.... illness such as major depression or bipolar disorder. Another belief is that the emotional escalation leading to action takes place over a long period of time. Such is not the case in jail suicides. Much of the research shows that "of all [jail] suicides occur within the first twenty four hours of incarceration, and an overwhelming number of these take place in the first three hours of isolation which is referred to as the “crisis period" (Hess 1987). The crisis period is reflective of arrest and incarceration as producing extreme confusion, fear, and anxiety. The crisis period is also the result of isolation. Isolation causes an ind .....

.... set himself the goal of understanding this. His quest led him all over the world, exploring traditions of magic-religious drug usage. In the years since his fateful encounter with the self-transforming machine elves of hyperspace, McKenna has fashioned his mental Merzbau on the New Age lecture circuit, where he has earned the benediction of the psychedelic High Priest himself, who dubbed him “the Timothy Leary of the 90's�. McKenna has written several books as well as having rave bands set his ruminations to billowing techno-trance music. The main focus of this article is on McKenna's theory, which is concocted from psychedelic Darwi .....

.... job performance, but if the employee is in better shape, then he/she is less likely to become sick and miss work. Many employers today have developed programs to assist the employee with any personal problems that they might have. Some employers offer smoking cessation programs and ergonomic supplies to prevent work-related injuries. With implementation of exercise and well-being programs, companies are not only helping employees, but also dramatically increasing the overall potential of the company. Exercise in the work place? True this sounds unusual, but look at all the benefits exercise has to offer, and with so many exciting choic .....

.... In addition, in some cases the police do not find a suicide note because the relatives the friend who found the body destroyed the note. The statistics offer a lot of fact about suicides, but they do not tell why someone wants to die. I believe that many teenagers who attempt and those who commit suicide are really crying out for help. They want the unhappiness and strains in their live to end, but they really do not want their lives to end. When I was in High School at the age of fifteen, I tried to commit suicide. I was looking for a way out of my sad, impoverish, lonely, single-parent life. I thought that the easiest and most conve .....

.... two sticks that could be fitted together to make a single pole that was long enough to reach the banana. After fiddling with the sticks for an hour or so, Sultan happened to align the sticks and in a flash of sudden inspiration, fitted the two sticks together and pulled in the banana. Kohler was impressed by Sultan's rapid “perception of relationships� and used the term insight to describe it. He noted that such insights are not learned gradually through reinforced trials. They seemed to occur in a flash when the elements a problem are set up appropriately. In another experiment boxes were put in a room with a banana hanging from th .....

.... tumours include warts and moles. Malignant Tumours A malignant tumour always kills (unless treated) because of its invasive and metastatic characteristics. The tumour grows locally by spreading into surrounding tissues. Solid tumours, which develop in the breast, colon, lung, and other organs, contain an inner core with high pressure zones that compress and collapse blood vessels, often preventing the penetration of blood-borne cancer treatments. It spreads to distant sites by the breaking off of malignant cells, which move through the blood and lymphatic systems, attach themselves, and begin to grow as new colonies. Mal .....

.... would a child be considered hyperactive in every situation, just because restraint and sustained attentiveness are not necessary for acceptable performance in many low-structure situations. Many parents rate the onset of abnormal activity in their child when it is and infant or toddler. Abnormal sleep patterns are frequently mentioned, the child objects to taking naps, he also seems to need less sleep, and becomes very stubborn at bedtime. Then, when the child is seemingly exhausted, hyperactive behavior may increase. Family history studies show that hyperactivity, which is more common in boys than in girls, may be a hereditary tra .....

.... women menstruation stops. Anorexia nervosa can be very severe illness, including a risk of death from starvation (Encarta Encyclopedia, Internet). Anorexia nervosa is a disorder in which preoccupation with dieting and thinness leads to excessive weight loss. The individual may not acknowledge that weight loss or restricted eating is a problem (www.anorexia.com, Internet). The American Anorexia Nervosa Association defines anorexia as a "serious illness of deliberate self-starvation with profound psychiatric and physical components." Now that we know what anorexia means, lets narrate how this disease came to be .....

.... cannot get enough energy from tissue glucose so it starts to break down stored fat. With this people loose a lot of weight and they have fatigue. Your blood becomes acidic and respiration becomes abnormal. People usually die from diabetic coma until they figured out how to use insulin therapy. In both forms it could cause a kidney disease from high blood sugar levels; bad sight from blood vessels in eyes rupturing, less blood going to the limbs could make them have to cut them off. They have high blood pressure which increases heart attacks and strokes in diabetes too. Type II This type is found in mostly in people over 40 it progress .....

.... slimness. Various modes of group and behavioral therapy are used in treating the disorder. Because patients with often suffer from depression as well, antidepressant drugs may be effective. Bulimics, those people with , go through periods of secret binge-eating during which they consume very large amounts of food. Some bulimics then use their fingers to induce vomiting, or they use laxatives to purge the food from their bodies and thereby decrease the body's opportunity to turn food into fat. Symptoms of eating disorders are fear of gaining weight, food obsessions, avoidance of meals, rigid dieting and fasting, rigorous exercise, we .....