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- 151: Adolescent Depression: The Under Acknowledged Disease
- Adolescent Depression: The Under Acknowledged Disease Psychology Depression is a disease that afflicts the human psyche in such a way that the afflicted tends to act and react abnormally toward others and themselves. Therefore it comes to no surprise to discover that adolescent depression is strongly linked to teen suicide. Adolescent suicide is now responsible for more deaths in youths aged 15 to 19 than cardiovascular disease or cancer (Blackman, 1995). Despite this increased suicide rate, depression in ...
- 152: Depression And Its Affects
- Depression And Its Affects Like a dark shadow lurking through the night, sadness can creep up without any warning. Most people are able to combat this sadness after only a few hours. Others, however, seem barely ... with the sadness. They are overwhelmed by the feelings of defeat and melancholy. This can plague people for more than just a couple days. Most often people dismiss their emotions and never recognize beyond them. Depression disorders can be corrected if a person knows the signs, causes, and treatments through awareness the number of people affected could be significantly reduced. The signs of depression are often overlooked or disregarded. Subtle signs of depression make it hard for doctors to diagnose depression. Doctors who are not specialists in mental health miss the diagnosisof severe depression at least half the ...
- 153: Sharks
- ... to find a place to seek refuge, but it was too late. The jaws of the shark closed around the seal with an astounding 14,000 pounds of pressure, cutting the seal in half. The Great White shark claims another victim.1" Any one who’s seen the famous movie series "Jaws" may look at the Great White Shark in a similar manner. Perhaps it’s the way that Hollywood uses a mix of fact and fiction in the series. This may have frightened many people into hating the Great White for it’s ferocity. It might have also been the size of the shark in the movie that’s kept thousands of people off the beaches and out of the water. Better yet, ...
- 154: Great Man Theory Analysis Juli
- ... was undoubtedly a man who changed history. His life and its story have inspired generations of awe and scrupulous study. Many would argue he is the most influential man in recorded history. However, can the great Caesar truly be declared a ‘event-making man’, according to the criteria of the Great Man Theory? Did he truly influence the course of history through his own extraordinary acts of will and leadership? Or was he simply a fortunate man who appeared in the right place at the right ... pawn of a greater scheme? By following and exploring the political ideals and abilities of Caesar, as well as his military ability and prowess, this essay hopes to clearly demonstrate that he was indeed a great ‘event-making man’, possessed of exceptional ambition, incredible intelligence, remarkable cunning, and inordinate bravery. In order to properly evaluate Caesar as a ‘Great Man’, we must first establish the criteria by which he is ...
- 155: The Year 2000 Bug
- The Year 2000 Bug As the millennium approaches we come closer and closer to what some say could mean the end of civilization as we know it. What is this great event that would have such an impact on the world that it could end civilization? The problem is a simple computer bug refereed to as the Y2K bug but its ramifications could be immense. This ... 99. At the time of this programming this seemed to be the best solution to the space saving dilemma. As we come closer to the millennium we see that this style of programming was a great overlook of programmers. Assuming that the machines would not still be functioning in the year 2000, programmers did not see this as a problem. Now that the year is approaching there are a great deal more of these machines around then anyone ever would have thought. This poses a problem because when the last two digits of the year section of the date roll around to 00 the ...
- 156: Essay And Opinion On The Way O
- ... women were influenced during the revolution overall. And unknowingly it is practically an immediate parallel to Mary Fish’s life at that time as well. Mary’s capability to defeat a long span of severe depression due to being overwhelmed by a series of losses, such as the loss of her first child Rebecca, and many complications demonstrates strength that even innumerable people can not overcome at the present day. The ... in the blossoming of her independence, with insisting that if she was educated early enough, her expectations of the men in her life would supply her with better judgement of them. I’m sure a great multitude of women during and after the War of Independence had the determination and the encouragement to become independent, strong, loyal matriarchs but many lacked the fundamental resources for this tremendous step up. Being able ... were there is constant evolution, there is constant longing for revolution. Women are still learning to be women. Men are still learning to be men. We are still learning from our mistakes. And during a great time of conflict Mary Fish Silliman was woman enough to shed her gender and her prejudice to share with us what she had learned. ***** Notes on The Way of Duty: A Woman and Her ...
- 157: Materialism and The Great Gatsby
- Materialism and The Great Gatsby The acquisition of material has often been equated with happiness in this country. This is true today, and it was true during the 1920's, the setting of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. Fiztgerald shows how Jay Gatsby is a man that believes if he has money, he can attain love and happiness. Jay Gatsby believes that money can recreate the past, can buy him happiness, and ... to believe they need to have all the things that businesses are trying to sell and it is this desire for material possessions that drives our economy. While this type of economy has given us great opportunities to further our own personal wealth, it has also put many people on the path to making ours a selfish and unhappy society that is never content with it already has. The market ...
- 158: Teenage Suicide
- ... abuse such as physical, emotional, psychological, sexual, social abuse or neglect can lead to self-murder("Teen Suicide," 3). Significant changes, losses, and abuse can promote suicidal tendencies. Few suicidal people have some type of depression, yet those who have one can be provoked to commit suicide. There are two main types of depression suffered by suicidal people("Suicide," {Grolier}). The first type is reactive depression. This type of depression is the reaction of a difficult and often traumatic experience. Endogenous depression is the second type of depression. It is the result of a mental illness which is diagnosable by ...
- 159: The Great Gatsby, How Is It Re
- The Great Gatsby is a very good example of the American way of life during the 1920s. The fatal outlook that pursued the characters of this story is a rather harsh reminder that life often turns out ... clarification, Jay Gatsby s tiny aspirations might be seen as a direct result or reflection of the time in which they were cast, a period characterized by the elusive American Dream and, more notably, a great depression following afterwards. Gatsby rose to wealth, relative fame, and, yet, never achieved the contentment he was seeking. Sadly, it could be said that the boy boarding the millionaire, Dan Cody s yacht was more ...
- 160: Captivity And Restoration Of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson
- ... she is then held prisoner and spends eleven weeks with the Wampanoag Indians as they travel to safety. What made this piece so popular in both England and America was not only because of the great narrative skill used be Mary Rowlandson, but also the intriguing personality shown by the complicated character who has a struggle in recognizing her identity. The reoccurring idea of food and the word remove, used as metaphors throughout the narrative, could be observed to lead to Mary Rowlandson’s repression of anger, depression, and realization of change throughout her journey and more so at the end of it. The idea of food is constantly used throughout the Mary Rowlandson’s narrative, because it was the only essential need ... says "I shall not die but live, and declare the works of the Lord" (308). Her desire to live was encouraged through her dependence on God, which in turn helped repress her true feelings of depression because of the sufferings she was enduring. As Rowlandson’s travels goes on you could see that she has learned to accept the Indian’s culture. In the eight remove she says "I boiled ...
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