Judging Cognitive-Enhancing Drugs Most people know steroids are wrong because of the negative side effects‚ but what about a drug that could improve a person’s attention? It’s not clear whether healthy individuals should or should not use medication or drugs to improve cognitive abilities such as working memory or attention. At their genesis‚ cognitive-enhancing drugs such as Provigil or Ritalin were developed to aid patients suffering from narcolepsy‚ Alzheimer’s disease or ADHD with their cognitive
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Anxiety‚ worry‚ and stress are all a part of most people’s life today. But simply experiencing anxiety or stress in and of itself does not mean you need to get professional help or you have an anxiety disorder. In fact‚ anxiety is a necessary warning signal of a dangerous or difficult situation. Without anxiety‚ we would have no way of anticipating difficulties ahead and preparing for them. (Grohol. Psy.D) Anxiety is considered abnormal when it occurs in situations that most people can deal with
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In addition to therapy being an alternative for antidepressants‚ there is the possible substitute to a daily dosed drug‚ placebos. A placebo is a substance such as a pill or shot that doesn’t contain any medicine. Placebos are typically used in clinical trials and used as a control for the testing of a real new medication. The main reason a trial has a placebo group is to ensure that any effects that happen are actually caused by the treatment and not some other factors. Many believe that the placebo
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Abstract This paper will examine the psychological disorder Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and the relationship it has between human development and socialization as well as how human development and socialization affect people with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Psychological Disorder Paper According to the U.S. National Library of Medicine Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) can be described as‚ “ an anxiety disorder in which people have unwanted and repeated thoughts‚ feelings‚ ideas‚ sensations
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Demi Rodriguez Section 2007 Psychology 101 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) One out of one-hundred people have OCD. This means that if you have 500 friends on your Facebook page 5 of them are diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is an anxiety disorder‚ defined by intrusive thoughts that cause uneasiness‚ apprehension‚ worry‚ and / or fear. OCD also causes repetitive thoughts and actions. The most growing evidence on OCD is that it has a neurobiological
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“According to the criteria for obsessive-compulsive disorder described by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders‚ (5th ed.; DSM–5; American Psychiatric Association‚ 2013)‚ Obsessive-compulsive disorder‚ also known as OCD‚ is an anxiety disorder characterized by compulsions and obsessions.” An obsession is an unwanted thought‚ feeling‚ or image that repeats itself. Compulsions are behaviors that occur in response to the obsessions in order to relieve anxiety or prevent the obsession
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Antidepressants are overprescribed Mitrea (2007) defines antidepressants as an agent or a drug that is most commonly used to prevent or treat depression. However‚ in today’s society it could be said that antidepressants are being over prescribed and are being used to treat a vast range of other conditions‚ as well as clinical depression. When the first antidepressant was developed‚ manufacturers were reluctant to put it on the market due to the extremely low number of people suffering from depression
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Anxiety‚ Mood‚ Dissociative‚ Somatoform Disorders The DSM-IV-TR presents diagnostic categories and classifications for the use of identifying and diagnosing mental disorders (Hansell & Damour‚ 2008). This paper will look at the areas of anxiety disorders‚ mood and affective disorders‚ dissociative disorders‚ and somatoform disorders. The probable classifications and symptoms under these categories will also be discussed. In addition‚ an in depth look at a disorder from each category will be dissected
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Jose Rojas Mrs. Macchiarella English 10 11 November 2012 Mary Maloney Persuasive Essay Mary Maloney killed her husband because he had told her he is in love with another woman. However it is clear no sane woman would ever kill her husband with a frozen lamb chop. She should be convicted of temporary insanity because she was madly in love with her husband one minute and killed him the next‚ she seemed to have no regrets of killing her husband‚ and she was most likely OCD. Almost all who have
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This is a request for your participation in my research focusing on the effect of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) in conjunction with medication‚ in the treatment of Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD). The purpose of this study is to assess if both treatment strategies‚ delivered concurrently‚ are more successful in treating BDD. Within psychology research‚ there has been ample evidence documenting the efficacy of both CBT and the drug fluoxetine in treating BDD‚ but there no studies have assessed
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