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- 11151: Bipolar Affective Disorder
- ... manic episodes experience a period of depression. Mood is either elated, expansive, or irritable, hyperactivity, pressure of speech, flight of ideas, inflated self esteem, decreased need for sleep, distractibility, and excessive involvement in activities with high potential for painful consequences. Rarest symptoms were periods of loss of all interest and retardation or agitation (Weisman, 1991). As the National Depressive and Manic Depressive Association (MDMDA) has demonstrated, bipolar disorder can create substantial ...
- 11152: Beta Carotene
- ... promote health. It is also possible that a beta-carotene supplement derived from natural sources and formulated so as to preserve the normal carotene ratio in the blood may be of benefit for people at high risk for cancer and cardiovascular disease. This, however, needs to proven. So, until the remaining riddles in the carotene puzzle are solved, the prudent course of action is to avoid smoking and exposure to second ...
- 11153: Autonomy Vs. Paternalism In Mental Health Treatment
- ... pertinent information, when she desired action. As the case proceeded, it became evident that Mrs. Gordon was the most active planner of her son's services. "Exaggerated fears and misconceptions associated with a lawsuit in high-risk clinical situations rarely bring out the best quality in practitioners.(Corey, Corey, & Callanan, 1993, p. 117). In actuality, the agencies involved were far more open to a lawsuit in terms of the lack of ...
- 11154: Anorexia And Bulimia
- ... often members of the middle class or affluent society, recent findings show sufferers come from all backgrounds and many different styles and sizes of families. Also there is a tendency for anorexics to set unreasonably high goals and to aim for perfection in all that they do. Generally speaking, bulimia is likely to begin after the late teens, while anorexia more often starts during adolescence. The incidence of anorexia or bulimia ...
- 11155: Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa
- ... in the body is that of potassium. "Potassium, the chief intracellular cation, is required for normal neuromuscular functioning, as well as for several essential metabolic activities, including protein synthesis." Although potassium can be toxic at high levels, eating disorders cause the level of potassium to fall dramatically lower than normal causing the same drastic effects. A deficit of potassium can cause hyperpolarization and nonresponsiveness of the neurons controlling our body, a ...
- 11156: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- ... of ALS found in patients taken from Guam and Japan. ALS appears evenly across the globe except in the Mariana Islands in the West Pacific and the Kii Peninsula of Japan where it is unusually high. Back during Gehrig's time little else besides vitamin E was even considered a "potential" therapy, and there were only guesses as to the cause of the disease until 1991 when evidence linked FALS to ...
- 11157: Alcohol: Most Used and Abused Drug
- ... get well. Alcoholics may need to check into a detox center if really bad, because the withdrawals can be very painful and could possibly cause death. Withdrawal reactions can include any or all of these: high fever, loss of appetite, nausea, uncontrollable shaking, hallucinations, and possible coma or death. Alcoholism is a disease that cannot be totally cured but people can recover and return to a normal way of life. Recovering ...
- 11158: Alcoholism
- Alcoholism Alcoholism refers the drinking of alcohol to such a degree that major aspects of one's life are seriously and repeatedly interfered with. These aspects include work, school, family relationships, personal safety and health. Alcoholism is considered a disease. It has known physical, psychological and social symptoms. An alcoholic continues to drink even despite the destructive consequences. Alcoholism is serious and progressive. It ...
- 11159: Adolescence
- ... affected heavily by the work of the Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget, who sees the intellectual capability of adolescents as both "qualitatively and quantitatively superior to that of younger children." According to Piaget and the developmentalist school of psychology, the thinking capacity of young people automatically increases in complexity as a function of age. Developmentalists find distinct differences between younger and older adolescents in ability to generalize, to handle abstract ideas, to ...
- 11160: Rabies
- ... during the 1880's by Louis Pasteur. Rabies cases in humans have since become rare in the United States and other developed countries. This is because of the vaccination programs for domestic animals. People in high risk occupations such as veterinarians, forest-service, and health workers in developing countries are also often treated against the disease. In 1987 a less expensive, low-dose vaccine was introduced for a wider use by ...
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