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- 2971: Hyperkinetic Children
- ... from conflict between their parents, and together with their families they were treated by psychotherapy. Since then, stimulant drugs have come into wide use to calm hyperactive children. Drug therapy, however, is only temporary in effect and presents the danger that, if prolonged, the children may become psychologically dependent on the drugs. Behavioral improvements caused by stimulant medications include impulse control and improved attending behavior. Overall, approximately 75 percent of ADHD ...
- 2972: Down's Syndrome
- ... much the same frequency as in the rest of the population. *Dementia: Much recent attention has been focused on the association between Down syndrome and Alzheimer's disease. There appears to be a gene-dose effect where having an extra chromosome 21 gives an individual a higher chance of developing Alzheimer's disease. (Newton, 1992) A significant amount of research has been conducted on Down syndrome, in particular many methods to ...
- 2973: The Effects of Stress, Alcohol Outcome Expectancies, Gender, Coping Styles, and Family Alcoholism on Alcohol Consumption
- ... account for what percentage of the variability. Anticipated Benefits After determination of the correlation between weekly drinking and the 5 predictor variable discussed herein, we will be able to focus on which variables have more effect, or higher correlation. If the highest correlation is found in the FAMILY variable, we will know to spend more time and money on programs which promote "Family Values". If high correlation is found with the ...
- 2974: Drug Dependence
- ... or extremely sensitive, to certain drugs, suffering reactions that resemble allergies. A patient may also acquire a tolerance for a certain drug. This means that ever-larger doses are necessary to produce the desired therapeutic effect. Tolerance may lead to habituation, in which the person becomes so dependent upon the drug that he or she becomes addicted to it. Addiction causes severe psychological and physical disturbances when the drug is taken ...
- 2975: Bipolar Affective Disorder
- ... Another study involved a four week treatment of bright morning light treatment for patients with seasonal affective disorder and bipolar patients. This study found a statistically significant decrement in depressive symptoms, with the maximum antidepressant effect of light not being reached until week four (Baur, Kurtz, Rubin, and Markus, 1994). Hypomanic symptoms were experienced by 36% of bipolar patients in this study. Predominant hypomanic symptoms included racing thoughts, deceased sleep and ...
- 2976: Alcohol
- ... characterized by self-pity, social withdrawal, self reproah,a sence of guilt,and a retardation of normal mental processes. FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME FETAL ALCOHOL EFFECTS Fetal alcohol syndrome is a group of symptoms that can effect an infant born to a mother who drinks during her pregnancy. The most serious is severe mental retardation. Other effects are: -mild to moderate mental retardation - central nervous system problems -small size,low birth weight ...
- 2977: Lucid Dreaming: Asleep and Aware
- ... dreaming and eye movements, it has been shown that when actions are performed in a dream, the brain still sends electrical impulses to the muscles to correspond to those actions. The impulses just have no effect (Blackmore 367). This same principle also applies to the use of different brain hemispheres. Dr. Steven La Berge performed experiments involving the use of different sides of the brain in dreams. It has been proven ...
- 2978: Abilities of People With Disabilities
- ... not special, but just equal? By now you may be wondering, "What is being done to stop this from happening?". On July 26, a major new law, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), went into effect for companies with twenty five or more employees--which means that 87% of U.S. wage earners will be covered. The law, which bans discrimination against those who are blind, deaf, mentally retarded, HIV positive ...
- 2979: The Flu
- ... 1998). Some people do not get the flu shot because they believe that the flu shot can cause unpleasant side effects or that it may even cause the flu (Vaccine, 1998). The most serious side effect from the vaccine occurs in people who are allergic to eggs, since the viruses used in the vaccine are grown in hens' eggs (Vaccine, 1998). "For this reason, people who have an allergy to eggs ...
- 2980: False Memory Syndrome
- ... insest. Even though some reports of incest and sexual abuse are true, most of them are because of of False Memory Syndrome caused by a really bad "therapeutic program. False Memory Syndrome has a devastating effect on the victims and normally produces a sort of dependency on the program. False Memory Syndrome then destroys the psychological part of the child, and not only of the victim but through false accusations of ...
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