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Improving Rene Descartes' Psychology Limitations with the 'Conscious Mental State' of William James

In two pages this paper examines how William James sought to improve upon Descartes' seventeenth century psychological philosophy ...

'Tis a Pity She's a Whore' by John Ford and the Madness of Giovanni

In seven pages this seventeenth century work is examined in an analysis of Giovanni's mental disintegration. There are no other s...

The Butcher Boy by Patrick McCabe, and Francie Brady's Mental Disturbance

effect of these two dysfunctional role models acts in a synergistic fashion to create within Francie a tremor of mental disturbanc...

Legal Excuse of Mental Illness

rationale for this plea and the heart of its meaning. The desirability of even raising these questions seems hardly to have been n...

Impact of Domestic Abuse on Children's Mental Health

delving into the familial structure. Inasmuch as social behavior is fundamentally based upon the "origins in the family" (Appel, ...

Unattachment Disorders and Children

in Oklahoma, "When an infant expresses rage and feels no relief for his need, he learns that to survive this world, he must contro...

Case Study on Mental Health

that may aid the understanding are those of Erik Erikson and Sigmund Freud. These can be applied to the development of a client to...

Understanding Health - Two Approaches

Medicine has shifted from the Cartesian way of viewing illness, injury and disease as components of a machine-like body to one whi...

Working Different Shifts and its Health Impact

be causing damage and what they can do about it. CIRCADIAN RHYTHM The Circadian Rhythm refers to the normal and instinctive slee...

Treatment and Rehabilitation of Female Offenders

were carried out by women who had, had it with the system which had failed to protect them from an abusive spouse. Says Nadler, "F...

Stress Adjustment and Mental Health

suggests areas in which further research may prove to be beneficial. First article: Old age and stress In this study, Hamarat, et...

Mental Health Agency Organizational Change

money for upgrades and improvements. The payroll is just barely meeting the salaries of the workers, and as a result many short cu...

Nursing Research Article 'Predicting Family Health in Families of Young Adults with Severe Mental Illness' Reviewed

new research is needed in the area. The style of the literature review is appropriate in that the author divides it into we...

Blood Glucose That is Not Controlled and Patient Perceptions of Long Term Impact

are certainly those patients who understand that they have a chronic disease which has the potential to be life-threatening and ar...

Therapist Suffering from Mental Illness and Mary Redfield Jamison's An Unquiet Mind

way that conformed with the basic characteristics of manic depressive illness. "My manias, at least in their early and mild forms...

Hamlet by William Shakespeare and the Character of Ophelia

defines her character. She is, in essence, a human mirror, used to reflect the desires of others (Dane gdane.html). Her inabilit...

Mental Illness and Social Theory

In five pages this paper discusses mentally ill individuals in a consideration of social perceptions and their impact upon treatme...

William Shakespeare's Hamlet and the Mental Changes Ophelia Undergoes

In ten pages this paper discusses Ophelia's deteriorating mental condition as she slowly inches towards madness. There is the inc...

Homeless and Mental Health Services

In five pages this paper examines the necessity for mental health services and facilities for homeless individuals. Ten sources a...

Overview of Depression

In ten pages depression is defined in terms of its various causes and treatment forms with frequent reference made to DSM IV or th...

Report on Depression

In eighteen pages this report examines depression in terms of types and treatments and includes current research on this mental di...

Emotional Health and Personality

In eighteen pages current literature is reviewed in a discussion regarding the mental health impacts of personality types and also...

Treatment and Evaluation Methods

In five pages these student submitted fictitious case studies examines how to evaluate treatment methods in clinical environments ...

Mental Illness in Shelley and James

This paper examines Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Henry James' Washington Square in terms of how Szacz's The Myth of Mental Illn...

Sanity, Insanity and Society From A Swiftian Viewpoint

Jonathan Swift's satiric work A Digression Concerning the Original, the Use and Improvement of Madness in a Commonwealth provides ...

Overview of Line Dancing

feel like it. In addition, individuals get the opportunity to receive free dance instruction, simply either by following the move...

Biblical verses Christian Variations in Mental Health Counseling

This five page paper broaches the subtle yet important differences between these counseling approaches, differences that can be so...

Elderly Mental Impairment, Illness and Medication Impacts

In ten pages this paper examines how the mental impairment of senior citizens over age 70 can be attributed to the medications pre...

The Mind, Functionalism, and Consciousness

This paper provides a synopsis of the views of Paul Churchland and Todd Moody as they apply to elements of human mental evolution,...

Nature of Mental States by Hillary Putnam

In three pages this paper examines the theories of philosopher Hillary Putnam as represented in the text. There are 3 sources cit...