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		<title>Stereotypic Movement Disorder [childhood disorder]</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many childhood disorders, especially those of a psychiatric form are controversial in nature.  For one, medicating children is a sensitive topic, which some adults highly disagree with.  In addition, no one wants their child to suffer the stereotypes of having a mental disorder and some may even deny their child has a problem. Studies may [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=219&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Methamphetamine dependence</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Nov 2006 01:48:18 +0000</pubDate>
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Along with the normal criteria for substance dependence, individuals with methamphetamine dependence often present with dysphoria, insomnia, hostility, irritability, restlessness, and confusion (Sadock, 2003). Symptoms may resemble those of an anxiety disorder, but also include paranoid delusions and hallucinations (2003). A patient that comes with flushing or pallor, headache, fever, grinding of the teeth, shortness [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=218&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Marijuana Dependence</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Nov 2006 01:47:42 +0000</pubDate>
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The criteria for marijuana dependence can be best illustrated by the normal criteria for substance dependence. While the DSM-IV-TR lists cannabis dependence as a disorder, the only specific criteria it holds is for cannabis intoxication (Sadock, 2003). As in other substance disorders, individuals dependent on marijuana feel as if they must have the drug and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=217&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cocaine Abusers</title>
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When a patient comes in with unexplained personality changes including irritability, lack of concentration, compulsive behaviors, insomnia and weight loss, then cocaine abuse should be considered (Sadock, 2003). Like alcoholics who will only participate in situations where drinking is acceptable or where they can “sneak a drink” in, cocaine abusers frequently run to a private [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=216&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Alcohol Dependence</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Nov 2006 01:44:02 +0000</pubDate>
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Individuals suffering from alcohol dependence will experience an intense craving for alcohol, regardless of the hazardous effects they are experiencing due to its use. Once alcoholics start drinking, it becomes very difficult for them to stop. When they do stop for any period of time, withdrawal symptoms will occur (Sadock, 2003). Once a person has [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=215&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>When Does the Diagnosis Change from Substance Use to Abuse or Dependence?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Nov 2006 01:42:58 +0000</pubDate>
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When the excessive desire and intake of a substance causes the loss of a job, divorce or marital discord, imprisonment or arrest, financial hardship, mental or physical health deterioration, or other noteworthy difficulties, then the situation should no longer be categorized as substance use. When a person experiences social difficulties due to a substance, but [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=214&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Distinguishing Characteristics of Substance Use, Abuse, and Dependence</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The term substance use can be defined as the intake through various means of both legal and illegal substances with the intention of producing a different state of mind or overall feeling, also known as “getting high”. In this context, the word “substance” has become the replacement for the word “drug”, because “drug” implies a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=213&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Disorganized or Residual Schizophrenia</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The presentation of an individual with disorganized schizophrenia compared to one with residual schizophrenia will likely be quite opposite. A patient with disorganized schizophrenia will probably appear unkempt and display an inappropriate, silly, and childlike behavior (Sadock, 2003). They may laugh at the most serious of statements, as well as grinning and grimacing frequently. However, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=212&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Schizophreniform vs. Schizoaffective Disorder</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Schizophreniform and schizoaffective disorders share many of the same characteristics, but the main difference is that schizophreniform disorder is characterized by primary symptoms of schizophrenia, while schizoaffective disorder has to include both schizophrenic and mood disorder characteristics. In schizophreniform disorder, either no major affective episodes have occurred during the active phase of symptoms, or their [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=211&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ADHD Diagnosis Controversy</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the majority of clinicians and health agencies recognize ADHD as a real disorder, there is a great deal of ongoing controversy within the general public. A Frontline television program entitled “Medicating Kids” showcased some of these controversial views (Gaviria, 2001). One interviewee, Fred Baughman, has been a child neurologist for 36 years and is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=210&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ADHD Diagnosis Difficulties</title>
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As most all children have periods of restlessness, impulsivity, and daydream from time to time, diagnosing ADHD can be difficult (NIMH, 2006).  Symptoms vary so much in different situations, which can make this diagnostic process even harder, especially when the primary symptom in inattentiveness. However, whenever these behaviors start affecting school performance or relationships with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=209&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ADHD Subtypes</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are three recognized subtypes of ADHD:  hyperactive-impulsive type (does not show noteworthy inattention), predominately inattentive type (does not show noteworthy hyperactive-impuslive behavior), and the combined type (displays both inattentive and hyperactive-impulsive symptoms) (NIMH, 2006). Children with the hyperactivity-impulsivity type seem to be in constant motion, whether it be with talking, fidgeting, touching everything, etc. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=208&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ADHD Overview</title>
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ADHD, or Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, affects approximately 3 to 5 percent of children (NIMH, 2006).  Inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity are the three primary symptoms of the disorder, which can appear over many months. Various situations may cause an exacerbation of different symptoms (2006).  Teachers are often the first individuals to recognize a child’s symptoms, because [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=207&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Schizophrenia:  An African American Epidemic</title>
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Causes, Effects, and Resolutions for Misdiagnosis of
African Americans in the Mental Health Sector
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This is an introduction to a lengthy paper. 
