Encyclopedia - Mental Health Act 1983: Encyclopedia Ii - Mental Health Act 1983 - Physical Illness
The Mental Health Act 1983 provides the legal framework for the assessment and/or treatment of mental disorders. It does not provide for ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Physical Medicine Path: Alternative Health Dictionary On Physical Medicine Path
Physical Medicine Path (the Medicine of the West): Mode of Cherokee healing.   (See also: Physical Medicine Path , Body Mind ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Physical Therapist: Health Insurance Glossary Dictionary - Physical Therapist
Definition and meaning of Physical Therapist :   Physical Therapist:  A trained medical person who provides rehabilitative...   » Read the article

Article - Vedic Astrology: Vedic Astrology And Physical Health
Vedic Astrology: Vedic Astrology and Physical Health Everyone is concerned with their health as well they should be. If you do not main...   » Read the article

Article - Affirmations For Good Health: The Physical Being - Health Affirmations
The power of the mind is so tremendous, that if we use it properly even the deadliest of diseases can and have been cured. This truth ...   » Read the article

Article - Extraordinary Health: Maximize Your Sense Of Well-being On All Levels
"Health" means more than physical ease; it is also ease of mind, heart and soul, and we take that "health" at mental, emotional and spi...   » Read the article

Article - Ayurveda � An Introduction - Ii
Ayurveda: The science of Ayurveda, like the science of Yoga, was inspired and developed by the great masters and seers of ancient India. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coconut Oil: Encyclopedia - Coconut Oil
Coconut oil is a fat consisting of over 90 percent saturated fat extracted from coconuts and used in cosmetics and in baking as a cooking...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abortion: Encyclopedia - Abortion
An abortion is the termination of a pregnancy associated with the death of an embryo or a fetus. This can occur spontaneously, in the for...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meditation: Encyclopedia - Meditation
Meditation like yoga originated in Vedic Hinduism many centuries ago, it was much later adopted into a wide variety of practices of relig...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alcoholism: Encyclopedia - Alcoholism
Alcoholism is a dependency on alcoholic beverages characterized by craving (a strong need to drink), loss of control (being unable to sto...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Soybean: Encyclopedia - Soybean
Soybean(s) (U.S.) or soya bean (UK): A legume, the botanical name of which is Glycine max (L.) Merrill. It is a summer annual varying in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Facial Symmetry: Encyclopedia Ii - Facial Symmetry - Health And Physical Attractiveness
It has been proposed that facial bilateral symmetry is a universal determinant of health and therefore of beauty. Facial asymmetries and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - West Highland White Terrier: Encyclopedia Ii - West Highland White Terrier - Physical Health
Westies' usually have issues with dry skin. Bathing a Westie too frequently only creates and/or enhances problems with dry skin. Washing ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Physical Fitness: Encyclopedia Ii - Physical Fitness - General Fitness
In it's most general meaning, physical fitness is a general state of good physical health. A physically handicapped person's body may be ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychiatric And Mental Health Nursing: Encyclopedia Ii - Psychiatric And Mental Health Nursing - Interventions
Nursing interventions may be divided into the following categories Psychiatric and mental health nursing - Physical and biological inter...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychiatric And Mental Health Nursing: Encyclopedia Ii - Psychiatric And Mental Health Nursing - Different Levels Of Practice
The clinical practice of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing occurs at two levels: Basic and Advanced. At the basic level, registered nurse...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychiatric And Mental Health Nursing: Encyclopedia Ii - Psychiatric And Mental Health Nursing - Therapeutic Relationship
As with other branches of nursing practice, psychiatric mental health nursing works within nursing models, utilising nursing care plans a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mental Health Act 1983: Encyclopedia Ii - Mental Health Act 1983 - History
The Lunacy Act 1890 gave mental hospitals or “asylums” the power to detain “lunatics, idiots and persons of unsound mind.” The Me...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mental Health Act 1983: Encyclopedia Ii - Mental Health Act 1983 - Definition Of Mental Disorder
