...to behave in ways that they would otherwise reject as hazardous or wrong (Breggin, 2008, p.19) .This book motivated me because it has elements of factual information, according to the author Bregggin, who is a psychiatrist that the stories are “true stories”. Breggin establishes reflection on the physical impairment due to drugs. In overall I was thrilled by the standard of effective educative communication by the author. Topic of interest: Medication Spellbinding One of the things that made the greatest impression on me is the word medication spell binding which “describes how drugs mask or hide their harmful mental and emotional effects from the people who are taking them” (Breggin, p.18). I always think that anti psychotic or antidepressant drugs are given to have a positive tranquil effect on patients not knowing that it could cause suicidality or make one violent without being aware of the consequences. The spell binding effect can be exhibited in different ways ranging from being easily angered, irritable, indifferent, less focused, anxiety, suicidal, and depression (Breggin p.19). Consider this man, Mr. Harry Henderson, whom According to Breggin (2008 ) was well, and doing fine with his business but undergoing some stress, for which he was started on...
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...Gun Control: The Big Picture George Washington's picture Submitted by George Washington on 12/17/2012 12:36 -0500 Preface: I was raised to be against guns. My parents hated guns, and believed that they only lead to crime and to accidental shootings. Raised in a blue state, I had the stereotype that militias were made of crazies … and so the “right to bear arms” as part of a “well-regulated militia” seemed like a nutty anachronism. And I have long been deeply influenced by leading voices for non-violence, such as Gandhi and King. So – Until recently – I was pro gun-control. As such, I understand that gun control arguments very well. Gandhi and the Dalai Lama Were AGAINST Gun Control I was surprised to learn that two of the best-known promoters of nonviolence in history were not opposed to guns. Indeed, Mahatma Gandhi taught that we must first be brave enough to use guns to defend ourselves, and only then can we be qualified to use non-violent methods. For example, Gandhi wrote in his book, An Autobiography (page 446): Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the Act depriving a whole nation of arms, as the blackest … if we want to learn the use of arms, here is a golden opportunity. As Gandhi wrote in Doctrine of the Sword: I do believe that where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence I would advise violence. *** When my eldest son asked me what he should have done...
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...The presidents travel all around the country and even internationally and cover many current topics. Back on March 30th, 1981, Ronald Reagan decided to give another pitch. He held this meeting at the Washington Hilton Hotel, only 70 days after he was sworn in. He gave his speech to a union convention (Building Trades Council of the AFL-CIO) and little did he know what was coming. As he was waving to the reporters, public, as well as approaching the vehicle back to The White House, six gun shots were fired in his...
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...By the time they finished, they described mood symptoms comparable to those of psychiatric patients. Ninety days later, they were just as sad and agitated. High altitude has some hypoxic effects such as nausea, headaches, nose bleed, lower alcohol tolerance, etc... • Oxygen poor air changes in brain chemistry (Serotonin up, dopamine down) • “Renshaw also used CDC violent death data to examine the relationship between altitude and mental illness. The elevation at which people live, he found, is a strong predictor of their mental health status” Serotonin and dopamine are neurotransmitters, brain chemicals that relay signals between neurons and other cells. • Serotonin, an inhibitory neurotransmitter, helps stabilize emotions. Antidepressants — SSRIs, (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor), which include Prozac and Lexapro — work by blocking the transport of serotonin back to the neurons, thereby increasing its supply in the brain. • Dopamine, an excitatory neurotransmitter, plays a vital role in our ability to focus. Too little dopamine can make us scatterbrained, whereas a dopamine increase causes hyper-concentration and feelings of euphoria. Caffeine, prescription drugs, including some ADD/ADHD medications, and illegal stimulants like cocaine and methamphetamine, work by increasing the availability of dopamine in our brains. Counterpoint: • Still, a host of evidence spoke to the other side of the paradox — the positive feelings associated with living in America's...
