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Teenage Suicide
Words: 1015 / Pages: 4 .... to a teenagers' tendency to commit suicide.
The death of a loved one, the loss of a valued relationship, and the loss of
self esteem are some significant losses which might be a factor in teen
suicide("The Real World [Suicide: Facts]," 1). Perceived abuse such as
physical, emotional, psychological, sexual, social abuse or neglect can lead to
self-murder("Teen Suicide," 3). Significant changes, losses, and abuse can
promote suicidal tendencies.
Few suicidal people have some type of depression, yet those who have one
can be provoked to commit suicide. There are two main types of depression
suffered by suicidal people("Suicide," {Grolier}). The .....
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Euthanasia
Words: 577 / Pages: 3 .... The word comes for a Greek word meaning literally “good death.” “Disconnecting respiratory devices is not a acceptable method of . It causes the patient to starve for oxygen and gasp for it, but when he/she cannot breathe, the body is starved for oxygen and suffocates. This is not merciful by any means, ().”
There is also another point that has to be looked at which is future medical advances. It would reduce pressure on scientists to come up with cures and symptomatic treatments for those of us who do want to live, no matter the circumstances. It would have to be thought of through a different point of view, think about the past. If .....
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Cigarettes
Words: 1606 / Pages: 6 .... the dangers of smoking. Tobacco companies now have Surgeon General warnings on cigarette packs. Unless they have been living under a rock, the general public should have been exposed to enough information by this time when it comes to and addiction. Nicotine information is but a click away. Tobacco companies should no longer have the obligation to warn their customers, except if a new ingredient is added, in which case they should be notified. No one is saying get rid of the Surgeon General warnings, but enough is enough! If a person wants to smoke 3 packs of a day, then that is their choice; tobacco companies should not be held responsible. Let .....
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A Study Of Depression And Relationships
Words: 1156 / Pages: 5 .... a reciprocal influence on each other in adulthood. The researchers
of this study wanted to examine all the correlation's between type of care,
attachment style, depression, and relationship functioning. They proposed a
three part hypothesis: 1. A less positive childhood would result in an insecure
attachment style and depression, 2. Depressives would exhibit a preoccupied or
fearful style of attachment, and 3. attachment style would affect relationship
functioning more than depression.
The research was conducted in two independent studies. The first study
sampled 204 college women. Women were studied based on the very plausible
assumptio .....
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Bronchitis
Words: 824 / Pages: 3 .... etc. The Bronchi becomes thick, inelastic, and
accumulate mucus and pus in lower part of lungs instead of bringing
discharges up and out. The result is chronic cough, shortness of breath,
sometimes spasm, and frequent infection.
In acute bronchitis, the basic symptoms are a head cold, fever and chills,
running nose, aching muscles and possibly back pains. This is soon
followed by the obvious persistent cough. At first the cough is dry and
racking and eventually becomes phlegmy. The persistent cough is worse at
night than during the day, and when the person breathes in smoke and fumes.
The main symptoms most recognized in chronic bronchitis is .....
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Words: 4419 / Pages: 17 .... be central nervous system abnormalities; and characteristics abnormal facial features (dysmorphology), including short palpebral fissures (eye openings), an elongated mid-face, a long flatten philtrum (area between the nose and mouth) and a thin upper lip.
There is also, a catch to diagnosing FAS, because applying these diagnostic criteria requires expertise in recognizing dysmorphic features. This is only because a child with FAS their features may change over time and age. However, the clinical recognition and reporting is improving, but on the other hand improvements can become troublesome by clouding the true changes in the rate of FAS over tim .....
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Cystic Fibrosis
Words: 1738 / Pages: 7 .... of a child, with cystic fibrosis, each carry one nonworking copy of
the gene and one working copy of the gene. The parents are called cystic
fibrosis carriers, and because they have one working gene they have no symptoms.
Carrier parents have 1:4 chance to have a child who is a noncarrier of cystic
fibrosis, a 1:2 chance to have a child who carries the gene, and a 1:4 chance
with each pregnancy to have an affected child. If you have a son or daughter
with cystic fibrosis, then you have a 1:1 chance of being a carrier. If you have
a brother or sister with CF, you have a 2:3 chance of being a carrier. If you
have a niece or nephew with CF, you have .....
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Family Practice: Summary
Words: 409 / Pages: 2 .... "Don't play telephone", this is where a third person is used to
communicate between two parties. Another step is, "Make your blueprints
Flexible," you should not pre-plan your child's life for them. Then he goes into
the next step, which is about Contracts called, "Learn to use contracts." With
this step the family makes contracts with one another and then monitors and up
dates them so often. This helps with everybody holding to their end of the deal
when it comes to the family issues. One of the worst steps of all is, "Stop the
"Good Guy-"Bad Guy, " routine. I feel that having someone to blame for every
problem that arises can devastate a child. Pa .....
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Understanding Panic Disorders
Words: 1608 / Pages: 6 .... for conducting and supporting research related to mental
disorders, mental health, and the brain, is conducting a nationwide
education program on anxiety disorder, a group of illnesses. The program's
purpose is to educate the public and health care professionals about the
disorder and encourage people with it to obtain effective treatments. To
continue , in a panic disorder, brief episodes of intense fear are
accompanied by multiple physical symptoms (such as heart palpitations and
dizziness) that occur repeatedly and unexpectedly in the absence of any
external threat. These “panic attacks,” which are the hallmark of panic
disorder, a .....
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Memory Systems
Words: 302 / Pages: 2 .... into LTM. Unlimited capacity or tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon is a temporary inability to remember something you know. Forgetting due to proactive interference (past information interferes with access to new information), retroactive interference (newly acquired information interferes with access to old information), and lack of an adequate retrieval cue.
A study plan that I would use to improve my ability to remember class and textbook materials would be to become organized, physical, clear, and smart. Being organized would be to learn from general to specific, getting on overview as a framework on which to hang specific details. Being physical .....
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