fatigue or restlessness. They may feel worthless or have excessive guilt and lose the ability to think clearly or concentrate. Self-blame is common and the person may experience a tendency to put themselves down and feel helpless and pessimistic. Physical symptoms include headaches‚ dizziness‚ and general pain. Suicidal ideation or suicide attempts may occur as well. There are several theories about what causes depression. Stress is a huge one‚
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Podcast: As an expert in contemporary poetry‚ I see the texts within my usual range of interest as those that are written about or inspired by our daily lives. However today I speak about some works of poetry that stand the test of time. “Good” poetry must have the qualities of language which make ideas and emotions condensed. They must display a recognisable format or structure that relates to our concept of poetry. A common test of what makes any text worthwhile is its popularity‚ its relevance
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Drug Name: Clozapine (Brand name Clozaril) Medication Class: Anti-psychotic‚ atypical‚ second generation. History of Use: Clozapine was used in Europe first in the early 1970s to treat schizophrenia. It was withdrawn in 1975 when it was shown to cause a dangerous drop in white blood cells (agranulocytosis). It was later approved for limited use in the United States (1989)‚ specifically for treatment-resistant Schizophrenia‚ as long as weekly blood tests were monitored for low white cell counts.
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many children every year (Corporal Punishment Right to Health‚ n.d) Some of those risk factors include mental health problems‚ behaviour disorders‚ anxiety disorders‚ depression‚ hopelessness‚ low self-esteem‚ alcoholism‚ self-mutilation and suicidal tendency (Corporal Punishment Right to Health‚ n.d). This literature review focuses on the true effects of corporal punishment. It also helps to prove the hypothesis that states that children exposed to corporal punishment growing up are more likely to
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such a young age. To some extent‚ this social comparison seems to come naturally for women. In Duane A. Hargreaves and Marika Tiedemann’s study on Social Comparison Processing and Individual Vulnerability‚ they called this The Automatic Comparison Tendency. It is seen as normal for woman to compare themselves to each other or to wish that they are thinner. It is often forgotten that men are suffering from this as well. Men may not want to become thinner‚ but
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What are the effects of Abortion? Researchers investigating post-abortion reactions report only one positive emotion: relief. This emotion is understandable‚ especially in light of the fact that the majority of aborting women report feeling under intense pressure to "get it over with. Temporary feelings of relief are frequently followed by a period psychiatrists identify as emotional "paralysis‚" or post-abortion "numbness."18 Like shell-shocked soldiers‚ these aborted women are unable to express
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How can one restrain adults who are thirsty for each other’s blood from harming everyone around them? In the play Romeo and Juliet‚ by William Shakespeare‚ the Montagues and the Capulets are families who have been battling each other for generations. Their feud causes death and destruction to innocent civilians in the streets of Verona‚ Italy. Eventually‚ Prince Escalus‚ the ruler of Verona‚ decrees that if the Montagues and Capulets are to be fighting in public again‚ they will pay for it with
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Many Native cultures have a history of a condition referred to as Ghost Illness‚ a sickness reportedly inflicted by the dead in an attempt to take the living with them. It is often associated with varying physical illnesses‚ depression and/or suicidal tendencies presenting after the death of a family member or close friend that the patient then begins seeing in dreams. Native cultures across the globe have unique beliefs‚ superstitions and traditions concerning
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used to describe a suicidal incident whereby the suicidal subject engages in a consciously‚ life-threatening behavior to the degree that it compels a police officer to respond with deadly force. Police-assisted suicide: A term used by some researchers to describe a suicide whereby the suicidal subject completes the act with the assistance of a police officer. Victim-precipitated homicide: A term which implies a shared responsibility between two (or more parties) whereby a suicidal subject provokes
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Benadryl)‚ and antidepressants (Norqvist 2). Many believe the use of Tylenol and Aspirin for overdosing will result in a quick‚ painless death. However‚ according to Christian Norqvist‚ chief editor and writer of Medical News Today‚ wrote that suicidals that attempt to overdose by using these drugs will instead “get nausea and diarrhea‚ break out in sweats and feel irritable. Then it’s on to a slow and agonizing death as the brain swells‚ the liver suffers damage and organs begin to shut
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