Morbid College Essays Samples For Students

The following study examines the three main categories of psychological problems in adolescence, namely substance abuse, externalizing and internalizing disorders. It focuses on the above mentioned problems by giving their definition, prevalence and main causes. In addition, the study suggests ways of treatment for the different psychological problems. Furthermore, it explains the co-morbid (co-occurrence) for each of the psychological problems observed in adolescence.
- Introduction
Regardless of the negative attitude stereotype of the psychological problems in adolescence, many statements are just myths. Some of those myths are connected with the origin and continuation of the psychological problems. ...

William James’ philosophy is known as pragmatism. As the name suggests, this philosophy approaches philosophical issues practically. In other words, the goal of philosophy should be to serve practical ends, according to William James, while on the contrary, the traditional philosophy, according to William James has been largely intellectually stimulating but devoid of any practical value. In context of religious issues, it is not important whether God exists or not or whether the proofs of existence for God are valid or not, according to William James, not just because these debates are interminable but also because they serve no ...

Preamble

Autism Speaks (2012) argues that autism spectrum disorders are not the causes of the challenging behaviors that are witnessed in children diagnosed with the disorders. Instead, the biological processes that cause the disorders also cause the challenging behaviors. Whether there are divergent perspectives can be determined by reviewing literature on the subject. The following is an annotated bibliography with the sources that offer insight on why individuals with autism spectrum disorder engage in challenging behavior.
Connie, A. (2011). New research on children with ASD and aggression. Retrieved from http://www.iancommunity.org/cs/simons_simplex_community/aggression_and_asd
The researcher argues that the response of the parent to ...

Part 1: Social Behavior Media

The biggest loser is the show I have chosen to comment on. It is a competition whereby participants are rewards each week for losing the most weight. The ones whom loose the least are eliminated each week and the winner becomes the person who loses the most during the competition.

Do you feel these shows help or hurt public health?

These shows in my opinion have nothing to do with a public health agenda. They are pure entertainment, but producers feel that they have a moral, obligation to the public to indulge in popular issue. Obesity is popular whether from a public health perspective or not. Beauty perception is consistent a particular weight, shape ...

"Lady Lazarus," a poem written in tercets, seems to face two realities: her own, and her perceived connection to the the Jews who had to face the worst types of torments imaginable. We may never know the full extent of what Jews and other minorities had to face during this time, but this dimly toned poem certainly tries to show an almost telepathic glimpse into their pain.
The first tercet looks to be based on autobiographical fact. "I have done it again./

One year in every ten/I manage it--" (all quotes are directly from Lady Lazarus, Plath).

Here, the tone is immediately ominous. The poet has done something. This is rarely a good thing. ...

A man calls the police and reports that his wife passed away while he was out for three hours running errands. His wife has been terminally ill and under hospice care. The police arrive to find the wife sitting in a recycling chair in front of the television. As they conduct their investigation in the home, the police discover several things that do not match the husband’s description of what happened.
First of all, they determine that the wife could not have passed away while he was out running errands. There are three indicators that this statement is ...

Synopsis:

I witnessed the body of a victim lying supine on an outside deck on arrival to the location of the reported shooting. From observation, it is evident that the victim is an elderly man since he has grey hair. The victim is dressed in a blue jacket (that is zipped up past the halfway point), blue shirt, and blue pants. The victim is wearing wire-rimmed silver glasses with blood spatter on the left lens. Closer examination of his face reveals that there are numerous evident blood spatter patters below his nose on his upper lip, chin, and upper left ...

Robert Bloch’s Psycho, the pulp thriller novella that inspired the Alfred Hitchcock movie of the same name, tells the story of Norman Bates, a mentally unstable young man who has a fairly unconventional relationship with his mother. Over the course of the novel, we see Norman kill and kill again, all in the name of his mother, who it is revealed that he had killed as well. Death is a constant phenomenon in Psycho, as the pulp world in which the characters reside has people dying or being threatened with death at every turn. Death is treated both as a punishment for ...

Introduction

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is a psychiatric disorder in which patients exhibit impulsive behaviour and an inability to fix attention for any significant length of time. Behaviour patterns of such persons are not age-appropriate. This disorder is detected predominantly in children and presents between ages 6 to 12. Diagnosis can be definite only after the condition has existed for a minimum period of six months to a year. The major presenting symptom is lack of attention at school and home study which reflects on academic performance. Clinical diagnosis is based on certain standardized tests – questionnaires for parents as well as children. These ...

Demographic shift and morbidity trends in United States: Implications for health systems

Introduction
The proportion of population requiring different types of medical and health care services is a fundamental input for strategic health care planning. Moreover, the evolving demographic profile and relative burden of key morbidities in different age groups are important considerations in designing health care delivery systems. The ongoing demographic transition in developed countries is bringing about profound changes in their morbidity patterns with significant increases in burden of chronic ailments, diseases linked to aging and lifestyle-related disorders like obesity. The long term costs associated with treatment and rehabilitation support for an increasingly aging population is a serious constraint that ...

Question one

Compare the role that ‘men of such ambition and talents’ play in the creation and preservation of political order in the political thought of Locke and Machaiveli. In what ways are these men both necessary and dangerous? In a Lockean commonwealth, is a citizen who wishes simply to live out a private life more secure against such a danger than a citizen in a Machiavellian principality? Why or why not?
Nicolo Machiaveli is credited for the study of modern science. He was a diplomat, a philosopher and a humanist. This man was known for his crude ways of describing unscrupulous politicians. He was known to use negative ...

The sky burial is a traditional ritual among the Tibetans with a strong religious significance, in which the deceased’s body is dismantled by a rogyapa (breaker of bodies) as a form of jhator (giving of alms to birds). “Sky Burial” is also the title of a book by Xinran Xue, a Chinese author and radio presenter, in which she gives insights on the Tibetan sky burial ritual. This essay argues that while the sky burial is considered by other religions as horrid, it is justified, since religions is in itself a complex subject matter that different people in different parts of the world interpret differently.
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Stephen King

Stephen King, in his essay Why We Crave Horror Movies, takes a humoristic yet insightful take on the human tendency to revel in freak, absurd and morbid expressions through the medium of horror movies. In his essay, King states that everybody is insane and the sanity is only the degree to which a human is insane. He states that people watch horror movies to feed their inner demons and to lock up their insanity to be acceptable to the society. The essay portrays rather disturbingly the truth behind people’s need to watch horror movies.

Use of Literary Devices

In this essay, the author has ...

The study by Joseph A. Skelton aims to reestablish and validate the prevalence and trends of severe obesity in American population. The study was conducted to gauge the severity of Obesity in US with respect to the latest standards. It claimed the ‘determination of the extent to which the 2007 definitions of severe and morbid obesity affects different groups of American Children and Adolescents’ to be its primary objective (Skelton, 2007). It analyzed data from National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys conducted over 1976-1980 (NHAES ||), 1988-1194 (NHAES |||) and 1999-2004 (NHAES) as the primary tools to come up with its ...