Essays Tagged: "institute of mental health"
Violence on Television- The violence on network television
r because you never know ifhe could be in town" (Cullingford, 61). A recent report from the NationalInstitute of Mental Health (NIMH) pools evidence from over 2,500 studieswithin the last decade on ov ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media
Ritalin
ms per 100,000 people to over 1400 grams per 100,000 people in the last fifteen years. The National Institute of Mental Health estimates that about one student in every classroom is believed to experi ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Violence in tv
because you never know if he could be in town" (Cullingford, 61). A recent report from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) pools evidence from over 2,500 studies within the last decade on o ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media
Schizophrenia.
py.It is not known how long the disease schizophrenia has been in existence. A studyby the National Institute of Mental Health uncovered descriptions of the psychoticsymptoms common to schizophrenia d ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health
Depression's Double Standard. Why depression affects women more than men.
genes, because both sexes would have equal chances of getting it if that was the case.The National Institute of Mental Health studied blood flow patterns in men and women who were feeling sad to dete ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health
Are we desensitized toward violence.
ence, because we see it everyday in the media, and it doesn't affect us like it should.The National Institute of Mental Health has been studying the mental effects of violence in the media for years. ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues
Adolescent depression
of every ten teenagers are diagnosed every day (Hyde and Forsyth). Also, according to the National Institute of Mental Health, "health care professionals are reluctant to prematurely "label" a young ... r disorder tend to feel either exceptionally well or extremely depressed. According to the National Institute of Mental Health "twenty to forty percent of adolescents with major depression will develo ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Depression, Stress & Suicide
Informative Speech: informs people about phobias such as aerophobia, and coaster phobia.
ituation that is far from what really could happen. Phobias affect people of all ages. The National Institute of Mental Health has stated that 5.1%-12.5% of all American's encounter some sort of phobi ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing
Suicide
Teenagers think when all hope is lost, that suicide is the only decision.According to the National Institute of Mental Health, scientific evidence has shown that almost all people who take their own ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
How Teens Get That Way
Finally, a light at the end of childhood.Researchers at the National Institute of Mental Health and UCLA have been exploring how human minds mature, when they do. It's t ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues
Emotions In The Work Place
tand how emotional memories can also become prisons when hijacked by anxiety or trauma." - National Institute of Mental HealthThis quote by the National Institute of Mental Health clearly points out t ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
How Televised Violence Effects Attitudes and Behaviors
"For close to 30 years, dating from the 1960s to the Surgeon General's report in 1972, the National Institute of Mental Health report in 1982, and the American Psychological Association's report in 19 ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
Phobias
learned or they are triggered from traumatic events during childhood and adolescence. The National Institute of Mental Health discovered that between 8.7% and 18.1% of Americans have a certain phobia ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
Investigation Paper: College Students with Trauma
? And how do students who have PTSD cope with the demands of college life?According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), about 5.2 million Americans have PTSD and not all of them are cau ... eatment and College Drop-Out Rates." Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 15.9 (2000): 987-95National Institute of Mental Health. "Post Traumatic Stress Disorder." Health and Outreach. 28 September 2007 ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders
Attention Deficit Disorder
tice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) summarized the results of a study conducted by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). The purpose of the study was to assess the effectiveness of diffe ... stice.aspWhat causes ADD?U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Public Health ServiceNational Institutes of Health �PAGE � �PAGE �3�
Subjects: Social Science Essays
Bulimia Nervosa
ace after binges. Factors of Bulimia include a family history of alcoholism and depression.National Institute of Mental Health (1993) reported that even though it's easier to talk about anorexia and b ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases
The Moral Ethics Against Embryonic Stem Cell
re in celebrities, they also occur to individuals like us and people we know. According to National Institute of Health 4.5 million Americans suffer from Alzheimer?s and many Americans live with many ... ricans suffer from Alzheimer?s and many Americans live with many other incurable diseases (National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, 2005).According to James D. Watson (2003) ?genetic disorders such a ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology
CHILDREN AND TELEVISION VIOLENCE: THIS HITS HOME HARD
eport on children and television drama by the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry•National Institute of Mental Health,•Television and Behavior Report.These reports agree with each other ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
Depression: Diagnosis and Treatment
n chemicals called neurotransmitters, notably serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine. The National Institute of Mental health (2008) noted, "These particular chemicals are involved in regulating mood ... of multiple illnesses, e.g. alcoholism and depression (Weissman & Klerman, 1992). The National Institute of Mental health (2008) noted, "Intensive research into the illness has resulted in the de ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases
Bipolar disorder
her the person is in a manic, mixed, depressive, or a symptom free state. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, 2.6% of Americans 18 and older have some form of bipolar disorder.As the ... Disorder. Retrieved on November 6, 2008 from http://www.mentalhealth.com/dis/p20-md02.htmlNational Institute of Mental Health. (2007). Bipolar Disorder [Brochure]. Bethesda, MD: US Department of Heal ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders