The psychological or behavioral pattern that happens to a person and is believed to give distress that is unexpected a part of one’s culture is called mental disorder. A mental illness may be possibly caused by several factors such as genetics, environment, and chemical imbalances in the brain. It is called mental merely because usually, the illness does not entail much anatomical dysfunctions. Usually, the disorder involves a thinking that something is wrong when physically, it seemed as if nothing is wrong. The symptoms are more internal rather than external. People may think that it is normal for someone to be talking to himself for a while. However, when this symptom last longer, longer than a certain period and disrupts bodily functions, then a mental illness may be diagnosed.
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A woman is largely at risk and susceptible to toxins and other harmful substances when she is pregnant. Teratogens, such as alcohol, cigarettes, and drugs are some of the substances that may cause negative effects towards the fetus inside the mother’s womb. These substances would in turn result to a sick or worse, abnormal baby.
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Addiction has been a problem to society. It is “the” dilemma that seems to have no end. People use drugs, abuse it, then they become addicted to it. They hurt their loved ones and they hurt their selves. Their lives long for for the drug and become entwined to looking for means of attaining the drugs. Later on, the person then realizes that life has become worthless and meaningless and that he wants to change. He wants to turn away from drugs but the problem is that he couldn’t easily turn away and say good bye to his long time influential friend- the drug.
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Crack is the common name of the chemical cocaine hydrochloride. Some users chemically process cocaine in order to eradicate the hydrochloride. This procedure is called “freebasing” and makes the drug more potent. “Crack” is a concrete form of freebased cocaine. It is named “crack” because it snaps and cracks when heated and smoked. Since crack is a prepared form of freebased cocaine, the user does not have to be exposed to the explosive chemicals associated with freebasing. Crack is most often packaged in plastic bags and sold in small quantities, usually 300-500mg or enough for two to three inhalations.
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For most, sex addiction and love addiction seems impossible. But there is such a phenomenon. It is not just merely insanely stalking a person you especially like. It is an illness, probably a mental illness that entails compulsivity when it comes to sexual activities and having numerous partners, and being fond of casual sex and self gratification. Sex and love addiction is a progressive illness which cannot be cured but which, like many illnesses, can be arrested. This illness is in various types—which includes, but not limited to a compulsive need for sex, excessive dependency on one or many people, or a chronic worry with romance, intrigue, or fantasy, an obsessive compulsive pattern, either sexual or emotional, or both, exists in which relationships or sexual activities have become increasingly destructive to career, family and sense of self-respect. Sex addiction and love addiction, if left unchecked, always gets worse.
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April 30, 2010 6:00 am | 
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