Introduction The cognitive difference between people who regularly abuse alcohol and those who drink socially has been explored using a range of investigatory paradigms. One of the approaches used was the emotional Stroop paradigm (Williams et al.‚ 1996). When the word meaning and ink color are different the color naming is found to be slower than when the semantic content of a word is neutral. This slowing is known as the Stroop effect‚ from which it is concluded that an attentional bias has developed
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1.0 Introduction This assignment is based on a study of alcohol metabolism and its impacts to human health. The assignment explains that how the body can dispose of alcohol and discern some of the factors that influence this process and influences of the process to the metabolism of food‚ hormones‚ and medications. 1.1 History of alcohol The word “alcohol” appears in English as a term for a very fine powder in the 16th century. It was borrowed from French‚ which took it from medical Latin.
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CASE STUDY Brian is married with two teenage children. He set up his own company‚ a packaging business 10 years ago‚ and has worked hard to make it viable. During this time his use of alcohol has increased. He currently uses alcohol on a daily basis and often consumes a 1.5L of bottle of spirits a day. He hides this from his wife‚ but she has recently wanted to talk about this‚ and is angry and frustrated with him. A recent back injury prompted him to go to his GP‚ who prescribed a codeine based
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The Effect of Technology on Teenagers Technology that surrounds everyone in the current civilization‚ affects your mind‚ work and even lifestyle. Technology has many positive aspects‚ but using it the wrong way could be dangerous. It could be used as another form of communication and exchange of information‚ which was not available before‚ that is both good and bad. Technology is a valuable tool‚ but is somewhat misused by today’s society. The main group that has been affected the most by technology
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The Effects of Media on Teenagers Should teens be limited to the amount of technology that’s exposed? We’ve all been or are going to be a teenager. There is no way to avoid it. Leisure has changed over time. The definition of leisure to any adult would be playing with friends in the street‚ doing some homework or maybe even working at a job. Today‚ it consists of texting on iPhones/blackberries‚ watching T.V or going on social networks. It seems today that any teenager would
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Drugs and its effect Drugs are used in everyday life and in the modern world‚ new drugs are being created to beat diseases and illness. However‚ with the amount of drugs available from consumption‚ there tend to be a few users who abuse the use of legal and illegal drugs. Different drugs that were created to combat headaches or pain to ones that are created to enhance performance or happiness for a short period of time. Abuse of drugs can affect a person economically‚ psychologically and physically
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2013 Teenagers vs. Drug Addiction One of the main causes of death each year in teens is due to drug and alcohol addiction. For several decades‚ drugs and alcohol have been a major problem in our society. Drug related problems are on the rise. There is no crime that kills more teenagers in the world then drugs do. Although it is illegal for someone to purchase‚ possess‚ or consume alcohol under the age of 21‚ many teenagers do. In addition to breaking the law‚ these teenagers put themselves
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BIO103 Environmental Biology – Effects of Alcohol on Human Coordination Introduction: Alcohol is known to produce many chronic abnormalities that are attributable to parietal lobe dysfunction. The self becomes aware of the body being a distant object but it feels a strange attachment feeling (Miller et al‚ 1991). Considerable laboratory research indicates that different levels of alcohol consumption contributes to overall behavioural and cognitive functions and therefore the reason for carrying
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ABNORMAL ARTERIAL BLOOD GASES Arterial Blood Gases‚ or ABGs‚ measure the amounts of oxygen‚ carbon dioxide and acid/base level in the blood‚ according to Medline Plus‚ a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. ABGs are ordered if the patient has difficulty breathing‚ symptoms of an acid/base imbalance‚ or if a pre-existing condition is worsening‚ and blood is taken from an artery in the wrist‚ groin‚ or inside of the elbow. Respiratory Acidosis The kidneys and lungs work together
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Abstract Alcohol is one of the most readily available and most misused substances. Teenagers are going to experiment with drugs and alcohol‚ but they don’t seem to see the link between what they do today and the consequences on tomorrow. Alcohol abuse in teenagers is on the decline but it is also still the leading cause of teenage death. There are also long term and short term health effects that come along with abusing alcohol as a teenager. Children of alcoholics are a lot more likely to abuse
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