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Mental Retardation Verbal Communication
1,488 wordsAutism can occur in as many as 22 of every 10, 000 births (COSAC 3). It knows no racial, ethnic, or social boundaries. The causes of the disorder are unknown; therefore no cure can be determined. It is a subject of debate and controversy among establish pediatr ans. Autism is poorly understood and extremely misrepresented. Autism is a behavior disease that controls the mind; it manifests itself at an early age. It impairs communication and social skills. It encompasses a broad spectrum of disord...
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Mental Retardation Social Role
1,926 words... ly the deficits, damages and problem behaviours, we need to see a person as a whole. This does not mean denying that there is a depending illness but alternatively setting it in a social rather than a medical context. Kitwood (1993) states that an understanding of a persons dementia should be the result of a complex interaction between their personality, their social psychology (social relationships), their physical health, their biography of life, and their neurological impairment. He argue...
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Hearing Loss Autistic Children
1,270 wordsIn general, autism is the developmental disability that prevents individuals from properly understanding what they see, hear, or otherwise sense. Approximately 3 to 5 out of every 10, 000 school aged children have some for of autism, and males with the disorder outnumber females with it by nearly 5 to 1. It is estimated that 1 in every 500 display some autistic characteristics (Williams, xiv). Autism is called a spectrum disorder because there is no one characteristic and it is different in ever...
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Physical Exercise Lead Poisoning
1,253 words... t provides information on how the brain is actually functioning rather than the structure of the brain. Blood and urine analysis can be used to discover metabolic disorders and determine if there is any disease that is affecting the childs behavior. Blood lead level is another test because lead poisoning can have the same effects as autism and theoretically lead to autism. Lead poisoning can be treated, but the effects are not always reversible. Lastly, chromosome analysis can be done to rul...
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1,042 wordsBatherine Mean enters the realm of the human mind through an advanced neurological study. She is able to go inside the minds of passed-out people and talk to them while they are unconscious. What purpose this may serve is still unknown, but it sure sounds cool doesnt it? We now go to FBI headquarters to hear about their next case Chief, a new case just came in, Calls Meter Nocrack. Continue. Acknowledges Chief Wigwam. Well Sir, in Hicksville Heights they found three dolls horribly treated, their...
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United States Constitution 50 Years Ago
1,380 wordsWhy Abortion Should Be Illegal On January 22, 1973, the United States Supreme Court legalized abortion. When it ruled that abortion was legal, the court not only gave women the right to choose, but also gave the unborn babies a right to die. (Roe vs. Wade) Since that day, millions upon millions of unborn children have been ripped apart, burned with saline solutions, and sucked from their mothers wombs. With every abortion that occurs another inaudible scream from the unborn child is silenced and...
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Letter In Response To Hospital Negligence
1,242 wordsThis letter is in response to your communication dated November 21, 2001. The review you mentioned on your letter of the medical record of my mother, appears to be flawed and biased. In very few cases does the E. R. have the luxury of a patient arriving within minutes of the onset of an acute cerebro-vascular event (stroke). My mother arrived at the E. R. within twenty minutes of the onset of the symptoms. She was an ideal candidate for immediate use of intravenous T. P. A. If the E. R. physicia...
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Suffering From Psychopathic Laws At Work Psychopaths
1,275 wordsIt is a popular belief that psychopaths are considered to be individuals that are as brilliantly charming as they are morally insane. However, the tendency to refer to the psychopathic behavior as morally insane is a misconception. Regardless of scientific discoveries, psychopathy is a disease which results in a physiological deficiency. The brain of psychopaths fails to generate a proper wave activity. Waves emitted are generally slower in individuals suffering from psychopathic behavior. This ...
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Prenatal Alcohol Exposure
2,697 wordsFetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is a set of physical and mental birth defects that can result when a woman drinks alcohol during her pregnancy. When a pregnant woman drinks alcohol, such as beer, wine, or mixed drinks, so does her baby. Alcohol passes through the placenta right into the developing baby. The baby may suffer lifelong damage as a result. FAS is characterized by brain damage, facial deformities, and growth deficits. Heart, liver, and kidney defects also are common, as well as vision an...
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Sympathetic Nervous System Fight Or Flight Response
1,673 wordsby Ingrid M. Cordon (spring 1997) At one time or another, most people experience stress. The term stress has been used to describe a variety of negative feelings and reactions that accompany threatening or challenging situations. However, not all stress reactions are negative. A certain amount of stress is actually necessary for survival. For example, birth is one of the most stressful experiences of life. The high level of hormones released during birth, which are also involved in the stress re...