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...Go Green Marijuana is a harmful plant; at least, that’s what we are told, right? That this is a horrible substance that is never to be found in society, but what if it is not as harmful as other substances used my millions daily without question? Many people conclude that marijuana is harmful in many ways, including brain damage, damage to the reproductive system, and weakening of the immune system. People against marijuana attempt to convince others that marijuana is a "gateway drug" that leads the users to venture into much harder drugs. I believe that research to support anything can be found if one is looking hard enough, but that the fallacy of this conclusion is due to research seeking facts to support an already-assumed conclusion. Marijuana has been part of human society since the beginning of civilization. Indian priests wrote about its use in religious ceremonies, and Chinese emperors wrote about its medicinal use (UXL). However, since the beginning of the 20th century, most countries have enacted laws against the cultivation, possession or transfer of cannabis. These laws have impacted adversely on the cannabis plant's cultivation for non-recreational purposes, but there are many regions where, under certain circumstances, handling of cannabis is legal or licensed. Many jurisdictions have lessened the penalties for possession of small quantities of cannabis, so that it is punished by confiscation and sometimes a fine, rather than imprisonment, focusing more on...
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...Elliot is twenty-two years old. He is not married and has no children. A child of divorce and a nail-biter, he is the only one sitting on the Cobblestone park bench tonight, hugging his knees like Glenn Beck in a crowd “too high for heaven” at Woodstock, some forty years earlier. He is depressed because every girl he has tried to connect with has rejected him. He is taking college courses and, in the meantime, has a job pushing around various fluids of different color and aroma with a splintered mop. He is tired and has lost sight of his last handful of adventures in what is surely the twilight of his youth. Of course we have all felt like Elliot at least once, and I, along with the nurse’s staff, have felt blessed to be in the presence of each of you. And I know that this has been a lengthy stay for some of you, but I can only hope that your discharge will be expedient and convenient and that you can resume with your lives. Since, you have chosen to take part in the new study, I will expect to be getting some follow up e-mails within the next few weeks. One thing I can say about this medication is that I know it makes people feel like they can do what they saw as so stressful before. A buddy of mine was telling me the other day, at my favorite golf course in Michigan, how he had a client whose sister’s BFF was part of a similar study. Her worries about filling out a bikini top quickly turned into a desire to fill out job applications in a matter of days. This is the same girl...
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...Suicide; Behaviors and Treatment What is suicide? According to Dictionary.com, Suicide is “the intentional taking of one’s own life” (Dictionary.com, 2009). Suicide takes the lives of almost 30,000 Americans a year and is the 11th leading cause of death in American, homicide being the 15th (Save.org, 2009). Suicide can be caused by many different abnormal behaviors and can effect not only the victim but also family and friends of the victim. Suicidal thoughts and feelings should be taken seriously because they’re true feelings one is having. I hope to educate the reader on abnormal disorders that can cause suicide, the symptoms and behaviors of a suicidal person, and educate the reader on ways to prevent a person from taking their own life. According to Suicide Awareness Voices of Education, suicide takes the lives of almost 30,000 Americans a year. For younger people, ages 15-24, suicide is the 3rd leading cause of death. For older adults suicide is more likely to happen if the adult has lost a spouse. Males are four times more likely to commit suicide then females. Many people who attempt suicide never seek professional help but 80% of people who do seek professional help are treated successfully. Substance abuse is a strong risk factor for suicide but depression is the strongest risk, 15% of people who are clinically depressed die from suicide (Save.org, 2009). All facts listed are true facts that everyone can believe, but what most people fail to believe...
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...Depression is a mental health issue that has been around for decades and is still currently one of the leading causes of death among young people. There has been much research done on what could be the most effective treatment for this mental illness. Looking at depression throughout the years, the most effective treatments can be narrowed done to psychotherapy, medication, surgery, self-treatment, and etc. The most prevalent treatment mentioned is psychotherapy, as there are multiple ways to incorporate it. Although there are some negative outlooks of psychotherapy such as societies' negative views, effectiveness and availability. Research has also been done on whether religion or lack thereof can be a co-factor in depression. There are many methods to treating depression, psychotherapy being one of the most effective and efficient known treatment. Over the years, there has been extensive research done to find and understand different treatments for depression, although many have been lost through the ages. There are ways we can try and incorporate aspects of some older treatments into our more newly developed treatments to treat patients more effectively. For example, James Overholser mentions his research of a variety of treatments such as sleep therapy, hydrotherapy, drug treatment, treatment by surgery, etc that were more commonly used near the 1800s (Overholser. J, 2002). The treatments that are provided today are not as effective as doctors would like, and there is still...
