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    thing, it is multi dimensional. The period of development that I choose was adolescents development, and the dimension I am going to talk about it is emotional development. The specific subject that I am going to focus my attention is the effects of a psychological intervention on adolescents. In my opinion, the study of emotional development in adolescents is very

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    The Psychological Effects of LSD Introduction      LSD has always been a center of controversy in American society, often times because peoplehave been miseducated about its effects or exposed to media bias. Its physiological effects onthe brain and body have become more and more apparent in the last few decades when research in neuroscience peaked. The psychological effects of LSD have been often difficult to describe and document very well -- they were first discovered

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    Matt Marlor 11/12/16 Biology 2020 Medicinal marijuana and its physical/psychological effects This report explains, the research article entitled “Narrative review of the safety and efficiency of marijuana for the treatment of commonly state-approved medical and psychiatric disorders,” which may be accessed for free, full text, at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4636852/ Medical Marijuana has been a subject of great controversy in the past decade. This rings even more true

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    It has been highlighted from the research that the effect of bullying on both the victim and the bully can result in a wide variety of physical and psychological issues, which can stay with them for the rest of their lives. Within my theme I have mainly focussed on bullying within schools. Alamans et al (2017) stated that bullying can dispose devastating effects on a child’s personality. This includes physical, academic and psychological effects. Due to this, awareness should be given to parents

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    Just as philanthropy has great societal effects, it also has many psychological effects. When people decide to donate, they are bestowing on themselves an innumerable number of intangible costs, “one of these costs is the psychological implication is giving.”(Bekkers & Wiepking, 2010). Giving not only contributes to the way others see one but also to the way one sees himself, this contributes to “one’s self image as an altruistic, empathetic, social responsible, agreeable, or influential person”

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    form. Infertility occurs when a couple tries to have children without any success (Chandra, 2005). Though most cases of infertility can be attributed to physiological factors in one or both partners, it still has a psychological impact on the relationship. The psychological and mental effects of fertility are present in both men and women, but there are options to help a couple get through it. Infertility describes the reproductive disease that causes a reduced potential for a man or woman to conceive

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    marriages (White & Booth, 1991). Long-term, low quality marriages have significantly more negative effects on overall well-being (Hawkins & Booth, 2005). Although studies show that some individuals adjust soon after they divorce, others exhibit long-term deficits in functioning. Instead, they experience an immense amount of strain, anxiety, and psychological stress (Amato, 2000). Ensuring the psychological well-being of adults, after going through a serious turning point in their lives, should be of

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    victims. During this event a third jetliner was high jacked and crashed into the Pentagon in Virginia (Schmemann, 2001). The attacks were devastating to the geographic area of the impact and have left a lasting imprint in our society and many psychological symptoms in people. Many people described the attacks of 9/11 as an attack on America. This event did not only change the lives of those who saw the events unfold or those who were in the attacks, but

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    Drugs are substances that have physical and psychological effects on the body. Once an individual has taken drugs multiple times they start to build a tolerance. When tolerance is built an individual will up the dosage of the drug. Now the individual will be addicted to the drug. People are addicted to drugs to compliment physical and psychological dependence. There are many different types of drugs such as psychoactive drugs, stimulants, and hallucinogens. Psychoactive drugs are drugs that affect

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    synthetic substance or drug in an unapproved quantity for increased performance and enhancement. Most people abuse drugs because they want to gain the psychological effect with methods neither approved nor supervised by medical professionals. (Med India, Network for Health, n.d.) Drug Addiction is when drug abuse becomes a compulsion for maintaining psychological and emotional balance. Drugs decompose the basic structure of a whole society, by weakening families, reducing human productivity, corrupting governments

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