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Misdiagnosis of Schizophrenia in African Americans
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		<description><![CDATA[Family and friends may be able to provide more accurate information about the patient’s mental condition than the patient themselves.  While they may not know what the patient is feeling, they can give an account of the patient’s behavior from day to day.  In addition, co-workers, instructors, and individuals who frequently come into contact with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=202&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Diagnosing Bipolar Disorder</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bipolar Disorder is often a difficult syndrome to diagnosis.  Patients are much more likely to seek treatment when suffering from depression than mania, and many times patients may be less than truthful when discussing their “highs”, whether intentionally or unknowingly.  While a psychiatrist may easily see symptoms of bipolar disorder when a patient is treated [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=198&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Case Study and Hypothetical Explanation</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bill is a middle aged, married, Caucasian male who has two grown children. Bill&#8217;s father passed away when Bill was in college, and this loss still pains him. He held his father in extremely high regard and at times referred to him as &#8220;brilliant&#8221; even though his father did not graduate from high school. His [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=200&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Description of Bipolar Disorder</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bipolar disorder, which was once termed manic-depressive disorder, is a mood disorder that affects around one percent of the population.  Unlike major depressive disorder, the prevalence of bipolar disorder is the same in men and women.  However, men are more likely to suffer from manic episodes and women from depressed episodes.  When women do experience [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=195&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Anxiety Symptoms in Hypothyroidism</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hypothyroidism, one of the most common endocrinological conditions associated with anxiety (Hall, 2002), is a state in which the body does not produce enough of the thyroid hormone (EndocrineWeb.com, 2005). One of the most common causes of hypothyroidism is autoimmune thyroiditis, also known as Hashimoto&#8217;s thyroiditis, which is an inflammation of the thyroid gland caused [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=194&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Aspects of Latino Distinctiveness</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The language barrier between natural born Americans and the typical Latino population is formidable. America values the English language, and many Latino immigrants know Spanish as their primary, or only, language. An unknown author said, “If you can speak three languages you&#8217;re trilingual. If you can speak two languages you&#8217;re bilingual. If you can speak [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=193&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mexican American immigrants vs. Non-Latino immigrants</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Much of what we now consider to be problems concerning immigration and assimilation really concern Mexican immigration and assimilation” (Huntingdon, 2000). Contiguity is one of the biggest factors in this. Unlike other immigrants, Mexicans can easily cross the border without high costs and extreme risk. In the same regard, they can return home just as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=192&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mexican American immigrants vs. U.S. born Mexican Americans</title>
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While native born or second and third generation Mexican immigrants seem to fare far better than recent immigrants, they are still on the low-end of the totem pole in many respects. For instance, over two-thirds of recent Mexican immigrants and almost half of “long-term immigrants” do not have health insurance, while only a fifth of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=191&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Difficulties faced by Mexican American Immigrants</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mexican Immigrants, who compose two-thirds of Hispanic immigrants (Huntingdon, 2000), face many challenges while living in the United States. Two-thirds have not finished high school, accounting for 22% of all high school dropouts in the work force (CIS, 2001). Along with this low education come low wages, poverty, and welfare. Mexican immigrants account for one [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=190&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Filipino Americans:  Family vs. Individual</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filipino Americans, the second largest Asian group in America, hold family as a high priority in their daily lives (McBride, n.d.); therefore, one cultural feature is that of strong interdependence and togetherness. Traditional Filipino families consider the family elders to be of great importance, and the younger members are taught that caring for the elders [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=189&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shiatsu was originally an oriental treatment used as a preventive health care method by the Chinese. In ancient China, doctors only charged for the preventive health measures; once someone was sick, the treatment was free (Visser, n.d.). Now the Japanese have adapted Shiatsu