The expert panel are analyzing a case on cancer of mind which affects social security seriously. . They have defined and identified major causes of cancer of mind. Cancer of mind is the inability to cope with a perceived or real threat to one’s physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well being which results in a series of physiological responses and adaptation. It is human body’s physical, mental and classical reaction to circumstances that frightens, confuses, endangers or irritates human agents. It is basically mental tension. If controlled, it may be a friend that strengthens human beings for the next encounter. But, is it really easy to control cancer of mind? It is basically mental tension; it is a feeling of strain and pressure. It is a type of physiological pain.
What are the symptoms and characteristics of cancer of mind: depression, anxiety, anger, irritabilities, restlessness, feeling overwhelmed, unmotivated or unfocused, trouble in sleeping or sleeping too much, racing thoughts and constant worry, problems with memory or concentration and making bad decisions. Cancer of mind may have negative effects on health: high blood pressure, heart disease,, diabetes, obesity, depression, anxiety, skin problem ( acme or eczema) and menstrual problems. It is debatable whether cancer of mind has any positive effects such as boosting brainpower, increase of short term immunity, increase of strength, creativity, motivation of success and developments of the children. Cognitive symptoms may be memory problems, inability to concentrate, poor judgement, seeing negative attitude and constant worrying. The emotional symptoms may be depression and general unhappiness, anxiety, agitation, moodiness, anger or irritability, feeling overwhelmed, lonliness and isolation, internal and external emotional problems. Physical symptoms may be aches and pain, diahorrea, constipation, nausea, dizziness, chest pain, rapid heart rate, loss of sex drive, frequent cold or flue. Behavioral symptoms may be eating more or less, sleeping too much or too little, withdraw from others, drug addiction, smoking, alcoholic addiction, nervous habits, procrastinating or neglecting responsibilities.
The next critical issue is how to identify cancer of mind? There sre several behavioral signs : no time for relaxation or pleasant activities, prone to accidents and forgetfulness, increased reliance on alcohol, smoking, caffeine, recreational or illegal drugs, becoming a workaholic, poor time management, poor standards of works, absenteeism, self negligence, change in appearance and social withdrawal. What are various types of cancer of mind? It is a physical, mental or emotional factor that causes physical or mental tension. It may be internal due to illness or medical surgery or external due to environment, phycological or social factors. It may be anticipatory, situational or encounter. It may be cognitive (e.g. information overloading, guilt, panic, anxiety), acute (single, repeated) or chronic cancer of mind (if acute cancer of mind is not resolved and lasts for long period) or emotional cancer of mind (mental strain, fear, fraustration, sadness, anger, grief). What are the sources of cancer of mind : money or financial troubles, job issues, relationship conflicts, life changes; loss of loved one (spouses, grief, relatives, long daily journey, abuse, insult and physical torture. The expert panel are outlining a mechanism for restricting cancer of mind.
Agents: Defender (e.g. human agent, doctor), Attacker (e.g. malicious agent or adversary);
Model: Human mind;
Objectives: cancer prevention at optimal cost;
Constraints: budget or financial constraint, resources, time, knowledge;
Input: Perception of human agent, performance measures of biological system or test data;
Strategic moves: intelligent reasoning, optimal mix of proactive and reactive approaches, rational payment function and budget plan;
Revelation principle: The agents preserve privacy of strategic data;
Cancer Prevention Approaches: Proactive approach:
Identify targets :
Threat modeling
change in behavior, physical appearance and personality;
psycho-oncology disoder;
Schizophrenia : multiple personalities, severe mental disorder in thinking, perception, emotion, sense of self and violent behavior;
Vaccination (option to be explored);
Optimal diet intake to fight against malnutrition;
Life-style : Avoid smoking, alcohols and drug addiction;
Stress control through yoga and meditation, deep sleep;
Listen soft relaxation music during idle time in subconscious mind.
Reactive approach:
adopt sense-and-respond strategy.
assess risks of single or multiple attacks on the mind; analyze performance, sensitivity, trends, exception and alerts.
Data visualization of brain scan;Behavioral and cognitive therapy Fight against bad luck: Identify critical risk elements.
