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    The timeless Swan Lake is today prized as one of the world’s greatest and most renowned classical ballets to ever exist. For over one hundred years Swan Lake has been performed‚ adapted and rewritten innumerable times to enthrall a wide range of audiences all across the world. Whilst the foundation of how Swan Lake began and came to be is still‚ to some extent‚ unknown‚ it is widely believed that the production was originally choreographed by Julius Reisinger with the accompaniment of celebrated

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    Describe two biological therapies for schizophrenia and then evaluate each in terms of effectiveness (8 + 16 marks): One biological therapy is the use of typical anti-psychotic drugs‚ such as Chlorpromazine. The main aim of this drug is to treat schizophrenia by reducing the amount of dopamine in the brain. This is because high levels of dopamine are thought to cause schizophrenia‚ therefore by reducing the amount of dopamine‚ the symptoms of schizophrenia should reduce. Typical anti-psychotic drugs

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    Schizophrenia – “split mind” Schizophrenia (in Greek split mind) is marked by delusions‚ hallucinations‚ illusions‚ distorted perceptions of reality‚ normal verses abnormal‚ and a “split” between thought and emotion. Schizophrenia troubles one percent of the world’s population‚ making it the most common psychosis. Approximately two million Americans suffer from this illness in one year and roughly half of all the people admitted to mental hospitals are schizophrenic. Many symptoms appear to

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    Concerning the cases of adults diagnosed with Schizophrenia‚ I noticed that there were several common features of this disorder. Individuals with this disorder would experience paranoia‚ hallucinations‚ and confusion. These symptoms can be very intense‚ and schizophrenic individuals have an incredibly difficult time trying to distinguish between reality and fantasy. In addition‚ schizophrenia appears to be partially hereditary since several of the cases presented in the video revealed that a parent

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    Beautiful Minds/ Brilliant Madness Paper In the film‚ the plot rotates around the movement of John Nash and his troubles with schizophrenia. The film starts with Nash associating with various companions‚ particularly Martin. Those two don’t get along in the first place since they are sharing a grant‚ yet they in the long run develop to be great companions later on. Nash battles with not having anything distributed to his name. He looks for acknowledgment like the others‚ yet he can not concoct anything

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    Bella Swan is a fictional character from the Twilight Series written by Stephenie Meyer. Bella Swan moved to Forks‚ Washington from a sunny city from Arizona and who falls in love with a vampire named Edward Cullen while having a strange relationship with werewolf Jacob Black. Throughout the whole series‚ Bella Demonstrates odd behaviors that are alarming and may be disturbing to the normal mind. In the book‚ New Moon‚ Edward leaves her for several months and that created a “black hole” in her chest

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    Outline and evaluate one biological therapy for Schizophrenia? (4 + 8 marks) Antipsychotic medication is an effective way of treating severe forms of Schizophrenia. There are two types medication used: Conventional antipsychotic drugs are dopamine antagonists‚ which means they attach to dopamine receptors but do not stimulate them. By reducing stimulation in the brain‚ medication such as Chlorpromazine can eliminate the positive symptoms of Schizophrenia. Atypical antipsychotic drugs also work on the

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    father‚ which statistically these matriarch styles of development have shown an increase in schizophrenics. Also poverty is strongly link to schizophrenia‚ and single parent‚ single income families are usually at this level. Another contributing factor could be of Jacks sleep deprivation caused by the insomnia. Insomnia can lead to several psychosis‚ and schizophrenia is one of them. Jack centered his life around consumerism and once he felt an attraction for Marla‚ who was a bottom society non-consumer

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    Philosophical idealism in David Swan In the opening paragraph of David Swan‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne illustrates his philosophical musings by writing‚ " There are innumerable other events-if such they may be called-which come close upon us‚ yet pass away without actual results‚ or even betraying their near approach‚ by the reflection of any light or shadow across our minds." It reminded me of Nicolas Malebranche’s ocassionalism‚ which refers to the contact of two things is the occasion for God is the

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    The book mainly deals with Bella Swan becoming depressed after her vampire boyfriend and soulmate Edward Cullen leaves town because he thinks doing so will protect her from the dangers of his kind. She eventually begins to reconnect with her old childhood friend Jacob Black. Who she soon discovers is also a being involved in the supernatural. He is then forced to protect her from a enemy Vampire who wants revenge on Bella. She also tries spending more time with her old group of friends. Which include

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