He also admitted that — despite describing in detail the location of the rape in one of his articles, to argue why it was impossible for Jane Doe to have been raped and not seen by nearby joggers — he never went to the rape site. He also admitted that he never read the police, lab and hospital reports whose findings he incorrectly described. As McAlary was writing his columns, several of his colleagues warned their editors that some of their police contacts were disputing the accuracy of his accounts. During the weeks after McAlary’s articles, about 30 members of the Daily News staff gave the newspaper’s editors a petition labeling the columns “a disgrace” and demanding that the paper apologize to Jane Doe and to “all of our readers.” It did not happen. In fact, McAlary bragged about his courage in sticking to his
John is a current smoker of 20-30 cigarettes per day and has an excessive alcohol intake; his weight is also at the upper end of a healthy range. He lives with his partner and is not taking any medication including over the counter products. He is known to his GP therefore a full medical history was not taken, however the importance of taking a medical history provides the practitioner with an overview of their past and current health issues, drug history, allergies, social history and any family history this helps to build a picture of their current lifestyle and aid accurate diagnosis and to avoid drug reactions (Allan 2008). Differential Diagnosis In order to diagnose and treat hypertension correctly BP should be measured in both arms (NICE 2011). Hypertension can be defined as a haemodynamic disorder.
A study was conducted by Dr. Graham Emslie, a professor at UT Southwestern, within the last decade that included 334 teenagers, all of whom suffered from major depression. In the study, the researchers looked at the types of treatment each participant was receiving in order to treat his or her depression. It was concluded from the study that those participants that were unresponsive to their initial antidepressant “responded when they switched to a different antidepressant and participated in cognitive behavioral therapy” (Drug Week, 2008). Using these results Emslie concluded that “medication and therapy do not have to be independent of each other” (Drug Week, 2008). Dr. Emslie states in her report that “if you haven’t had a good response with antidepressants,
Abstract For years the alcoholic cop was a commonplace fixture around police stations nationwide. Both large and small departments had to contend with the issues surrounding the disease of alcoholism and its progression among members of their forces. While it is common knowledge that the law enforcement profession is not the only occupational group to experience alcoholism among the ranks and the alcoholic officer is not unlike millions of others in the workforce that contend with the disease, how prevalent does the abuse of alcohol among police officers remain? It was 1975 when former law enforcement turned novelist, Joseph Wambaugh, shared The Choirboys with us. Wambaugh’s fictional tale
Lightner also became a member of a number of committees like the President’s Committee on Drunk Driving and Driving under the Influence of Drugs, National Commission on Drunk Driving, National Highway Safety Commission, and National Partnership for Drug-Free Use. The legal drinking age in the states was changed to 21 by 1982. Candace exerted additional effort on some states that did not change the legal drinking age. The lives of many people were changed because of M.A.D.D. A marked decrease in the number of drunk drivers was noted after the organization was established.
The Wave Essay In the Novel ‘The Wave’ by Norton Rue a character named Robert Billings undergoes a personality change. He goes from a social outcast to a eager student to a regular student. The three main points I will discussing in this essay are; What Robert’s personality was like before The Wave, How Roberts personality changed during The Wave and his personality after The Wave had ended. Robert Billings was a social outcast at his school, no-body liked him, no-body wanted to talk to him and basically he had no friends. In the book all off his class peers disliked him for no apparent reason, they thought just because he acted a bit weird they decided not to talk to him or pay attention to him.
So that was out.” (Pg.59) He avoided all contact with his parents. Holden becomes so lonely that he tries to interact with anyone within his reach. He even asks a cab driver if he would “care to stop on the way” and join him for a cocktail (pg.60) Holden has alienated himself for such a prolonged amount of time that it has driven him into somewhat of a state of depersonalization. Instead of getting the support from the people close to him, he uses strangers to socialize with because he thinks they wont judge him as they are unknowing of his troubles. Holden has tried setting up rules for himself like “Last year I made a rule that I was going to quit horsing around with girls… I broke it though, the same week I made it” (pg.63) Holden cant maintain even his own made up rules.
Before mental hospitals opened, a person with a mental illness was usually isolated from others and had to stay home, with the idea that rest and absolutely NO work would cure the mental illness. As the writer of this summary and before I read the article “The Yellow Wallpaper” I had never put much thought into the ideas and treatments of mental health in the 1800’s. So like many of you may experience from reading this summary I was surprised at the treatment someone with a mental health issue would face. There were very few hospitals that treated mental health issues and anyone suffering from mental illness was considered an outcast of the society. As a fellow spectator you will experience the transition from late 1800’s mental health treatment to the treatments we have available today.
They even thought that I was high and gone off of a top notch drug. Some even asked if I could supply them with some of the “products”. In a speech Dr. King quoted, “The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.” The biggest problem I had out of my friends that Thursday though, was not saying anything to one of them about bullying and talking down on this guy that we did not even know. I felt like I was the one bullying him because I did not say or do anything about it. I just
In this case, the haunting is psychological, not physical: Rebecca does not appear as a ghost, but her spirit affects nearly everything that takes place at Manderley. The narrator, whose name is never divulged, is left with a growing sense of distrust toward those who loved Rebecca, wondering just how much they resent her for taking Rebecca's place. In the final chapters, the book turns into a detective story, as the principal characters try to reveal or conceal what really happened on the night Rebecca died. Characters: The narrator tells the story in her own voice and manner, the narrator´s name is never revealed by the author, she is referred to as my wife, Mrs. de Winter, my dear etc. And it was in