Payment function:
Output: Prevention plan of cancer of mind
Why cancer of mind is so critical to the student community of the world? The student community faces cancer of mind due to various reasons such as academic pressure, vast courses, different types of courses, information overloading, pressure of activity based learning, completion of assignment based projects within deadline, mental depression due to poor performance in examinations, abuses from teachers, parents, friends and relatives, relationship management problem, financial pressure of education loans, exhaustive effects of long journeys for going to school, pressure of intensive competition, rivalry, panic, jealousy, examination, deadline, pressure of combating paid work and study, difficulty in organizing works, pressure of long hour study, poor time management and out of control debts.. The students may have some common symptoms of cancer of mind : difficulty in sleeping, weight gain or weight loss, stomach pain, irritability, teeth grinding, panic attacks, headaches and difficulty in concentration. There are some common signs of cancer of mind for the students such as personality change, agitated, withdrawal syndrome, poor self- care, hopelessness. How can the student community manage cancer of mind ? There are various strategies for reducing cancer of mind: physical (yoga, meditation, exercises), morning walk, get more sleep, adopt relaxation techniques such as listening soft instrumental music, talk to near and dear ones, physical activities, avoiding drugs, alcohol, caffeine and smoking, time management, disciplined life- style, intake of nutritious food (e.g vitamins B1, B2,B3,B6,B9,B12, milk, sufficient water, spinach, fruits, vegetables).
Drug addiction is a major cause of cancer of mind. There is slight difference between cancer of mind and madness. A human agent suffering from cancer of mind may act selfishly with narrow outlook and malicious business intelligence. But, a mad man generally acts irrationally. Any chemical substance other than food used for the prevention, diagnosis, alleviation, treatment or cure of a disease of human agents or animals is called a drug or medicine or therapeutic agent. Drug addiction is the habitual, physiological and psychological dependence on a substance or a practice which is beyond voluntary control of an addict. Addictive drug modifies the biological, psychological and social behavior of the addicted person by stimulating, depressing or distorting the function of their body and mind. Use is basically taking a drug for medical treatment like disorder or injury. Drug abuse is the wrong, improper, injurious and misuse of drugs for non-medical purposes which affects physical and mental health of the drug abuser. They use drugs without the prescription of the doctors secretly; taken frequently and regularly; habituating substances; may affect brain and nervous system and changes behavior; gives temporary pleasure or relief from stress. A doctor prescribes drugs for the treatment of diseases or for the improvement of physical and mental health and the drugs are withdrawn as soon as the desired effect is achieved. Repeated use of some drugs on a periodic or continuous basis may make the body dependent on those drugs, It is drug dependence. The drug action is affected by a set of factors such as the form, type, dose, mode of use, period of consumption and susceptibility of the addicted person. The addicted person becomes drug dependent through various stages such as experimental use for curiosity, recreational use, situational use, compulsive use and dependence. The addicted person shows some abnormal symptoms such as poor academic performance, indifference in the duties and responsibilities, change in behavior (e.g. telling lies, violence, unrest), change of physical appearance (e.g. loss of weight, vigor and appetite) and change in personality. There are two types of drug dependence - psychological and physical or neuroadaptation. In case of physical dependence, intake of drugs is essential to maintain physiological equilibrium. In case of psychological dependence, a person believes that the normal state can only be achieved with the action of the drugs.
There are several critical causal factors of drug addiction such as curiosity, the pressure from friends and relatives, high stress, pleasure, temporary relief from mental stress, frustration and depression, poor academic performance, problems in relationship management, job loss, unemployment, desire for more work, looking for a different world, relief from pain, family history, easy availability of drugs and money and excitement and adventure. Some students take drugs to keep awake the whole night for the preparation of their examinations or to manage high work load or backlog. It is a malpractice and bad habit.
Drugs act on brain and central nervous system. The structural and functional units of nerve cells are neurons; the message passes from one neuron to the other through synapses. Arrival of the nerve impulse causes the release of a chemical neurotransmitter. The drugs act at the synapses. The depressant drugs (e.g. alcohol, narcotics) inhibit the production of neurotransmitter or inactivation of the neurotransmitter more quickly or modify postsynaptic membrane. The stimulants increase the production of neurotransmitter and increase stimulation of the neurons. The general symptoms of drug addiction include excitement, violent nature, exhausted and drowsy appearance, poor concentration, memory loss, loss of interests in works, studies and social life, reduced appetite, vigor and weight and disorder of sleep. Ultimately, it results the cancer of mind of drug addicted people.
