TELEPHONE PAST TO THE PRESENT YOLINDA RATLIFF INF. 103 COMPUTER LITERACY INSTRUCTOR MIKE JONES August 10‚ 2010 In 1862 Thomas Alvin Edison hung a telegraphy line from Port Hudson Railroad station to Port Hudson village and worked in the telegraphy office as he was taught as a
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Sociological Perspectives on Health and Illness How can we define health? Imagine a continuum with health on one end and death on the other. In the preamble to its 1946 constitution‚ the World Health Organization defined health as a “state of complete physical‚ mental‚ and social well-being‚ and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity” (Leavell and Clark 1965:14). In this definition‚ the “healthy” end of the continuum represents an ideal rather than a precise condition. Along the continuum
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Understanding the Realities of Mental Illness Mental illness is an aspect of society that many would rather ignore or forget‚ especially if it is misunderstood. Some would go as far as saying the mentally ill are monsters‚ similar to the infamous creature in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Those who understand the struggles of the mentally ill know this to be false‚ but what about those who do not understand? Often times‚ mental illness is not understood due to the lack of accurate knowledge available
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In the video‚ A Tale of Mental Illness‚ Elyn Saks shares her personal experience with schizophrenia and as immediately points out to the audience‚ this is her experience with schizophrenia as everyone’s experience is different. Ms. Sasks speaks of provider stigma upon receiving the diagnoses of chronic schizophrenia with a grave prognosis‚ she states that “at best‚ I was expected to live at a board and care and work remedial jobs” (). She speaks of her psychotic break down while in college that
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Submission Smells of Sulfur: Gender and Illness in The Yellow Wallpaper During the 19th century‚ when Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper takes place‚ men reigned and women had little power over the definition of their roles‚ particularly middle and upper class women due to the lack of necessity for them to work outside the home. It was their only responsibilities to be modest‚ God-fearing‚ respectable women who took care of themselves and did not distract their bodies from the
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A study done in 1999 shows that out of the three million arrests made‚ we can see that no specific race‚ economic group‚ or gender group is the cause for such a high number of arrests. In the reading it seems as if criminal behavior is spoken about as a means to satisfy ones needs in order to make up for something that they lack. For example in the reading it explains how young adults are often frustrated with their lives regardless of race or economic status‚ they will find a way to take their
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in Islam‚ use of the Arabic language‚ connections through the Arab League‚ historical ties‚ etc. The different countries form a chain of countries that are linked by culture and religion on the one hand and yet vary greatly in terms of dialect and history on the other. The Arabic language is a large common denominator between these countries; however‚ dialects can be so different from each other to a point where a person from Syria can hardly communicate with a person from Algeria. (1) Most landscape
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In recent years‚ I’m sure you’ll have seen that mental illness has been discussed a lot more and more and more people are being made aware of it than ever before and personally‚ I think YouTubers and bloggers have had a big role to play in that- especially when they talk to an impressionable young audience. I’m not saying that this is a bad thing‚ I think it’s amazing that more people are being made aware of mental illness because it can crush the stigma surrounding them as well as making people
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No Worries Mental illness is a condition which has far-reaching consequences for more than just the victim. In this book Ruby may be the victim but she causes many consequences for Bri‚ Mick‚ Aunty Joan and even the Fish and Chip shop owner Joseph. Starting off by stating the reasons how Ruby’s illness has effected Bri. Bri is incredibly shy and doesn’t have many friends this is Bri’s way of keeping quiet about his mother. The one friend that Bri does bring home Ruby has one of her breakdowns
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Mental illness is currently a crucial component in our society‚ that enables us to understand the behavior of an individual. Where one’s actions can be associated with the mental stability that he or she possesses. In conjunction‚ the Elizabethan era didn’t acknowledge mental illness and its effects commonly incorporating Witchcraft and other Supernatural occurances to explain what is currently recognized as mental illness. Bipolar disorder or manic depression is a mood disorder that causes mood
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