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...Chase ended up firing two shots out of a car. Only one hit him in the chest but it killed him and Chase drove away. At the time he was unidentified. After that incident he robbed and raided multiple homes before killing his second victim, Theresa Wallin who was just twenty two but also twelve weeks pregnant. He said he entered her house through the front door which was unlocked. He murdered Theresa by using the same gun that he utilized from whenever he killed Griffin. He shot her three times and advanced in raping her corpse. Chase then continued to stab her several times with a butcher knife. Not stopping there, he removed multiple of her organs, cut off her nipples, then drank her blood using a yogurt cup. Also before he left her house he decided to collect dog feces from the lawn and place it into the woman’s mouth and down her...
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...Fallon Perez Psychological Theories Often times when discussing murders, people say the killer “just snapped.” In many instances, there is a downward spiral of mental and emotional damage. The killers leave behind warning signs and clues. To grasp more of an understanding of these signs and clues, one should research four main case categories: mothers who kill their children, children who kill their parents, mass murders, and serial killers. To gain better insight to these psychological theories behind homicides, this paper highlights individual cases in each category mentioned above. One of the categories to look at is mothers who kill their children. For this particular case, a prime example would be the Andrea Yates Murders. Andrea Yates was a former Texas resident, who drowned and murdered her five children on June 20, 2001. Andrea waited for her husband to leave early Wednesday morning to fill a bathtub where she would drown her five children. She began by killing the three middle children, “drowning them face first in the tub, then proceeding to put them in their beds and cover them with the sheets” (Ramsland). Then she went on to kill the six-month-old baby. Once the baby was dead, she left him floating in the tub. When she called her eldest son to the bathroom, he immediately realized the danger he was in and ran. “Andrea chased and dragged him to the tub” (Ramsland). She then struggled with drowning him, but eventually was successful but not before he could...
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...Suicide Research Paper Cassandra Tankersley Suicide. It is something that more than 36,000 Americans successfully manage to do every year. It is something that is considered to be a “socially unacceptable” topic of discussion. It is something that affects hundreds of thousands of people each and every day, often in ways most cannot imagine. And I believe that it is something that needs to stop being hidden in the darkest of closets. Without this subject being discussed and researched with more depth than what is already taking place, it will remain a subject without a whole lot of general understanding behind the whys and the causes of people choosing to end their lives. I will admit that this topic is something extremely personal for me, so my views may be colored as to what should be done about the knowledge of suicide, however, I cannot help but feel that this topic is long overdue for its spotlight in the medical world. Make no mistake – this is not about the accidental suicides; it is very much about those who willingly and intentionally plan to and successfully commit suicide. There are various facts a quick Google search can dig up in regards to suicide – such as men are four times as likely to commit suicide than women are, and it's easily discernible that the focus on suicide prevention is on teenagers with recent focus being added to those considered “middle age”. It's also very easy to locate information on “how to help prevent suicide”. But the fact of the matter...
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...Lane and Gregg (1992) claim, after Chase’s largest killing, his neighbor became suspicious of his behavior, believing he could be the suspect, and contacted the police. The police searched his apartment finding “a gun, 12-inch butcher knife, rubber boots, animal collars, three blenders containing blood, and several dishes inside the refrigerator containing body parts,” as stated by an article from Crime Museum. This trial began in 1979, and he plead not guilty by reason of insanity, however, Chase was legally sane when the crimes were committed, making him guilty of all six murder accounts, continues Crime Museum. During imprisonment, Chase granted a series of interviews with Robert Ressler, during which he spoke of his fears of Nazis and UFOs, explains an article Famous Dead (2014). Chase claimed that although he had killed, it was not his fault. Instead, he had been forced to kill to keep himself alive, which he believed any person would do. He asked Ressler to give him access to a radar gun, which he could use to capture the Nazi UFOs, so that the Nazis could stand trial for the murders. He also handed Ressler a large amount of macaroni and cheese, which he had been hoarding in his pants pockets, believing that the prison officials were in agreeance with the Nazis and attempting to kill him with...