to fit their culture, and Zen Shiatsu is one of six different [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=188&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is estimated that only ten percent of the original Native American population was alive by the eighteenth century (Sue and Sue, 2003). Much of this was due to disease. After being placed on reservations, the rate of obesity and diabetes rose drastically due to their sedentary lifestyle (Sue and Sue). A counselor can help [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=186&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Multiracial Identity: African-Native Americans</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rosenblum and Travis (2006) state, “In day-to-day living, however, race is often used as a clear-cut unambiguous way of categorizing human beings. Those of us who do not come from or live in single-race families must daily negotiate a racialized and racist system that demands we fit ourselves into prescribed categories”. It is difficult enough [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=185&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Guidelines for Counseling the Elderly</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Psychological Guidelines to be followed by all therapists when counseling the elderly:
1. Do not assume the individual is mentally incompetent because of his or her age.
2. Do not look at the individual as a “stereotypical grandmother or grandfather”.
To begin with, many individuals assume an elder to be of “lesser mind” or senile. Though memory may [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=184&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Discussion:  African American Struggles Continue</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[All the aforementioned statistics are presented to stress how formidable the hurdles African Americans face really are. “Given these disparities in wealth, it comes as little surprise why whites do better than others, and particularly better than blacks, on almost every measure, and that they do so over generations” (Squires, 2006). Whether studying psychology or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=183&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[The chance of an African American male going to prison is almost 30% higher than a white man (Frazier, 2005).  While most view this statistic as “blacks commit more crimes”, one should see how skin color alone increases the percentage of arrests for blacks.  For one, the average jail sentence, for the same crime, is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=182&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you were interviewing two people with equal skills, one with a felony record and one without, who would you pick?  Well, research shows employers are more likely to pick the individual with a felony record if he or she is white and the other applicant is black. Also, individuals with “white sounding” names are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=181&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some people would probably ask why, if black schools are so bad, people of color don’t just get up and move to a more diverse, integrated community.  Regrettably, this is much more difficult than it sounds.  Rosenblum and Travis (2006) state, “blacks remain the most spatially isolated population in
U.S. history”, because over 30% of African [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=180&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[“White privilege is most explicitly demonstrated by inequalities in the distribution of wealth” (Squires, 2006).  This inequality is apparent to the black majority in all stages of life.  To begin with, school systems containing a high percentage of blacks are often poorly maintained, crowded, and unsafe.  For instance, a survey in 2002 showed African American [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=179&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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“Life expectancy, the quality and quantity of public education, the safety and security of neighborhoods, access to public accommodations, treatment by the criminal justice system, and almost every aspect of public and private life varies with race, with whites at the top, blacks at the bottom, and other minority groups somewhere in between on virtually [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=177&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh happy day- today marks my one month anniversary on Metformin.  Two weeks ago I updated my dose to 850 2X a day and was puking my guts out and horribly sick for a few days.  After that, I started to slowly feel like normal again- and now I feel pretty good.  After going crazy [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=176&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interview with Dr. Beverly Greene 
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Dr. Beverly Greene
Q: What I thought might be helpful is if we could kind of reconstruct the conversation we had like probably a month ago…
A: Okay.
Q: When you were giving the analysis of kind of looking at the diversity from a power viewpoint.
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Steven James
Same Sex Couples and Families 
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Dr. James
Q Steve, I thought the place you might start out is the material that was in the recent APA Monitor on alternate families. You were kind of the star of the show with with with your smiling face on the front cover. Could could you give [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=174&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Article from APA Monitor: Vol. 36, No. 11, Dec. 2005
Adoption plays a key role in our nation&#8217;s diversity, experts say, and merits more attention from psychology.
