Essays Tagged: "National Institute of Mental Health"

Violence on Television- The violence on network television

rder near 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 deca ... es to create a stronger programming schedule fortoday's children. Several organizations such as the National Parents andTeachers Association (PTA) and the American Medical Association (AMA) haveurged ...

(7 pages) 538 1 4.1 Mar/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

Ritalin

n 200 grams 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 ...

(6 pages) 126 0 4.3 Jan/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Violence in tv

der near 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 de ... s to create a stronger programming schedule for today's children. Several organizations such as the National Parents and Teachers Association (PTA) and the American Medical Association (AMA) have urge ...

(7 pages) 68 0 3.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

Schizophrenia.

and therapy.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 schizo ...

(9 pages) 230 0 4.4 Jun/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health

Depression's Double Standard. Why depression affects women more than men.

rise from 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 sa ...

(1 pages) 102 1 3.6 Dec/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health

Are we desensitized toward violence.

ward violence, 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 fo ...

(2 pages) 25 0 0.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Adolescent depression

t one out 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" ... th bipolar 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 wi ...

(5 pages) 233 2 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Depression, Stress & Suicide

Informative Speech: informs people about phobias such as aerophobia, and coaster phobia.

ng or a situation 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 ... y know there's a limit to how long it lasts", says Michael Boodley president of Great coasters International Inc. "Its like they have this threshold to fear that they normally wouldn't want to experie ...

(4 pages) 145 0 4.7 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Suicide

the mind. 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 t ...

(2 pages) 55 0 4.8 May/2004

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 d ...

(2 pages) 27 0 3.0 Jan/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

Emotions In The Work Place

to understand 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 poi ...

(3 pages) 72 1 3.0 May/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

How Televised Violence Effects Attitudes and Behaviors

dren. For the purposes of this paper, I would like to borrow the definition of violence used by the National Television Violence Study (1998). They defined violence as "any overt depiction of physical ... oms (2004). The amount and influence of violence on television has long been the topic of study and national debate. "For close to 30 years, dating from the 1960s to the Surgeon General's report in 19 ...

(8 pages) 80 0 4.6 Dec/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Phobias

they are 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 certa ...

(8 pages) 76 2 4.5 Sep/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Investigation Paper: College Students with Trauma

students? 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 the ... ood Maltreatment 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 Septe ...

(9 pages) 58 0 3.3 Oct/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders

Attention Deficit Disorder

enile Justice 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 ... uvenileJustice.aspWhat causes ADD?U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Public Health ServiceNational Institutes of Health �PAGE � �PAGE �3�

(4 pages) 21 0 0.0 Dec/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Bulimia Nervosa

common place 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 anore ...

(3 pages) 13 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

The Moral Ethics Against Embryonic Stem Cell

y transpire 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 w ... liver cells. However stem cells can generate a variety of specialized cell types. According to the National Institute of Heath stem cells have two important characteristics that distinguish then from ...

(8 pages) 118 0 5.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

CHILDREN AND TELEVISION VIOLENCE: THIS HITS HOME HARD

nal hearing in the 1950s, other reports on the affect of television violence in youth include:•National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence•Surgeon General's Scientific Advis ... ull;The report 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 ea ...

(4 pages) 35 0 0.0 May/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Depression: Diagnosis and Treatment

s to brain chemicals called neurotransmitters, notably serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine. The National Institute of Mental health (2008) noted, "These particular chemicals are involved in regula ... the signs 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 ...

(4 pages) 83 0 4.0 Oct/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Bipolar disorder

and whether 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 disord ... identify the genes involved in mood disorders were available many questions would still remain.International studies have provided major evidence for the role of genetics in a number of disorders incl ...

(7 pages) 59 0 4.0 Dec/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders