It is a chronic disease in which the senses of reality, thoughts, and perception are distorted to varying degrees. ... However, a person who is genetically predispositioned to the disorder may never become afflicted with the disease because environmental factors did not precipitate it. ... The more closely related an individual is to another afflicted with the disease, the greater the likelihood is that they too will develop the disease. Albeit, one may have inherited a disposition towards the disease, but never develop it because it is not triggered (for example, by illegal drugs). ... St...

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Schizophrenia is a disease that strikes people in their prime. It does not matter who you are, you can be diagnosis with schizophrenia. A disease not to be taken likely that often affects pregnant women is postpartum depression. ... First, schizophrenia is a disease that strikes young people in their prime. The disease distorts the senses, making it very difficult for the individual to tell what is real from what is not real. ...

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Nonetheless, Harris was able to understand and rationally participate in the court process because she did show understanding of what she had done and knew what the consequences of these actions were. ... Family members also reported that Harris had been seeing things such as false bugs in the linens at work, she had failed to recognize her own name, would stare through you instead of at you, and stayed awake all night talking on the phone to no one at the other end (Blanco). ... Assistant District Attorney Linda Allen believed that Harris was fully capable of knowing what she was doing and th...

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* 3 types of conflict: - approach-approach- a choice must be made between 2 attractive goals (e.g. you can't afford both-should u buy the blue sweater or the gray jacket?) ... Highly stressful type - approach-avoidance- a choice must be made about whether to pursue a single goal that has both attractive and unattractive aspects (e.g. being offered a job promotion with much more pay but you"ll have to move to a new city you hate) Quite stressful * Life Changes are any noticeable alterations in one's...

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Adolescent depression is a greatly under diagnosed disease that leads to serious difficulty in school and personal life. ... During adolescence, many teens and children are very unsure of what is going on in their lives. Because of puberty and changes in hormones, teens may feel depressed over a typical teenage situation (ex. breaking up with ones boyfriend or girlfriend) and may not realize that what they are feeling is normal for someone of their age. ... Adolescent suicide is now responsible for more deaths in youth's aged 15 to 19 than cardiovascular disease or cancer (Blackman, 19...

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Just exactly what is suicide, Webster's defines suicide as the act or an instance of taking one's own life voluntarily and intentionally especially by a person of years of discretion and of sound mind. ... (Borowsky 2001) Although there are no exact test in determining what child is at risk for attempting suicide one can look what constitutes a low, moderate, and a high risk for suicide. ... In 1996, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) listed suicide as the ninth leading cause of death in the US, taking the lives of 30,862 people. ...

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Medical illnesses such as stroke, a heart attack, cancer, Parkinson's disease, and hormonal disorders can cause depressive illness, making the sick person apathetic and unwilling to care for his or her physical needs, thus prolonging the recovery period. ... From another perspective, you are more likely to kill yourself than be killed by someone else... "If you don't do what I want, I'll kill myself," is the basic theme here. ...

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