By Jamie Chamberlin
Monitor Staff
Print version: page 70 
Adoption is redefining the American family: International and transracial adoptions are speeding up the nation&#8217;s diversity by creating more multicultural families and communities. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=173&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Article from the APA Monitor: Vol. 36, No. 11, Dec. 2005
As the number of dual wage-earner families soars, psychologists focus on families&#8217; strategies for success.
By Rebecca A. Clay 
Print version: page 54 
Add &#8220;single-earner families&#8221; to the list of endangered species.
In 1940, according to the Employment Policy Foundation&#8217;s Center for Work and Family Balance, 66 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=172&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Stepfamily success depends on ingredients</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Article from the APA Monitor- Volume 36, No. 11, Dec. 2005
One in three Americans is part of a stepfamily, each with its own flavor. How can psychologists help them thrive?
By Tori DeAngelis
Print version: page 58
If Tolstoy were alive today, he might have penned his famous line like this: Happy families are all alike—and every stepfamily [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=171&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interesting article from APA Monitor- Vol. 36, No. 11, Dec. 2005
The kids are all right
Research shows that families headed by gay and lesbian parents are as healthy as traditional families, but misperceptions linger.
By Sadie F. Dingfelder
Monitor Staff
Print version: page 66
Most of the parenting challenges Steven James, PhD, faces are pretty ordinary. For one, James&#8217;s usually [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=170&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Meet the renaissance dad</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is an interesting article on father involvement&#8230;.
 Volume 36, No. 11 December 2005  
Meet the renaissance dad
Fathers are more involved in their children&#8217;s lives than ever before, and researchers are taking notice.
By Zak Stambor
Monitor Staff
Print version: page 62
Andrew Greengrass changes 21 diapers a week–ballpark. Sometimes more.Despite his demanding job as an attorney-editor for the legal publisher [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=166&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well it has been quite a while since I have posted a personal update&#8230;I wasn&#8217;t getting any comments and sometimes it seems to be easier to just not talk about things, but here I go.
June 21, 2006
I went to the doctor for my annual &#8220;woman&#8221; check-up. Unfortunately, because of my disfunctional ovaries it was the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=164&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What is Metformin (Glucophage) and how does it work?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jul 2006 23:44:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Metformin is a drug that has been used to help control blood glucose levels in people with Type 2 Diabetes. Although Glucophage has been used in Europe for over 25 years, it was not available in the US until 1995. The FDA has approved metformin only for the treatment of Type 2 Diabetes. Consequently, some [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=162&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What form does Metformin come in?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jul 2006 23:44:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Metformin is available in three different forms.


Generic Metformin Hcl &#8211; $33.22


Glucophage (brand name) &#8211; $46.78


Glucophage XR (brand name) &#8211; $41.77.


Glucophage is available in 500 mg, 850 mg, or 1,000 mg tablets. The usual dose is 850-1,000 mg twice daily.
(This is what I am suppose to take once my stomach &#8220;gets use to it&#8221;)
The maximum safe [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=161&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Benefits of Metformin (Glucophage)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jul 2006 23:42:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LOWERING OF INSULIN, TESTOSTERONE, AND GLUCOSE LEVELS
Quite a number of studies indicate Glucophage reduces insulin, testosterone and glucose levels — which reduces acne, hirsutism, abdominal obesity, amenorrhea and other symptoms. In one study conducted at Virginia Commonwealth University, 24 obese PCOS women were given metformin or placebo. The 11 women who received the metformin experienced [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=160&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The *DREADED* Side Effects of Metformin</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jul 2006 23:41:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Here is a list of the &#8220;potential&#8221; side-effects of Metformin:

MALAISE
(10%- 25%)
 10%- 25% of women who take Glucophage just don&#8217;t feel well. They experience a general malaise, fatigue and occasional achiness that lasts for varying lengths of time. Malaise a signal for the physician to closely monitor body systems affected by metformin, including liver, kidneys, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=159&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Polycystic Ovaries</title>
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Polycystic is a term that simply means &#8220;many cysts.&#8221; The polycystic ovary typically contains many small &#8211; usually less than 1 centimeter &#8211; cysts (fluid-filled sacs). These cysts are usually arranged around the surface of the ovary, just below the surface layer of the ovary. When examined directly or by ultrasound, these small cysts commonly [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=158&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>PCOS Quiz</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jul 2006 23:39:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PCOS Quiz
This quiz is intended for educational and informational purposes only. In no way should this information be used as a substitute for medical advice, and I strongly recommend discussing this information with a qualified personal physician.
