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Anti-Depressants or Sugar Pills?
"Against Depression, a Sugar Pill Is Hard to Beat" For years, scientists have been trying to see which works better, the anti-depressant or the placebo (a.k.a: sugar pill). After many studies and prescriptions, sugar pills work just as well, if not better, than anti- depressants do. Placebos help scientists realize if there is a difference between really feeling better, or patients believing that they feel better. Some doctors and psychiatrists disagree on why the sugar
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Clinical Dentistry
Fundamentals of Clinical Dentistry: Intro to Indices and Charting Specific Objectives: 1) Define the purpose of dental indices, such as DMF-T, DMF-S, Gingival Inflammation Index and Plaque Index. Dental indices are important tools used in examinations to provide a numeric score that quantifies the magnitude of the disease measured. DMF-T: The number of teeth that are decayed, missing, or filled, the DMFT index, is a total score of all affected teeth and provides a caries
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Postpartum Depression: A Woman’s Cry
Postpartum depression affects over ten to twenty percent of women causing then to doubt their natural abilities to raise their children. According to Evelyn S. Miller-Jacoby, “ postpartum depression is any psychiatric disorder in which childbirth is one of the interacting casual agents, a necessary but not sufficient cause.”. Depression affects twice as many men and is more common in women during childbirth age. (aboutourkids.com) The time after childbirth is an especially vulnerable time for
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Bipolar Disorder in Adults
Abstract Bipolar disorder (BD) is one type of mood disorder recognized by the DSM-IV. There are three divisions of BD: bipolar I, bipolar II, and cyclothymia (also bipolar disorder not otherwise specified- rapid cycling bipolar disorder). BD is characterized by periods of mania with interruptions of depression. The different types of BD are characterized by different severities of depression and mania. BD is caused by a combination of factors including genetic factors, neurological factors,
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Irving Fisher’s Analysis of the Great Depression
Irving Fisher’s Analysis of the Great Depression My proposition is to take an in depth examination of Irving Fisher’s views on the origin of the Great Depression, his debt deflation theory and the policy measures he advocated. Only days prior to the stock market crash, Fisher predicted that the shares were in fact not overvalued and their increases were due to new profit opportunities created by new technological advances and increases in productivity. As the
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Great Depression
The Great Depression is probably one of the most misunderstood events in American history. It is routinely cited, as proof that unregulated capitalism is not the best in the world, and that only a massive welfare state, huge amounts of economic regulation, and other interventions can save capitalism from itself. The Great Depression had important consequences and was a devastating event in America, however many good policies and programs became available as a result
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Heterozygosity, Fitness and Inbreeding Depression in Natural Populations
Heterozygosity, fitness and inbreeding depression in natural populations Inbreeding is mating between close relatives and can depress components of reproductive fitness thus having detrimental effects on the populations survival, a phenomenon known as inbreeding depression. There are two principal theories for the mechanism of inbreeding depression. The partial dominance hypothesis (Charlesworth and Charlesworth, 1987) suggests that inbreeding increases the frequency of homozygous combinations of deleterious recessive alleles due to the increased chance of offspring inheriting
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Identify and Briefly Describe the Features of Any Four Structures You Are Familiar with and Discuss the Reasons for Diversity of Type and Structure of Organisations. Give Examples Where Appropriate
“There are always, in any explanation of organisational structure, four types”#, with any breakdown of viewpoints of organisation culture, whether it be by structualists or ideologists , they all agree there is always 4 cultures and 4 structures. Four types of structure which are identified by structualists, are common within organisations today, these are Functional Structure, Matrix Structure, Web Structure and Closter Structure. Firstly the Functional Structure, is where the organisation itself is structured around
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Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar disorder affects about 2.3 million adult Americans, which is about 1.2% of the population. Bipolar disorder is considered a rare disease. Until recently the disorder was most commonly found in adults. In recent studies, researchers have found that their was a striking difference between adults and children: Among children boys were more common to be diagnosed with bipolar disorder and among adults women were more likely to be diagnosed with the disorder. Individuals with
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Features of Money
Features of Money Functions of Money: Money is something which people generally accept in exchange for a good or a service. Money performs four main functions: • a medium of exchange for buying goods and services; • a unit of account for placing a value on goods and services; • a store of value when saving; • a standard for deferred payment when calculating loans. Properties or Characteristics of Money Any item which is going
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Depression
In recent years, we have heard of depression and the affects of the disorder, and what medications and theories help to prevent depression in adults. Many people are not aware that not only is depression diagnosed in adults, recently studies show that depression is diagnosed in adolescents. Not only adults become depressed. Children and teenagers also may have depression. Depression is defined as an illness when it persists. Childhood depression is one of the most
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Great Depression
The Great Depression The Great Depression is the worst economic period in the U.S history. This didn’t just affect the United States of American, but the entire industrialized world. Historians may say that the Great Depression started in the late 1929, but it really started years earlier. There are many reasons way the Great Depression came about. One of the main causes was the great unequal distribution of wealth throughout the county. This wealth was
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Adolescent Depression