The term “mental disorder” is very loosely defined under the Act, in contrast to mental health legislation in other countries such as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mental Health Act 1983: Encyclopedia Ii - Mental Health Act 1983 - Professionals And Persons Involved
The Act involves specific professional roles by social workers and doctors as well as a specific role by a relative of the mentally disor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mental Health Act 1983: Encyclopedia Ii - Mental Health Act 1983 - Criminal Sections
There are various criminal sections of the Act that apply to persons subject to proceedings of the Criminal Justice System. Although they...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mental Health Act 1983: Encyclopedia Ii - Mental Health Act 1983 - Shortcomings
The main thrust of the Act provides power to detain persons in hospital, ultimately to treat their mental disorder. However, there is no ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mental Health Act 1983: Encyclopedia Ii - Mental Health Act 1983 - Civil Sections
The civil section of the Act applies to any mentally disordered person who is not subject to the Criminal Justice System. The vast majori...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coconut Oil: Encyclopedia Ii - Coconut Oil - Health Effects
Coconut oil is considered by some to be a very healthy oil. Consumption of virgin coconut oil (unhydrogenated) is claimed to cause increa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maine Coon: Encyclopedia Ii - Maine Coon - Physical Characteristics
Maine Coons are very large (but energetic) cats, sometimes weighing 11.3 kilograms (25 pounds); the average weight is 6 to 9 kilograms (1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maine Coon: Encyclopedia Ii - Maine Coon - Behavioral Characteristics
Maine Coons are a breed distinguished by intelligence, dexterity and playfulness. They have a tendency to use their front paws extensivel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polychlorinated Biphenyl: Encyclopedia Ii - Polychlorinated Biphenyl - Methods Of Disposal
These can be separated into three distinct categories: physical, microbial, and chemical destruction. Polychlorinated biphenyl - Physica...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sandefjord: Encyclopedia Ii - Sandefjord - History
One of the most important remains from the Viking age was found at the grave site Gokstadhaugen in Sandefjord. The Gokstad ship was found...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polychlorinated Biphenyl: Encyclopedia Ii - Polychlorinated Biphenyl - Health Effects
The most commonly observed health effects in people exposed to large amounts of PCBs are skin conditions such as chloracne and rashes. St...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abortion: Encyclopedia Ii - Abortion - Definitions
In medicine, the following terms are used to define an abortion: Spontaneous abortion: An abortion due to accidental trauma or natural c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dyspraxia: Encyclopedia Ii - Dyspraxia - Role Of Support Agencies
Within the United Kingdom there are several agencies that are able to support children with dyspraxia. They may provide reports on the ch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dyspraxia: Encyclopedia Ii - Dyspraxia - Role Of Support Agencies
Within the United Kingdom there are several agencies that are able to support children with dyspraxia. They may provide reports on the ch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sandefjord: Encyclopedia Ii - Sandefjord - Physical Environment
The two peninsulas called Østerøya and Vesterøya have a total coastline of 146 km, and form the Sandefjordsfjord and Mefjord. The coas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sandefjord: Encyclopedia Ii - Sandefjord - Cityscape
Sandefjord has a good selection of restaurants and cafés. What is possibly Norway’s best gourmet restaurant is located here in a moder...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abortion: Encyclopedia Ii - Abortion - Methods Of Inducing Abortion
Depending on the gestational age of the embryo or fetus, different methods of abortion can be performed to remove the embryo or fetus fro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Soybean: Encyclopedia Ii - Soybean - Health
Soybean - Isoflavones. Soybeans also contain isoflavones, forms of phytoestrogen that are considered by some nutritionists and physicia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dyspraxia: Encyclopedia Ii - Dyspraxia - Developmental Profiles
There are six main areas of difficulty which can be profiled within dyspraxia; the four main areas are listed below: Dyspraxia - Speech ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dyspraxia: Encyclopedia Ii - Dyspraxia - Developmental Profiles
There are six main areas of difficulty which can be profiled within dyspraxia; the four main areas are listed below: Dyspraxia - Speech ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abortion: Encyclopedia Ii - Abortion - Abortion Debate
