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Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors Selective Serotonin Reuptake
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Stimulants On Your Consciousness 5 Ht Similarly Dopamine
693 wordsThe Effects of Stimulants on Your Consciousness A stimulant is a drug that stimulates your body and mind activity. Some of the most commonly used stimulants are caffeine, cocaine, amphetamines, and Ecstasy (MDMA, methylenedioxyamphetamines). Out of the above listed caffeine is the most widely used and has very mild side effects. Caffeine is found in coffee, teas, soda, and chocolate. Since we all know a lot about caffeine I will not be discussing it. However I will be covering my two personal fa...
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John The Savage Bernard Marx
1,590 wordsSome drugs dull, stupefy and sedate. Others sharpen, animate and intensify. After taking soma, one can apparently drift pleasantly off to sleep. Bernard Marx, for instance, takes four tablets of soma to pass away a long plane journey to the Reservation in New Mexico. When they arrive at the Reservation, Bernard's companion, Lenin, swallows half a gramme of soma when she begins to tire of the Warden's lecture, "with the result that she could now sit, serenely not listening, thinking of nothing at...
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Behavior Therapy
980 wordsAn estimated four million Americans have Obsessive-compulsive disorder, which includes 1, 000, 000 children and adolescents. These people with OCD are slaves to their rituals, and their rituals begin to take over their lives. Stephanie, an eighteen year old, had trouble with math because of her OC D. If I got to number seventeen on the math test, I would have to tap my pencil seventeen times. (Weiskopf, Catherine. Understanding Obsessive-compulsive disorders. ) Stephanie's situation shows that o...
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Potentially Harmful Drug Abuse
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Children And Adolescents Signs And Symptoms
1,402 wordsAbstract Two percent of preteens and five percent of adolescents suffer from depression (web 2004). There are specific signs and symptoms associated with depression, which are helpful in detection of the illness. There are various ways to treat depression, such as medication, group therapy, and / or herbal supplements. There are pros and cons with each treatment, but the worst coincides with the medication -suicide. Much research has been conducted, which will be discussed in the paper that has ...
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Majority Of People Suicidal Behavior
1,615 words... the sick people, self-immolation done by wives after their husbands death, suicide committed by slaves after their masters death, etc. Suicides of that kind prevailed mostly in archaic communities. Atomic suicide. This kind of suicide reveals in extreme forms of psychopathology the failure of egoistic motives, and it serves in its more theatrical forms as a kind of strategy for stimulating interest in those who desire uniqueness (Siebers, 1993). Atomic suicide predominantly occurs at times o...
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Fetal Alcohol Effects
323 wordsWritten Assignment 2 Question 1 The mechanism of action of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and other antidepressants is as follows: inhibition of NE and 5 -HT reuptake (TCAs, SSRIs, Newer TCAs); inhibition of MAO enzymes (MAOIs); 5 -HT 2 A and 5 -HT 2 C antagonists (Nefazodone, trazodone, mirtazapine); alteration of NE output (Bupropion); stimulation of 5 -HT 1 A receptors; 2 AR antagonists (mirtazapine). The mechanism of action of SSRIs is as follows: SSRIs inhibit the reuptake ...
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Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors Selective Serotonin Reuptake
1,540 wordsImagine living with the most common and most painful mental illness (Blackman 89). You wouldn t be able to do your work or get along with anyone. This disease is depression; this paper will discuss facts about depression, signs and symptoms, different types, medication and therapy. Depression is a persistent feeling of sadness, despair and discouragement that last over a long period of time (Salmans 171). Depression affects a person s mood, thoughts, body, and behavior (Lytle). A number of facto...
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Form Of Depression Type Of Depression
991 wordsDepression affects everyones life at sometime or another. Depression comes in a wide variety of forms, from mild unhappiness to a chemical imbalance in the mind. There are many different symptoms that reveal a persons problem with depression. If left untreated, depression may continue to develop into a serious illness or even death. Depression is a psychological illness, much like bulimia or anorexia. It affects the mind as much as it does the body. Depression is directly related to many other d...