Instructions: 
Add the points up beside the symptoms you have.

Section 1: Menstrual Irregularities
Eight or fewer periods per year  +1 
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		<title>Irregular or Non-existent Periods</title>
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PCOS:  The 2nd most common cause of irregular periods 
While the most common cause of irregular delayed menses is due to stress type hypothalamic amenorrhea, the next most frequent type is due to polycystic ovarian syndrome. This is a complex condition of the ovaries in which follicles seem to grow and produce estrogen but the egg does [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=156&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ranking of Harmful Drugs for 16-59 year olds</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jun 2006 22:58:22 +0000</pubDate>
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You gain weight.
You can feel the fetus moving.
The skin on your stomach stretches and may get dry. (Use lotion to lessen the chance of stretch marks.)
Your breasts get bigger. It helps to wear a supportive bra.
A small amount of thin fluid (called colostrum) may come out of your nipples.
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		<title>Pregnancy Symptoms: 1st Trimester (Week 1-12)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jun 2006 22:57:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your period stops or becomes very light.
You may feel nausea or queasiness. Some women vomit. (&#34;Morning sickness&#34; can happen any time of day &#8212; it may help to eat small meals throughout the day, snack on crackers or toast, or drink juice or lemonade.)
Your breasts swell and may be tender.
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		<title>Pregnancy Symptoms: 3rd Trimester (Week 27-40)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jun 2006 22:57:11 +0000</pubDate>
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You can see the fetus move from the outside.
Your navel pushes out.
You begin to get backaches.
You begin to walk differently to accommodate the weight of the fetus.
You experience painless &#34;practice&#34; contractions.
You have shortness of breath.
Finally, labor and delivery!


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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jun 2006 22:56:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1.&#160;&#160;&#160;You need to have a healthy diet with your prenatal vitamins- vitamins alone aren&#39;t enough.
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jun 2006 22:54:42 +0000</pubDate>
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I have a 13 year old daughter who started her menstrual cycle last year. She has already undergone a D&#38;C but without a scope. Since then her heavy bleeding and pain has continued. She has been placed her on OVcon-50 birth control pills. The bleeding is now under control, but for the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=146&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jun 2006 22:53:44 +0000</pubDate>
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I recently found out that I have &#34;Corpus Lopus Cysts&#34;.&#160; I think that is the way you spell it.&#160; It hurts on my left side.&#160; Can you tell me what it is, and what is usually done about it.&#160;
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jun 2006 22:51:43 +0000</pubDate>
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&#160;I am 52 years old and had a hysterectomy in 1999 due to vaginal bleeding, my ovaries were not removed. Since the surgery I have suffered from some severe pelvic pain. In 2001 I had a laparoscopy to remove some adhesions.&#160; The pain on the right side stopped but I still hurt on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=144&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2006 22:54:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, I guess there was good news and bad news.&#160; The good news- the tumor that they thought was a hepatic adenoma is actually a focal nodular hyperplasia (a tumor like the hepatic adenoma, but they rarely ever rupture or cause symptoms, don&#39;t turn malignant, and aren&#39;t caused by birth control).&#160;
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		<title>Hepatocellular adenoma and polycystic ovary syndrome</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2006 01:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a smidget of an interesting article I found:
Hepatocellular adenoma and polycystic ovary syndrome
Christian Toso1, Laura Rubbia-Brandt2, Francesco Negro2,3, Philippe Morel1 and Gilles Mentha1
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Various identified risk factors predispose to hepatocellular adenomas. We present the case of a young woman with liver adenoma in a context of polycystic ovary syndrome, associated with high levels of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=121&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jun 2006 23:30:18 +0000</pubDate>
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I feel like I am in a constant daze lately&#8230;.almost like I am on drugs or something (but the bad part of being on medication, not the good). I still feel dehydrated constantly (drank a liter of water on the 15 minute drive to work today and it did not seem to help).&#160; Took my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=120&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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Well, after waiting a week for my results (after being told it would only take a couple of days) I called back and was told the &#34;pathology&#34; is negative.&#160; I was like&#8230;ok&#8230;so that means it is not cancerous right?&#160; The woman said yes.&#160; Well, that wasn&#39;t a huge surprise because they had taken tumor counts [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=119&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>After the Biopsy&#8230;Pain, Pain, and More PAIN</title>
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All I could say is PAIN PAIN PAIN.&#160; It seemed as soon as they were finish- the sedative was completely gone.&#160; They needed me to get up to move from the CT table/operating table&#160;to the hospital bed and I tried for a quick second and then thought, are these people INSANE!!!!! They ended up having [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=113&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Before my Liver Biopsy</title>
