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- 171: Senility
- ... as hypertension, cigarette smoking, high blood cholesterol, diabetes mellitus, narrowing of one or both cartoid arteries, or cardiac disorders, especially atrial fibrillation (an irregular heartbeat) (Horton and Smart, 1984, p.320). Somatic complaints, mood changes, depression, and nocturnal confusion tend to be more common in vascular dementias, although there is relative preservation of the patient's personality (Bunch, 1997, p. 108). In such cases, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or a computed ... infection (Horton and Smart, 1984, p.321). Although the dementia is part of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) complex, it may occasionally be the first manifestation of the disease. It is often difficult to differentiate depression from dementia (Bunch, 1997, p. 109). Nevertheless, sudden onset - especially if proceeded by an emotional event, the presence of the sleep disturbances and a history of previous psychiatric illness - is a suggestive of depression (Bunch, 1997, p.109). The level of mental functioning of patients with depression is often inconsistent. They may, for example, be able to give clear accounts of topics that are of personal interest to ...
- 172: What Is PMS?
- ... are headache and fatigue. Remember that symptoms can vary monthly There can even be a symptom free month. Symptoms are both emotional and physical. According to Health Group Cooperative here are some symptoms. Emotional moodswings, depression, anxiety, irritability, crying, panic attacks, tension, lack of coordination, decreased social/work performance, and altered libido. Physical clumsiness, bloating, headache, migraine, swollen ankles, fluid retention, fatigue, heart palpitations, weight gain, numbness of fingers, carbohydrate cravings ... According to Edward M. Litchen, an American Neurologist grouped the symptoms of PMS in 1931. The same grouping of symptoms is used today. A- anxiety: irritability, crying spells, verbal/physical abuse, and personality changes. D- depression: confused, clumsiness, forgetful, withdrawn, paranoia, and suicidal thoughts. C- Cravings: cravings for food and anything else they can eat or drink. D- Heaviness or Headache: Fluid retention, breast tenderness, and weight gain. Besides regular symptoms ... active right before the worse symptoms of PMS. At around this time, women may clean up around the house or suffer insomnia. This can be followed by PMS symptoms which were listed above. Post Partum Depression After birth a women may go through special for of OMS. Because women experience a "let down" from the high hormonal levels during pregnancy, there is a feeling of depression right after delivery. But ...
- 173: Emile Durkheim & Anomie Or Strain Theory
- ... in it, without clear rules to help guide them. Changing conditions in society as well as adjustment of life leads to dissatisfaction, conflict, and deviance. Durkheim observed that social periods of disruption, such as economic depression lead to increased levels of anomie and higher rates of crime, suicide, and deviance. Durkheim believed that sudden change caused a state of anomie. The system breaks down, either during a great prosperity or a great depression, anomie is the same result (Durkheim). Robert K. Merton, borrowed Durkheim’s concept of anomie to form his own theory, called Strain Theory. It differs somewhat from Durkheim’s in that Merton argued that the ... theories, and he uses them to help improve strain theory. Timothy Brezina (1996) article, “Adapting to Strain,” shows that strain is positively associated with the experience of several negative emotions, such as anger, resentment, and depression, and that delinquency reduces the impact of strain on those emotions. Brezina shows that delinquency is coping behavior or adaptive behavior to help adolescents to minimize the negative emotional affects of strain. The problem ...
- 174: FDRs Influence As President
- ... can be backed up by the overwhelming support that he received from his citizens throughout his four terms in office. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt began a new era in American history by ending the Great Depression that the country had fallen into in 1929. His social reforms gave people a new perspective on government. Government was not only expected to protect the people from foreign invaders, but to protect against poverty ... nationwide radio address, outlining a program to meet the economic problems of the nation. He coined the term "forgotten man" to mean all of those who had been hard hit by the evils of the depression. These radio addresses were the start to what he called the "fireside chats". Overall, Roosevelt was the most energetic and dynamic candidate, and he was nominated by the party on the fourth ballot. Although he ... home in on the problems that the American public saw most prominent at the time. When it came to election day, Roosevelt was the only viable alternative to Hoover, who many blamed for the Great Depression, although critics argue that it was the presidents preceding the Hoover Administration. The outcome reflected this thinking: Roosevelt won 22,821,857 votes compared to Hoover's 15, 761,841. Roosevelt also won the ...
- 175: Labor And Unions In America
- ... 1865 and 1900, industrial violence occurred on numerous occasions. Probably the most violent confrontation between labor and employers was the Great Railway Strike of 1877. The nation had been in the grip of a severe depression for four years. During that time, the railroads had decreased the wages of railway workers by 20 percent. Many trainmen complained that they could not support their families adequately. There was little that the trainmen ... day and collective bargaining. This led to a big increase in union membership. In January 1917, the AFL had 2,370,000 members. By January 1919, it had 3,260,000 members. RED SCARES AND DEPRESSION As the 1920s began, organized labor seemed stronger than ever. It was successful in getting Congress to pass laws that restricted immigration to the United States. Unions believed that a scarcity of labor would keep ... 1920s were prosperous years. But in October 1929, the New York stock market "crashed," and the value of stocks went way down. The crash, part of a worldwide economic decline, led to the worst economic depression in the nation's history. People lost their jobs, their farms and their businesses. By 1932, 13 million men and women were unemployed. This was one out of every four in the work force. ...
