Essays on Depressant

Patients with hypertension, coronary heart disease, and congestive heart failure have a high risk of developing impaired tissue perfusion and deep vein thrombosis. In this case, Mr. X, 71 years of age has a history of lower leg cellulitis and venous stasis ulcers in both extremities. Based on clinical and nursing diagnosis, Mr. X was known to have impaired tissue perfusion and the risk of developing deep vein thrombosis. Nursing diagnosis also revealed an altered body image due to psychosocial reasons and current health status (Mitchell C. 2016). Abnormal flow or maldistribution of blood circulation associated with selective vasoconstriction, ...

Alcohol is a substance which has been consumed by people for centuries, and its importance lies in social, religious and cultural settings. However, the consumption of alcohol is taken in a restricted manner because it has certain repercussion for the user when they take the drug in large amounts (NCBI, 2016). According to the Drug Enforcement Association (DEA), alcohol is not exactly listed under any of the schedules as other drugs partly because it falls in the range of spirits and liquefied drinks which are not equated with other drugs that are of a different capacity (DEA, 2016). Alcohol ...

A drug is a substance that brings about physiological effects when introduced into the body of a human being. Drug analysis deals with the technical process of determining the presence or the absence of particular parent drugs or in other words their metabolites. Drugs are classified into various groups, and these include depressants, stimulants, and hallucinogens. For an individual to use these types of drugs, various reasons may contribute to this and can be elaborated through specific theories. Depressants are drugs that when introduced to the body lowers the neural transmission levels thus depressing the stimulation or arousal in ...

Alcohol is the world’s oldest known drug that is abused by people. Alcohol has been used by many people for several years and its abuse has become a major societal health problem. The consequences of excessive alcohol intake vary from a mild hang-over to mass destruction, diseases, and death at its worst. When consumed in moderation, it has no or little effects for the drinkers and the people around them. Nonetheless, its misuse has become very dangerous to the drinker and the society. We all agree that, occasional taking of alcohol does not hurt, nonetheless it can lead to addiction ...

Some drugs that may be considered as of one aspect may fall into another category where their use is totally altered by the user. This is because they may change the effects on the user due to the way in which they may be used and the body type reaction they may cause. For example Cannabis/Marijuana has different effects on the user depending on how it will be used, it is generally considered as depressant but the effects may cause it to be termed a hallucinogen when used in large quantities that cause a different type of reaction on the user. ...

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is a collective name given to physical and mental birth defects that are as a result of alcohol intake during pregnancy (Pytkowicz 32). Pregnancy is taken as an immensely precarious time for both the mother and the child. Although not harmful when taken in reasonable amounts, alcohol consumption is not advised during pregnancy. This depressant is taken for various beneficial reasons including relaxation and more importantly digestion. Nonetheless, alcohol has very damaging effects if abused, and these effects are exacerbated during pregnancy. The main cause of Fetal alcohol syndrome is alcohol consumption. Apparently, alcohol travels to the ...

Anxiety, pain, worry, fear, confusion, and other related things are common to people of all ages. Everyone experience such things in life, and no one can claim to be invulnerable to these things – even to their simplest form. However, it is attested that these things could also become drastically unpleasant. Considering anxiety, this can become a [serious] disorder when the symptoms become chronic and interfering with one’s daily life and ability to act/function (Grohol, 2010). When it worsens, an individual can no longer work, eat, and even do the essential responsibilities a human being should be doing in life. Like ...

All children have a right to life as American citizens, and a child’s parents are supposed to give the child the necessary support the child needs in order for the child to grow well, be successful and for the child to meet his/her American dream. Children are born without blemish, and have no choice of the families they are born. Children also have minimal chances of influencing their life experiences at an early age. Therefore, parents and the community have the responsibility in reducing child violence and juvenile murder by controlling the media that children access, taking good care of ...

Alcohol Addiction

Alcohol depresses the central nervous system thus making an individual dependent on it to perform normally. It is considered to be amongst the easiest solutions towards redeeming oneself from stress and depression. Alcohol abuse is subject to a person’s lifestyle family history, social environment, and emotional health of the person. It is essential to realize that genetic connections are amongst the leading causes to distinct alcoholism. However, other factors such as stress and depression play a key role in the development of alcohol dependence. Although alcoholism and alcohol abuse has been rated the same, it is worth noting that alcoholism ...

In the modern society, people are suffering from a number of mental disorders which appear as a result of growing strain and complexities. Today a person has to face a number of problems and responsibilities at the workplaces or in the society. A person has to face a number of issues related to economic, physical, social, personal and professional. These factors make a person suffering with several tensions which further causes the problems like depression, heart disease and chronic dissatisfaction. There are several methods to treat such problems, known as cognitive therapies. Mindful based cognitive therapy is one of the cognitive therapies that treat the ...

Abstract

Depression refers to a mental condition that is characterized by several symptoms that include but are not limited to: lethargy, isolation, prolonged periods of sadness, sudden emotional outburst such as crying for no particular reason, bouts of rage, self destructive tendencies such as cutting or biting, anxiety, paranoia, loss of appetite or unusual increase in appetite characterized by binge eating, insomnia and hostility. Recent estimates indicate that 1 out of every 10 individuals in the United States in termed as clinically depressed. The study also found that those likely to e depressed are: persons without any source of income, those ...

1.0 Overview of urine formation The kidney is the chief regulator of all body fluids primarily responsible for maintaining homeostasis (equilibrium) of fluids and electrolytes (salts) in the body[ CITATION LAK03 \l 2057 ]. The kidney has five main functions namely: regulation of fluid and electrolyte, regulation of acid-base balance, excretion of the waste products of protein metabolism, hormonal function and protein conservation. All kidney functions except the hormonal function are carried out through urine formation which involves three processes: filtration, re-absorption and secretion. These processes occur at different parts of the nephron, the basic functional unit of the ...