The addicts often suffer from the problems of central nervous system, psychosis, Hepatitis-B, AIDS, impotency, chromosal abnormalities and genetic disorder. Many of them have a dull unhappy life. They create problems for their families, neglect duties and may lose jobs. It may deprive a family of basic needs and may result frustration and insecurity of the children. The family members may suffer from physical and psychiatric problems such as headache, anxiety, insomnia and depression. The drug users get drugs from illegal sources encouraging smuggling, criminal activities, bio-terrorism and accidents. The drug addicts are less efficient and unreliable as workers and often lose their job or may not get employment anywhere.
Life-science supply chain is a soft target of bio-terrorism. The drugs and medicines sold through popular distribution channels may be tainted, compromised and mislabeled. It needs strong support of drug quality and security act. The life-science supply chain has developed and produced breakthrough drugs and medicines that enhance the average life span in the world. Unfortunately, when bad things happen in life-science supply chain, the public get hurt. Today’s life science supply chain requires an effective ‘Drug Quality and Security Act and Standards’ which is able to clarify with transparency the authority, roles and responsibilities of food and drugs administration and consumer protection ministry, regulate pricing of drugs, develop a national track-and-trace system to audit the functions of the life-science supply chain and minimize the risks of contamination, adulteration, diversion or counterfeiting.
It is essential to adopt a set of good habits by the students and youth as proactive approach through a value based education system at school and colleges to mitigate the risks of drug abuse.
Intelligent reasoning through common sense, logical and analytical mind set;
Be proactive and take responsibility of your life. Avoid bad habits and negative thinking; adopt good habits;
Be dedicated, motivated and committed in learning;
Define vision, mission and goals in life rationally and innovatively;
Control physical and mental stress through yoga, meditation, relaxation music and extracurricular activities;
Be conscious of physical, mental and social health;
Prioritize multiple tasks through proper planning and time management and do the most important things first;
Think win-win; have an everyone-can-win attitude with confidence, patience and perseverance;
Listen to the other people carefully and sincerely. First try to understand and then to be understood;
Promote synergy and collaborative intelligence, work together to achieve more through group dynamics;
Sharpen the saw - renew yourself regularly. Analyze as-is state; find out gap and innovate to-be-state;
Contribute to the society and environment through activities, thoughts and plans.
There are various strategies to mitigate the risk of drug abuse and drug addiction for reactive approach: deaddiction, childcare, drugs as social stigma, legal punitive action, strict regulatory compliance through effective corporate governance, corporate social responsibilities and good habit development through an effective education system. The physicians should prescribe drugs with responsibility and the pharmacists should not sell drugs without the valid prescriptions of the doctors. The parents should keep a watch and monitor the activities, attitude and behavior of their children. The social workers and policemen should be alert and inform the parents or deaddiction centers in time. In fact, law and the public should take joint responsibility against drug abuse.
Deaddiction is basically treatment of drug addiction or withdrawal symptoms of drugs. The major steps of deaddiction include master health check up (e.g. blood test, brain scanning), pharmacotherapy, psychosocial therapy, health restoration, psychological treatment and prevention of relapse. If a drug dependent person fails to get drugs, feels severe physical severe physical and psychological disturbances depending on the type and dosage of drugs. The general treatment of withdrawal symptoms of a drug is to replace the drug with a less reinforcing and legally available drug that can be gradually eliminated with decreasing doses. It is Pharmacotherapy. For the drug combination addiction, it is required to withdraw one drug at a time and maintain the others. After the withdrawal symptom subsides, psychological treatment persists and cause craving for the drugs. At this stage, the drug addicts need the moral support of their parents, relatives and friends. They may need the treatment at rehabilitation centers; it is a long term treatment requiring behavioral training of the patients. Rehabilitation involves the psychological and social therapy in the form of counseling by relatives, friends and physicians in a sympathetic manner. The patients should learn the ill effects of drug addiction through Psychosocial therapy. The patient also needs supportive measures such as administration of vitamins, proper nutrition, restoration of electrolytic balance and proper hydration. Vitamin C checks the rise of the level of cAMP in human brain. The patient may also need Psychological treatment. Finally, readdiction may occur; many addicts restart taking drugs after deaddiction. They should be watched by their near and dear ones.
