and prescription stimulants. According to the article‚ white females in their late teens are most likely to misuse prescription drugs across all classes of drugs. While one would think that educating teens on the hazards of misusing prescription medications‚ there is actually and inverse relationship between level of perceived risk and likelihood of use when it comes to teens willingness to abuse. Increased promotional media for prescription drugs‚ parental prescription drug use‚ and the increase pressure
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_W ___ w_‚ ___ ----·-·------l 199 Journal of Social and Administrali•e Pharmacy Vol. 7‚ No. 4‚ 1990 Self-Medication in Developing Countries SJAA.K VAN DER GEEST*‚ Ph.o ANITA HARDON‚ Ph.o Department of Cultural Anthropology‚ Uninmrtyof Amsterdam‚ OuddjdsAchterourgu."/185‚ NL-1012 OK Amsterdam. The Netherlands ABSTRACT This paper sketches the self-medication situation in the developing countries. From a biomedical view-point the risks that are involved in developing countries
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Part 1: Summarize “The Self” by George Herbert Mead George Herbert Mead begins his article by highlighting that self is not something we are born with but rather a process we develop through our experiences and interactions with our social surroundings. Mead adds that we create an incomplete self-image through what we can see with our eyes such as our hand and feet but reflects that we create a complete image of what we can see and can’t see through our social interactions. He mentions how social
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Antibiotic self-medication among university medical undergraduates in Northern Nigeria Joseph O. Fadare 1* and Igbiks Tamuno 2 1Department of Medicine‚ Kogi State Specialist Hospital‚ Lokoja‚ Nigeria 2Department of Pharmacology‚ Bayero University‚ Kano‚ Kano State‚ Nigeria. Accepted 20 April‚ 2011 Self-medication is becoming a common type of self-care behavior among the population of many countries. Many international studies have investigated the prevalence and nature of self-medication practices
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I. What is self control? Self control is the ability to control one’s emotions‚ behaviour and desires. In psychology it is sometimes called self-regulation. Exerting self-control through the executive functions in decision making is thought to deplete a resource in the ego.[1] Many things affect one’s ability to exert self-control‚ but self-control particularly requires sufficient glucose levels in the brain. Exerting self-control depletes glucose. Research has found that reduced glucose‚ and poor
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friend‚ a boy friend‚ a new job or any new relationship‚ but disclosing can also happen with people we have known for a long time or not. Scholars define self-disclosure as sharing information with others that they would not normally know or discover‚ but I feel like each person has his or her own way of defining what self closure is. To me‚ self disclosure is letting myself go and trusting the person I am disclosing to‚ it involves risk and vulnerability on my part sharing important information to
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Self-Confidence December 31‚ 02:50 Definition • Self-confidence is characterized by: assertiveness‚ optimism‚ eagerness‚ affection‚ pride‚ independence‚ trust‚ the ability to handle criticism‚ emotional maturity‚ and the ability to accurately assess our capabilities. • What is Self-Confidence? – Self-confidence primarily refers to us having a positive and realistic perception of ourselves and our abilities. – A lack of self-confidence‚ on the other hand‚ is characterized by: self- doubt‚ passivity
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Personal Reflection of the Self Sarah S. Lawson PSY/400 September 16‚ 2013 Joyce Willis Reflection of the Self Each and every person is different in their own way; people tend to look at their environments‚ through nurture and nature to develop a self concept. A persons self concept comes from both their past and their future; who the person is trying to be and who the person used to be. Personality studies illustrate how the individual looks to the world for hope‚ fear‚ and an understanding
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Haley Wiedenman English 101 Brit Ashley 4/8/11 When reading “A Mutable Self”‚ by Mary Catherine Bateson‚ I am forced to analyze why I am myself. For several years I have stubbornly believed that I have become myself by myself alone and have not been influenced by the things and people around me. I didn’t want to admit that I am in fact tightly connected to people of my past and they have influenced who I am greatly. Bateson makes it clear in her writing that “no one –fetus‚ child‚ or adult-
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According to the self-medication hypothesis (SMH; Khantzian‚1985). The individuals’ choice of a particular drug is not accidental or coincidental‚ but instead‚ a result of the individual’s psychological condition‚ as the drug of choice provides relief to the user specific to his or her condition. Specifically‚ addiction is hypothesized to function as a compensatory means to modulate effects and treat distressful psychological states‚ whereby individuals choose the drug that will most appropriately
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