Throughout the history of abortion, induced abortions have been a source of considerable debate and controversy regarding the morality an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abortion: Encyclopedia Ii - Abortion - Abortion Law
The Soviet Union (1920) and Iceland (1935) were some of the first countries to generally allow abortion. The second half of the twentieth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abortion: Encyclopedia Ii - Abortion - Spontaneous Abortion
Spontaneous abortions, generally referred to as miscarriages, occur when an embryo or fetus is lost due to natural causes. A miscarriage ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abortion: Encyclopedia Ii - Abortion - Induced Abortions
The term "abortion" is usually used by lay people to refer to induced abortion. Women from 27 nations reported the following reasons for ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abortion: Encyclopedia Ii - Abortion - Health Effects
As with most surgical procedures, the most common surgical abortion methods carry the risk of potentially serious complications. These ri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abortion: Encyclopedia Ii - Abortion - History Of Abortion
The practice of induced abortion, according to some anthropologists, can be traced to ancient times. There is evidence to suggest that, h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meditation: Encyclopedia Ii - Meditation - Health Applications And Clinical Studies Of Meditation
In the recent years there has been a growing interest within the medical community to study the physiological effects of meditation (Venk...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meditation: Encyclopedia Ii - Meditation - Health Applications And Clinical Studies Of Meditation
In the recent years there has been a growing interest within the medical community to study the physiological effects of meditation (Venk...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Occupational Therapy: Encyclopedia Ii - Occupational Therapy - Case Studies: How Occupational Therapy Works
Every day, children and adults have or develop health conditions that significantly affect their ability to manage their daily lives. Wit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anorexia Nervosa: Encyclopedia Ii - Anorexia Nervosa - Indicators
Anorexic people may: Anorexia nervosa - Physical. be too thin and/or appear to have lost weight; have dry skin and thinning hair; suff...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anorexia Nervosa: Encyclopedia Ii - Anorexia Nervosa - Indicators
Anorexia nervosa - Physical. be too thin and/or appear to have lost weight; have dry skin and thinning hair; suffer from poor health ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alcoholism: Encyclopedia Ii - Alcoholism - Alcoholism As A Disease
The American Psychiatric Association no longer recognizes the existence of "alcoholism" as a diagnostic category per se. With the publica...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alcoholism: Encyclopedia Ii - Alcoholism - Effects
Today, alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence are major public health problems in North America, costing the region's inhabitants an estima...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alcoholism: Encyclopedia Ii - Alcoholism - Politics And Public Health
Because alcohol abuse affects society as a whole, governments and parliaments have formed alcohol policies in order to reduce the harm of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alcoholism: Encyclopedia Ii - Alcoholism - As A Disease
The American Society of Addiction Medicine and the American Medical Association both maintain extensive policy regarding the disease of a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alcoholism: Encyclopedia Ii - Alcoholism - Effects
Today, alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence are major public health problems in North America, costing the region's inhabitants an estima...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alcoholism: Encyclopedia Ii - Alcoholism - Politics And Public Health
Because alcohol abuse affects society as a whole, governments and parliaments have formed alcohol policies in order to reduce the harm of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alcoholism: Encyclopedia Ii - Alcoholism - As A Disease
The American Society of Addiction Medicine and the American Medical Association both maintain extensive policy regarding alcoholism. The ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meditation: Encyclopedia Ii - Meditation - Physical Postures
Different spiritual traditions, and different teachers within those traditions, prescribe or suggest different physical postures for medi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kent: Encyclopedia Ii - Kent - Geography
Kent - Physical geography. Kent is the southeasternmost county in England. It is bounded on the north by the River Thames and the North...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meditation: Encyclopedia Ii - Meditation - Overview
