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- 31: Nature / Nurture or Both !
- ... in adoptive parents, ( Pelle, Stanton. p 2). Even though scientists have only identified 16,000 out of the total 100,000 genes, many psychological diseases are on the verge of being unraveled. Take for instance schizophrenia, a diseas e characterized by (hallucinations, delusions, flat or inappropriate emotional expression, paranoia and suspiciousness). New findings point out to its relatedness to genetics. Genetic markers for schizophrenia are founded on chromosomes 22, 6, 13, 8 and 9, ( De Angelis, Tori. Boston globe.) These examples reveal the genetic role in our development. They also expose our predisposition to certain traits and behaviors. The ... entirely to exclude the significance of the other. (R.C Lewontin. p.267- 268.) Many psychological illnesses can be explained as a result of combined genetics and environmental factors. As already stated in this paper, schizophrenia has genetic basis. It is also a fact that this mental disease is triggered by environmental factors including family factors and external stress. Paul Grobstein, in his articleGenes, Environments, and Individual Choice explains ...
- 32: Tourette's Disorder
- ... Psychotherapy Family Treatment Genetic Counseling Academic and Occupational Interventions Today the full-blown case of TS is unlikely to be confused with any other disorder. However, only a decade ago TS was frequently misdiagnosed as schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, Sydenham's chorea, epilepsy, or nervous habits. The differentiation of TS from other tic syndromes may be no more than semantic, especially since recent genetic evidence links TS with multiple tics. Transient ... question until there is a biological or other diagnostic test specifically for TS. In older patients, conditions such as Wilson's disease, tardive dyskinesia, Meige's syndrome, chronic amphetamine abuse, and the stereotypic movements of schizophrenia must be considered in the differential diagnosis. The distinction can usually be made by taking a good history or by blood tests. Since more physicians are now aware of TS, there is a growing danger ...
- 33: Bipolar Disorder
- ... loved one, emotional trauma, growing old, not have a job or money problems, guilt feelings, drug abuse and alcohol during bad phases. The manic phase is in the relation of attention deficit disorder hyperactive (ADDH), schizophrenia and psychotic illnesses. Like people who are going though a manic phase can be experience being distracted easily or to hyper to focus witch is in relation with ADDH. And it can relate to schizophrenia and psychotic illnesses by basically having hell on earth like hallucinations, delusions, not being able to tell the difference between real and fake, etc. The depressive phase is in relation of amnesia, suicide. Like people ...
- 34: Pathology Arises Out Fo The Ex
- ... completely into their own self-made worlds. This he observed with schizophrenics when the environment, often the family, was experienced as too hostile and destructive, causing the individual to retreat into a safer inner world. Schizophrenia, he posits, is a strategy invented in order to live in an unliveable world. Frankl (1963) observed this in the Nazi concentration camps - those who had schizoid tendencies were able to survive the harsh conditions ... towards this notion too in observing that those astronaughts best suited for space travel were a e to withdraw partially into their own schizoid worlds . In this sense the existential approach to such phenomena as schizophrenia emphasises the importance of the subjectivity of experience for the patient, breaking away from stigmatising labels and objectifying forms of therapy and allowing the individual to journey through their authentic experience of madness (Deurzen-Smith ...
- 35: Multi-Agency Working In Nursin
- ... 10, (UKCC, 1992). The situation used within this assignment is based upon two clients who co-habit in a first floor maisonette as common law husband and wife. Mr Client has a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia which is controlled with xenobiotics and is the main carer for Mrs Client who has a diagnosis of chronic schizophrenia also controlled by xenobiotics that are administered by Mr Client. Mrs Client also has a prolapse of the uterus which causes her to suffer from double incontinence. Arrangements have been made for Mrs Client to ...
- 36: The Genetics of Violence
- ... been linked to low concentrations of a chemical known as 5-HIAA in the cerebrospinal fluid. Scientists have found a human gene which lies on chromosome 6 that creates a 25 percent higher susceptibility to schizophrenia. Also, MAOA has been found responsible for REM sleep deprivation in rats, which increases the incidence of fighting among the animals. Testosterone levels in repeated sex offenders is, almost without exception, extremely high. The National ... the Long View on Sex and Violence, Science, Vol 261, 20 August 1993. Holden, Constance, NIH Kills Genes and Crime Grant, Science, Vol 260, Iss. 5108, 30 April, 1993. McBeath, Michael K., Genetic Hint to Schizophrenia, Nature, Vol 340, No. 6321, May 13, 1995. Oberbye, Dennis, Born to Raise Hell, Time, Vol. 143, Iss. 8, 21 February, 1994. Palca, Joseph, NIH Wrestles with Furor over Conference, Science, Vol. 257, Iss. 5071 ...
- 37: Multiple Personalities Do They
- ... time loss in the primary personality, who often does not have access to the memories of the other personalities. A common misconception among the general public is the confusion of MPD with the disease of schizophrenia. Schizophrenics do NOT have distinct personalities, rather, they have hallucinations of voices outside their heads. Schizophrenia is caused by brain malfunctions and can be treated with drugs, whereas suffers of MPD cannot because MPD is an almost purely psychological disorder. MPD seems to be caused mainly by incredibly violent and terrible ...
- 38: Lsd 3
- ... phenomenon was first tested it had no effects on the lab animals, therefore its study was discontinued. LSD s study was revived in 1943, when research indicated it could potentially be used as treatment for schizophrenia, due to its similarity in structure to Nicatamide, a chemical found in the human brain, which directly affects the experiences of a Schizophrenic (DEA,1). On April 16, 1943, while Dr. Hofmann was measuring a ... intentional acid trip. In 1947, Dr. Hofmann s employers, Sandoz Laboratories, began marketing LSD in Europe. It was introduced into the United States a year later. They advertised it as a cure for everything from schizophrenia to criminal behavior, sexual perversions, and alcoholism. (Henderson/Glass, 40) Sandoz Laboratories urged many doctors to experiment with LSD to gain further knowledge of experiences which may occur to a Schizophrenic. The effects of LSD ...
- 39: Multiple Personalities: Do They Really Exist?
- ... time loss in the primary personality, who often does not have access to the memories of the other personalities. A common misconception among the general public is the confusion of MPD with the disease of schizophrenia. Schizophrenics do NOT have distinct personalities, rather, they have hallucinations of voices outside their heads. Schizophrenia is caused by brain malfunctions and can be treated with drugs, whereas suffers of MPD cannot because MPD is an almost purely psychological disorder. MPD seems to be caused mainly by incredibly violent and terrible ...
- 40: Autism 3
- ... named Leo Kanner to describe the symptoms. The term autism derives from auto, the Greek word for self, (Hamblin 137). Kanner used this term when he studied eleven children who had a unique form of schizophrenia (Hamblin 136). Although, it was later determined that even though some of the characteristics of schizophrenia and autism are not the same, Kanner did open new doors for an intensive study of a confusing syndrome. The causes of autism are unknown. In most cases, the pregnancies of mothers of autistic children ...
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