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Alcoholism: Is It Hereditary?
Number of words: 1749 - Number of pages: 7.... framework. The
denial of this complexity in some quarters obscure what has been
discovered through genetically oriented research and has dangerous
consequences for prevention and treatment policies. A tremendous amount of
attention and research has recently been concentrated on the inheritance
of alcoholism and on the possibility of accounting genetically for drunken
behavior. The major purpose for this research was the adoption studies
conducted in Scandinavia in the 1970’s which found reliable genetic, but
not adoptive transmission of alcoholism. This contemporary research
foc .....
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Artificial Heart Devices
Number of words: 1801 - Number of pages: 7.... the full impact of artificial heart devices on society,
we must not narrow our thinking to include only the beneficial possibilities.
There exist moral, ethical, and economic factors that accompany these new
innovations to humanity. Who will receive these brilliant inventions?
Obviously not all of the patients will get transplants, so selection criteria
must be established. The high price of artificial heart devices and their
implantation will eliminate some candidates. Unfortunately, this is not fair.
The rich, in essence, can buy life, whereas the poor are abandoned to die in a .....
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Psychoanalysis
Number of words: 2224 - Number of pages: 9.... her mind by just telling
him all of her thoughts and feelings.
Freud refined Breuer's method by conceptualizing theories about it and, using
these theories, telling his patients through interpretations what was going on
inside the unconscious part of their minds, thus making the unconscious become
conscious. Many hysterias were cured this way, and in 1895, Breuer and Freud
published their findings and theories in Studies in Hysteria.
CLASSIC PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY
Traditional psychoanalytical theory states that all human beings are born with
instinctual drives that are constantly activ .....
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The Education Of A.I.D.S Discrimination
Number of words: 1606 - Number of pages: 6.... The infection of HIV does not reduce an employee'sefficiency from
satisfactory to intolerable. An employee should not be denied employment or
promotion if they are not flawed by HIV. Some employees are not stripped of
their capacities to perform even though they are infected with HIV(Lewy 2). Why
should the employee health benefits be altered because of the nature of the
disease. The majority of employee policies offered cover catastrophic illness
with only ten percent covering A.I.D.S. One particular policy states that
people do not become infected through usual behavior in a working e .....
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Paranoid Personality Disorders
Number of words: 888 - Number of pages: 4.... and unwilling
to forgive. They nurture their grudges and anger, which over time, gives them
more of a sense that it is the outside world which the problem, not themselves.
At times, these individuals may also conjure up flamboyant illusions to confirm
their behavior toward others.
These feelings are also carried out towards family as well. One example
could be as if a person with this personality disorder had a spouse or sexual
partner, this individual constantly thinks that their partner or spouse is
cheating on them. Often, the spouse or partner is barraged with questions
questioni .....
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Bipolar Disorder
Number of words: 1919 - Number of pages: 7.... of energy, feelings of worthlessness, guilt, difficulty thinking, indecision, and recurrent thoughts of death and suicide (Hollandsworth, Jr. 1990 ). The manic episodes are characterized by elevated or irritable mood, increased energy, decreased need for sleep, poor judgment and insight, and often reckless or irresponsible behavior (Hollandsworth, Jr. 1990 ).
Bipolar affective disorder affects approximately one percent of the population (approximately three million people) in the United States. It is presented by both males and females. involves episodes of mania and depression. These ep .....
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Eating Disorders
Number of words: 854 - Number of pages: 4.... weight and becoming thin. The patients will deny being hungary or claim to be full after eating only a few bites of a meal. Dangerous signs of a person with anorexia are hair loss on the head, fainting spells, heart tremors, shortness of breath, constipation, compulsive exercising, intense fear of weight gain, cold hands and feet, dry and scaly skin, depression, a lack of sexual interest, anxiety, weakness, and exhaustion. Certain endocrine functions may also become impaired, causing menstruation and ovulation to stop. Treatment for anorexia consists of nutritional therapy, psychothe .....
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Prenatal Diagnosis
Number of words: 439 - Number of pages: 2.... up to 99% of chromosome abnormalities. Some follow-up ultrasounds are recommended at 16 weeks of pregnancy. The amount of risk is the same as in amniocentesis.
Amniocentesis
Amniocentesis is performed at 15-20 weeks of pregnancy. It will detect chromosome abnormalities and other certain genetic disorders. This test can detect up to 95% of neural tube disorders such as spina bifida. It is done by inserting a needle near but not through the woman's naval into the amniotic sac. A small amount of amniotic fluid is withdrawn and sent for laboratory testing. Cells are then separated from the .....
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Veterinary Medicine
Number of words: 523 - Number of pages: 2.... of
veterinarians are employed as managers of large feedlots for beef -
cattle, large dairy cattle operations, and many of the increasingly
large poultry farms. A few veterinarians are now becoming involved in
embryo transfer work, in which fertilized eggs are removed from
superior donors and transferred into the uterus of a cow of lesser
genetic qualities.
A minimum of six years of study after high school graduation
is usually required for a student to become a veterinarian. At least
two and sometimes up to four years of college are completed before
the acceptance into veterinary college. .....
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Anxiety And Depression In Afro-Americans
Number of words: 1502 - Number of pages: 6.... is filled with both eustress and distress, but it is the
high rate of distress due to socio-economic circumstances that are responsible
for higher rates of depression and anxiety amongst them.
Depression is an emotional state characterized by extreme sadness,
gloomy ruminations, feelings of worthlessness, loss of hope, and often
apprehension, while anxiety is a generalized feeling of fear and apprehension.
The number of reported cases combining both depression and anxiety with Afro-
Americans has dramatically increased since the civil rights movement, when
scientists began recordi .....
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