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- 601: Steroids
- ... obtain the steroid. Steroids also have psychological and physiological effects on the user. Bigger muscles can help increase a persons self-esteem, but the steroids that build those muscles can lead to lowered self-esteem, depression, inability to think clearly, and a lack of energy. Scientists are just beginning to investigate the impact of anabolic steroids on the mind and behavior. Many athletes report "feeling good" about themselves while on a steroids regimen. The downside, according to Harvard researchers, is wide mood swings ranging from periods of violent, even homicidal episodes known as "roid rages," to bouts of depression when the drugs are stopped. The Harvard study also noted that anabolic steroid users may suffer from paranoid jealousy, extreme irritability, delusions, and impaired judgment from feelings of invincibility. After reading the facts, one must ...
- 602: Huntington's Disease
- ... a genetic disease that causes selective neural cell death, which results in chorea, or irregular, jerking movements of the limbs caused by involuntary muscle contractions, and dementia. It can cause a lack of concentration and depression. It also may cause atrophy of the caudate nucleus, a part of the brain. However, symptoms vary between individuals, with some sufferers showing symptoms that others do not. Those suffering from Huntington's disease normally ... usually involves counciling and education about the disease of both the family and the patient. Since the symptoms are so varied in both type and severeness from patient to patient, medical treatment must be individualized. Depression, a common symptom, is usually treated with tricyclic antidepressants. Those that also show obsessive compulsive behavior may take some types of serotonergic agents. Neuroleptics, or drugs that block dopamine receptors, are useful in the treatment ...
- 603: Psychology: Dreams and Dreaming
- ... dreams come in the service of wholeness and health. If you find an interpretation that does not fit this, perhaps you need to change methods of interpretation. Dream interpretations that lead you toward self-criticism, depression or despair are simply wrong and if these conditions persist you may wish to seek help from others. Finally, there is no such thing as a dream with one meaning. If you feel stuck on ... different from other people, and some overly rejected society's norms. They were all very open and vulnerable, he said, beneficial to their careers. But most had had stormy adolescence sometimes followed by bouts with depression, alcohol and suicide attempts. Hartmann concluded that people who had frequent nightmares possessed a poor sense of their own identities and find it hard to separate fantasy from reality. Some have borderline or potentially psychotic ...
- 604: The History, Use, and Effectiveness of Medicinal Drugs
- ... they could include mild drowsiness, allergic reactions, skin rash, hives, nasal discharge, stomach irritation, heart burn, nausea, vomiting, constipation and in extreme cases erosion of the stomach lining, activation of a peptic ulcer, bone marrow depression, hepatitis, and kidney damage. Overdosing on this drug produces side effects such as stomach distress, nausea, vomiting, ringing in the ears, sweating, stupor, deep and rapid breathing, twitching, and convolutions. Aspirin was the first non ... which is a sunburnlike eruption that breaks out where the skin is exposed to sunlight. Later symptoms are a red and swollen tongue, diarrhea, mental confusion, irritability, and, when the central nervous system is affected, depression and mental disturbances. The best sources of niacin are liver, poultry, meat, canned tuna and salmon, whole grain and enriched cereals, dried beans and peas, and nuts. The body also makes niacin from the amino ...
- 605: Obesity
- ... special help, such as counseling or medication, to control their binge eating before they can successfully manage their weight. Other Causes of Obesity Some rare illnesses can cause obesity. These include hypothyroidism, Cushing's syndrome, depression, and certain neurologic problems that can lead to overeating. Certain drugs, such as steroids and some antidepressants, may cause excessive weight gain. A doctor can determine if a patient has any of these conditions, which ... or both. However, more and more evidence contradicts this assumption. Obese people often face prejudice or discrimination at work, at school, while looking for a job, and in social situations. Feelings of rejection, shame, or depression are common. Doctors generally agree that people who are 20 percent or more overweight, especially the severely obese person, can gain significant health benefits from weight loss. Many obesity experts believe that people who are ...
- 606: Psychoanalysis
- ... emanating from the surrounding environment. Furthermore, the damage done to the basic psychological structures by traumatic experiences leaves those structures weakened and with defective functioning. Such conflicts and defects can cause intense ANXIETY and severe DEPRESSION. In order to keep functioning effectively, the ego attempts to maintain control by achieving some sort of compromise between the contending forces. Often such compromises appear in the form of inhibitions or compulsions that affect ... resulting disturbance is called a narcissistic personality disorder, or a disorder of the self. TREATMENT Patients seek psychoanalytic treatment because they suffer from one or more of a variety of psychological symptoms such as anxiety, depression, sexual and other inhibitions, obsessive thoughts, compulsive actions, irrational angers, shyness and timidity, phobias, inability to get along with friends or spouses or co-workers, low self-esteem, a sense of feeling unfulfilled, nervous irritability ...
- 607: Sudden Infant Death Syndrom
- ... birth (Ahmann). The problem that is associated with the home apnea monitor is that most likely will cause distress within the family unit. It has been suggested to cause parental fatigue, anxiety, social isolation, and depression ( Defrain 215). This also leads to conflicts with others outside of the family such as friends, relatives, and those in the workplace that indirectly result from this problem in the home. A Study was done by Elizabeth Ahmann to look for how home apnea monitors disrupted family life. Data from telephone interviews and mailed questionnaires were used to examine twelve aspects of family life such as parental depression, health, and attachment to the infant in ninety-three families that had infants who were considered to be at a high risk for SIDS, and who were on home apnea monitors. There was also a ...
- 608: "To See What Factors Affect The Decomposition Of Hydrogen Peroxide By The Enzyme Catalase Which Is Found In The Liver"
- ... things. Without them the reactions would be so slow that life would grind to a halt. Enzymes work by when a substrate molecule bumps into a molecule of the right enzyme, it fits into a depression on the surface of the enzyme molecule. This depression is called the active site. The reaction then takes place and the molecules of product leave the active site, freeing it for another substrate molecule. Hydrogen peroxide is a waste product produced during respiration. Hydrogen ...
- 609: Attention Deficit Disorder
- ... functioning. Depending on your symptoms, your diagnosis may be categorized as ADD, inattentive type ADD, or hyperactive/impulsive type ADD. After your diagnosis you may learn that you are also suffering from a learning disability, depression, or substance abuse, which is often associated with ADD. There is no cure for Attention Deficit Disorder. "Along with increasing awareness of the problem, a better understanding of its causes and treatment has developed (3 ... often hinders their progress. The patient then needs help with the relief of disappointment, frustration, and nagging sense of self- doubt that often weighs upon the ADD patient. Some ADD patients suffer from low- grade depression or anxiety, others with a dependence on alcohol or drugs, and most with low self-esteem and feelings of helplessness. Therapy also helps the ADD patient fully understand the disorder and how it controls the ...
- 610: Ritalin and Its Uses
- ... referrals and a lack of school psychologists (1:2100 students). Many times, it has been shown, that psychiatrists who often diagnose for ADHD in children, are disdiagnosing disorders similar to ADHD such as learning disabilities, depression or anxiety disorders; disorders that do not neccessitate Ritalin as a therapy. Some doctors who are reluctant to prescribe Ritalin find that the childeren's parents just switch doctors and find doctors who will. Unfortunately ... dosage such as: nervousness, insomnia, decreased appetite, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, heart palpitations, headaches, rise in heart rate and blood pressure, skin rashes, itching, abdominal pain, weight loss, digestive problems, toxic psychosis, psychotic episodes, and severe depression upon withdrawal. Many question if such a drug should be so freely handed out to children because of it's possible dangerous effects. Parents are even trying to lessen the restrictions on Ritalin so they ...
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