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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
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Blood Sugar Levels Grolier Electronic Publishing
1,280 wordsHypoglycemia is a condition in which the amount of sugar in the blood drops to an abnormally low level. It occurs in association with a number of diseases and can affect anyone. Blood sugar, more formally known as glucose, is the fuel all cells in your body uses for heat and energy (Hypoglycemia, (Low Blood Sugar) ). Glucose is produced by the breakdown of glycogen, a pancreatic hormone that tends to raise sugar in the blood. Glucose enters the cells of your body through insulin. Insulin is what...
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Criminal Justice System Mental Health Professionals
1,738 wordsAn American football hero racing on the freeway in a white Ford Bronco, finally stopping in front of his luxurious home. Six years or more ago this scenario would have sounded like a clever advertisement campaign. Replay the same scenario from 1994 forward and almost all Americans will vividly recall the death of Nicole Simpson and her ex-husband (0. J. Simpson) fleeing the police with a gun to his head. This single event thrust the serious and deadly topic of domestic violence awareness into th...
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Centered Approach Freud Theory
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Urinary Tract Prostate Gland
1,788 wordsHow do the urinary system work? ? Your body takes nutrients from food and uses them to maintain all bodily functions including energy and self-repair. After your body has taken what it needs from the food, waste products are left behind in the blood and in the bowel. The urinary system works with the lungs, skin, and intestines -- all of which also excrete wastes -- to keep the chemicals and water in your body balanced. Adults eliminate about a quart and a half of urine each day. The amount depe...
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Respect For Persons Means To An End
1,070 wordsKant and Mills Theories In July of 1994, Paul J. Hill, a former Presbyterian minister and later a pro-life activist, was prosecuted for killing Dr. John Britton, an abortion performing doctor, and James Barrett, a volunteer, outside a clinic in Pensacola, Florida. Prior to this, Hill commented on the murder of Dr. David Gunn, another abortion performing doctor, stating that it was a biblically justified homicide (P. 215). This statement shows how strong Hills beliefs were and leads one to assume...
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Difficulties In Diagnosing And Treating Comorbidity
805 wordsDifficulties in Diagnosing and Treating Comorbidity By: Joseph L. Lagos In order to understand the difficulties involved in treating dually diagnosed individuals, it is fundamentally important to recognize what this disease is, and how it has been approached by society. The term dual diagnosis, (also known as co-occurring disorders or comorbidity), commonly refers to patients with both mental illness and substance abuse disorders. It has been estimated by the U. S. Substance Abuse and Mental Hea...
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Machiavellian Ethical Machiavellian Ethics Standards
785 wordsIn your class discussions, we learned the basic aspects of Kantian and Machiavellian Ethical standards. I found that it is fairly easy to establish a basic attitude on the subject, depending on how a specific person handles the situations in their life. I chose my preferred ethical standard rather quickly. I did, however, decide to further research the subject and see if I was missing any information. It didnt take very much research to find a great deal of writing on the subject. In a short tim...
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Parts Of The Body Prostate Cancer
928 wordsProstate cancer is cancer of the prostate gland. The prostate is part of the male reproductive system. This gland is locates inside the body at the base of the penis, just below the bladder and in front of the rectum. It is composed of the glandular and fibrous tissue enclosed in a capsule of connective tissue. The prostate is in the shape of a donut and about the size of a walnut. It surrounds the first inch or so of the urethra, the tube that carries urine from the bladder. Normal functions of...
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Studies Have Shown Negative Symptoms
1,132 wordsFor decades, psychologists have devised many treatment regimes for schizophrenia patients, with varying degrees of success and effectiveness. There have been great obstacles in their efforts, mainly due to the fact that patients of schizophrenia lack insight into their impaired conditions. Often patients refuse treatment of any kind because they do not perceive any mental illness associated with their behaviour. In particular, individuals suffering from paranoid schizophrenia regard therapy as i...
