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Term Papers on Health and Medicine
Sleepwalking
Number of words: 851 - Number of pages: 4.... grow out of, while with older people, stress and substance abuse play a larger role.
is most common among children from the ages of 4 to 12. Estimates for the percentage of the population which will sleepwalk at least once in their lifetime range quite a bit. Some sources say that most children will walk in their sleep at least once, with 15% of them more regularly. Others claim that 18% of the population is "prone to ". There is consensus, however, on the fact that boys sleepwalk more frequently than girls and that it is between the ages of 11 and 12 that .....
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Breach Of Confidentiality: The Legal Implications When You Are Seeking Therapy
Number of words: 1866 - Number of pages: 7.... the patients bill of rights to install
confidence between clients and therapists. The patient has a right to every
consideration of privacy concerning his own medical care program. Case
discussion, consultation, examination, and treatment are confidential and should
be conducted discreetly. Those not directly involved in his care must have the
permission of the patient to be present. The patient has the right to expect
that all communications and records pertaining to his care should be treated as
confidential. ( Edge, 63 ) This bill of rights enables clie .....
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Bipolar Affective Disorder
Number of words: 1386 - Number of pages: 6.... disorder or else only episodes of mania or depression. Secondary affective disorder refers to patients with preexisting psychiatric illness other than depression or mania (Goodwin, Guze. 1989, p.7 ).
affects approximately one percent or three million persons in the United States, afflicting both males and females. Bipolar disorder involves episodes of mania and depression. 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 behavio .....
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The Human Brain Vs. The Computer
Number of words: 1433 - Number of pages: 6.... has the edge over man. Let us start with basic
calculation. The computer has the capability to evaluate problems that man can
hardly even imagine, let alone approach. Even if a man can calculate the same
problems as a computer, the computer can do it far faster than he can possibly
achieve. Let us go one step further. Say this man can calculate as fast as a
computer, can he, as the computer can, achieve a 100% rate of accuracy in his
calculation? Why do we now go over the human data entry into a computer when a
mistake is noticed instead of checking .....
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The Effects Of Marijuana Use
Number of words: 529 - Number of pages: 2.... and the
circumstances under which it is taken. Marijuana has not been proven to be
physically addicting and no physical withdraw symptoms occur when its use
is discontinued.
Second of all, marijuana usage can also have non-pleasure giving
effects. Mood changes are often accompanied by altered perceptions of time
and space and of one's bodily dimensions. The thinking processes become
disrupted by fragmentary ideas and memories. Many users report increased
appetite, confusion, acute panic reactions, anxiety attacks, fear, a sense
of helplessness and loss of sel .....
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Pros And Cons Of Abortion
Number of words: 3069 - Number of pages: 12.... met in Oslo in 1970 (Sproul)
Abortion is a very controversial subject that has been continually argued over for the past few years and probably many years to come. The main controversy is should abortion be legalized? First before we get into the many sides of abortion we must first define abortion. Abortion is the destruction of the fetus or unborn child while the child is still in the mothers womb. This can be done by almost anyone from the mother herself to back alley abortions and even to abortions by clinics set up especially for this purpose.
There are .....
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Addiction: Its Causes And Effects
Number of words: 1228 - Number of pages: 5.... word addiction comes from two Latin words ad dictum. Ad dictum
means "to the dictator". When people were captured and sent into slavery,
they were sent ad dictum. This idea of enslavement is mirrored by the
addict's need to maintain the addiction (. Before we can understand why
addiction is the number one social and health problem in the United States,
a definition of addiction needs to be established (Experience 12). It is
important to remember no one thing can explain addiction. Factors include
personalities, culture, environments, substances a .....
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Death
Number of words: 343 - Number of pages: 2.... Research has made breakthroughs the past years and have come up with ways
to slow things down, but not cure AIDS.
There are many ways to prevent AIDS. I believe the leading way is
abstinence. No sex until your sure of your sexual partners past sexual history
should you consider sex. If you must have sex then have safe sex. Safe sex
includes using any instrument or object which does not allow bodily fluids to be
exchanged. Preventing AIDS is something we all can do. No one is forced to have
sex (unless raped), no one is forced to do drugs with infected .....
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