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    Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is also know as the broken heart disease. Broken heart disease symtoms is a mimic small heart attack. You'll start to feel chest pain and increase of breath. The main reason causing broken heart disease is the building of stress. The adrealine builds up causing the heart to contract rapidly and then make the heart stop causing a form like heart attack. What triggers broken disease can be a loss of a realative or friend. The emotions take a huge role that contract the…

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    are also necessary in order to appropriately nourish brain tissue and cell membranes. The essential fatty acids can be found in food sources such as nuts, nut betters, olives and avocadoes. Balancing your hormones: Oestrogen is a natural anti-depressant and mood stabiliser and progesterone is a natural tranquilizer. These hormones are essential in regards to maintaining a healthy and happy body and mind. When hormones are balanced individuals feel peaceful, calm and well. Having an adequate…

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    themselves of the “zombie” effect. When things are still “not normal” or “good enough” and manic mania sets in, they go to harder drugs or “double up” the dose of their prescription medication with the goal being death. Although with most anti-depressants the one known side effect is suicide. This is also a contributing factor to over doses that many people do not always take into consideration. Although parties and/or partying do not lead to substance abuse; it will most likely help someone…

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    Prescription Drug Abuse

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    healthcare providers who prescribe the medications have an important role in helping to ensure safe and effective use of prescription drugs and the deterrence of its abuse. Commonly abused drugs includes, opioids, stimulants and central nervous system depressants. It is a challenge for…

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    that substituting marijuana for alcohol leads to minor reductions in violent crimes that can be detected at the state level.” (Morris 7) Alcohol acts just like marijuana as a depressant, however, alcohol appears to make people do dumber things and makes one want more and more while marijuana is cannabis and also a depressant it stops at the point when one gets hungry or gets the munchies. Marijuana is more controllable after one gets high than becoming violent when one gets…

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    on a single occasion or drink continuously over several days or weeks. The Australian Bureau of Statistics defines binge drinking as more than 4 standard drinks in one occasion. Binge drinking is extremely dangerous to individuals. Alcohol is a depressant, meaning it slows down the functions of the central nervous system. Consuming alcohol with other drugs (commonly known as poly drug use) is even more dangerous. Binge drinking causes people to be drunk so their judgement and control is affected…

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    Cracking Down on Drugs Over 52 million people in America have abused prescription drugs at least once in their lifetime as of 2014 (Volkow). This only makes me wonder—what are the statistics like now, a year later? Prescription drug abuse is the non-medical use or overuse of someone else’s or their own prescribed drug. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) classified prescription drug abuse as a national epidemic. People, often teens, believe prescription drugs are safer than illicit drugs but…

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    simple format, which adds good polarity to his work when considering the seriousness of his overall theme, is representative of a manual instruction format found in that of defensive driving safety manuals or cook books. Monson masks an emotionally depressant narrative through the driving for of a simplified narrative format. With his tendency to be contradictory the overall theme or message could have gotten lost but due to its length it was rather easy to re-read a few times in a single…

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    in dysfunctional households with repeated behavior of mood, drug and alcohol abuse or witnessing a parent go through a repeated cycle of hospitalizations may also lead to a development of bipolar depression in the near future. Meds such as anti-depressants or mood stabilizers help to regulate the treatment process along with therapy. The Psychodynamic theory would explain bipolar being a fight between the conscious and nonconscious minds. A conscious mind is being aware at the moment while the…

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    Effects of alcohol on brain functioning and neurotransmitters As the underage brain is still developing, especially the frontal cortex. The effects of ethanol alcohol) will affect reasoning and skills more than someone over the age of 18 whilst possibly stunting brain growth and development in the frontal lobe which can cause long term malfunctions such as brain clots and loss of brain cells in the hippocampus (Government of Western Australia.2014). This is due to the central nervous system…

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