State of Mind: Thought Disorder Schizophrenia, The
Impaired cognitive functioning, memory loss, or delusions may be caused by brain injuries, tumors, or the aging process as in Alzheimer's disease. One form of dementia is the thought disorder schizophrenia. The causes of..
Statistics for the Business World
Emphasizes the business use of statistics, showing how appropriate statistics give a more accurate, more comprehensive picture of business growth and trends.
Staying On Medication
Professor of psychiatry and author Kay Redfield Jamison explains that it's very difficult to convince patients to continue with their medications, particularly given the side effects some experience. "I certainly went on..
Step by Step
Learn how to understand and use the two influences for buying -- "emotional" and "rational."
Stigma of Mental Illness, The
Dr. Andrew Leuchter, Director of Adult Psychiatry at UCLA, talks about the stigma of mental illness. The manifestations of that run the gamut from patients avoiding treatment, to insurance companies providing little or n..
Strained Relations: British Attempt to Subdue Colonial Resistance
In response to the Intolerable Acts, the First Continental Congress convenes in Philadelphia. At this stage, Congress does not think of itself as a government, but as a means to counter the bullying of Great Britain. Bri..
Strained Relations: British Experience the Burdens of Empire
Imperial authorities come away from the Seven Years' War convinced that they need to assert more control over the colonies. They demobilize colonial troops and attempt to control western territories by themselves, provok..
Strained Relations: Growth of Colonial Resistance
The Boston Massacre, a clash between working-class people in Boston and British troops, ignites colonial resentment to a new level of intensity. Although the next few years appear relatively calm, resistance is building ..
Strained Relations: Imperial/Colonial Relationship, The
Few Americans in the 1750s are bothered by their connection to the British empire. It provides opportunities for trade and commerce as well as military protection and political stability. Although the English government ..
Strained Relations: Seven Years' War, The
In 1754 the long-standing struggle between France and England erupts in the Seven Years' War over the building of Fort Duquesne in the Ohio Valley. At first, the war is fairly contained, but in 1756 it explodes into a co..