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American Psychological Association Men And Women
1,587 wordsThe PMS Excuse It has been said that left untreated or ignored, PMS can have devastating consequences according to Dr Patricia Eastern of the Australian National University. She addressed this issue in her book Less Than Equal. She maintains that PMS is ignored in the Australian court system except as a mitigating factor. However, in UK, it is used to downgrade murder charges to manslaughter. However, there had been records of women criminals linked to their menstrual cycle. A barmaid even claim...
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Antisocial Personality Disorder American Psychiatric Association
2,566 wordsAntisocial Personality Disorder Antisocial Personality Disorder (APD) is perhaps the most frightening of all personality disorders, as well as one of the most difficult to diagnose. Personality disorders in general are defined as inflexible, maladaptive, personality traits that cause personal distress or an inability to get along with others. APD specifically is characterized by deceitfulness, lack of regret or remorse over actions, impulsiveness, aggression towards others or animals, irresponsi...
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Eastern And Western Prevailing Winds
2,100 words... payback time is even less. Along with savings on your utility bills, a mature landscape with energy-conserving shade trees can, by some estimates, increase your property's value by as much as 15 percent. Of course, arbitrarily placing these same energy-conserving plants can also increase your utility bills. The more solar-dependent your home is (that is, if it has a solar-water heater, a passive space heater, or an attached greenhouse), the more vulnerable it is to haphazardly placed trees a...
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Persian Gulf War International Monetary Fund
1,723 words... other forces drove them out. In the aftermath of the Iraqi occupation, Kuwait is trying to reform its own government. As mentioned earlier, women are not allowed to vote in Kuwait at this time. Kuwait's cultural and political practices have brought a great amount of criticism from the rest of the world, especially the West. Many Americans were not happy with the fact that American troops were fighting for the freedom of Kuwait, while many of the Kuwaiti elite were partying all over Europe. K...
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Law Enforcement Agencies U S Department
2,383 words... bats or brass-knuckles. The gangs were less mobile so their presence was generally limited to distinct neighborhoods and cities. Today with easy access to guns and automobiles, the youth gangs are more mobile, which increases their area of influence. The confrontations between gang members today result in more serious injuries and greater chances of fatalities due to guns. Even their involvement with the police is heightened due to their greater visibility in the community and increased over...
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Blood Alcohol Level Alcohol Affects
2,643 words... they feeling bad physically, they also are not feeling very good mentally. (Richardson, J. , 1997, p. 139) Let us take a look at how the childs consciousness is changed as a result of alcohol intake. First of all, it must be pointed out that consciousness is directly controlled by the brain; therefore the changes caused by alcohol are really physiological changes. However, as many of the ways alcohol acts on the brain are unknown, it is easier to discuss the resulting changes separately. Whe...
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Psychological Reports Psychological Association
1,295 wordsMindy Wudarsky July 5, 2000 The Physical Self Causes of Higher Depression Rates among Women Depression is an illness that plagues millions of Americans. The depressed person is not only emotionally unwell; he or she also often becomes physically unwell as a result of the depression. The Department of Health and Human Services lists among the symptoms of depression decreased energy, overeating or eating too little, insomnia or oversleeping and chronic aches or other symptoms not associated with a...
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