The English word meditation comes from the Latin meditatio, which originally indicated every type of physical or intellectual exercise, t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meditation: Encyclopedia Ii - Meditation - Physical Postures
Different spiritual traditions, and different teachers within those traditions, prescribe or suggest different physical postures for medi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Occupational Therapy: Encyclopedia Ii - Occupational Therapy - Areas Of Occupational Therapy
Occupational therapists work in a vast array of settings, these include: Occupational therapy - Physical. Orthopedics (fractures/falls...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Occupational Therapy: Encyclopedia Ii - Occupational Therapy - About Occupational Therapy Practitioners
Occupational therapy practitioners are skilled professionals whose education includes the study of human growth and development with spec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alcoholism: Encyclopedia Ii - Alcoholism - Social Versus Physical Dependence
Symptoms of a person's dependence on alcohol may include, but are not limited to, a feeling of necessity in regard to consumption of alco...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alcoholism: Encyclopedia Ii - Alcoholism - Social Versus Physical Dependence
Symptoms of a person's dependence on alcohol may include, but are not limited to, a feeling of necessity in regard to consumption of alco...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alcoholism: Encyclopedia Ii - Alcoholism - Discussion
The use of alcohol in this condition leads to impact upon physical, occupational, marital, educational, and other areas of function, desp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meditation: Encyclopedia Ii - Meditation - Overview
In the late nineteenth century, Theosophists adopted "meditation" to refer to various spiritual practices drawn from Hinduism, Buddhism, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meditation: Encyclopedia Ii - Meditation - Types Of Meditation
According to Bogart (1991) and Perez-De-Albeniz & Holmes (2000) the different techniques of meditation can be classified according to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Soybean: Encyclopedia Ii - Soybean - Research
The first research on soybeans in the United States was conducted by George Washington Carver at Tuskeegee, Alabama but he decided it was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dog: Encyclopedia Ii - Dog - Dog Health
Further information: Category:Dog health Dogs are susceptible to various diseases, ailments, and poisons, some of which affect humans in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alcoholism: Encyclopedia Ii - Alcoholism - Effects
Today, alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence are major public health problems in North America, costing the region's inhabitants, by some ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meditation: Encyclopedia Ii - Meditation - Purposes And Effects Of Meditation
The purposes for which people meditate vary almost as widely as practices. Meditation may serve simply as a means of relaxation from a bu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meditation: Encyclopedia Ii - Meditation - Meditation In Context
While meditation focuses on mental or psycho-spiritual activity, this is of course only one of several spheres of human existence; and we...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meditation: Encyclopedia Ii - Meditation - Frequency And Duration
These vary so much that it is difficult to venture any general comments. On one extreme there exist monks and nuns whose whole lives are ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Soybean: Encyclopedia Ii - Soybean - Applications
Soybeans can be broadly classified as "vegetable" (garden) or field(oil) types. Vegetable types cook more easily, have a mild nutty flavo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Soybean: Encyclopedia Ii - Soybean - Soybean Production
Soybeans are native to southeast Asia, but 45 percent of the world's soybean area, and 55 percent of production, is in the United States....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Soybean: Encyclopedia Ii - Soybean - Nutrition And Health Effects
Soybean - Protein. Soybeans are considered a source of complete protein, i.e., protein that contains significant amounts of all the ess...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kent: Encyclopedia Ii - Kent - Political Divisions
Kent - Man of Kent or Kentish Man?. Kent is traditionally divided into West Kent and East Kent by the River Medway. This division into ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kent: Encyclopedia Ii - Kent - Kent And London
When the County of London and London County Council were created in 1888, the new county incorporated a considerable part of north west K...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kent: Encyclopedia Ii - Kent - History