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I went in to the hospital Monday to have my liver biopsy.&#160; I arrived at 8 AM (as directed) and they gave me a pager&#8230;well it went off about 10 minutes later&#8230;and then I had to go into one of those little rooms to talk about $$.&#160; I was told my insurance covers everything BUT [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=111&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Memory Processing</title>
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Memory, an essential part of life and independence, is primarily stored in the cerebral cortex. The inferior temporal cortex stores visual memory; whereas, the frontal cortex stores associations. New declarative memories, involving facts and events, are formed in the hippocampus and related structures in the medial temporal lobe (memory). The entorhinal cortex supplies the majority [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=109&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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Animal research is a controversial issue. One can not deny that there are many benefits, but also some drawbacks associated with this research. Animal research has accomplished many significant findings, including, but not limited to: modes of adaptation to change, cures for many diseases, and coping with psychological disorders and drug addiction. Studies even help [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=108&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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The major types of neurotransmitters in the brain are dopamine, norepinephrine, and serotonin, which are catecholamines; glutamate, GABA, and glycine, which are amino acids; peptide neurotransmitters called opioids; a nucleoside called adenosine; a soluble gas called nitric oxide; and acetylcholine, the primary neurotransmitter .

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The solitary tract is &#8220;a slender compact bundle of primary sensory fibers that accompany the vagus, glossopharyngeal, and facial nerves and convey information from stretch receptors and chemoreceptors in the walls of the cardiovascular, respiratory, and intestinal tracts and impulses generated by the receptor cells of the taste buds in the tongue&#8221; (answers). In simpler [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=106&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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Studying the concordance, which is the similarity of certain characteristics, in twins is a popular method of determining the role of genetic effects in mental disorders (Carlson 2004). Consistent results in studies of twins with bipolar I disorder have supported the hypothesis that genetic factors are great contributors to mental disorders. Accordingly, a similar study [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=104&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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Have you ever thought about the fact that you see out of two different places, but only see one picture? Unless one has vision problems, being able to generate one large image out of two separate eyes is something we humans take for granted. Binocular function is the &#8220;ability of the eyes to coordinate their [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=103&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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The vestibular system, which consists of the semicircular canals and otolith organs, is located in the inner ear. For the most part, people are unfamiliar with the term &#8220;vestibular&#8221;, but almost certainly have heard of motion sickness. Have you ever gotten sick from riding in the car or even playing an intense racing game? If [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=102&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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Narcolepsy is a chronic sleeping disorder that is more than disruptive, it can be deadly. Patients with this disorder experience excessive daytime sleepiness, or EDS, and are prone to fall asleep at inappropriate moments. Most individuals have bouts of daytime sleepiness when their normal sleep routine is interrupted, or they do not put aside the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=100&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Phineas Gage and the Orbitofrontal Cortex</title>
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The day of September 13, 1848 marked the beginning of research involving the relationship between the prefrontal lobe and human behavior. Phineas Gage, a railroad foreman, was unearthing rock when a thick piece of iron smashed through the left side of his face. It entered below the cheekbone and came out through his skull. People [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=99&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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Memory, an essential part of life and independence, is primarily stored in the cerebral cortex. The inferior temporal cortex stores visual memory; whereas, the frontal cortex stores associations. New declarative memories, involving facts and events, are formed in the hippocampus and related structures in the medial temporal lobe (Myers, 2005). The entorhinal cortex supplies the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=97&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mind or Memory Transfer: Is it a Possibility?</title>
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When doing research on different psychological theorists, some of the ideas (especially older ones) were shocking to me. I have read several books on insane asylums. I do not mean psychiatric hospitals; I mean asylums of decades ago. Scientists once believed that anything from nearly drowning patients to pulling out all of their teeth could [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=95&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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Using the basic tenets illustrated in Bloom&#8217;s Taxonomy is essential for being a productive critical thinker. First, one must have a general knowledge of the information he or she is researching. If one does not know what different terminology means, how will one understand the subject matter? Also, being aware of past theories and studies [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=94&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Understanding Attachment Disorders in Children</title>
