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- 551: Drug Dependence
- Drug Dependence Symptoms of Substance Dependence Associated with Use of Cigarettes, Alcohol, and Illicit Drugs --- United States, 1991--1992 Each year in the United States, approximately 400,000 deaths result from cigarette smoking, 100,000 from misuse of alcohol, and 20,000 from use of illicit drugs. Many of the adverse health effects associated with the use of tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drugs result from long-term use caused by substance dependence (i.e., addiction)---a cluster of cognitive, behavioral, and physiological symptoms indicating sustained psychoactive substance use despite substance-related problems. In addition, substance dependence is ...
- 552: Bipolar Affective Disorder
- ... that are used in cases where the patients cannot tolerate lithium or have been unresponsive to it in the past. The American Psychiatric Association's guidelines suggest the next line of treatment to be Anticonvulsant drugs such as valproate and carbamazepine. These drugs are useful as antimanic agents, especially in those patients with mixed states. Both of these medications can be used in combination with lithium or in combination with each other. Valproate is especially helpful for patients ... noncompliant, experience rapid- cycling, or have comorbid alcohol or drug abuse. Neuroleptics such as haloperidol or chlorpromazine have also been used to help stabilize manic patients who are highly agitated or psychotic. Use of these drugs is often necessary because the response to them are rapid, but there are risks involved in their use. Because of the often severe side effects, Benzodiazepines are often used in their place. Benzodiazepines can ...
- 553: Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze" and the 1960s and 70s
- ... time period described many of these problems in America. The song I picked to describe this generation was "Purple Haze" by Jimi Hendrix. I believe this song is about the confusion and pain caused by drugs. I interpreted his lyrics to mean that he was on an eternal high that ends in death. This song is a good description of the time because I believe that many people were very dazed ... core hippie. He was a drug addict as well as a spontaneous musical historian. He did have a long lasting impact on many people. His death was very controversial. Was his life wasted on sex, drugs, and rock and roll or did he capture the spirit by seizing every moment for what it was worth? His music is still very popular today, but probably not as well understood. Many people consider ... any of the music in the 60's. Much of the music went down in history because of the great emotion that surrounded the sounds. To the young people of the 60's, the music, drugs, and sexual freedom was just a way of rebelling against politics, wars, and environmental issues. You could almost compare the decade to one great big awareness concert that got out of control. Some people ...
- 554: Issues Of Addiction
- ... the ones being blamed. Addiction at home has an extremely severe effect on the surrounding people, but there is nothing these victims can do about it. The addict is by definition the person who takes drugs for the sake of taking drugs, rather than for the sake of some other desired end. A casual user uses drugs or alcohol for increased enjoyment and to become more sociable. An addict, however, continues to use this drug for fear of returning back to "normalcy." The addict needs no reasons to take the drug; ...
- 555: Suicide
- ... a treatable illness and that people can feel good again! Depression, plus alcohol or drug use can be lethal. Many times people will try to alleviate the symptoms of their illness by drinking or using drugs. Alcohol and/or drugs will make the disease worse! There is an increased risk for suicide because alcohol and/or drugs decrease judgement and increase impulsivity. They don't necessarily attempt or commit suicide to prove something, but it is certainly a cry for help, which should never be ignored. This is a warning to ...
- 556: Teenage Sex
- ... who have sex 12 times run a 50 percent chance of starting a pregnancy (Meier, 1994, p. 12). Teenagers should think of the consequences and read over the statistics before jumping into anything. Alcohol or drugs also play a major role in the sexual activity of teenagers. Sometimes, alcohol and drugs play a part in the teenager's decision to have sex. A person who is drinking alcohol or using drugs is less likely to be cautious and responsible about their behavior (Meier, 1994, p. 10). Teens will often go to parties and get so "smashed" that they have no control over what they are ...
- 557: Schizophrenia
- ... been treated primarily with anti-psychotic medications,which block the action of dopamine in the brain.These medications don't cure "schizo" but do reduce symptoms greatly.Up to twenty percent of patients using the drugs at high dosages for prolonged periods of time,develop motoric disorders known as tardive dyskinesia. The diazapine drug clozapine avoids TD,but severely lowers the # of white blood cells more often than the other drugs,and also can cause convulsive seizures.Family therapy in which the members of the family of a "schizo" patient interact with the patient rigorously,have also been found to be helpful. Recovery Up to one ... aren't even treated.The recent debate is whether this disease is either biological or environmental,obviously a little bit of both.Even though there is no true cure for this disease,the use of drugs combined with therapy is definetly the best form of treatment.I really think there is alot of hope for people who acquire this illness,if they are surrounded by the right "help" environment.
- 558: Bipolar Disorder
- ... that are used in cases where the patients cannot tolerate lithium or have been unresponsive to it in the past. The American Psychiatric Association's guidelines suggest the next line of treatment to be Anticonvulsant drugs such as valproate and carbamazepine. These drugs are useful as antimanic agents, especially in those patients with mixed states. Both of these medications can be used in combination with lithium or in combination with each other. Valproate is especially helpful for patients ... noncompliant, experience rapid-cycling, or have comorbid alcohol or drug abuse. Neuroleptics such as haloperidol or chlorpromazine have also been used to help stabilize manic patients who are highly agitated or psychotic. Use of these drugs is often necessary because the response to them are rapid, but there are risks involved in their use. Because of the often severe side effects, Benzodiazepines are often used in their place. Benzodiazepines can ...
- 559: Rap Music; Its Impact On Society Since Its Birth.
- ... combines catchy beats with rhythmic music and thoughtful lyrics to create songs with a distinct political stance. Rap lyrics are about the problems rappers have seen, such as poverty, crime, violence, racism, poor living conditions, drugs, alcoholism, corruption, and prostitution. These are serious problems that many within the rap subculture believe are being ignored by mainstream America. Those within the rap subculture recognize and acknowledge that these problems exist. Those within ... neighborhood. I tell them to stay in school. Then I give them money to get something in the deli." Run-D.M.C. is one of the numerous rap combos advising kids to keep off drugs. Doug E. Fresh and Grandmaster Flash have each made records telling of the horrors of cocaine. On Grandmaster Flash's hit "White Lines," he details how the drug can ruin a life, and shouts, "Don ... a lot to praise in their music. At the same time, they could not let the xenophobic tendencies of these acts pass unnoticed, or ignore the frequent quasi-celebration in much rap music of misogyny, drugs, and violence, and the status to be gained in the urban community by the practice thereof. Passionate advocates of civil liberties and free speech wondered, sometimes aloud, whether rappers were taking those privileges too ...
- 560: Analysis Of Gangs
- ... only be hypothesized. However, by looking at the way humans are influenced in society, I believe there is good evidence to point the blame at several institutions. These include the forces of the media, theater, drugs, the government, and our economic system. By looking at the forces of the media, theater, drugs, and the capitalist economic system we can apply Akers social learning theory and the Marxist theory as the cause of Gangs. Akers social learning theory addresses the forces of the media, theater, and drugs. Akers social learning theory states that criminal and delinquent behavior are acquired, repeated, and changed by the same process as conforming behavior. It also addresses four major concepts of differential association, definitions, differential reinforcement, ...
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