Depressant

them. Also correlating with extroverts needing more to stimulate their cortex. Because they need an outside force to elicit cortical stimulation, when that stops their cortex immediately and quickly starts to decompress, increasing the effect of depressants. Neuroticism is also connected to biological forces. The limbic system, or sympathetic nervous system, is primarily responsible for emotions. It is in charge of the fight or flight responses, often high and low neuroticism…

Alcohol, marijuana, and cocaine have some similar effects on behavior. Alcohol is a depressant while marijuana is a mild hallucinogen that contains delta 9 tetrahydrocannabinol. Both marijuana and alcohol will give a person an euphoric high, cause depression organ damage, impair ones driving skills and their reactions to certain situations but the other effects on behavior is totally different. Alcohol can stimulate the drinker to have more energy and will also cause the drinkers brain activity…

Although dysthymia isn’t a very well know mental illness it is just as important as the other more common ones. With only 35 million people suffering from dysthymia compared to depressions 350 million victims, the majority of people don’t take much notice to dysthymia or the problems that it can cause. And the people that do happen to know about it usually can’t distinguish it from depression or they haven’t taken the time to really learn about it. Dysthymia (also known as chronic depression)…

Drugs are categorised into the following main groups: Depressants,Opiates and Opioids, stimulants and hallucinogens. Heroin is a depressant and is derived from the opium poppy, putting it in the opiate and opioids group. In the late 1800’s it was considered a less addictive and more affective drug than morphine and was used in treating the symptoms of respiratory discomfort and infection due to its sedative and slowing effects. Not only was it praised amongst the medical personnel at this time,…

On 2nd May 2016, the drug safety podcast of FDA made an announcement of a change in the brand name of anti-depressant drug Brintellix, so that it is not mistaken for anti-platelet drug Brilinta. The podcast was announced by Advanced Practice Nurse, Lesley Navin. She mentioned that the FDA aims to minimize prescription errors caused by similarity in the two drug brand names. Brintellix, manufactured by Takeda Pharmaceuticals will be renamed to Trintellix, beginning June 2016. Ms. Navin further…

October of 2005 I was hit by a car as a pedestrian. I broke by right leg and suffered a traumatic brain injury. I went from a young, fun, happy-go-lucky, optimistic energetic girl into an angry, reclusive, and misunderstood person. Weeks after the accident I tried to return to my classes. My attention span had shortened dramatically and I was unable to concentrate. I was 17 years old and a senior in High School. I was the captain of the girls cross-country team. I felt that I had lost my…

Children of depress parents are at high risk for dejection themselves and can experience troublesome outcomes later in life. Parents whom are clinically depress shows signs that they are less touchy to the infant's requirements and less predictable in their reactions to the infant's conduct. They might also show no sign of child bearing and detachment of love and care. The infants can seem more troubled and separated than other infants of their age group. They may be hard to solace, seem languid…

There are a number of explanations for the causes of depression. This essay will focus on the cognitive and the behavioural explanations, look at research to support each theory and then evaluate them both based on this. Depression is a mood disorder, it is characterised by low mood and many other symptoms that will vary from one person to the next. The signs of depression are; sadness and feeling weepy, lethargy and a loss of interest in things you used to enjoy, wanting to hide away from…

● FILM: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants is an American comedy-drama film released by Warner Bros Pictures in 2005. The film is also based on a novel by Ann Brashares. It is about four teenage girls who have spent almost their entire lives together year round. Best friends, Carmen, Tibby, Bridget, and Lena live in Maryland and for the first summer they won't be together. They are dreading this summer, so before they depart they decide to go shopping together. As they are at the mall they…

Alcohol has been around for centuries and has wheedled its way into many cultures. But that might not be a good thing. The way society approaches alcohol does not necessarily express the severity of how alcohol effects the body, the mind or the community. Serious alcohol consumption has very harmful effects on the body and the mind, but a lot of people might not realize to what extent. The most common knowledge consists of liver and kidney damage, and maybe a few heart problems. But it also…