SHOULD ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY EVER BE USED TO TREAT MENTAL DISORDERS? A. Thesis Statement Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a treatment for severe mental illness in which the brain is stimulated with a strong electrical current which induces a seizure. The seizure rearranges the brain’s neurochemistry and results in an elevation of mood. This essay asks: Is ECT any safer and more effective in treating mood disorders than drug therapies? This treatment has a controversial history ever since
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list‚ to do list‚ the honey-do list and even a list of the dreaded chores. But‚ to this day‚ no list is more important or more scrutinized for its information then the register for sexual offenders list. This list contains names and other important information about the people on this list. What we learn from it and we take the time to learn what establishes the qualifications to be on it‚ it’s clear why we have it. The sexual offenders list was created so that we as a society could have access
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ones that generally treat and diagnose it. Psychologists at mental institutes generally stay and help the people at the mental institute that they work at. Before it was unclear whether of not they were properly educated because not much research was done on it and so it was impossible to be able to properly educate them. Now‚ with more research and education‚ psychologists should be educated enough to treat mental illness correctly. Sometimes that doesn’t work out the way it should‚ other times there
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Prisoners have constitutional rights but those rights need to be balanced with the operation of a jail or prison. There are mandatory rights the administrators of prisons and jails need to provide but they are balanced so that facility can meet court requirements and maintain a safe operation. We will discuss these issues in detail. The first thing we need to remember is that prisoners do not have full constitutional rights; after all they have been convicted of a crime so they do loose some
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Juvenile Offenders Juvenile offenders are classified in most systems as people who have not yet reached the age of maturity‚ which by law is the threshold of your adult years. 18 years old is the line between being a teenager and a full grown adult when they will be able to be tried for a criminal offense‚ while fourteen years old is the youngest age a person can be tried for a seriously violent crime. In the text it states‚ “Juvenile crime has been a feature of almost every society‚ but how
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Assessment Component 2: Issues Analysis Stage Two Women’s Studies The issue of sex selective abortions is reflective of women’s inferior status throughout contemporary Indian society. Feminism and women’s rights have resulted in abortion rights throughout many countries‚ which are thought to benefit womanhood for a range of reasons. However‚ in developing countries such as India‚ abortion rights are reinforcing the patriarchy that has oppressed
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How Hurricanes Form Julia Peffly 5th Period Ms. Philips March 7th‚ 2024 Hurricanes are on the list of all of the world’s deadliest natural disasters caused by the Earth. For it to be labeled as a deadly natural disaster‚ it must have been the reason for multiple deaths. To add onto this‚ it has been the cause of the death of many people‚ the loss of homes and many other things that could have been important to someone or anyone. There are also a large number of causes‚ effects‚ and
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Needs Prisoner David Thompson University of Phoenix Special Needs Prisoner The American penal system is comprised of every element of society imaginable. There are people from all walks of life being held in one prison or another across our great country for crimes they’ve committed or allegedly committed against mankind. Be it at the state‚ federal or county level‚ the U.S. prison system does not discriminate with regards to those who are physically challenged. Be it a prisoner who is
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describes prisoner reentry as “the process of leaving prison and return into free society” (Visher & Travis‚ 2003). Generally speaking‚ it is the course of action in which an offender is set free from incarceration and allowed back into society. Transition reentry is the procedure in which inmates are liberated from confinement and let back out into the public. To put it another way‚ inmates are freed from imprisonment and given another opportunity in free society. In like manner‚ offenders are discharged
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Asia-Pacific Development Journal Vol. 7‚ No. 2‚ December 2000 CORRUPTION: CAUSES‚ CONSEQUENCES AND CURES U Myint* The paper stresses the need to keep the issue of corruption squarely in view in the development agenda. It discusses the causes and consequences of corruption‚ especially in the context of a least developed country with considerable regulation and central direction. Lack of transparency‚ accountability and consistency‚ as well as institutional weaknesses such as in the legislative
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