Essays on Illness

Benefits of Sleep When people hear about sleep, they think it is just a normal process in life, and some might not understand its benefits. However, sleep is something that is usually felt naturally, especially after a long day at work or after getting tired. We typically sleep at night. Like...

Over the past decades, schizophrenia has affected approximately 21 million people across the world, but few realize what the leading causes, symptoms, and diagnosis are. Schizophrenia is characterized as a severe mental disorder in which people are not able to differentiate the reality of life to abnormality (Weinberger " Harrison...

Amnesia is a disorder associated with memory shortage, and it results from psychological trauma, brain disease, and brain damage. Retrograde amnesia refers to a person's inability to recall information that was acquired before a certain period, especially the time of operation or accident. Anterograde amnesia is the incapacity to transfer...

Behavioral Therapy Behavioral therapy views psychological disorders as originating from maladaptive learning since people are born tabula rasa. All behaviors are learned from one's environment, and these symptoms are acquired through classical and operant conditioning. Behavioral therapy focuses on the current problem and behavior. It applies a number of strategies in...

Edward Thorndike was among the first researchers who discovered that punishment and reward for behavior evoke learning. An individual responds to conditions based on the expected outcomes. According to Instrumental conditioning, a behavior associated with an awful consequence is likely not to be repeated while a behavior linked to a...

Introduction: Bipolar Disorder 1 or Manic Depression Patients with a mental illness characterized by swing moods, or out of control moods that occurs in a vast mode are said to suffer from bipolar disorder 1 or manic depression. The patients under this condition are believed to have once in a lifetime...

The Belief in "Full Moons Cause Crimes and Craziness" The belief that “Full Moons Cause Crimes and Craziness” is common in some societies around the globe. However, I think this belief is false. Individuals who hold to this belief claim that full moon is associated with “aggression, unintentional poisoning, absenteeism, and...

Alcohol is one of the most frequently abused legalized drugs the world over is alcohol with Belarus having the highest level of alcohol consumption with an average of 17.5 Litres per capita annually.  For this reason, it is vital to examine the drug to determine its classification, origin and the...

Physician-Assisted Deaths Physician-Assisted deaths are amongst an excellent source of debate in the current times. This act involves a situation where a physician helps a patient take his life through the prescription of certain drugs. The act is similar to Euthanasia with the difference being that in PAD, it is the...

Over the last fifty years, the methods in which doctors and physicians approach medical decisions have changed significantly. The medical choices for many generations have always been left exclusively for doctors and patients if they chose to be part of it, but they still had little say in the final...

The movie “Return to Paradise,” raises profound ethical questions regarding personal mortality as well as lawyers’ ethical responsibility. The movie revolves around three young Americans who enjoy a cheap and sensual summer in Malaysia, usually while stone on cheap hashish. Two of them, Sheriff and Tony, return to the United...

What is the cause of many health problems? Does obesity affect our health? Does one being obese increase their chances of having health problems? These are some of the questions raised when we talk about obesity. Many are times that obese people are said to be unhealthy. Obesity is reported...