The area has been occupied since the Lower Palaeolithic as finds from the quarries at Swanscombe attest. During the Neolithic the Medway ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Soybean: Encyclopedia Ii - Soybean - Cultivation
Soybeans are an important global crop, with political ramifications. It is grown for its oil and protein. The bulk of the crop is solvent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Soybean: Encyclopedia Ii - Soybean - Uses
Soybeans can be broadly classified as "vegetable" (garden) or field (oil) types. Vegetable types cook more easily, have a mild nutty flav...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Soybean: Encyclopedia Ii - Soybean - Nutrition
Soybean - Protein. Soybeans are a source of complete protein. A complete protein is one that contains significant amounts of all the es...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Soybean: Encyclopedia Ii - Soybean - Overview
The word soy is derived from the Japanese word shoyu (soy sauce/soya sauce. "It is never correct to say "bean" when you mean to say, soyb...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Soybean: Encyclopedia Ii - Soybean - Cultivation
Soybeans are an important global crop, with political ramifications. It is grown for its oil and protein. The bulk of the crop is solvent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Soybean: Encyclopedia Ii - Soybean - Genetic Modification
Soybeans are one of the crops that are being genetically modified, and GMO soybeans are being used in an increasing number of products. M...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meditation: Encyclopedia Ii - Meditation - Frequency And Duration
These vary so much that it is difficult to venture any general comments. On one extreme there exist monks and nuns whose whole lives are ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meditation: Encyclopedia Ii - Meditation - Purposes And Effects Of Meditation
The purposes for which people meditate vary almost as widely as practices. Meditation may serve simply as a means of relaxation from a bu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meditation: Encyclopedia Ii - Meditation - Types Of Meditation
According to Bogart (1991) and Perez-De-Albeniz & Holmes (2000) the different techniques of meditation can be classified according to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meditation: Encyclopedia Ii - Meditation - Meditation In Context
Most traditions address the integration of mind, body, and spirit (this is a major theme of the Bhagavad-Gita); or that of spiritual prac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alcoholism: Encyclopedia Ii - Alcoholism - Discussion
The use of alcohol in this illness leads to impact upon physical, occupational, marital, educational, and other areas of function, despit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alcoholism: Encyclopedia Ii - Alcoholism - Screening
Several tools may be used to detect the habitual abuse of alcohol. The CAGE questionnaire, developed by Dr. John Ewing and named for its ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alcoholism: Encyclopedia Ii - Alcoholism - Biological Mechanism
The consumption of alcohol causes a release of endorphins into our system. Endorphins are one of our body's learning mechanisms - they ac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alcoholism: Encyclopedia Ii - Alcoholism - Treatments
Treatments for alcohol dependence include detoxification programs run by medical institutions. These may involve stays for a number of we...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alcoholism: Encyclopedia Ii - Alcoholism - Social Impact
The social problems arising from alcohol abuse can include loss of employment, financial problems, marital conflict and divorce, convicti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alcoholism: Encyclopedia Ii - Alcoholism - Alcohol Withdrawal
There are several distinct but not mutually exclusive clinical alcohol withdrawal syndromes caused by alcohol withdrawal: Tremulousness ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Physical Therapy: Alternative Treatment Dictionary On Physical Therapy
Physical Therapy: Physical therapists use a variety of techniques to help patients gain or regain better control of their physcial bod...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cherokee Healing: Alternative Health Dictionary On Cherokee Healing
Cherokee healing (Cherokee Medicine): Traditional medicine of the Cherokees, a Native American people.   Its apparent principle ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Disease Dream Symbol: Dreams Interpretation Dictionary - Disease
Disease The word disease literally means out of ease. Before you begin to interpret this dream on a psychological or metaphysical leve...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Funeral Dream Symbol: Dreams Interpretation Dictionary - Funeral
Funeral Dream Symbols: anxiety over your health; thoughts of approaching death. Planning for the end of something in your life.  ...   » Read the article