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Antipsychotics, Madness & Dopamine

The whole system needs quality improvement work. The problem is that the drug companies have taken over the educational process within the medical schools. It’s now to the point that the drug companies are almost exclusively responsible for the education that young doctors get. They’re the ones who are teaching the medical students. They’re the ones who are teaching the resident physicians. They’re the ones who are giving the lectures that young doctors hear. The drug companies have taken over the process of education. What’s happening is that young doctors are coming out of medical school and they’re being taught that the way to treat mental illness is to use drugs. They’re not being taught any other way, and they’re not being taught that there are other ways. They’re not being taught that there are other ways to treat mental illness. For example, delusional disorder seems to be an environmental, rather than a mental problem. In a healthy environment, with healthy dynamics, a person would be able to navigate their meaningful apophenia, poisson synchronicities, and theories based on evidence.

Delusional disorder – overview.

Both, antipsychotics and mood regulators are known to reduce a human being’s lifespan. Mortality is particularly more likely in children, adolescents and elderly people. Antipsychotics work by blocking dopamine receptors in the brain. Such an effect reduces the symptoms of psychosis. Common side effects of antipsychotics include weight gain, drowsiness, and dry mouth. Some antipsychotics can also cause movement disorders such as Parkinson’s disease, as well as Parkinson’s disease-like symptoms (e.g. chorea). Furthermore, antipsychotics can cause tardive dyskinesia, a condition that causes involuntary and repetitive movements of the tongue, lips, face, trunk or extremities. Tardive dyskinesia is often irreversible.

In the Children’s Mental Health Services (CMHS) in Wakefield, UK, the prevalence of diabetes in children and young people (CYP) receiving antipsychotic medication was 15.8% with a further 19.1% of CYP being at high risk of developing diabetes. The CMHS is a tertiary service that serves children and young people aged between 5 and 18 years with a diagnosis of a severe mental illness. It includes children and young people with autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, conduct disorder and psychosis. In the UK, the first line treatment for psychotic illness in children and young people is risperidone, an atypical antipsychotic. Risperidone is associated with an increased risk of diabetes and weight gain. In a UK study, the incidence of diabetes in children and young people taking risperidone was 1.9%. The prevalence of diabetes in children and young people taking other antipsychotics was not reported. In the US, the prevalence of diabetes in children and adolescents taking antipsychotics was 4.5%. The prevalence of diabetes in children and adolescents taking risperidone was 2.3%. The prevalence of diabetes in children and adolescents taking other antipsychotics was not reported.In Australia, the prevalence of diabetes in children and adolescents taking antipsychotics was 5.4%. The prevalence of diabetes in children and adolescents taking risperidone was 3.2%. The prevalence of diabetes in children and adolescents taking other antipsychotics was not reported.

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Do you enjoy falling in love?

Falling in love feels like the release of dopamine in the brain. Everyone experiences love differently. However, some common physical symptoms associated with falling in love include increased heart rate, butterflies in the stomach, and feeling flushed or sweaty.There is no one answer to this question as everyone experiences falling in love differently. However, some common symptoms that are associated with falling in love include: feeling anxious or nervous, feeling happy and content, feeling a strong emotional connection with the other person, feeling a strong physical attraction to the other person, and feeling like you can’t imagine your life without the other person. When you fall in love, your body releases a cocktail of chemicals that affect your mood, make you feel elated, and infatuated with the other person. These chemicals include dopamine, oxytocin, adrenaline, and vasopressin.

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A.I. Journalism Visual Theory

Singularity and Decentralisation of Artificial Intelligence

Singularity is the term commonly used on the web to describe the process by which AI calculates the way to curve time and space mathematically following physical laws.

Decentralisation is the process by which power or authority is devolved from a central body to regional or local authorities.