- 176: Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Relief, Recovery, Reform
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Relief, Recovery, Reform. Although the flood waters of poverty, unemployment, and famine known as the Great Depression began to recede under Hoover’s administration, it was Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his administration who saw to the retreat of the destitute ways of life that had enveloped the nation. When FDR took office ... the change known as the “New Deal”. Roosevelt’s New Deal programs aimed at three R’s - relief, recovery, and reform. Also, through his New Deal programs, one can see all he did during the Depression to relieve suffering and jump start the economy. In the New Deal program, Roosevelt had short and long - range goals. One of his first short-range goals was relief - especially in the first 100 days ... the Tennessee Valley After Roosevelt had the early part of the New Deal underway with the 100 days Congress, he moved on into the future, expanding his goals in order to reach beyond the Great Depression, and in order to prevent another depression from every happening. This part of his program had the same format as the first part. It was divided into the same three categories: recovery; relief; and ...
- 177: Assisted Suicide
- ... this, such as information about medications and dosage, and about the mentality of the patient. They will need to gain expertise in understanding patients' motivations for requesting it, assessing their mental status, diagnosing and treating depression. The medical profession is developing greater expertise in managing terminal illness but would need to develop similar expertise in responding to requests for physician-assisted suicide. The debates over assisted suicide have forced clinicians to ... to take it away. Some say that there is no need for suicide, because health care should resolve all problems and pain management has come a long way. Most people who commit suicide suffer from depression, so it is often debated whether this could be the reason for someone wanting assisted suicide. Often, when their depression is treated, the patient responds well, and would like to live. A regular physician cannot make the determination of whether a patient is suffering from depression. This is something that is difficult to diagnose ...
- 178: Adult Education In The U.S
- ... example, low self-efficacy beliefs for the prevention of aversive or harmful events lead to agitation or anxiety (Bandura, 1988). Lw self-efficacy beliefs for attaining highly desired goals or outcomes lead to despondency or depression (Bandura, 1986). Second, self-efficacy for controlling the cognition that influence emotion can, in part, determine emotional responses. People can become distressed about their apparent inability to control or terminate disturbing thoughts and aversive cognitions ... are concerned with beliefs about personal control and effectiveness (e.g., Peterson & Stunkard, 1992). Most of this work has been directed toward understanding the effect of explanations for negative life events on perceived helplessness and depression (Brewin, 1985, Robins, 1988). Helplessness beliefs are closely related to self-efficacy beliefs and outcome expectancies. Explanations or attributions, however, are beliefs about the causes of events that have already occurred; self-efficacy and outcome ... of ability than to lack of effort; the opposite pattern may hold for those with high self-efficacy (Bandura, 1992). Schiaffino and Revenson (1992) provided evidence that causal attributions and self-efficacy interact in influencing depression and physical disability. Self-efficacy was negatively related to depression for subjects who made internal, stable, global attributions for RA flare-ups; however, self-efficacy had little relationship to depression for subjects who made ...
- 179: The Identity Theory
- ... the same (double aspectism) with brain states. They are the same because the biochemical actions produced in brain states (release of serotonin and acetylcholine) have direct interaction with the mental states (mood disorders such as depression). With the help of psychological and physiological evidence the identity theory can be better supported. It has not yet been proven but following along with the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of biochemical disorders of the ... brain producing thoughts and then behavior. The identity theorist resides on simplicity to describe mental/brain states "...from the neural dependence of all known mental phenomena..." (TL325). Once thought of as mental disorders, forms of depression are now recognized as brain disorders. Understanding the biochemical determinants and the function of the brain has helped to draw this conclusion. Biochemical changes in the brain cause a person to fall into a depressed ... in the brain that controls much of the mental state (learning and memory function) with impulses between neurons. This brain state simultaneously affects the mental state or behavior of a person who shows signs of depression. Such signs are inability to fall asleep at night, frequent panic attacks, loss of concentration, and thoughts of suicide or even attempted suicide. Depression has also been linked with the low chemical release of ...
- 180: Psychology Comparison
- ... Carnegie Mellon University completed a study (later identified as the ÒHomenetÓ study) that examines the social and psychological effects of Internet use in the home. What they found, the report states, is that the initial depression and loneliness of the participants in the study did not increase use on the Internet. However, citing the researchers, the article states; ÒInternet use itself appeared to cause a decline in psychological well-being.Ó ... Internet's focus on communication; Ògreater use of the Internet was associated with declines in participants communication with family members in the household, declines in the size of their social circle, and increases in their depression and loneliness.Ó After this brief description of the study, the article begins by describing the trends in social ÒdisengagementÓ due to technology that many researchers have discovered over the past 35 years. The Internet ... tests were administered at the conclusion of the study. Social involvement was measured by family communication, size of local and distant social network, and social support. Psychological well-being was measured by loneliness, stress, and depression. They carefully monitored for other control variables that could influence these things. Internet usage was automatically monitored watching specifically for the major applications the Internet was used for and finding that e-mail and ...
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