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People diagnosed with personality disorders—such as bipolar disorder—tend to maintain demeanors that deviate from what is commonly seen in people who do not suffer from the said condition. Among the many variations of symptoms seen in people who have bipolar disorder, it is said that unrealistically high life goals and high reward sensitivity are two of the most indicative symptoms that determine if a person is actually afflicted with bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness. In light of this finding, a trio of psychological researchers, Sheri L. Johnson, Charles S. Carver, and Ian H. Gotlib, conducted a research in ...

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Introduction Smoking is the most common drug dependence during pregnancy, and it is associated with a plethora of problems, which may encompass; fetal growth retardation, premature delivery, and low birth weight. In light with this, maternal smoking is not only harmful during pregnancy, but has a long term impact on the baby after birth. Over the decades, public health officials and the government have been in the fore front in the pursuit to control or correct the issue of smoking during pregnancy. Moreover, different medical researches on smoking during pregnancy have been carried out, and they have contributed monumentally to ...

In this day and age, humanity is rubbed raw of cynicism. The information age is taking our world to greater heights and banishes all mysteries left in the world—and in such haste. In the mad rat race, people have grown weary and look at our reality as a dull brick wall devoid of any meaning and wonder. Once upon a time, the horizon promised exotic islands, unseen civilizations, treasures waiting to be unearthed. The only place where these seem to exist are places of fiction and fantasy. So where does a writer of literary realism such as John Updike belong, if ...