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Why I Am Not a Christian by Bertrand Russell

that the "most powerful reason (for believing in religion) is the wish for safety, a sort of feeling that there is big brother wh...

Beth Henley's "Am I Blue" - Critical Analysis

carried on into adult years. Adolescence is considered one of the most crucial periods of socialization because of the very press...

Critical Analysis: "I am Half-Canadian"

those of other races entirely. Nor do these forms truly explain why anybody needs to know this stuff in the first place. And there...

Am I Gay?

psychotherapy at their laboratories in St. Louis (Homosexuality: Help for those who want it, 1979, p. 275). Masters and Johnson cl...

Ritalin, Pro & Con

vision problems or learning disabilities or "whether a childs behavior is simply immature or exuberant" ("Attention" 77). Accurate...

IDEA ’97

brain dysfunction, dyslexia, and development aphasia....The term does not include learning problems that are primarily the result ...

A Literature Review Study on ADHD

In the absence of a physical test, an ADHD diagnosis is completely subjective and based on the opinion of the individual making th...

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Administrators, and Teachers

In 7 pages this paper discusses classroom accommodation of ADHD students in a consideration of the condition, federal government p...

Medicalization

the degree to which homosexuality may be a medical condition. The medical profession has since moved on from this approach and the...

Psychiatric/Mental Health Web Site Analysis

many other disorders. Given the prevalence of both ADD/ADHD and Depression, this user linked to each of these disorders. The ADD/A...

ADHD and the Role of the Psychiatric Nurse

motor vehicle crashes, substance abuse, and illegal behavior" (Visser, Lesesne and Perou, 2007, S99). Symptoms include irritabili...

ADHD: A Critique of the Research

and Perou (2007) report that an estimated five to eighteen percent of youth in the US are diagnosed with ADHD and most receive so...

Article Critique/ADHD Study, An Intervention

hypothesized that "Shawns off-task behavior served a dual function," that involved both positive and negative reinforcement mechan...

Observation of a Child with ADHD

I observed his activities from 9 a.m. through lunch and into his playground period after lunch. There were multiple transitions d...

Speech-Language Therapy/Children w/ADHD

strategies used to identify the function of the target behavior" (Stahr, et al, 2006, p. 201). In other words, an intervention is ...

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and Varied Treatment Uses

often prevalent in adolescent populations (APA, 1994). It must be noted that secondary oppositionalism is common and an accepted ...

The School Nurse and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

the educational setting, and considers the role of school nurses. At a time when an increasing number of students are receiving s...

Learning Problems and Comprehensive Assessments

onset of ADD/ADHD is the sense that children with this condition demonstrate oppositional behaviors and are "out of control." Thi...

Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and the Importance of Early Intervention

with ADHD and CD have the same psychophysiological response patterns in studies which are similar to those with antisocial persona...

Adolescent Depression and ADHD

for the disorder. On medication now, he says that he is more focused than at any other time of his life. He always wanted to do ...

Nutrition and Health Science

claims with some skepticism. However, understanding the basics of nutrition and how it affects the mind and body is relevant for e...

Developmental Psychology and a Premier Virtual Computer Generated Symposium

labeled and controlled by drugs, something that alleviates the difficulties for the teachers and parents, but has unknown latent e...

Symptoms Prior to Diagnosing Childhood Onset Bipolar Disorder

around 8 or 9 oclock at night, depending on their age. So they have a lot of trouble getting to sleep, and there is a tendency fo...

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Russell Barkley

that the individual suffers constantly, since childhood, and that the symptoms continue throughout life and are quite severe in ma...

Students with Autism or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Education

Within six years the name was changed again and is now well know by the acronym ADHD (1997). While the names have changed, that d...

Analyzing Websites for Parents of Children with ADHD and ADD

make things easier at home, there is a link to survival tips for parents. The site also includes a list of references used, some w...

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and Drug Therapies

of critiques of drug therapy versus the use of other treatment measures are the central themes of this paper. Background of Psych...

Students with Attention Deficit Disorder and Educational Strategies

oppositional behaviors and are "out of control." This perspective often complicates the learning process, creating a distraction ...

An ADHD Review

"generalized impulsivity disorder, with the traits of impulsivity manifesting at the motor, emotional, social, and attentional lev...

An Article Critique on ADHD

Studies conducted by Chelune, Ferguson and Richard and Lou, Henriksen and Bruhn all suggest the theory of "frontal lobe underactiv...