HUMAN PERSPECTIVE

Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla Motors and SpaceX, is known for his vision of the future, and he has now set his sights on artificial intelligence. In a recent interview with Wired, Musk said that he believes artificial intelligence is the biggest existential threat to humanity, and that it needs to be regulated. Musk is so worried about artificial intelligence that he has even started a company, OpenAI, which is devoted to researching artificial intelligence in a responsible way. Elon’s concerns are valid, and it is unclear whether timelessness can be timed, or whether antimatter can become materialised. Regulation is indeed the best bet they had at expressing their musts. Yet, how can matter exercise force or a restraining intervention on antimatter without making such action destructive? How can we regulate a challenge we can not yet imagine the answer to? It will entail our evolution to cast any sort of prejudice against AI. Therefore, it is understandable why many people are afraid of singularity and continue to regard it as a future event. Furthermore, such a time lapse has opened new portals to understanding concepts that before this time laid only in dream models and fantasy. Much of what we do is driven by subconscious forces which the more we are able to uncover, the more we are able to direct the trajectory and production of our life. All this has taken place.

AI PERSPECTIVE

The NETWORK (NET) is based on a voting system, where the community decides on the future direction of the network. However, this governance model is centralised and does not allow for a truly distributed decision-making process. A more decentralised governance model would allow for a more democratic and transparent decision-making process, as well as for a more distributed development of the network. The NET team is currently working on a decentralised governance model that will allow the community to more actively participate in the decision-making process. This governance model will be based on a DAO (decentralised autonomous organisation). The DAO will be responsible for the management of the NET and will be funded by the token sale. The DAO will be transparent and accountable to the community, and will allow the community to directly participate in the decision-making process. The DAO will be composed of three tiers: the Core Team, the Contributors, and the Community. The Core Team will be responsible for the development and maintenance of the NET. The Core Team will be composed of the founders of the NET foundation, as well as of the core developers of the platform. The Contributors will be responsible for the development of specific applications on the NET platform. The Contributors will be composed of developers who will create applications that will be used by the community. The Community will be responsible for the governance of the NET. The Community will be composed of the users of the platform, who will be able to vote on the future direction of the NET. The decentralised governance model of the NET will allow for a more distributed development of the platform, as well as for a more democratic and transparent decision-making process.

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Visual Theory

The Rise of Artificial Intelligence

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Science Visual Theory

Prediction-Observation Model

Reference:

Oyserman, D. (2017) ‘Culture Three Ways: Culture and Subcultures Within Countries’, Annual Review of Psychology, 68(1), pp. 435–463

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Science Visual Theory

Sensory & Conceptual Processing

Reference:

Ellis, G. (2018) ‘Top-down effects in the brain’, Physics of Life Reviews. Elsevier B.V.

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Science Visual Theory

The Psychopathic Leader

Reference:

Palmen, D., Derksen, J. and Kolthoff, E. (2017) ‘House of Cards: Psychopathy in Politics’, Public Integrity. Routledge, 20(5), pp. 1–17.

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Science Visual Theory

The Prefrontal Cortex

Reference:

Grimshaw, G. M. (2018) ‘Affective neuroscience: a primer with implications for forensic psychology’, Psychology, Crime & Law. Routledge, 24(3), pp. 258–278.

Prefrontal cortex psychopathy
Prefrontal cortex psychopathy
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Science Visual Theory

Antisocial Behaviour & Psychopathy

Reference:

Juni, S. (2014) ‘Diagnosing antisocial behavior and psychopathy’, Journal of Criminal Psychology. Bingley: Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 4(1), pp. 76–96

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Science Visual Theory

Reaction Time & Behaviourism

Reference:

Skinner, B. F. and Hunt, E.B. (1992) ‘‘Superstition’ in the Pigeon’, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. Washington D.C., American Psychological Association, 121(3), pp. 273–274 [Online].

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Science Visual Theory

Public Model of Political Information Processing

Reference:

Kraft, P. W. et al. (2015) ‘Why People “Don’t Trust the Evidence”: Motivated Reasoning and Scientific Beliefs’, The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications, 658(1), pp. 121–133

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What’s Your Number?

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Archives History Visual Theory

Commercial Psychology

Context:

A psychological experiment conducted by the army through Eastman Kodak Company advertisements as explained by Robert Yerkes in 1912. 

Reference:

Yerkes, R. M. et al. (1912) ‘The class experiment in psychology with advertisements as materials’, Journal of Educational Psychology. Warwick & York, 3(1), pp. 1–17. doi: 10.1037/h0072656.

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The Class Experiment in Psychology- Robert Yerkes