This probably sounds familiar: You’re out to dinner with friends‚ and everything’s fun‚ until you get that itch. It’s been 20 minutes‚ and you really want to check Facebook‚ or Twitter‚ or Foursquare or email. Forget about wanting; this is needing. You finally give in to the urge and sneakily check your phone under the table -- or fake an urgent visit to the bathroom‚ where you’ll take a hit of the Internet while huddling in a stall.Anecdotally‚ our Internet use seems to have spawned real addictions
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DEFINE | ANSWER | psychology | scientific investigation of physical and mental behavior | experimental method | used to text predictions derived from theory | basic science | accumulation of knowledge for knowledge sake (describe‚ predict‚ and explain behavior) | applied science | application of knowledge to solve practical problems (modify behaviour). | Empiricism | knowledge based on observation | Scientific Method | rules for observation‚ experimentation‚ and measurement | Skepticism
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Thomas Moore 4/13/2013 HCA 240 Brian Eigelbach Mental illness affects one in four people‚ that’s an estimated 57.7 million Americans. Psychiatry is the medical specialty that diagnoses and provides treatment for mental illness. Mental illnesses are medical conditions that change a way a person thinks‚ feels‚ there mood‚ ability to relate to others‚ and the way a person functions daily. Mental illnesses do not target any specific person by age‚ race‚ religion
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The defining features of drug intoxication and addiction can be traced to disruptions in cell-to-cell signaling. October 01‚ 2007 Carl Sherman‚ NIDA Notes Contributing Writer illustration of a neuron Drugs of abuse alter the way people think‚ feel‚ and behave by disrupting neurotransmission‚ the process of communication between brain cells. Over the past few decades‚ studies have established that drug dependence and addiction are features of an organic brain disease caused by drugs’ cumulative
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Describe and evaluate one or more biological explanations of schizophrenia Research has shown that schizophrenia is heredity and can runs in families. This suggests that genes play a significant role. The closer the genetic relationship the more likely the people are to share the disorder. Evidence from family studies by Gottesman showed that when bothparent are schizophrenic then there is a 46% chance of the child getting it‚ however‚ if only one parent had it‚ it dropped to 17%. This suggests
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serotonin and dopamine are linked to aggression‚ low levels of serotonin and high levels of dopamine. Serotonin is a hormone that makes you happy; it helps to reduce aggression and inhibits responses to emotional stimuli that could potentially lead to aggression. Low levels of aggression are associated with increased susceptibility to impulsive behavior‚ aggression and violent suicide. Some drugs can alter the serotonin levels in our bodies and cause increased aggression levels. Dopamine is another
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A Better Understanding: Neurochemistry of Addiction To better understand the fundamentals of neurochemistry‚ a good start is at the brain. The brain makes up the central nervous system and is connected to the whole nervous system that runs through the whole body. The central nervous system receives sensory information and controls the body’s response. For example‚ a pot on a stove would be extremely hot on the hands when the stove is on and would damage the skin. This sensory information is sent
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Neurotransmitters Dr. C. George Boeree Neurotransmitters are the chemicals which allow the transmission of signals from one neuron to the next across synapses. They are also found at the axon endings of motor neurons‚ where they stimulate the muscle fibers. And they and their close relatives are produced by some glands such as the pituitary and the adrenal glands. In this chapter‚ we will review some of the most significant neurotransmitters. Acetylcholine Acetylcholine was the first neurotransmitter
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Describe and discuss biological explanations for schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a long term mental health condition‚ which is very complex. There are many explanations as to why an individual would have this illness‚ one of them being the biological explanation. The biological explanation mainly suggests genes are responsible for the diagnosis of schizophrenia‚ as they pass on the illness. The greater the similarity genetically the higher the risk of developing schizophrenia. Due to this reason
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Phoenix Drug Addiction is a Disease Drug addiction is a disease because addictive personalities do not have control over their addictions. To prove this claim‚ the reader will learn about how addictive personalities become addicted; how dopamine contributes to the addict’s addiction; how society treats addictive personalities; and how drug-addiction is a mental illness just like any other mental illness. This paper will give the reader a better understanding of an addict’s life‚ and how
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