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- 2771: Schizophrenia: Explained and Treatments
- ... Let me tell you a little about my history. I probably inherited a predisposition to mental illness; my uncle was diagnosed as having dementia praecox", an earlier term for schizophrenia. In my senior year of high school, I began to experience personality changes. I did not realize the significance of the changes at the time, and I think others denied them, but looking back I can see that they were the earliest ... How to Live with Schizophrenia. Secaucus: Carol Publishing Group, 1992. Honig, Albert. The Awakening Nightmare. Rockaway: American Faculty Press, 1972. Long, Phillip W. Schizophrenia: Youth's Greatest Disabler. Internet: Internet Mental Health, 1996. Sinclair, Lawrence. High Performance Consultants. Psyrix Corporation, 1995. Torrey, E. Fuller. Surviving Schizophrenia: A Family Manual. National Alliance for the Mentally Ill Pamphlet. Arlington, VA: Wilson, 1993. Walsh, Maryellen. Schizophrenia: Straight Talk for Family Friends. New York: ...
- 2772: Schizophrenia
- ... appearance of phenothiazine medications. Dramatically reducing the instability influenced by psychosis, these medications were of great significance to many individuals with serious mental disorders. At both the state and federal levels, legislators looked at the high cost of long-term psychiatric hospitalization. Social scientists guaranteed them that community-based care would be in the best interests of all concerned: the mentally ill and the general, tax-paying public (Barry 13). It ... chronic anxiety, phobias, obsessions, and compulsions or may reveal dissociative features. As anxiety mounts, indications of a thought disorder may appear. An adolescent may complain of difficulty with concentration and with the ability to complete school work or job-related work. Over time there is severe deterioration of work along with the deterioration of the ability to cope with the environment. Complains such as mind wandering and needing to devote more ... and drugs help the schizophrenics deal with their problems tremendously there is not enough to go around because states are closing their mental institutes for financial reasons. Even though the cost of mental institutes are high, the schizophrenics are better off being kept in them because they could cause a huge uproar on the streets. Without the mental institutes the schizophrenics will get worse because they are unable to live ...
- 2773: Creative Writing: Letter to Principal
- Creative Writing: Letter to Principal Dear Mr.Johnson, This Letter is on the issue of closed campus, in my opinion this should not even be an issue. Haslett High Scholl students should be able to go out during lunch, we have a right to choose what we pay for and we have the right to seek a comfortable environment. I have very strong reasons ... suitable lunch arrangement. I must mention of second problem with lunchtime, this is even more pressing than the first. Lunch Prices have been growing drastically and with no reason at all, this could mean the school is pressed for money so you look for the simple solution and make us, the consumers, pay more. I have heard that this large amount of extra money is going towards better quality food; get ... don't have the time to pack lunches. Instead we students are forced to deal with over crowded lunch rooms and incredibly unfair prices. Mr. Johnson this is just not suitable for a highly rated school system such as ours. I believe that when a young adult is denied much of his or her freedom it has a rather disappointing outcome. Put your self in my shoes for a short ...
- 2774: A Reflection Of Egypt In The 2
- ... class merchant family. His mother, Fatimah Kahisha, the daughter of a shiekh from Al-Azhar, instilled in him a love of Egyptian history by taking him to monuments and museums as a boy. During his high school years he began to read the Arabic classics as well as those Western ones he could find in translation. He majored in philosophy at Cairo University and later became Minister of Waqf (Charitable Foundations). He ... Ahmad's sons. He is the only member of the family to participate in the 1919 revolution and is killed during its course. Fahmy is a romantic youth of eighteen, a student in the law school where many of the earliest manifestations of the 1919 revolution were a source of constant unrest. He has received a modern education, influenced by the West, which included political and philosophical literature. His religious ...
- 2775: Our World In Medicine
- ... save lives and to relieve suffering, which is why it is so respected. But the medical field is not open to anyone who wants to help. It takes many long years of college and medical school to get even a license to work with medicine.2 While some doctors are more important than others, almost all of them are on call twenty - four hour a day, seven days a week. Because ... has only natural causes. He thus became the first physician known to consider medicine a science and art separate from the practice of religion. The Hippocratic oath, an expression of early medical ethics, reflects Hippocrates' high ideals.7 The Greek physician Galen made the most important contributions to medicine in Roman times. Galen performed experiments on animals and used his findings to develop the first medical theories based on scientific experiments ... influenced medical education for more than 600 years.9 The chief medical advances during the Middle Ages were the founding of many hospitals and the first university medical schools. In the 900's, a medical school was started in Salerno, Italy. It became the chief center of medical learning in Europe during the 1000's and 1100's. Other important medical schools developed after 1100. During the 1100's and ...
