Understanding paranoia What is paranoia? Are there different kinds? Who is most vulnerable to these feelings? What are the causes? What treatments are available? What can family and friends do? Useful organisations Further reading ‘The couple next door are listening in on me‚ I know it. I saw her in the street yesterday and she looked away.’ ‘The postman is reading my mail. One of my letters last week was not stuck down. He knows all my secrets.’ ‘My son’s behaving so strangely; he suspects
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and fried foods can contain high levels of saturated fats. Some plant foods‚ such as palm oil‚ palm kernel oil and coconut oil‚ also contain primarily saturated fats‚ but do not contain cholesterol. Trans- fats (or trans- fatty acids) are created in an industrial process that adds hydrogen to liquid vegetable oils to make them more solid. Another name for trans- fats is “partially hydrogenated oils." Look for them on the ingredient list on food packages. Trans- fats raise your bad (LDL) cholesterol
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According to the “Face the Fats” sections bad fats are considered saturated fats and trans fats. These fats will clog arteries and cause heart disease and heart attacks. These fats are often found in foods we enjoy to eat or that taste good. Fast food‚ deserts‚ and toppings that we place on foods are usually loaded in these types of foods. Better fats are monounsaturated fats and polyunsaturated fats. These are considered better fats due to the fact that they help reduce the risk of heart disease
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Schizophrenia is a major mental illness which can be identified through signs and symptoms that can be categorized into positive and negative symptoms. This essay will identify what signs and symptoms go under each category and discuss in detail different care and pharmacological treatments available for people suffering from schizophrenia. Treatment and care requirements under the NSW Mental Health Act 2007 will also be discussed along with my own opinion on the Australian community’s attitudes
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Psychological Disorders’ Presentation “Psychological disorders are behaviors or mental processes that are connected with various kinds of distress or impaired functioning (Nevid & Rathus‚ 2005).” Many people battle different kinds of disorders ranging from anxiety‚ dissociative‚ somatoform‚ moodiness‚ schizophrenia‚ personality‚ and many other disorders (Nevid & Rathus‚ 2005). Some are so mild that people do not recognize when they have it‚ and some are so severe that they become a
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Schizophrenia is a category of mental illness of the psychotic disorders. Psychosis refers to specific abnormalities of cognition that include delusions and hallucinations. The abnormalities of Schizophrenia are often divided into 3 categories. The first being cognitive which deals with abnormalities of attention and planning abilities. The second category of abnormalities of Schizophrenia is often called negative symptoms which can include blunted emotions and a loss of enjoyment. The third category
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The title alone‚ “You Can Grow Your Brain‚” made me think this article was going to be about how learning new things will make you smarter. I did not realize that it literally meant the brain can‚ and will grow when you are learning new things‚ or challenging yourself to learn new skills. We have always been told‚ “Practice makes perfect‚” and really‚ when you apply this rule to everything we do in life‚ it is true‚ and yet for some people‚ we stop challenging ourselves to learn new things because
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Understand Your Fats and Fiber Christy White SCI/241 August 29‚ 2013 Simyka Carlton The fats are Trans‚ saturated‚ mono-saturated‚ and polyunsaturated. The bad fats are Trans fats and saturated fats. These fats are generally found in the foods that we all love but know that we shouldn’t eat‚ or at least eat in moderation. Saturated fats are found in foods like butter‚ milk‚ cheeses‚ and meats. Trans fats are found in foods like cakes‚ cookies and other types of baked goods as well as deep
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In the adaptation “You Can Grow Your Brain” from Health and Science‚ the author emphasizes that many people think of the brain as a mystery. According to “You Can Grow Your brain”‚ we don’t often think about what intelligence is or how it works. In the outer layer of the brain which is called the cortex‚ are billions of very small nerve cells that are called neurons. A quote in this article stood out to me that says “The more you challenge your mind to learn‚ the more your brain cells grow.” In
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evaluate two or more psychological explanations for schizophrenia Schizophrenia explanations are both psychological and biological however the best solution is probably the diathesis stress model; this combines both biological and psychological approaches to schizophrenia. The diathesis stress model suggests that people have vulnerability for schizophrenia (diathesis) which develops only if the individual is exposed to certain environmental factors (a stressor.) One psychological explanation for schizophrenia
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