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Psychiatric Disorders Essays and Term Papers
Days of YouthThe courage it takes to be yourself: The story of Brandon Teena
Justin Major
Reeths-Puffer high School
Author Note
This report was prepared for Matthew Geoghan’s AP Psychology class; due on March 21st 2011.
Abstract
In an attempt to provide an accurate diagnosis of the patient ...
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Bipolar DiseaseToday, bipolar disorder is defined as a serious mental illness that makes people experience dramatic mood swings. This results from a chemical imbalance in the area of the brain that regulates a person’s mood. This is a lifelong illness to all the victims that suffer from it. Victims with this ...
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Spousal BereveamentIntroduction
Some older adults exhibit intense and prolonged distress following the loss of their spouse, whereas others manifest remarkable resilience. This paper will first give an overview of how older men and women are affected by the loss of a spouse. Subsequently it will focus on risk ...
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"The Baltics: Nationalities And Other Problems"The Baltics area is fraught with cross ethnic mergings, conquerings by
different groups, and control by both small groups like the Teutonic and
Livonian knights and by larger entities like the nations of Sweden, Poland,
and Russia during the roughly eight centuries of Baltic history. There is
no ...
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Sleepwalkingis a sleep disorder effecting an estimated ten percent of all humans at least once in their lives. This widespread phenomenon varies in its intensity and frequency. While most incidents are short and not dangerous, some can involve self-injury and are much more dangerous for the sleeper as well ...
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Depression The Sadness DiseaseDepression: The Sadness Disease
In our never-ending quest for happiness in our life, is some of the joy taken away? Have our thoughts for what we always want turned astray? Why has the quest for happiness left us more vulnerable and sad? Are we a society of melancholy people that are all ...
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Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder(ADHD), is the most common psychiatric disorder among children today. It’s symptoms are not necessarily obvious and start at various times. Some children give indication of having the disorder before they are born, others are not diagnosed with having it until their preteen years. ADHD ...
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Psychopathology Assignment - MIn order for one to fully understand the term “madness”, we first need to show what the word really means. After looking through numerous definitions and asking others on their views, the definition from the oxford dictionary seemed to sum up the general thoughts of my family and ...
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Psychopathology Assignment - MIn order for one to fully understand the term “madness”, we first need to show what the word really means. After looking through numerous definitions and asking others on their views, the definition from the oxford dictionary seemed to sum up the general thoughts of my family and friends. “…a ...
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Eutahania And Suicide In Americaby Brent Pergram, Masters of Arts in Sociology
The specific sociological problem that is the topic of this research paper is euthanasia. The purpose of this research is to identify the variables associated with euthanasia. It also discusses the variables associated with various types of ...
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Schizophreniais a mental disorder marked by the loss of contact with reality. When a person's thinking, feeling, and behavior is abnormal, it interferes with his or her ability to function in everyday life. Delusions, hallucinations, and irregular thinking and emotions are produced. If these signs are ...
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Registered Nurse as a CareerWhen we go to a doctor’s office, hospital or clinic the first person we see is a nurse. Nurses are a critical part of the healthcare industry. Being a nurse can be very challenging but also very rewarding. There are many reasons to consider becoming a professional Registered Nurse. The reason I ...
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Inhibitory Potential Changes of Fluoxetine (Prozac)Over the past several decades many scientists have explored the various possible links between the function of neurotransmitters in the brain and mood disorders. The neurotransmitter serotonin, found widely in plants, animals and humans has been a particular focus. Scientists who specialize in ...
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AddictionRebecca Nitz
Intro to Psychology
29 Nov. 2010
Addiction
Addiction can easily be classified as one of the biggest, scariest problems our country faces today. Weather its an addiction of alcohol or addiction of shopping, it seems to occur everywhere we go and those who face an addiction find ...
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Authoritarian ParentingAuthoritarian Parenting
Each parent is different in the ways that they raise their child and/or children. According to Diana Baumrind, who studied clinical and social psychology in Berkeley University, these ways are summed up by four elements with three different general parenting styles. The ...
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Multiple Personality DisorderI have heard many things about the disease called . I never know whether they are true or not. If these things aren’t true, then why do people make these accusations? I’ve also wondered what really goes on inside people’s heads when they have this disease. I want to know the truth behind this ...
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Alcoholism, chronic and usually progressive illness involving the excessive
inappropriate ingestion of ethyl alcohol, whether in the form of familiar
alcoholic beverages or as a constituent of other substances. is
thought to arise from a combination of a wide range of physiological,
psychological, social, ...
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Alcohol, its a substance that has become a part of much of
the social settings in today's world. Many people can say they
have drank and most can even remember their first
sip of beer. Whether, it was given unto us by our parents or at
a social engagement everyone has encountered in
their lives. But as ...
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Fetal Alcohol Syndromeis characterized by a cluster of congenital birth defects that include prenatal and postnatal growth deficiency. There is also facial abnormalities including small head circumference; flatten mid-face sunken nasal bridge; flatten and elongated philtrum. There is some central nervous system ...
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Alcoholism 2Alcoholism, chronic and usually progressive illness involving the excessive inappropriate ingestion of ethyl alcohol, whether in the form of familiar alcoholic beverages or as a constituent of other substances. Alcoholism is thought to arise from a combination of a wide range of physiological, ...
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