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England Journal Of Medicine Controlled Trial
1,965 wordsBy Herbert Macomber 1. What is a febrile seizure? Febrile convulsions (FC) or seizures (FS) are clonic or tonic-clonic seizures that most often occur in infancy or childhood, mainly occurring between four months and six years of age, with fever but without evidence of intracranial infection, antecedent epilepsy, or other definable cause. That is why they are often referred to as 'fever seizures' or 'febrile seizures. ' Most of the time when children have a seizure, or a convulsion, it's caused b...
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Genetic Predisposition Social Prominence
1,377 wordsStuttering: A Life Bound Up in Words by M. Jerzer (1) In his book Stuttering: A Life Bound Up in Words, Marty Jerzer provides us with the insight on what it feels like being impaired by speech disorder. Ever since he was a child, Jerzer suffered from stuttering, without being able to find an effective way to deal with his verbal inadequateness. It took author years and years, before he learned how to confront his inner fears, related to his inability to hold public speeches. Despite the fact tha...
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Oral Contraceptives Bright Lights
1,125 wordsSpeaking about the most common neurological conditions it is believed that headaches are the most common and widely spread. They come in various intensities, lengths and locations. An average American citizen has at least one headache a year. The migraine headache is the most renowned a headache type experienced by about 6 percent of all men and 18 percent of all women. It makes almost 10 % of the population that suffers from the killer headache. But a migraine isnt a headache. It is a neurologi...
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Understanding And Educating Children With Learning Disabilities
1,370 wordsUnderstanding and Educating Children With Learning Disabilities Most of us know, or are taught, at an early age, how to process information and develop an organized plan or strategy when confronted with a problem, whether that problem is social, academic, or job related. Others find such cognitive processes quite difficult. Learning disabilities have only recently been recognized as disabilities. This neurological disorder causes difficulty in organizing information received, remembering them, a...
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Marijuana Should Be Legalized War On Drugs
977 wordsOne of the biggest issues argued about all over congress, the media, and in public resides in our country s War on Drugs. One of the primary focuses of the War on Drugs targets the controversial drug marijuana. Marijuana remains the most widely used illegal drug and stirs up constant debate everywhere. The debates center around if marijuana damages our health badly as once believed, the huge discovery of it countless medicinal purposes, legalization of it, and about the prison sentences given to...
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Areas Of The Brain Rem Sleep
689 wordsDREAMS Theories attempting to explain the origin and functions of REM sleep include: (1) that REM sleep provides stimulation for the development of the brain; (2) that it performs a chemical restoration function, since during REM dreaming neuro-protein synthesis occurs along with the restoration of other depleted brain chemicals; (3) that it provides oculomotor (eye movement) coordination, since during non-REM sleep the eyes move independently of each other; (4) that it provides a vigilance func...
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Legalization Of Marijuana Legalizing Marijuana
568 wordsLegalization of Marijuana The legalization of marijuana as a prescription drug should be allowed. Medical research shows that marijuana has therapeutic value in patients with various types of cancers, some neurological disorders, and AIDS patients. The marijuana eases some of the effects of chemotherapy such as nausea and dizziness. It also controls muscle spasms and contractions and aids in the relaxation of patients with neurological disorders. Many researchers and administrations of the gover...
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Uric Acid Kidney Stones
304 wordsLesch Lesch Not Syndrome Biology Lesch Nyhan Syndrome Lesch Nyhan Syndrome (LNS) is a rare, genetic disorder caused by a deficiency of the enzyme hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase or HRPT. LNS is characterized by self-mutilating habits such as; lip and finger biting and / or head banging. The symptoms of LNS usually appear between the ages 3 and 6 months old. Frequently the first symptom is the presence of orange-colored crystal-like deposits like orange sand in the diapers of affec...
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Serotonin Levels Large Amounts
863 wordsand the Mdma MDMA and the Affects on the brain OUTLINE Introduction 1. Brief History A. Originally created in 1912 as MDA (methylenedioxyamphetamine) B. In 1970 s interest in MDMA (methylenedioxymethamphetamine) for the Aid of Psychotherapy. -Key Effects a. empathetic understanding for others b. large, uncontrolled release of emotions C. When used Clinically, intended result was to have an affect on the Psychodynamic equilibrium (helped to bring repressed material into the walking consciousness)...
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Patients With Schizophrenia People With Schizophrenia
1,016 wordsIs Schizophrenia Associated With Crime? Lisa Moore Abstract Many studies have been conducted to examine the relationship, if any, of schizophrenia and crime. Some of these studies have shown that there is a relationship between the two. The general public believes that schizophrenia is associated with violent crime. The perceived link between mental illness and violence could lie in television and films that sensationalize murders committed by mentally ill persons. Studies, results and interpret...
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