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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
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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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Mental Illness Mentally Ill
2,167 words... e we avoided this potentially positive side of the equation and repressed any spiritual connections of the experience of having a psychiatric illness? Sullivan proposes that we typically fear the discussion of the symbolic and mythic dimensions of the experience because it might encourage the person to become preoccupied with their inner life and consequently precipitate a relapse. But as he adds a person returning from such a journey with profound psychic experiences do not feel completely ...
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Alice Adventures In Wonderland Coming Of Age
1,820 wordsIn Victorian England, society expected children to make the transition into adulthood as soon as possible. This expectation caused acute mental and emotional stress upon many of the children of this age, as Lewis Carroll shows in the character of Alice in his book, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Coming-of-age in the twenty-first century, however, is a longer, more painful journey than it was during the time in which Lewis Carroll lived. Teenagers must now deal with the emotional aspects of ad...
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Dependent Personality Disorder American Psychiatric Association
1,195 wordsOn October 25, 1994, Susan Smith drowned her two sons, Michael and Alex, in the John D. Long Lake in Union County, South Carolina. For nine days she lied about knowing where the boys were. On November 3, she confessed to the killings and would soon go to trial. Susan's defense team hired a psychiatrist to conduct a psychiatric evaluation of her. She was diagnosed as having dependent personality disorder. He described her as a person who feels she cant do anything on her own. She constantly needs...
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Short Term Memory Long Term Memory
1,164 wordsSpecific purpose: to increase my audience's understanding of how memory functions and how it affects them. Central idea: Memory is a process of the brain which is prone to certain failures, although specific steps can be taken to guard against these failures. Introduction I. Memory problems can affect us in many ways. A. Some of you might have had problems finding your keys before you came to class. B. Some of you have certainly suffered from 'What's Your Name Again?' syndrome. 1. We can remembe...
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Substance Abuse Psychiatric Disorders
1,625 wordsThere are many theories of alcoholism, and some approaches explain and treat certain alcoholics better than others. One of the common themes throughout the readings is that addicts display a range of personal and situational problems. There is no typical addicted personality or emotional problem (Allen, 1996). Because of these facts, it comes as no surprise that there are also no typical assessment or treatment for these individuals. For instance, a medical / disease model of alcoholism may be m...
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American Psychological Association Acts Per Hour
2,087 wordsImpact Of Television Violence In Relation To Impact Of Television Violence In Relation To Juvenile Delinquency IMPACT OF TELEVISION VIOLENCE IN RELATION TO JUVENILE DELINQUENCY TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Effects Of Television The Beginning Correlational Experiments Field Experiments Cause And Effects On Types Of ChildrenConclusionReferences 113568 When children are taught how to tie their shoes, it is because of how their parents showed them. When children are taught how to do math problems ...
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Suicidal Tendencies Suicide Attempt
1,480 wordsThe United States is plagued by a countless number of social dilemmas. Although not in constant public scrutiny, suicide is a serious problem which has seemed to have lost importance. When suicide is coupled with arrest and incarceration it becomes an increasingly complex situation. In fact, research indicates that the jail suicide rate ranges from 2. 5 to 13 times greater than the rate of the general population (Winkler 1992). Motivation, prediction, and prevention of suicidal behavior are gros...
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Habitat For Humanity Jimmy Carter
901 wordsThe Carter Center in Atlanta Georgia is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public institute founded by former U. S. president Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, in 1982 (Carter Center). The Center in dedicated to fighting disease, hunger, poverty, conflict, and oppression. At present, the Center operates 13 core programs, which have touched the lives of people in 65 countries, including the U. S. Habitat for Humanity began in 1984 when Carter led a work group to New York City to renovate a six-story bui...
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Signs And Symptoms Drugs And Alcohol
1,324 wordsFrom high to low. From exhilaration to despair. From wildness to apathy. These are the extremes associated with bipolar disorder, which can be a serious and disabling mental illness. The condition is also known as manic-depressive illness (from manias on the one extreme to depression on the other). Bipolar disorder affects a likely 1 percent to 5 percent of adults in the United States. It often begins in adolescence or early adulthood and may continue for life. Its causes are vague, and there is...
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Mental Illness Witch Hunts
2,574 wordsBeliefs and theories about mental illness vary greatly throughout the eyes of professionals. Many view mental illness as a serious condition, while others take it less seriously and see it as a part of everyday life. Although many think doctors are always right, they underestimate the influence and power these physicians exercise based upon their own personal views and ideas. Illustrated in the article, ? Social Class, Ethnicity and Mental Illness, ? Ann Vander Step and Bruce Link try to show wh...
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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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Diagnosed With Schizophrenia Fifth Grade
1,167 wordsJoan Schizophrenia Background and characteristics Joan Becker looks like a normal person. At times, she acts like a normal person and there are even times when she talks like a normal person. But, in getting to know Joan you realize she is far from normal. Joan suffers from schizophrenia. She has little to no friends. The friends she does make usually dont stay her friend for very long. Joan shies away from social situations and even pushes the people she loves away. A characteristic that contra...
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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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British Medical Association British Medical Journal
1,286 wordsSchizophrenia is a type of brain disorder that affects people of all races, age and economic standings. Schizophrenia causes personality disorders among social skills, and basic life skills. In the 1800 s a person named Emil Kraepelin had concluded after 1, 000 patients that a state of dementia was an onset after the illness started. Some doctors and even people may believe that schizophrenia can result from prenatal problems. Certain events during pregnancy may disrupt brain growth (Bower, B. P...
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Serial Killers Violent Crimes
1,667 wordsserial killer Traditionally, most murders and violent crimes were easily understood and solved by law enforcement. These crimes generated from feelings we all experience: jealousy, greed, anger, revenge, etc. Once these emotional outbursts were over the crime spree would end, someone would be dead and the police would generally know who they were looking for and solved the crime. But a new type of criminal has come to the forefront, the serial killer, who doesnt stop until he is caught or killed...
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Kurt Vonnegut Vonnegut Kurt
1,433 wordsKurt Vonnegut has written more then twenty books in the years he has been writing. Many of his books share characters, settings, or situations. Using the same characters and such creates a unity throughout his books. Likewise, Vonnegut seems to repeat themes throughout many of his books. A number of Vonnegut s books deal with themes that include structure and order in society. Kurt Vonnegut discusses mankind s need for structure and order by the creation of meaningless associations in his novels...
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American Psychological Association United States Congress
1,934 wordsTo find a realistic and logical answer to this question I felt it important to begin at the beginning. I wanted to know if this is a legitimate problem, or if this was another politically correct way of blaming television for a societal problem. So, on this journey I began with the introduction of television to the public. The official starting date for television in the United States was in 1939, at the Worlds Fair. At the time of the debut, there were mixed reactions to television because it w...
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Low Self Esteem Mental Health Professionals
2,387 wordsSuicide Suicide Awareness &# 65279; Suicide Awareness Suicide ranks as a leading cause of death but by knowing and understanding symptoms and causes suicide can be prevented. Suicide is an intentional attempt to kill oneself whether it is successful or unsuccessful. Suicide accounts for about one percent of all deaths in the United States each year (Disease, Condition or General Health Topic). During the last two decades suicide rates among teenagers has increased three hundred percent (Coleman ...
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