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- 6741: Anxiety Disorders
- ... diagnosed with anxiety attacks that turned my academic career in a tail spin. I think it all started when I moved to Commerce from Dallas where I was secure and settled. My life was going great until something personal happened and I was forced to move out of the only home my son new and was raised in and felt secure in. Commerce was the only place I could go to ... suppose to take before I had an attack. I though that was strange because I would be in the mist of an attack before I knew I was having one. That brings me to a great point I want to make, like the book say's there are four principal types of anxiety disorders: generalized anxiety disorders, phobic disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorders, and panic disorders. They are not mutually exclusive, many ...
- 6742: The Human Immunodeficiency Virus And Mutations
- ... confronted (this idea being derived from the evolutionary theory). For example, its genetic makeup changes constantly; a high mutation rate increases the probability that some genetic change will give rise to an advantageous trait. This great genetic variability stems from a property of the viral enzyme reverse transcriptase. As stated above, in a cell, HIV uses reverse transcriptase to copy its RNA genome into double-strand DNA. The virus mutates rapidly ... a billion new viral particles are produced in an infected patient each day, and in the absence of immune activity, the viral population would on average double every twodays. With the knowledge of HIV’s great evolutionary potential in mind, Nowak and his colleagues conceived a scenario they thought could explain how the virus resists complete eradication and thus causes AIDS, usually after a long time span. Their proposal assumed that ...
- 6743: Dyslexia
- ... just need to work harder than everyone else does. There are many very successful, and famous dyslexics. General George Patton couldn’t read by the time he was twelve years old, yet he became a great general. Woodrow Wilson because the president of the United States and of Princeton University and he was dyslexic and could not spell. Jackie Stewart won twenty-seven Grand Prix races, Ann Bancroft was the first ... can go to the library and check out books on it, you can also go to a literacy council. Almost every town has one, and some larger towns have more that one. Literacy councils are great places to get help if you are struggling with dyslexia also. They can tutor you with reading, writing, and do many other things as well. The people that help dyslexics are very helpful, and they ...
- 6744: Alcoholism: Cunning, Baffling, Powerful, Patient And Deadly
- ... E.g. - My life would be void of pleasure with out alcohol. OVERGENERALIZATION: To come to a general conclusion based on a single incident or piece of evidence. E.g. - Alcohol has made for some great times with friends. I must have alcohol in order to capitalize on the potential for fun. MIND READING: You think you are able to define how people are thinking about you. E.g. - People will ... not surprising that their drinking careers have been characterized by countless vain attempts to prove they could drink like other people. The idea that somehow, someday they will control and enjoy their drinking is the great obsession of every abnormal drinker. The persistence of this illusion is astonishing. Many pursue it into the gates of insanity or death. The John Hopkins University Hospital in Baltimore uses the following questions as a ...
- 6745: The Physical and Psychological Effects of Marijuana
- ... necessarily indicate an extreme health hazard. For example, roasted coffee contains 800 volatile chemicals, of which only 21 have been tested on rodents, and of those, 16 were carcinogenic. Coffee has never been considered a great cancer-causing substance, though. Cannabis has also been known for its many therapeutic uses, including the treatment of open angle glaucoma, asthma, and the nausea associated with chemotherapy. It has also been described as a ... physical effects, yet are as accurate today as they were 100 years ago. Following is an early account of its intoxicating properties made by Dr. John Bell in 1857: "I had taken the drug with great skepticism as to its reputed action, or at any rate with the opinion that it was grossly exaggerated, and I accordingly made up my mind not to be 'caught napping' in this way again, and ...
- 6746: Caffeine and Its Affects
- ... to define. Caffeine can be habit-forming. Some regular users who give it up may experience withdrawal symptoms twelve to sixteen hours after the last dose, such as: drowsiness, headaches, lethargy, irritability, disinterest in work, depression, occasional nausea and vomiting. How caffeine affects you depends on what and how much you drink. Strongly brewed coffee or tea has much more caffeine than a weakly brewed drink. Age and size make a ... effect as four cups of coffee for an adult. In moderate doses (more than 200mg, depending on body weight and physical condition) it can produce trembling, nervousness, chronic muscle tension, irritability, throbbing headaches, disorientation, sluggishness, depression and insomnia - otherwise known as "Coffee nerves" As with other drugs, how much and how often caffeine is used can affect reactions. While it may keep you awake for some tasks, caffeine (and oter stimulants ...
- 6747: The Grieving Process
- ... is one’s own personal process of loss. During this process of grieving certain events may take place. It is normal to experience a variety of emotional responses which include, shock, or disbelief, anger or depression, guilt, and finally acceptance. You may discover that your feelings are very uncomfortable. Unless you realize that these feelings are normal and similar to the feelings that nearly most grieving persons experience. Those who can ... loss with others. Following feelings of shock or disbelief, you gradually be¬ gin to realize that the loss is real. Then you begin to ex¬ perience deeper and deeper implications of the loss. Anger or depression usually follows. This is a frequent response to a perception of injustice or powerlessness. During this phase the most common question asked is “Why me”, A signifi¬ cant loss can threaten a person’s basic ...
- 6748: Assisted Suicide
- ... all of that pain and suffering just for the end result of death? Should these people have the right to assisted death, to rid themselves of unbearable pain? This topic has been one of the great controversies over the last several years. Not too long ago if someone was found assisting in suicide, it was seen as a felony crime. But recently there have been court cases taken up in two ... replace some of the dignity which the illness has extracted from a person's life. It would give the person the capability to end matters on his own terms. John Stuart Mill, one of the great philosophers of the nineteenth century, derived a theory which is an excellent example as an argument for the legalization of doctor assisted suicide, or all moral crimes for that matter. This theory was deemed the ...
- 6749: Suicide In Jails
- ... country's jails. In 1986 there were 401 successful [jail] suicides (Winkler 19992). There are many general assumptions made in regard to suicide. Most believe suicide to be caused by mental illness such as major depression or bipolar disorder. Another belief is that the emotional escalation leading to action takes place over a long period of time. Such is not the case in jail suicides. Much of the research shows that ... to be taken lightly, and officers are instructed to dispel the myth that those who talk of suicide will not attempt prior attempts- inmates who have previously attempted suicide are at a much greater risk:depression this especially applies to the concept of hopelessness mentioned earlier:intoxication-reports reveal 60% of victims had been intoxicated;mental/emotional disturbances-the mentally ill are at a much greater risk;crisis event-this is ...
- 6750: Suicide
- ... but he had to go back to France, and she couldn't see him as much as she would have liked to. Her mother started taking her to a psychiatrist to help her through her depression. If we hadn't have done this she might not be with us today. Now, she has a fairly normal life. She has a job at Amy's Ice Cream which required her to design ... so talented, and she draws and paints to deal with her emotions. They call this art therapy, and it really seems to work for those who already express themselves in their art work. Other ways depression is dealt with is through writing, anger therapy, exercise, dancing, group counseling, treatment centers, and peer assistance networks. When people don't talk to each other about something, they may believe a lot of things ...
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