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Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors Selective Serotonin Reuptake
1,200 wordsHuman nutrition is the study of how food affects the health and survival of the human body. Human beings require food to grow, reproduce, and maintain good health. Without the food our bodies could not stay warm, build or repair tissues, and maintain a good heartbeat. Eating the right foods could help us rid certain diseases or recover faster other illness occur. These and other important functions are dueled by chemical substances in our food called nutrients. Nutrients play a major role in mai...
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British Medical Journal Readers Digest
936 wordsThe Association Between Raves and Drugs Generally people associate raves (Underground Techno parties) with designer drugs like Ecstasy (MDMA), Speed (amphetamine) and other acids like LSD. These drugs are called the Techno Drugs for that reason and most of the time have uplifting and senator effects. To understand more clearly the relationship between the raves and these drugs, we first have to understand the philosophy behind the Techno era, and a little about the music. Techno, can lift the sp...
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Ecstasy Pills Ecstasy Tablet Drug
1,427 wordsDrugs are a ridiculous way to handle all kinds of things. A recent Teen Magazine survey noted that: 86 % of respondents had tried drugs before, 77 % of whom are under 16. 63 % have tried marijuana, 16 % have taken a trip, and 32 % have no worries about drugs. That is pretty heavy. The top 3 reasons for taking drugs were: Enjoyment, Dealing with pressure, and Peer Pressure. Do you want to end up in hospital, severely injured or DEAD? Anna Wood was a happy 15 -year-old girl who was popular, on top...
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Rave Scene Illegal Drugs
1,378 wordsSocial Problems of Ecstasy and Raves Throughout American history drugs have posed a problem to society and lawmakers. Many attempts have transpired to try to prevent future problems associated with drugs. Many of the drugs threatening America were originally designed toward the improvement of human health. The most recent epidemic of recreational drug use is ecstasy. Ecstasy? s popularity is particularly in the possession of the nations youth. The institute of use is at all-night clubs and bars ...
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1,875 wordsIt? s All the Rave: Should Club Drugs Be Legalized? It? s 7 o? clock on a Saturday morning and while some teenagers are enjoying the extra hours of sleep, many are still bouncing around to the sounds of techno music. Thousands of teenagers and even some adults are stuffed into an old warehouse decorated with black lights, disco balls, and tons of smoke machines. Their hearts are pounding and their pulse is racing at the speed of light, all compliments of designer drugs known as club drugs. Chang...
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Panic Disorder Drug Paroxetine
202 wordsSince panic disorder often goes undetected, experts hope to heighten awareness with a new drug called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor paroxetine, or SSRI. The approbation of this drug would bring about an opportunity to educate society and the medical profession more on panic disorders. Paroxetine (made by SmithKline Beecham Pharma under the brand name Paxil) is non sedating, nonaddictive, and is also safe when taken with alcohol. This drug has already been approved for obsessive-compulsi...
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Mental Health Association American Journal Of Psychiatry
2,440 wordsAt first it Prozac Abstract At first it was the cure all people were looking for. Then it became the drug they were afraid to take. Somewhere between these two extremes lies the truth about the drug Fluoxetine, better known as Prozac, the most widely prescribed drug on the globe. It is mainly prescribed to patients suffering from clinical depression. It was first brought to the market in 1988 by the pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly co. Even though it was originally prescribed for depression, it ha...
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High Blood Pressure Cope With Stress
996 wordsPsych. 100 Summary of the story Stress is everywhere. When you feel good and when you feel bad. When you get excited and when you get depressed. All we can really do about stress is to accept it and learn how to cope with it. The better we learn how to manage stress, the easier stress gets. Stress and our health Human body runs smoothly in a balance. Stress can put this balance out of proportion if we are stressed for too long. Our bodies become overwhelmed and that imbalance shows up as a disea...
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