SHOULD ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY EVER BE USED TO TREAT MENTAL DISORDERS? A. Thesis Statement Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a treatment for severe mental illness in which the brain is stimulated with a strong electrical current which induces a seizure. The seizure rearranges the brain’s neurochemistry and results in an elevation of mood. This essay asks: Is ECT any safer and more effective in treating mood disorders than drug therapies? This treatment has a controversial history ever since
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lets backtrack to the time when you got in the car with your friends. You think about putting on your seat belt‚ but you don’t see any of your friends do it so why should you? According to the James Madison University serious traffic injuries can be reduced by 50% and fatalities by 60-70% if seat belts are used properly. From the research I have completed for this speech‚ I have learned that seat belts do save lives‚ as well as‚ keep you from serious injuries. When you are driving or even riding in
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Animals have been in this world for many years. They are a part of religious sacrifices and beliefs‚ helped with technological advancements in different civilizations such as Mesopotamia‚ Rome‚ Greece‚ they are also great companions for when we are lonely.It is inhuman‚and dangerous not only to us and them but our environment. It should be eliminated because it violates animal rights. Many of us know this‚ so why are we experimenting on them and causing them harm? According to the statistics by
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uncomplicated language‚ and rich imagery‚ Steinbeck relates this story to universal values. In The Pearl‚ animal imagery is an essential motif that infiltrates the structure of the novel. Steinbeck utilizes animal imagery to foreshadow Kino’s catastrophe‚ to illustrate Kino’s character decline‚ and to symbolize the corruption of civilization. Initially‚ the motif of animal imagery is used to predict the tragedy that comes to Kino. For instance‚ while Kino is observing the beautiful‚ peaceful morning
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When carrying out research in psychology‚ researchers must make sure they stick to the ethical code of practice as they are dealing with human beings and animals sometimes. The word ethics can be defined as “rules of behavior based on ideas about what is morally good and bad”. The purpose of these ethical considerations is to protect participants from harm in any research that is conducted. Examples of these ethical considerations are consent from participants‚ confidentiality‚ as well as deception
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“Animal research and testing has played a part in almost every medical breakthrough of the last century.” (Joan Ryan) Animal testing has been used for centuries. It has even created a lot of medical advancements and helped further our understanding of medicines.. While animal testing has shown great developments in medical research‚ there has also been a lot of controversy towards the treatment of the animals used in the experiments. Animal testing is the act of testing products such as medicines
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medication taken to ease pain all have one thing in common‚ majority of them have been tested on animals before they are available to humans. Without the use of animals for research life would be very different because animal research gave humans such a huge advancement in medicine. The research that is being tested will only continue to help the future generation. Scientist can find research however that research needs to be tested as there may be factors that might have been thought about or considered
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Animal cruelty happens every sixty seconds and effects all types of animals. This is known as individuals improperly taking care of an animal and physically abusing them. Laws have been proposed about abusing any such kind of animal‚ but are not as strict as individuals would like them to be. To improve the treatment of any sort of animal abuse‚ it is necessary for the abuse to become a felony with higher charges and bail time‚ though in some states charge just for misdemeanor. Animal cruelty and
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The Controversy Over Animal Research Composition: CM121- Argumentative Essay Globe University- Madison East Katelyn Shere Animal research will always be a very controversial subject in the veterinary field and also in the general public. Most people that are against it are just uneducated about all of the aspects of animal research and the high importance of it. The most significant threat against animal research is the organization called PETA. Yet‚ the president of PETA
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Animal experimentation has dedicated to life science by helping cure people and making new medicine for many diseases although it has harmful side effects. Dr. Corina Gericke states that animal research is not a scientific method anymore‚ so it should not be allowed. The medicines tested for safety via animal experimentation brings out several terminal maladies for people‚ which shows people and animals have fairly different biochemical (Corina). However‚ the University of Oxford states that there
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