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- 111: Madness In Yellow Wallpaper
- ... can be examined in the context of modern understanding. The Yellow Wallpaper, written in first person and first published in 1892 in the January edition of the New England Magazine, depicts the downward spiral of depression, loss of control and competence, and feelings of worthlessness which lead to greater depression and the possibility of schizophrenia. This paper will explore two possible causes of the main characters madness. These causes are the subjugating treatment inflicted upon her by her husband, and the idea that the ... I am sick! And what can one do? If a physician of high standing, and one's own husband, assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression -- a slight hysterical tendency -- what is one to do?" (671). The doctors seem completely unable to admit that there might be more to her condition than just stress and a slight nervous disorder even ...
- 112: Critque the efficiency of of FDR's administration at alleviating the suffering of the great Depression
- Critque the efficiency of of FDR's administration at alleviating the suffering of the great Depression FDR truely tried to help the people and wanted to make a change. He was mostly successfull with his New Deal Program. Each Program helped a different part of the the country and its people ...
- 113: Obesity
- ... caused by just wanting to eat. The want to eat is caused by looking for a sense of security. A sense of security wanted because there are poor or no coping skills for stress or depression and low self-esteem. Therefore, when a compulsive overeater or binge eater diet, the diet is doomed to fail because the weight returns when the person resumes normal eating. Thus creating an even greater depression. Now many obese people have medical research to turn to as to why the weight they lost usually comes back. Recent research has strongly backed the set-point theory, which says that when an individual ... lost fourteen pounds and completely lost any desire to eat. The compulsion I normally felt late at night to snack was gone. My problem with phen-fen began the second month, when I started experiencing depression. One of the possible side effects mentioned was depression in people who had suffered clinical depression or were prone to depression. I knew this when I started the medicine, but I thought anything was ...
- 114: Impact Of New Deal On The
- New Deal is a program created by Franklin Delano Roosevelt during the Great Depression to counteract various effects of it. New Deal created many agencies and legislation to help the United States pull itself out of the Great Depression. Some of these agencies have tremendous effect even today. When Roosevelt was elected as the president, he faced many problems such as banking failure and unemployment. Almost immediately, he called on Congress and began what ... men to do public works such as fire fighting and reforestation. Agriculture Adjustment Act also helped to solve overproduction of crops. Tennessee Valley Contrast to what people believe, New Deal did not end the Great Depression. However, through New Deal, Roosevelt sought to solve the immediate problems that threatened the United States. Many economists believed that its greatest failure was its inability to bring about complete economic recovery. Many economists ...
- 115: Bipolar Affective Disorder
- ... Jr. 1990 ). Bipolar affective disorder affects approximately one percent of the population (approximatly three million people) in the United States. It is presented by both males and females. Bipolar disorder involves episodes of mania and depression. These episodes may alternate with profound depressions characterized by a pervasive sadness, almost inability to move, hopelessness, and disturbances in appetite, sleep, in concentrations and driving. Bipolar disorder is diagnosed if an episode of mania occurs whether depression has been diagnosed or not (Goodwin, Guze, 1989, p 11). Most commonly, individuals with manic episodes experience a period of depression. Mood is either elated, expansive, or irritable, hyperactivity, pressure of speech, flight of ideas, inflated self esteem, decreased need for sleep, distractibility, and excessive involvement in activities with high potential for painful consequences. Rarest ...
- 116: Seasonal Affective Disorder
- Seasonal Affective Disorder Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD, is a common problem of people living in northern United States. People who are affected by this disorder commonly suffer from depression, lethargy, inability to concentrate, overeating and weight gain. People from the north tend to suffer more from this disorder because of the shortened days. It appears, that due to the deficiency of sunlight some people ... disorder. It was not until recently that SAD was discovered. It was discovered by Peter Mueller, who was reviewing a case of a 29-year-old woman. He had noticed a pattern, the womans depression came in the winters and left in the spring. Over the course of years the woman moved from city to city. Mueller noticed, that the farther north she moved the early the depression. Mueller had begun to speculate that the lack of sunlight had contributed to the womens depression. In order to confirm this he exposed the patient to artificial sunlight. He found that over a ...
- 117: Methods Of Therapy
- ... find Cognitive Therapies. The idea behind these therapies is that people, in trying to attain their own expectations and follow their personal views of right and wrong, consciously make choices and develop accordingly. Distress and depression therefore are the results of one's failure to live up to one's own expectations. In order to help their clients then, Cognitive therapists must "focus on the beliefs and attitudes" of the client ... treatment. Many of the therapies which we have discussed up until now are not the end itself. In other words, there must be additional influence also. For example, my father- in-law has bi-polar depression which therapists have traced to Vietnam and his exposure to Agent Orange. So far the only treatment which has been effective, has been medication. In the medical world, doctors diagnose the illness and usually prescribe ... as anything a medical doctor might prescribe. When drugs and therapy sessions are not enough there are other possibilities, such as ECT or Psychosurgery. ECT or Electroconvulsive therapy is the "treatment of disorders...like major depression by passing an electric current, (that causes a convulsion), through the head". On the same page of the text we can find the definition of psychosurgery. It states that it is "intended to promote ...
- 118: Bipolar Affective Disorder
- ... the milder expressions of Bipolar disorder are called cyclothymic disorders. The use of the term primary affective disorder refers to the individuals who had no previous psychiatric disorder or else only episodes of mania or depression. Secondary affective disorder refers to patients with preexisting psychiatric illness other than depression or mania (Goodwin, Guze. 1989, p.7 ). Bipolar affective disorder affects approximately one percent or three million persons in the United States, afflicting both males and females. Bipolar disorder involves episodes of mania and depression. 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 ). These episodes may alternate with ...
- 119: ... newspaper; others showed up later as sections of The Long Valley, In Dubious Battle, The Grapes of Wrath, and East of Eden. Steinbeck's success as a writer coincided with the coming of the Great Depression. As many people around the country lost their wealth, Steinbeck prospered. He started to travel, not only because he could afford it, but because he wanted to collect material for his writing. The country was ...
- 120: The New Deal
- The New Deal During the 1930s, America witnessed a breakdown of the Democratic and free enterprise system as the US fell into the worst depression in history. The economic depression that beset the United States and other countries was unique in its severity and its consequences. At the depth of the depression, in 1933, one American worker in every four was out of a job. The great industrial slump continued throughout the 1930s, shaking the foundations of Western capitalism. The president began a campaign called ...
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