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Overview of Mental Retardation

In ten pages this research paper presents a mental retardation overview that includes definition, its causes, negative perceptions...

Robert Edgerton's Cloak of Competence and Mental Retardation

In seven pages this paper examines the Pacific Hospital research study and its outcomes as featured in Cloak of Competence by Robe...

Community and Mentally Retarded Individuals

In nine pages this research paper examines the community transition of individuals with some form of mental retardation. Twelve s...

The Physical and Mental Disease Known as Anorexia

In five pages the attributes of anorexia both physical and mental are discussed and include cause and treatment descriptions and a...

Senior Citizens and Mental Illness

In ten pages this paper examines the problem of mental illness among senior citizens in a consideration of background, causes, dia...

A Euthanasia Discussion

The pros and cons of assisted suicide and euthanasia are considered using the case studies of Oregon's 'Death With Dignity Act' an...

Asylum by Erving Goffman

In five pages this text is used in an analysis of the mental patient's moral career and medical model. There are no other sources...

Delinquency and Crime Correlation

of aggravated assault yet lacks the capacity to ascertain that he actually committed a crime, then it would seem prudent that he b...

'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner and Insanity

In 5 pages this paper examines how the theme of insanity is depicted within the characterization of Emily and her mental illness. ...

Analyzing Dream Worlds Mass Consumption in Late Nineteenth-Century France by Rosalind H. Williams

In thirteen pages this paper features a chapter by chapter book analysis on William's examination of how the evolution of consumer...

Adjective Checklist for Personality Evaluation

In six pages this paper provides a personality evaluation adjective checklist test which includes a general overview of the text a...

The Treatment of Mentally Ill Women in the 19th Century

This 5 page paper discusses the way mentally ill women were treated in the 19th century. The writer argues that mental illness oft...

Mental Illness and Juvenile Delinquency

age of sufferers continues to drop as depression in young people is on the rise. "Runaway, homeless youth as compared to nonhomel...

Child Abuse and Its Social Causes

In nine pages 3 student submitted case studies examine child abuse in terms of their social causes with alcoholism, pedophilia, ...

Mind and Body Connection of Thomas Szasz

In five pages this research paper examines the correlation between the mind and body within the context of Dr. Thomas S. Szasz's T...

Descartes' Psychology and the 'Conscious Mental State' Theory of William James

This paper examines the 'constant mental state' theory of psychology William James created to improve the theoretical limitations ...

Concepts of Julien Offray de La Mettrie and Immanuel Kant

de La Mettrie - Mental Activity In "Man a Machine" (1748), de La Mettrie says: "Let us start out then to discover not...

Movement, Evolution, and Functional Integration

of one being entailing the improvement or the extermination of others" (Darwin, 1998; p. 568). He later applied the same principl...

Discrimination and Mental Illness

In two pages this paper examines how discrimination regarding individuals with mental disorders vary according to gender and race ...

Mental Illness and the Law

In two pages insanity is defined and the ways in which the law dictates mentally ill individuals are to be treated by society are ...

Special Education Students and Mainstream Classroom Accommodations

In a paper consisting og eight pages issues regarding accommodations, modifications and adaptations of the modern classrooms in or...

Basics of Bodybuilding

is done with the body can affect what is done with the mind, fitness influences to some degree qualities such as mental alertness ...

Mental Illness and Sigmund Freud's Civilization and Its Discontents and The Id and the Ego

In six pages this paper discusses how mental illness is addressed in these two essays by Sigmund Freud. Three sources are cited i...

The Theme of Violence in The Prince Of Tides

episode at some point in life. Depression often hits the elderly more than any other age group; however, with each passing ...

Mental Disorders and Medical Concerns

In fourteen pages this paper examines depression, attention deficit, and various types of mental disorders and how to deal with th...

Dual Natures of Christ and Christianity

In twenty pages the God and man dual nature of Jesus Christ is examined in terms of differing interpretations with questions explo...

Strange Heaven by Lynn Coady

In 5 pages the protagonist's learning experiences both in the mental hospital and beyond as presented in this novel by Canadian wr...

Mental Illness and Confidentiality Issues

In seven pages this paper explores the Tarasoff v. Regents Of The University of California case in this consideration of mental il...

Depression, Schizophrenia, and Neurotransmitters

In five pages this paper examines the role of neurotransmitter in such mental disorders as schizophrenia and depression. Six sour...

An Analysis of a Third Grade Lesson Plan

This paper analyzes a third grade lesson plan for what is known as an Inclusion Class, for students with learning or mental disord...