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		<title>Historical Role of Psychologists</title>
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		<title>The&#8221;Two-Brain&#8221; Theory: Lateralization in the Separate Hemispheres</title>
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The human brain is asymmetrical in function, but is symmetrical in most structural aspects. Lateralization of the human brain is normally used to describe the asymmetrical functionality of the brain. Though the two sides of the body and brain are virtually mirror images of each other, the functionality of the two sides is partially unique, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=89&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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Lateralization of the two hemispheres is an important process in human brain development. Even so, it is hypothesized that excessive asymmetry can affect higher-order association mechanisms, such as those responsible for language processing. Similarities of asymmetry in autism and developmental language disorder (DLD) provide supporting evidence that above normal lateralization can affect average functioning in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=86&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What causes the receptor neurons to actually fire&#8230;&#8230;..</title>
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Most individuals have taken one drug or another for different reasons. Most drugs are used to produce &#8220;healing&#8221; effects, while others are used for recreational purposes. To understand how drugs actually work, their affect on synaptic transmissions must be understood. Synapses are connections created with other neurons; the presynaptic terminal of one cell comes into [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=84&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Addiction and Opiates with a focus on Methadone</title>
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Opiates can be categorized as narcotics containing opium or natural hormones that produce similar effects. The use of illegal opiates can result in a variety of adverse reactions. The most common result is that of addiction. There are two main types of addiction, physical and psychological. By and large the two are closely related, but [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=83&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Methadone Info</title>
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Methadone is an opioid agonist and works by &#8220;filling up&#8221; the opiate receptors. We naturally have a certain amount of opioid receptors in the brain and narcotics work by filling up a certain percentage of the receptors to produce that &#8220;high&#8221; feeling or reduce pain. The larger the percentage, the larger the effect. Methadone helps [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=82&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Consciousness</title>
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I would have to agree with the opinion that both sides of the brain are conscious. I have trouble understanding how only one side of the brain, the hemisphere that controls verbal communication, could be completely responsible for our self-awareness. What about mute individuals? They have no verbal communication, but can express themselves in many [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=81&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Animal Research Rebuttal</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I do agree with the point that we need to work on eradicating animal research, but I still feel strongly that unless a law is made, it will never be completely stopped. I think doing so would be detrimental to the human society. You mentioned that polio has virtually disappeared, but do you know why? [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=79&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Perception</title>
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I do agree with the opinion that &#34;a mind will see what you want it to see&#34;. I think that this point relates to so many things in life. Some people can not see the bad in people, while others can not see the good. Both people are looking at the same thing, but perceive [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=78&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[I agree with you that animal research is acceptable as long as it is for good purposes. When it comes to saving millions of lives (or even a handful to be honest), I think that it is correct decision to make. However, animal testing that is administered to formulate items such as shampoo or mascara [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=77&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Opioids and alchoholism</title>
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I have read various studies regarding opioids and alchoholism. Scientists know that there is certainly a relationship between the two, but still have much more research to do on the matter. If you go to the website http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=17819, you will find an entire article about the topic entitled Genetic difference at opiate receptor gene affects [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=76&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Relationship between Social Rejection and Physical Pain</title>
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I personally did not come up with anything factual on the relationship between social rejection and physical pain relating to opioids. I did do some research on the subject after reading your post, but found little evidence, though many opinions were readily available on the web. (maybe I didn&#39;t search hard enough) Regardless, I know [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freednerd.wordpress.com&blog=251608&post=75&subd=freednerd&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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