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- 41: Paranoid Personality Disorders
- Paranoid Personality Disorders Paranoid Personality Disorder is a disorder commonly mistaken for schizophrenic personality disorders. Schizophrenia, a psychosis, is when a person is has an image of a world and its transpiring events, and he/she is "living" it. Paranoid Personality Disorder, however, is a neurosis where an individual is living ... As of now, scientists don't know exactly which chemicals are responsible, but are optimistic. There is also evidence suggesting that there is an increased possibility that someone with a relative that suffers from chronic Schizophrenia (specifically Persecutory and Delusional Type) is more likely to develop Paranoid Personality Disorder. Among people in the United States, there is a relatively small percentage of people with this disorder. In the general population, there ...
- 42: Mescaline
- ... the senses. Strong doses (300-500mg) will induce hallucinations and effect the user's perceptions of color, time, and space. Heavy does of Mescaline (500-700mg) and frequent use of mescaline will cause symptoms of schizophrenia, psychotic episodes, and may be fatal. At any point the user may also feel the effects of nausea, dizziness, depressed or increased breathing, as well as increased heart rate and blood pressure. Long term effects ... believed to be both mentally and spiritually enlightening, and the insights gained are remembered for personal growth by South American tribes also. In past years, Mescaline has been experimentally used in psychology for treatment of schizophrenia and psychotherapy for alcoholism and terminal cancer patients. The results show some potential value in these fields, providing relief of severe pain brought on by these conditions. Research tentatively continues, however the results of these ...
- 43: Homosexual Gene
- ... by looking at the person, like hair color or height. Some cannot, like cancer or blood type (A, B, or O). Some human traits are behavioral, like manual dexterity, sexual orientation, hand-eye coordination, and schizophrenia, and some are not, like blood type (A, B, or O), race, or the hardness of tooth enamel. Some are disease traits: hemophilia, schizophrenia, cancer, color blindness. Some are politically and religiously charged: skin color, sex. Some traits are not politically and religiously charged: the hardness of the enamel on your teeth, which is controlled by a single gene ...
- 44: Human Nutrition
- ... can affect a person's mental health. There are many different forms of depression that are linked to mental health disorders. A number of mental illnesses occur worldwide. The most common disorders are manic depression, schizophrenia, and severe depression. Manic depression is a bipolar disease that causes mood swings from manic to depression. Manic disorders affect a person's way of thinking and judgement Schizophrenia is an abnormal behavior, which distorts thought and perceptions from reality. Severe depression sometimes referred to as major depression enables a person to interact with daily situations. Major depression is manifested by a combination of ...
- 45: Nurture Plus Nature
- ... similar disorders are receptive to people in the same gene pool. Studies have proven that identical twins have a higher fate, than fraternal twins, to share psychological disorders such as autism, anxiety, substance abuse, and schizophrenia (Rathus p.112). Hypoglycemia, diabetes, alcoholism, lactose intolerance, and other biological disorders in the metabolism can also become mutual problems between identical twins, and also, with a less chance, in fraternal twins as well (Masters ...
- 46: Serial Killers in the U.S
- ... him." Dr. Donald Lunde, a psychiatrist who studied 42 murderers over a 5-year period, determined that there are two types of mentalities involved with these types of crimes. The first of these is paranoid schizophrenia which may be characterized by an aggressive, suspicious demeanor, hallucinations (usually, hearing voices in their minds), or de-lusions of grandeur or persecution. The second type is sexual sadism, which is distinguished by killing, torturing ...
- 47: Mary Jane: The Devil Weed
- ... observed that cannabis "may directly produce an acute panic reaction, a toxic delirium,and accute paranoid state, or acute mania... [It may} lead to sociopathy or even to the so-called AMOTIVATIONAL SYNDROME... [and] aggravate schizophrenia" (661). Again we ask, Is marijuana "devil weed"? In conclusion we must say that marijuana might be, but the evidence is far from conclusive and far from complete. That marijuana is a public health problem ...
- 48: Suicide
- ... of all suicides happened within four families, in a one hundred year span. Studies of twins raised separately provided some evidence toward a genetic influence in suicide. People may inherit certain psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia, and alcoholism from their parents. Also impulsive or violent behavior may have a biological influence. People contemplating suicide feel their problems are inescapable and feel like they have totally lost control. They cant think ...
- 49: Psychoanalysis
- ... four to five sessions per week of about 45 minutes each. In this way the psychoneuroses and the narcissistic personality disorders can be treated successfully in a majority of patients. Serious mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, manic-depressive illness, and the psychoses caused by organic malfunctioning of the brain cannot be cured by psychoanalytic treatment, though the patient can often benefit from psycho-pharmacological treatment--sedatives, tranquilizers, anti-depressants--in combination ...
- 50: Psychoanalysis and Treatment
- ... four to five sessions per week of about 45 minutes each. In this way the psychoneuroses and the narcissistic personality disorders can be treated successfully in a majority of patients. Serious mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, manic-depressive illness, and the psychoses caused by organic malfunctioning of the brain cannot be cured by psychoanalytic treatment, though the patient can often benefit from psycho-pharmacological treatment--sedatives, tranquilizers, anti-depressants--in combination ...
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