PTSD and Childhood Trauma By Bob Murray‚ PhD Over the years my wife‚ and fellow therapist‚ Alicia Fortinberry‚ and I have treated many people who were suffering from what is called post traumatic stress disorder or PTSD including a number of Vietnam veterans. In talking to the vets I noticed that a pattern was developing which caused me to widen my enquiries to veterans who went through the same experiences in Asia‚ but who did not have the symptoms of PTSD. I have not had the time to do a formal
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San Francisco has become the first major American city to prohibit fast-food restaurants from including toys with children’s meals that do not meet nutritional guidelines. The city’s Board of Supervisors gave the measure final approval Tuesday on an 8-3 vote. That’s enough votes to survive a planned veto by Mayor Gavin Newsom. The ordinance‚ which would go into effect in December of next year‚ prohibits toy giveaways in fast-food children’s meals that have more than 640 milligrams of sodium‚ 600
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Geology 122 JAVELOSA‚ Luis Antonio A. 2008-68085 Plate tectonics as expressed in geological landforms and events: An exploration using global data and global visualization tools JAPAN (Convergent): Japan features a very interesting series of geomorphological features. The island lies in the Pacific Ring of Fire that is characterized by having active volcanic and tectonic activity. Due to its geomorphology‚ the area is very vulnerable to environmental hazards such as earthquakes‚ tsunamis‚ and
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Introduction Hemophilia A Hemophilia is a heritable genetic disorder‚ and is a recessive sex-linked trait carried on the X chromosome. Thus hemophilia is more common in males (XY) than in females (XX) since males only need one copy of the faulty gene to show the trait. In actuality‚ female carriers of the defective gene are almost exclusively asymptomatic carriers. Regardless‚ it is still a rare disease amongst boys. In this current time of advanced technology in medicine‚ hemophilia can
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1. A short paragraph about my audience: Since my last name begins with the letter “A” I have been assigned to create a placemat for a child. The health of a nation should start with the children‚ since the children of today will be the adults of tomorrow. Therefore‚ I came up with the idea to form a placemat that will help educate Jersey City children on healthy eating. The month of April has an “Every Kid Healthy Week” from April 25 through 29‚ this is why I decided to make my main focus for my
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Middle Childhood Essay Exam Winter‚ 2012 THIS IS NOT A TIMED EXAM. YOU HAVE UNTIL THE DUE DATE TO COMPLETE IT. You have learned so much about development in middle childhood. You have examined physical‚ cognitive and social & emotional development during this period. This exam is meant to help you to organize your learning about middle childhood in these three developmental areas and help you to make important connections between this knowledge and your practices in the early childhood classroom
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Jaime Padilla Professor Ferrell English 101 5/2/13 Outline 1. Crime Prevention a. Helps catch a thief b. Suspicious person or item in area c. Sense of security 2. Evidence d. Court usage e. Proof of broken rules 3. Public Safety f. Traffic Monitoring g. Emergency alertness Video Surveillance Jaime Padilla Professor Ferrell English 101 5/2/13 Today in the modern society‚ the use of surveillance cameras is becoming increasingly
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ENG 102 WP-1 - Evaluation Essay Write an essay that evaluates the value or effectiveness of something according to criteria you establish or identify in the essay. The Genre: You’re familiar with the book and movie reviews that appear in newspapers‚ magazines‚ and websites. They are just one kind of evaluative writing‚ but from them we can identify the key components of the genre. First‚ there is the object to be evaluated. Often this is a single thing—a music CD‚ a scholarly study‚ a corporation—but
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Brandon Mitchell Mr. J. Partin ENG 112-FJT19 10 November 2011 Adults Playing as Children It is a typical day for me and my alarm just went off. I hop out of bed‚ go to the bathroom and then fix breakfast. Right afterwards I head over to my computer and go to my favorites tab. From here‚ I open multiple tabs all containing message boards to my favorite anime artists. Hours fly by as I sit there reading what everyone else had to say about a particular drawing‚ or how everyone had taken my
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When you have finished watching the video you are to write a single page‚ single spaced (approx. 500 words) paper about the video. It should not be a summary‚ but rather a commentary and analysis. Include in your analysis your thoughts about: whether reintroduction was effective‚ would the Adamson’s methods of working with lions be appropriate in 2012‚ and was making the movie Born Free useful for lion conservation or just a money making venture. Also tell me if you ever heard of the movie Born Free
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