Survey
* Your assessment is very important for improving the workof artificial intelligence, which forms the content of this project
* Your assessment is very important for improving the workof artificial intelligence, which forms the content of this project
Child psychopathology wikipedia , lookup
Generalized anxiety disorder wikipedia , lookup
Biology of depression wikipedia , lookup
Drug rehabilitation wikipedia , lookup
Treatments for combat-related PTSD wikipedia , lookup
Behavioral theories of depression wikipedia , lookup
U.S. Presidents: Their Psychology and History James Sprouse Allison Barnes Minnie Elliott Jessamy Nichols Alcohol Abuse Alcohol abuse refers to any condition in which alcohol is consumed constantly despite negative consequences. Symptoms of Alcoholism are; continuing to drink even after health issues have occurred, inefficiency with handling one's money, driving while under the influence, putting oneself or others in danger, missing work/school because of alcohol, and drinking along/in secret. Some causes of Alcoholism are social factors, genetic factors, emotional state, and psychological factors. Possible treatments remain the same now as they for during Nixon's presidency. Some possible treatments include therapy, rehabilitation, treatment programs, medication to reduce Withdrawal, and detoxification. James Sprouse Minnie Elliott Nixon • Elected president in 1968. He served as the president from 19691974. • Nixon was a strong anti-communism president, during the Vietnam war Nixon proposed the Nixon Doctrine a strategy of replacing American troops with the Vietnamese troops, also called "Vietnamization." • In 1972 president Nixon went to China following their split from the Soviet Union, in the Sino-Soviet Split. Richard Nixon's presidency came to an end after the Watergate scandal. Minnie Elliott Nixon (continued) The Watergate Scandal dealt with five men, authorized and carried out by Nixon’s staff, who broke and entered into the Democratic National Committee headquarters. Richard Nixon was impeached but resigned before he was thrown out of office. Somatoform Disorder is a disorder of physical symptoms for a disease in which there is no physical cause for. The symptoms cause the patients great anxiety, and the causes for it can be family stress, parental modeling, cultural influences, and biological factors. For President Harding, treatments are medications, a strong relationship with a doctor or psychiatrist, or psychotherapy. James Sprouse Minnie Elliott Harding • He was President very soon after World War I and Warren cut taxes on higher income families and raised tariff rates, gaining dissatisfaction from the country. • He also gave government positions to his personal political supporters, which in the long run hurt him because these people used the offices for their own personal gain. An example was the massive Teapot Dome Scandal, where he got in huge trouble for allowing his Cabinet officials to exploit Wyoming oil-rich lands for personal profit. Clinical Depression Jessamy N. President Abraham Lincoln suffered from clinical depression. Clinical depression is a serious medical illness that negatively affects how you feel, the way you think and how you act. Individuals with clinical depression are unable to function as they used to. Symptoms include: change in appetite and sleeping patterns loss of interest, hopelessness, guilt, indecisiveness, melancholia fatigue, anxiety, agitation, hypochondria, insomnia repeated thoughts of suicide cognitive impairment Jessamy N. Clinical Depression (contd.) Causes include: family history trauma and stress pessimistic personality physical conditions and other psychological disorders, such as neurotransmitter imbalances in the brain The main treatment options for Depression are antidepressant medication and therapy. Lincoln’s Presidency Allison Barnes Lincoln was president from 1861-1865, during the Civil War. During his presidency, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed all slaves. Lincoln also signed the Thirteenth Amendment, which ended slavery. The first income tax was issued by Lincoln to help pay for the war. After the war ended, Lincoln created a loose reconstruction plan to help the South be part of the Union, but was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. Minnie Elliott Bibliography Jessamy Nichols Shenk Joshua. Lincoln’s Great Depression. Atlantic Monthly, October 2005. http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200510/lincolns-clinical-depression 2005 Alcoholism. Medical Treatments. New York Times company 2008. http://alcoholism.about.com/od/meds/Medical_Treatments.htm (n.d.). Abraham Lincoln. Retrieved May 28, 2008, from The White House: http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/al16.html Trani, E. (n.d.). Warren Gamaliel Harding . Retrieved May 28, 2008, from University of Virginia : http://millercenter.org/academic/americanpresident/harding