Depression is a disease that afflicts the human psyche in such a way that the afflicted tends to act and react abnormally toward others and themselves. Therefore it comes to no surprise to discover that adolescent depression is strongly linked to teen suicide. Adolescent suicide is now responsible for more deaths in youths aged 15 to 19 than cardiovascular disease or cancer (Blackman, 1995). Despite this increased suicide rate, depression in this age group is
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Bipolar Disorders - Causes and Treatments
Bipolar disorders Contrary to popular belief, bipolar disorder is technically not a disorder. Rather, it is a family of many different disorders. The most common of these is Cyclothymic disorder, which triggers chronic mood swings. Also common is it’s �little brother’, cyclothymia, which is a much less severe form of Cyclothymic disorder in which the mood swings are less severe but much more frequent and sudden. (Colman) These swings are labeled mood episodes. A mood
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Treating Depression
ARTICLE REVIEW: " TREATING DEPRESSION: PILLS OR TALK" Publisher: Scientific American Mind Date: January 2005 Author: Steven P. Holon, Micahel E. Thase, John C. Markowitz SUMMARY: "Medication has reduced depression for decades, but newer forms of psychotherapies are proving their worth." Medication or pills and antidepressants were once termed "magic bullet", because of its efficacy in treating depression. Some physicians also thought that psychotherapy alone is an ineffective way of fighting depression. But when combined
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Romeo and Juliet-Love?- Feature Article
“LOVE IS A Certain Inborn Suffering derived from the sight of and excessive Meditation upon the beauty of the opposite sex, which causes each one to wish above all things the embraces of the other, and by common desires carry out all of love’s precepts in the other’s Embrace” is definition of medieval love. But Really, How much does Shakespeare’s Romeo And Juliet comes to terms of traditional “ love”? Think about Romeo in the
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Bipolar
The phenomenon of Bipolar Affective Disorder has been a mystery since the 16th and 17th century. The Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh was thought to of suffered from bipolar disorder. It appears that there are an abundance of people with the disorder yet, no true causes or cures for the disorder. Clearly the Bipolar disorder severely undermines their ability to obtain and sustain social and occupational success. However, the journey for the causes and cures
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Understanding Bipolar Disorder
UNDERSTANDING BIPOLAR DISORDER Understanding Bipolar Disorder Cabarrus College of Health Sciences Abstract Bipolar disorder is a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in a person’s mood, energy and ability to function. It is also known as manic-depressive illness. The symptoms of bipolar disorder are severe and very different from the normal ups and downs that everyone goes through. It is the third most common mood disorder after major depression and dysthymic disorder. It affects
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The Great Depression
The Great Depression 5 The Great Depression was the worst economic downturn ever in U.S. History, and one which extended to practically the entire industrialized world. The Depression began late in 1929 and lasted for about ten years. Many economists have their theories as to what brought all of this about. It is generally accepted that the main cause for the Great Depression was the combination of the greatly unequal distribution of wealth throughout the
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Depression
Psychology Depression is a disease that afflicts the human psyche in such a way that the afflicted tends to act and react abnormally toward others and themselves. Therefore it comes to no surprise to discover that adolescent depression is strongly linked to teen suicide. Adolescent suicide is now responsible for more deaths in youths aged 15 to 19 than cardiovascular disease or cancer (Blackman, 1995). Despite this increased suicide rate, depression in this age group
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A Teacher’s Guide to Understanding and Working with Students with Depression
A Teacher’s Guide to Understanding and Working with Students with Depression Introduction The position of depression as a disability is ambiguous. Though early definitions of emotional and behavioral disabilities included depression, more recent definitions seem to leave depression as a possible side effect of the primary emotional and behavioral disabilities (Gearheart 367). Our primary textbook lists depression and suicide under “Related Considerations” along with adolescence and Substance Abuse (413). Despite this apparent backpedaling, Gearheart, et
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Adolescent Depression and Suicide: Early Detection and Treatment the Key
Adolescent Depression and Suicide: Early Detection and Treatment the Key Only in the past two decades has depression in adolescents been taken seriously. Depression is an illness that involves the body, mood and thoughts. It affects the way a person eats and sleeps, the way one feels about oneself, and the way one thinks about things. Therefore it comes to no surprise to discover that adolescent depression is strongly linked to teen suicide. Adolescent suicide
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Depression Makes Good Theatre
The story of the Federal Theatre Project is quite the epic tale. It was a product of the Great Depression, born under the Works Progress Administration, part of the New Deal, to create jobs for unemployed theatre artists. The Federal Theatre Project (FTP) created jobs for actors, designers, stagehands, and directors. It provided theatrical productions across the United States for people at low or no cost to the theatergoer, many of who could no longer
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Depression
Depression has been around for a longer period of time than we can imagine. Depression has been considered to be the major psychiatric disease of the 20th century, affecting approximately eight million people in North America (http://www.ndmda.org). It is a matter of whether it is diagnosed and treated or left alone. This is a problem that can affect everyone whether they themselves are diagnosed or simply by knowing someone with depression. People with psychiatric
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Depression in Adolescents
Psychology Depression is a disease that afflicts the human psyche in such a way that the afflicted tends to act and react abnormally toward others and themselves. Therefore it comes to no surprise to discover that adolescent depression is strongly linked to teen suicide. Adolescent suicide is now responsible for more deaths in youths aged 15 to 19 than cardiovascular disease or cancer (Blackman, 1995). Despite this increased suicide rate, depression in this age group
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