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- 1431: Schizophrenia
- ... mood, or emotional tone in a person with a psychotic disorder is immensely different from that of normal affect. In the mood disorders, one observes the exaggeration of sadness and cheerfulness in the form of depression and mania. In the schizophrenic disorders, affect may be exaggerated, flat, or inappropriate. In psychotic disorders, the intellect is involved in the actual psychotic process, resulting in derangement of language, thought, and judgment. Schizophrenia is ...
- 1432: Virginia Woolf
- ... her writing, and kept her sane for extended periods of time. He "experienced vicarious gratification from Virginia's writing" (Bond 96). When Leonard criticized Virginia's writing, as with her mother, she fell back into depression and psychosis. Virginia's inability to function with out Leonard's support ultimately contributed to her suicide. Despite Virginia's marriage to Leonard he was not her true love. The love of Virginia's life ...
- 1433: The Dawn of a New Age: PCP
- ... April, 1956 : The pharmaceutical company Parke & Davis first synthesize what they believe to be the perfect anesthetic (Souza, 1995). When administered to patients, it causes a completely dissociative state, with no significant respiratory or cardiovascular depression. Patients appear to be awake, eyes open, breathing normally.but are unaware of their surroundings or the procedures being performed upon them (Souza, 1995). Indeed, this is the perfect drug. Unfortunately, like all good things ...
- 1434: Obsessive-Compulsive Behaviors
- ... these for much longer than that.(A.P.A.,80) Children suffer from OCD with exactly the same symptoms as adults. Normally an early start in mental disorder is unusual. Other mental illnesses, such as depression or schitzophrenia often apear in a differant form in young children and in any case are much more rare in children than in adults. But with OCD it is the same at any age. In ...
- 1435: Warren G. Harding
- ... got the President's signature on their bills. They eliminated wartime controls and slashed taxes, established a Federal budget system, restored the high protective tariff, and imposed tight limitations upon immigration. By 1923 the postwar depression seemed to be giving way to a new surge of prosperity, and newspapers hailed Harding as a wise statesman carrying out his campaign promise--"Less government in business and more business in government." Behind the ...
- 1436: About Medical Marijuana
- ... nursing associations have supported the use of marijuana as a medicine. In addition, anecdotal evidence exists that marijuana is effective in the treatment of arthritis, migraine headaches, pruritis, menstrual cramps, alcohol and opiate addiction, and depression and other mood disorders. Marijuana could benefit as many as five million patients in the United States. However, except for the eight individuals given special permission by the federal government, marijuana remains illegal-even as ...
- 1437: Lucid Dreams: The First Virtual Reality
- ... exist for lucid dreaming. There are of course the obvious, nightmare therapy, self-confidence enhancing, and general mental health improvements, but there are so many more ideas not yet explored. Some of these may include depression therapy for physically handicapped people allowing them a very real sort of fantasy fulfillment. Paralytics can walk, dance, fly, or do as they wish sexually whenever they choose. The possibilities for creative problem solving seem ...
- 1438: Ebola Virus
- ... of Ebola include: malaise, fatigue, lower back pain, nausea, sudden fever, weakness, muscle pain, headache, and sore throat. These symptoms are followed by: vomiting, diarrhea, rash, eye inflammation, roof of mouth turns red, genital swelling, depression, increased sense of pain in skin, gastrointestinal bleeding (mouth and rectum), bleeding from eyes, bleeding from ears, bleeding from nose, limited kidney function, limited liver function, internal bleeding, and external bleeding (healthanswers.com). Basically Ebola ...
- 1439: Huntington's Disease
- ... Huntington's Disease is a rare hereditary disorder. It is characterized by irregular movements of the body, slurred speech, and the deterioration of mental functioning. Symptoms of the individual include alternating periods of excitement and depression. It is caused by a buildup of neurotransmitter fluids, which can cause schizophrenia. The first symptoms of the disease usually appear between the ages of 35 and 45, but much earlier and later occurrences are ...
- 1440: HIV
- ... acquire a pneumocystic pneumonia. The final stage of the virus attacks the nervous system, "damaging the brain and the spinal cord."(Kelly 532). This can lead to a number of problems in the body: blindness, depression, loss of body control, loss of memory. This can often last for months before the victim finally passes away. Once the HIV virus enters the body it infects the "T" cell the protectors of the ...
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