003213 eMedicine med/532 MeSH D003865 Major depressive disorder (MDD) (also known as clinical depression‚ major depression‚ unipolar depression‚ unipolar disorder or recurrent depression in the case of repeated episodes) is a mental disorder characterized by episodes of all-encompassing low mood accompanied by low self-esteem and loss of interest or pleasure in normally enjoyable activities. This cluster of symptoms (syndrome) was named‚ described and classified as one of the mood disorders in
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disorders. One of the most common questionnaires used to examine the symptoms of depression is the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) Individuals are asked to choose which description best describes the way they have felt in the last week. For example: 0 I do not feel unhappy 1 I feel unhappy 2 I am unhappy 3 I am so unhappy I can’t stand it Their choices are added to determine the severity of the depression symptoms. PERSONAL INVENTORIES Personal inventories are questionnaires used to
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historian Frederick Jackson Turner. I would like to think that this essay refined the Frontier Thesis of American history. This essay was presented in a meeting of the the American Historical Association at the World’s Columbian Exposition on July 12‚ 1893‚ in Chicago‚ Illinois. This was later published in Proceedings of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin‚ followed in the Annual Report of the American Historical Association publications. This essay has been revised‚ reprinted‚ and anthologized many
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Freedom Then & Now I always think what freedom is. Does freedom limit to an individual person or a country? Everyone wants freedom in their own way; hence the meaning of freedom also differs for each individual. Even now some people feel that we don’t have freedom and we are not independent. Freedom Then was to fight for our country‚ fight for our rights‚ fight for justice. As the song “Vande Maataram” means “Long Live the Mother Land”‚ All Indians goal was to partition British India into
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PSYM 657 Individual Assessment and Appraisal Midterm Exam‚ Fall 2013 Dorelys Gordillo 1- Why do we test: We use a test to measure an outcome and make sense of a judgment. A test in general is defined as a measuring device or procedure. a-What do we test: Tests used today come in a variety of forms and are used to measure a wide range of areas. E.g: Achievement Tests‚ its use to assess an individual’s level of knowledge in a particular domain. (example: Early School assessment). E.g: Aptitude
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engage the four-wheel drive in order to gain more torque. Can you think of other examples where force or torque is changed to make a task easier? This need to change speed and torque is a problem common to machine tools‚ robots‚ automobiles‚ and airplanes. In this activity we will study several techniques developed over the centuries to accomplish this task. Equipment Gateway notebook Pencil Procedure 1 Gears turn in a circular direction. There is an inverse relationship between
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Power of Now A Guide to SPIRITUAL ENLIGHTENMENT By Eckhart Tolle CONTENT Foreword ........................................................................................................................... 4 Acknowledgments ............................................................................................................. 7 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................. 8 The Origin Of This Book ...
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Look‚ stranger‚ at this island now by W.H. Auden This poem us a "musical" exercise in which the poet reveals his technical skill by using sound techniques and figurative language to reinforce his description of a scene. It is one of Auden’s few poems of natural description‚ perhaps of the coast in the West Country of England. The first stanza requires the stranger - someone unfamiliar with the island of kingdom of Britain but perhaps acquainted with the stereotype of it as a dull and gloomy place
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1984 AND NOW 1984 : Newspeak Now : Politically Correct speech 1984 : The red sash of the Junior Anti-Sex League Now : The red ribbon of the Anti-Aids celibacy league 1984 : Telescreens in every room. The programming runs 24 hours a day‚ and the proles have no way of turning their screens off. Now : Televisions in every room. The programming runs 24 hours a day‚ and the proles rarely turn their screens off. 1984 : Telescreens in all public and private places‚ so the populace could be
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The movie The Spectacular Now directed by James Ponsoldt is an emotional but realistic movie about Sutter Keely who is afraid of growing up so believes he should be ”… in living in the now”. Sutter is a high school senior who is popular‚ loves his job‚ is the life of the party and has no plans for the future. After getting drunk one night he wakes up on a lawn with Amy Finicky hovering over him‚ she is quite‚ not popular‚ never had a boyfriend and unlike Sutter she has dreams. Although the two of
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