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- 391: Euthanasia
- ... statistics that tell us that fewer than one in four people with terminal illness have a desire to die, and that all of those who did wish to die had previously suffered with clinically diagnosable depression. If we choose to overlook these statistics, and others that tell us that psychotherapeutic treatments are not only available, but equally successful among people with terminal illness, as among people without then we are indeed one again, committing murder. If a physically healthy person who suffered with depression were to approach us with thoughts of suicide, we would comfort them, seek treatment for them, and provide as much as we were able, to see that they got the reassurance and the psychological and ...
- 392: Anorexia And Bulima
- ... they deny that conflicts exist, or they become so overwhelmed by numerous petty conflicts that they are unable to recognize real problems. What are the Symptoms? Psychological symptoms such as social withdrawal, obsessive-compulsiveness and depression often precede or accompany anorexia nervosa. The patient's distorted view of herself and the world around her are the cause of these psychological disturbances. Distortion of body image i another prevalent symptom. While most ... she may have fallen into a pattern of self-starvation. As a patient begins to learn more about her condition, she is often more willing to try to help herself recover. In cases of severe depression, drugs such as antidepressants are part of therapy. Behavior improvement generally occurs rapidly in these cases and the patient is able to respond more quickly to treatment. The third aspect of treatment, family therapy, is ...
- 393: Handling Stress
- ... it is we then who choose our own stressors. Selye noted that with the absence of stress there is death. Current researchers are also discovering that too little stress may be a major cause of depression or boredom. It is therefore up to us to choose the best Handling Stress # stressors and the optimal level of stress. Since we have now begun to understand the definition of stress as well as ... and intestines causing and ulcer. Severe stress, however, can cause a condition called posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This condition is usually caused when one has endured extreme stress causing them to feel prolonged anxiety and depression. Though I have never heard of university students getting posttraumatic stress disorder I know of afew people around my age who have obtained and ulcer, myself for one. These are just two things that stress ...
- 394: Alcohol
- ... alcoholism, on both the alcoholic and their family? Alcohol has terrible effects on health, family and work. The effects of alcohol on the body are cirrhosis of the liver, loss of brain cells, stomach cancer, depression, tremors and blackouts. An alcoholic in the family causes many disruptions to the members of the family. They start arguments and fights by not functioning or being drunk. They either do not attend family gatherings ... are then considered a recovering alcoholic. There are many ways to stop drinking. There are detoxification centers, the purpose of detoxification centers is to aid alcoholics through the withdrawal stages. Withdrawal symptoms include sleeplessness, sweating, depression, headache, weakness, vomiting, alcoholic seizures and delirium tremens (D.T.’s). There are support groups like Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.) to help people stop drinking and start dealing with their problems. There are also recovery ...
- 395: History Of Social Security
- ... this idea was a little to radical, it still gained support throughout the nation and forced people to realize that social security was indeed a major issue. Social Security really became a necessity after the depression began in the late 1920’s. After President Herbert Hoover failed to address the problems of the nation, the people decided that they needed a change. The people looked towards Democratic nominee Franklin Delano Roosevelt. After being elected President Franklin Roosevelt initiated a series of programs designed to end the depression. One such program was a program for Social Security. On June 8, 1934 Roosevelt announced he was to begin such a program. Roosevelt expressed his views on Social Security when he announced his plan for ...
- 396: Health Care Reform
- ... and Clinton’s failure to reform Health Care that makes a more centralized social policy unlikely in the near future. There has been a necessity in the twentieth century (due in part to the Great Depression and World War II) for big government. The legislation behind Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal called for the involvement of the federal government to create a highly bureaucratic social policy. The combination of Roosevelt’s political assertiveness and society’s willingness to allow such centralization that made big government possible. The laissez-faire mentality of the twenties was seen as the cause of the depression. The federal government and the ensuing reforms were seen as a way of insuring economic security. In the sixties President Johnson followed with a plan of social reform: “The Great Society”. In contrast to the ...
- 397: Bulimia Nervosa
- ... anorexia nervosa, it too involves extreme weight-preoccupation, but with alternate side effects of binging and fasting, vomiting and purging being common place after binges. Factors of Bulimia include a family history of alcoholism and depression. National Institute of Mental Health (1993) reported that even though it’s easier to talk about anorexia and bulimia being different conditions, individual patients often suffer from symptoms of both. Indeed, it often happens that ... imbalance, possibly producing serious, sometimes fatal, heartbeat irregularities. Anna Harkensee (1997) found that some people with bulimia struggle with addictions, including abuse of drugs and alcohol, and compulsive stealing. Many people with bulimia suffer from depression, anxiety, and OCD. These problems, combined with their impulsive tendencies, place them at increased risk for suicidal behavior. Robertson and Mang (1990, pg 97) found that people suffering from bulimia should seek psychological help to ...
- 398: Some Of The Most Important Pre
- ... was a Socialist. Socialist's believed mainly in public ownership of the means by which goods and services are produced, distributed, and exchanged. The main issue of the day for this election was the Great Depression. People were living in the hardest economic times America had ever seen, and were looking for someone to get them out of it. The winner of the election was F.D.R. Roosevelt received a ... in my opinion is because he was a great president. The American people loved him, and his style of government. He gained the trust of the American people, by getting them out of the Great Depression. That is why he was elected to the presidency more than any other president before his time. 1964 The election of 1964 was a contest between Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat, and Barry M. Goldwater ...
- 399: William Lyon Makcenzie
- ... family wasn’t well, either. One of his children was near death, his wife was sick, and a month later, his mother, his greatest supporter, died. In May, 1840, due to his constant bouts of depression and letters of complaint, Mackenzie was pardoned and let out of prison. He hadn’t even served one full year in jail! Upon his freedom, Mackenzie started making new editions of the Gazette. The new ... mayor of Toronto. His health started returning in June of 1861, and he toyed with the idea of running for the legislature. His moods brightened, and friends who had run off during his fits of depression returned en mass. He was not a happy man, though. Creditors plagued him, and he suffered bouts of mental illness, until on August 28, 1861, he died of an apoplectic seizure. William Lyon Mackenzie is ...
- 400: William DeKooning
- ... Manhattan, painted signs and worked as a carpenter in New York City. Then in 1935, he landed a job with the Works Progress Administration, a government agency that put artists to work during the Great Depression. By the next decade, he had attained a place in the downtown art scene among his fellow artists. By the late 1940s, de Kooning along with Arshile Gorky, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and Barnett Newman ... Kline gave himself away to a heart attack at 52. Three years later David Smith died in a car crash at 59 and in 1970 Mark Rothko, slit his wrists while battling ever-deepening alcoholic depression. Willem de Kooning was the principal member of the Abstract Expressionism. Abstract Expressionism gave birth as a reaction to years of struggle against conservative taste, improvised circumstances and reinforced by confused feelings created after World ...
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