher and Susan Mineka. Abnormal Psychology and Modern Life, Tenth Edition. Addison Wesley Educational Publishers:1998. 5. Vacarolis, Elizabeth M. Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing. New York: 1994..
- 13352: The AIDS Virus
- The AIDS Virus In the world today, there are many seriously disruptive diseases. One such disease is a well known virus. This virus has caused many questions to be raised. It is called the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, or AIDS for short ... most common one is pneumonia. When it was identified in 1981, "there were only 189 cases reported to the Centers for Disease Control" (Cozic 1991). By the turn of the decade there were 65,000 new cases every year. The only way to fight AIDS is through education and safety. AIDS is a very serious disease and should not be taken lightly. Early on there was a struggle to learn about ...
- 13353: Comparing Treatment Approaches
- ... Cocaine Addiction by Donald W. Landry (1997) and Buprenorphine Suppresses Cocaine Self-Administration by Rhesus Monkeys by Nancy Mello et al. (1989) The general unsuccessfulness of treating cocaine addicts has led to the development of new therapeutic approaches. Immunotherapy for Cocaine Addiction (Landry, 1997), and Buprenorphine Suppresses Cocaine Self-Administration by Rhesus Monkeys (Mello et al, 1989) are two examples of such approaches. Both deal with the addiction in a biologically ... other unexpected effects on the body. If the body produces its own similar, slow-acting antibody that breaks down cocaine, the body may be using it for some other purpose, and the administration of this new antibody may cause problems in the immune systems of the patients. In an ideal situation, it may lead to a better recovery. However, it may also just cause the abuser to switch drugs. Having no ... situation of the patient was such that it led them to cocaine in the first place, there is no evidence that they would not just switch to a different source of high. Both studies offer new approaches to dealing with the ever-growing epidemic of cocaine addiction. While Mello and her colleagues seek to isolate the source of the reinforcing properties of cocaine abuse, Landry simply seeks to cause the ...
- 13354: Vegetarianism
- Vegetarianism Vegetarianism as defined by The World Book Dictionary (1989) is "the practice or principle of eating only vegetable foods and refraining from eating meat, fish, or other animal products". This definition, though accurate, seems somewhat limited, as being a vegetarian is so much more: it is a lifestyle choice, a way of thinking, and a way of behaving. Over 12 million Americans and countless others, from all over the world, have turned to the vegetarian diet (Vegetarian Times, 1996). People who have become vegetarians have made a conscious choice to be this and, having studied this practice, no one should entertain becoming a vegetarian lightly ... too can flourish on the vegetarian diet if they include, as well, in their education a thorough understanding of what their body will need to perform to it's full potential. There have been several world class athletes who have succeeded in their sports and done it on the vegetarian diet. Six time Ironman winner, Dave Scott, the baseball home run king, Hank Aaron, tennis star, Martina Navratilova and many ...
- 13355: William Bradford
- ... all men; they resolved to get over into Holland as they could. (W. Brad Home Page). Once in Holland, the Pilgrims discovered that religious persecution was being diffused. They picked up once again on another brave journey in search for a land that was seemingly impossible to find: a land of religious freedom. They came to America on another perilous journey. Their perseverance and faith in God led them through. Being ... firm and stable earth, their proper element. William Bradford wrote Of Plymouth Plantation, recording the history of the Plymouth Colony, and the calamities that led up to their leaving England for Holland, and later to New England. He also recorded some of the important letters he wrote and received in a letter-book, which still partially exists. William Bradford’s letter-book was despoiled during the Revolutionary War, and was later ...
- 13356: William Faulkner
- ... This one, like most of his others, takes place in the southern part of the United States. It takes place after the Civil War during the south’s transition from the "Old South" to the "New South." All we know is that she lives in Jefferson, but we can assume it is in the South for a couple of reasons. The first clue is the style of her house. "It was ... so different and unique is the fact that he has Miss Emily not changing and not maturing throughout the story. There are quite a few examples of Miss Emily not adapting, or maturing, to the "New South." One of these examples is observed when the sheriff sends a notice to have Mrs. Emily pay her taxes (503). In the past she never had to pay so why should she start now. She also refused to accept him as the true sheriff, she stated that "Perhaps he considers himself the new sheriff. As far as she was concerned, the sheriff was still the same one it had years ago" (Bronson 511). Another example of her reluctancy to change is shown when she kills Homer and ...
- 13357: Abortion - Right To Choose
- ... or single, to be free from unwanted governmental intrusion into matters so fundamentally affecting a person as the decision to bear or beget a child." Abortion is one of the most controversial issues in the world today. Everyone has his or her own individual opinion. A woman's body is hers and hers alone. Nobody has the right to make her do something that she does not want to. The Supreme ... she so chooses, according to Roe v. Wade. In later cases however, the Court has upheld Roe in Planned Parenthood of Pennsylvania v. Casey in 1992. In the same ruling, though, the Court gave states new powers to restrict access to abortions. The people that hold a "pro-life" view argue that a woman who has an abortion is killing a child. The "pro-choice" perspective holds this is not the ...
- 13358: Abortion
- ... by James Kopp. Where is the logic with shooting a doctor. If your seatbelt doesn’t lock in a crash you don’t blow up Ford or GM. The definition of abortion by Webster’s New World Dictionary is: 1a) any spontaneous expulsion of an embryo or a fetus before it is sufficiently developed to survive; miscarriage b) any deliberate procedure that removes, or induces the expulsion of, a living or dead ...
- 13359: Abortion
- ... waiting to cross the street on the corner of 7th avenue and Bell. The street light changes and Becky is signaled by the crosswalk sign to proceed across the street. Sara is putting in a new CD and not paying attention to the fact that she has a red light, without enough time to stop Sara runs the red light and hits Becky who has just started to cross the street ... the baby's mother starts to dress it and decorate it and start memories with it. Abortion is wrong, cruel and most of all goes against the word of GOD. God brought life into this world and He decides on when life is over. A woman does not get pregnant on accident, God had a specific plan for that child and mother and when a woman kills that unborn child, not ...
- 13360: Two Sides of The Brain
- Two Sides of The Brain Your brain has two sides. And each has a distinctly different way of looking at the world. Do you realize that in order for you to read this article, the two sides of your brain must do completely different things? The more we integrate those two sides, the more integrated we become ... thin" into the future. Even more startling is evidence coming to light that we have become a left-brain culture. Your brain's right and left side have distinctly different ways of looking at the world. Your two hemispheres are as different from each other as, oh, Micheal Wilson and Shirley Maclean. The left brain controls the right side of the body (this is reversed in about half of the 15 ... relationships. "The left brain is too slow, but the right can see around corners." Dr. Eisenberg thinks that the preoccupation with the plodding left brain is one reason for the analysis paralysis he sees affecting world leaders. "Good leaders don't lead by reading polls," he says. "They have vision and operate to a certain extent by feel." There are ways of correcting out cultural overbalance. Playing video games, for ...
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