- 2776: Clown
- ... of clowning it sounds silly but clowning is a very serious job it starts with the way you look all the way down to the way you sound. With the fit clowns there was no school or colleges and it was also if you werent funny the first time you never will be. But know it is a profession for a lot of peole and if you become good enough you can have a very large profit. Also with the clown college there is more than one kind of clown such as a rodeo clown. He will have to go to school for usually three years which will pay good because it is a high risk job.
- 2777: Comparisons of Classical and Keynesian thought.
- ... Classical and Keynesian thought. In the comparison of the two thoughts one must understand that Classical thought is one that has been around longer than Keynessian and it was in all probability the only real school of thought from 1776 to the 1930's. The Classical thought is one that had its origins in Britain and with British's economists. As early as Adam Smith and until the great depression, most ... certainly be short lived. A working economic example of this would be the Great Depression, experienced in the 1930's. The stock market crash, bank failures and a decade of unemployment averaging 20% to a high of 25% (1933) caused sever problems. This was a crisis not only for the US but the world as well. In keeping with the Classical thought, a government should do nothing and play a non ... policy's (those of the congress and the federal reserve) that were in place during this time work? This is a Question that is still debated today. The opposite approach is the Keynesian thought. This school of thought would believe in a more active approach. That is the Federal Government and the Federal Reserve should play an important role in attempting to stabilize the economy by "fine-tuning", that is ...
- 2778: The Effects of Lead Poison on Children
- ... system and brain. Lower levels of lead can reduce their IQ, reading and learning disabilities, attention deficit disorder and behavior problems. When these are added up it causes the student to become a dropout from school and a negative contribution to our communities(Monheit, 1996). The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta (CDC) have found that these injuries occur when blood levels rise to a mere 10 ... FDA- regulated businesses(The Food and Drug Administration, 1995). This organization is taken steps to protect children from lead poisoning by proposing regulations that will make it harder for small children to gain access to high-potency lead products. FDA is also helping ensure that health-care providers and consumers are alerted to the dangers associated with accidental overdoses of lead- containing products (Hingley, 1996). Today the FDA is headed by ... family know some of the facts on lead poison such as: 1. Where not to let there children play 2. Toys children should not play with 3. Items that one should not bye due to high amounts of lead This would help them keep their homes in a condition which would be safer for there children. These steps may take a little time and money but the outcome will help ...
- 2779: Current Grading Systems Are Inadequate
- ... standards and teaches them that not doing a job 100% is satisfactory. Grades ranging from a 65% through 80% are usually considered a passing grade at most schools. The fact that I can get through high school with a 70% average and still have it be considered satisfactory bothers me. It shows me that by not working as hard as I possibly can I can still get by. I have fallen into ... a passing grade for the class, the student is learning that it is acceptable to do a mediocre job on tests and papers and still receive passing credit for the assignment. These lower standards in school can lead to larger problems in the "real world." If in the business world you were to do things rights only 70% of the time, chances are you would probably lose your job. If ...
- 2780: Creative Writing: X-Men
- ... in the gene pool. This is like the Ku Klux Klan or a racist church one may hear about in movies or television shows. The other example is also a church but it shows a school of more open thought. In this church, the preacher recognizes that some of these mutants use their powers to help others and they should not be prejudged. The X-Men are even compared to angels ... want a mutant baby or not. In the end, Wolfsbane, a conservative Scottish Catholic lass, destroys all the research information the doctor has, preventing mutant abortions. Currently, anti-mutant hysteria is at an all time high. An ultra- powerful combination of Professor X and Magneto took control of an army of Sentinels and programmed them to round up super-powered people and destroy New York City. This amalgamated being, called Onslaught ... are all evil. It also did not help the mutant cause that a popular anti-mutant presidential candidate was killed on live television by an as-of-now unknown mutant. No, mutants are not riding high on America's popularity list. The X-Men are popular outside comic books also. There is a cartoon and a comic spin off of the cartoon, since it is geared towards younger people. As ...
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