Transcript Their Psychology and History

U.S. Presidents:
Their Psychology and History
James Sprouse
Allison Barnes
Minnie Elliott
Jessamy Nichols
Alcohol Abuse
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Alcohol abuse refers to any condition in which alcohol is consumed constantly despite
negative consequences.
Symptoms of Alcoholism are; continuing to drink even after health issues have
occurred, inefficiency with handling one's money, driving while under the influence,
putting oneself or others in danger, missing work/school because of alcohol, and
drinking along/in secret.
Some causes of Alcoholism are social factors, genetic factors, emotional state, and
psychological factors. Possible treatments remain the same now as they for during
Nixon's presidency. Some possible treatments include therapy, rehabilitation, treatment
programs, medication to reduce Withdrawal, and detoxification.
James Sprouse
Minnie Elliott
Nixon
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Elected president in 1968. He served as the president from 19691974.
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Nixon was a strong anti-communism president, during the Vietnam
war Nixon proposed the Nixon Doctrine a strategy of replacing
American troops with the Vietnamese troops, also called
"Vietnamization."
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In 1972 president Nixon went to China following their split from the
Soviet Union, in the Sino-Soviet Split. Richard Nixon's presidency
came to an end after the Watergate scandal.
Minnie Elliott
Nixon (continued)
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The Watergate Scandal dealt with five men, authorized and
carried out by Nixon’s staff, who broke and entered into the
Democratic National Committee headquarters.
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Richard Nixon was impeached but resigned before he was
thrown out of office.
Somatoform Disorder
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is a disorder of physical symptoms for a disease in
which there is no physical cause for.
The symptoms cause the patients great anxiety, and the
causes for it can be family stress, parental modeling,
cultural influences, and biological factors.
For President Harding, treatments are medications, a
strong relationship with a doctor or psychiatrist, or
psychotherapy.
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Minnie Elliott
Harding
• He was President very soon after World War I
and Warren cut taxes on higher income
families and raised tariff rates, gaining
dissatisfaction from the country.
• He also gave government positions to his
personal political supporters, which in the
long run hurt him because these people used
the offices for their own personal gain. An
example was the massive Teapot Dome
Scandal, where he got in huge trouble for
allowing his Cabinet officials to exploit
Wyoming oil-rich lands for personal profit.
Clinical Depression
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President Abraham Lincoln suffered from clinical
depression.
Clinical depression is a serious medical illness that
negatively affects how you feel, the way you think and
how you act. Individuals with clinical depression are
unable to function as they used to.
Symptoms include:
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change in appetite and sleeping patterns
loss of interest, hopelessness, guilt, indecisiveness, melancholia
fatigue, anxiety, agitation, hypochondria, insomnia
repeated thoughts of suicide
cognitive impairment
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Clinical Depression (contd.)
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Causes include:
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family history
trauma and stress
pessimistic personality
physical conditions and other psychological disorders, such as
neurotransmitter imbalances in the brain
The main treatment
options for Depression are
antidepressant medication
and therapy.
Lincoln’s Presidency
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Allison Barnes
Lincoln was president from 1861-1865, during the Civil
War.
During his presidency, Lincoln issued the Emancipation
Proclamation, which freed all slaves.
Lincoln also signed the Thirteenth Amendment, which
ended slavery.
The first income tax was issued by Lincoln to help pay
for the war.
After the war ended, Lincoln created a loose
reconstruction plan to help the South be part of the
Union, but was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Minnie Elliott
Bibliography
Jessamy Nichols
Shenk Joshua. Lincoln’s Great Depression. Atlantic Monthly, October
2005. http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200510/lincolns-clinical-depression
2005
Alcoholism. Medical Treatments. New York Times company 2008.
http://alcoholism.about.com/od/meds/Medical_Treatments.htm
(n.d.). Abraham Lincoln. Retrieved May 28, 2008, from The White House:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/al16.html
Trani, E. (n.d.). Warren Gamaliel Harding . Retrieved May 28, 2008, from
University of Virginia :
http://millercenter.org/academic/americanpresident/harding