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Evaluation Of Treatment For Ovarian Cancer Induced Depression
1,425 wordsEvaluation of Treatment for Ovarian Cancer-Induced Depression Research Brief The research study, Depression Treatment and Screening in Ovarian Cancer Patients, (M. D. Anderson Cancer Center website, 2007) was conducted by the M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in collaboration with the Lance Armstrong Foundation and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) on a group of women who were diagnosed with ovarian cancer, using two psychological intervention methods; Coping and Communication-enhancing Interventio...
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Manic Depressive Illness Common Side Effects
950 wordsProgram on Bipolar Disorder Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, is a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in a persons mood, energy, and ability to function. Different from the normal ups and downs that everyone goes through, the symptoms of bipolar disorder are severe. They can result in damaged relationships, poor job or school performance, and even suicide. But there is good news: bipolar disorder can be treated, and people with this illness can lead full and produc...
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Taking The Drug Timothy Leary
2,387 wordsA Swiss chemist named Dr. Albert Hoffman first produced lysergic acid Diethylmide? or best known as LSD in 1938 (Dye, 1992, p. 2). Hoffman discovered the drug while trying to synthesize a new drug for the treatment of headaches. He obtained the lysergic acid from the parasitic fungus that grows on rye plants known as ergot. From the lysergic acid, he synthesized the compound LSD. He used the compound to test for its pain killing properties on laboratory animals. Being that appeared totally ineff...
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Talipes Equino Varus Medial Tendons Are Lengthened Foot
927 wordsClubfoot is Clubfoot CLUBFOOT Clubfoot is defined as a congenital foot deformity characterized by a kidney shaped foot that turns inward and points down. The forefoot is curved inward, the heel is bent inward, and the ankle is fixed in planter flexion with the toes pointing down. Shortened tendons on the inside of the lower leg, together with abnormally shaped bones that restrict movement outwards cause the foot to turn inwards. A tightened achilles tendon causes the foot to point downwards. The...
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Freud Theory Individual
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Attention Deficit Disorder Common Side Effects
1,560 wordsWhat if you tried really hard at accomplishing a task and no matter how hard you tried, you just could not finish what you started. That would be pretty frustrating, right? Well surprisingly enough this is a common feeling for four to nine percent of Americans. This feeling is caused by a disorder called Attention Deficit Disorder or more commonly known as ADD. Most everyone has heard of ADD but most people really don t know what it is or even what it stands for, and when most people think of AD...
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Jean Paul Sartre Good Or Bad
1,682 wordsThe word philosophy comes from Greek and literally means " love of wisdom. " The Merriam- Webster dictionary defines philosophy as " a critical study of fundamental beliefs and the grounds for them. " Because of the diversity of positions associated with existentialism, the term is impossible to define precisely. However, existentialism is a philosophical movement of the 19 th and 20 th century that centers on the analysis of individual existence and the given situation of th...
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Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
1,494 wordsIn recent years, more and more kids seem to be on a prescription drug called Ritalin (methylphenidate). This drug is being handed out more and more by doctors as a way of treating Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, a complex neurological impairment that prevents kids from concentrating. According to the Drug Enforcement Agency, it rose fron 200 grams per 100, 000 people to over 1400 grams per 100, 000 people in the last fifteen years. The National Institute of Mental Health estimates that...
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Doctors And Hospitals Voluntary Euthanasia
2,524 wordsMorality and Practicality of Euthanasia Euthanasia is defined by The American Heritage Dictionary as the action of killing an individual for reasons considered to be merciful (Leonesio 292). Here, killing is described as the physical action where one individual actively kills another. Euthanasia is tolerated in the medical field under certain circumstances when a patient is suffering profoundly and death is inevitable. The word euthanasia comes from the Greek eu, good, and thanatos, death, liter...
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High Temperature 5 Lines
527 wordsDoes Treating Metal Reduce The Effects Of Does Treating Metal Reduce The Effects Of Weathering In A California Climate? Does treating metal reduce the effects of weathering in a California climate? This experiment deals with the elements of weather against metal; wind, rain, solar radiation, oxidation (uniting a substance with oxygen), and heat (the presence and absence of). My hypothesis is that the painted protected metal will fare better than the bare metal during the weathering. The reason I...
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