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...seven articles read, there were a variety of things that people seem to overlook often. Why teens are committing suicide and what people can do to help victims who are considering, are two main points that are important for people to know. In a Kids Health article about teen suicide, it talks about teen suicide and different things people need to know about it. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, suicide is the third leading cause of death for 15 to 24 year-olds. Most of the time, people don’t realize that they could have helped a victim because they didn’t know any of the warning signs. The article goes on to talk about the risks of suicide, that 60% of all suicide in America are used with a gun. This is why no one should ever have a gun unlocked or kept in a place where it is easily out of reach. In 1996, more teenagers and young adults died of suicide than from cancer, heart disease, AIDS, birth defects, stroke, pneumonia and influenza, and chronic lung disease combined .In 1996, suicide was the second-leading cause of death among college students, the third-leading cause of death among those aged 15 to 24 years, and the fourth- leading cause of death among those aged 10 to 14 years. From 1980 to 1996, the rate of suicide among African-American males aged 15 to 19 years increased by 105 percent. (NAMI) Kids Health says that girls think or attempt suicide about twice as often as boys. In Thirteen Reasons Why, Hannah commits suicide by overdosing on...
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...Suicide: Teenagers Suicidal Behavior A Research Paper Presented to: Mrs. Maria Elena R. Maniego St. Joseph College- Olongapo, Inc. Olongapo City In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement in English IV By: Ma. Theressa C. Guevarra IV- Hope March 4, 2013 Acknowledgement: She would like to acknowledge and extend my heartfelt gratitude to the following persons who have made the completion of this Subject Matter: Our Principal Mrs. Imelda T. Lampazo, for her vital encouragement and support to her scholarship being a Student- Assistant. Our Assistant Principal Mr. Arsenio Ladiero, for her understanding and assistance and. Mrs. Maria Elena R. Maniego for the constant reminders that she gave to her and much needed motivation. Mrs. Loreta Merza for the help and inspiration he extended. All English Department, faculty members and Staff. The section of Four Hope 2012-2013 for assisting in the collection of the topics for the chapters. Most especially to my family and friends and to God, who made all things possible and make me confident to this. TABLE OF CONTENTS * ACKNOWLEDGEMENT * CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION A.) Statement of the problem B.) Importance of the study C.) Scope and limitation D.) Definition of terms * CHAPTER...
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...DEPRESSION AND WORK FUNCTION Throughout the nation and our world people are suffering from this disease.Depression effects people of both genders, all ages, and any background. People once believed that teens never went through any form of severe depression. Some still believe this to be true, but if it were why are teens homicidal and suicidal? This report should give support for the fact that a teen’s depression deserves attention, not the shrug of the shoulders or the turn of a back. Depression is defined as the point or points is ones lifetime when they are mentally unstable and the emotional state marked by sadness, discouragement, and loss that can occur during the teenage years. Depression causes changes in behavior, thinking and especially changes in ones everyday life. “Depression amongst teens generally starts when a child hits puberty, but could possibly begin the day they were born if chemically inbalanced (heredity).” Dr. David Kalkstein, psychiatrist at Penn Foundation. Depression can effect anyone, anytime, and anywhere. Teens, children, and adults are all effected, some even have the same problems in common, the causes too. Depression is experienced mostly by teens even though it is mistakenly classified as an “adult illness”. “Twenty percent of high school students are deeply unhappy or have some kind of psychiatric problem.” The causes for depression in teens are sometimes more harsh than the causes in adults. In a teen’s lifetime they have to face many problems...
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