It is an interesting agenda to identify various stages and models of cancer of mind with the support of human mind, physiology, stimulus, response, transaction, interaction, pressure-environment fit concept. There are various stages of cancer of mind such as alarm, resistance, exhaustion, fight or flight, damage control, recovery, adaptation and burnout. It is possible to diagnose cancer of mind through a set of common symptoms such as anxiety, panic, workload, pressure, hassle and hurry, irritability and moodiness, physical symptoms (e.g. chest pain, headache, stomach upset) and sleeping disorder. Cancer of mind is a biological response to environmental condition, body’s method of reacting to threat, challenge, physical or psychological barriers. It may be a stimulus and demands response, adjustment or adaptation. It is often experienced when a human agent perceives that demand exceeds personal and social resources the individual is able to mobilize. It is a collection of physiological changes that occur when one forces a perceived threat. Individuals behavior is determined by the interaction between individuals. in two directions. It is the degree of fit or match between human agent and his / her workplace environment and other members of an organization..
What are the causes and symptoms of cancer of mind : personal, organizational and environmental. Personal causes of cancer of mind may be personal life style (smoking, alcohol addiction, drug addiction), indisciplined life style / Bohemian life style), negative attitude, violent behavior, loss of control (fear, anger, panic, grief), desperate narrow outlook, superstition, lack of human feelings (love, affection, respect), mechanical, robotic and materialistic outlook, too much ambitious, lack of focus and concentration, lack of confidence, hesitation to take challenges, no goal in life, random aspiration and reservation point and preferential thresholds, intense competition and comparison with others. Work stress is a very important factor - unhappy in job, no job satisfaction, having a heavy workload, too much responsibilities, working long hours, poor management, unclear expectation of work, no management of objectives, no target, no goal, working under dangerous conditions, insecurity of career growth, risk of termination, dull corporate communication, failure in project management, discrimination or harassment at work all these factors may result cancer of minf of working professionals. There are other causal factors of cancer of mind : death of spouse, near and dear ones, divorce, loss of job, increase in financial obligation, getting married, moving to new house, chronic illness or injury, emotional problems (depression, anxiety, anger, grief, guilt, low self esteem, care of senior or sick family members and traumatic event (natural disaster, theft, rape, domestic violence). The environmental factors may be fear and uncertainty, bad attitude and perception, unrealistic expectation, change in life, major changes in life (work or school), relationship difficulties, financial problems, being too easy, children and family. The internal environmental factors may be pessimism, inability to accept uncertainty, rigid thinking, lack of flexibility, negative self talk, unrealistic expectation, perfectionism, all-or-nothing attitude. Major events have negative impact on mind such as death of a spouse, divorce, marriage separation, imprisonment, death of near and dear ones and close family members, injury or illness, marriage, job loss, marriage reconciliation and retirement. The exper panel is not sure whether this problem can help one to accomplish tasks more efficiently; can boost memory,. It is a vital warning system producing fight-or-fight response when the brain perceives mental stress, it starts flooding the body with cortisol.
What are the consequences of cancer of mind? It may have effects on behavior and personality (e.g. anger, anxiety, panic, bad temper, fear, tired, boring, frustration, hopelessness, sadness, grief, lack of self confidence, lack of self respect), high blood pressure, heart diseases, diabetes, obesity, depression, anxiety, skinn problem, menstruation problem. It may have negative effects on performance such as bad performance, low productivity, increased mistakes in works, increased rejection level, loss of focus, no objectives, no target, no goal, loss of goal, random walk in life, increased time and cost, quality problems, quality of services and making bad decisions. It may affect the performance of an organization in terms of reduced revenue, reduced profit, increased cost, low productivity, poor performance, quality problems and increased cost.
What are the strategies to mitigate the risk of cancer of mind ? The healthy strategies include yoga, meditation, physical exercises, get more sleep, relaxation , listening soft instruemental music, watching TV, chat and talk to near and dear ones, intake of water and nutritious food such as balanced food (milk), fruits, vegetables, vitamins (A,B,C,D,E,K), protein (e.g. fish, meat, egg). Unhealthy strategies include avoiding drug addiction, smoking, alcohol, stress free life-style, be happy and calm. A sick person should follow regular physical exercises, connect to the others, building stronger and more satisfying connections, engaging senses (eye, ear,nose, tongue and skin) for sight, sound, taste, smell, touch and movement, learn to relax, eat a healthy diet; get rest, feeling tired can increase stress by causing one to think irrationally; should get recovery from job loss and unemployment.
The factors that influence cancer of mind include tolerance levels, support network, your sense of control, individual attitude and outlook, ability to deal with emotion, knowledge and preparation. Peer group and social support from near and dear ones, friends, relatives. A strong network of supportive friends and family members free of competition, jealousy, rivalry, hate, frank and free exchange of information, experience, chat and gossip, trust, commitment, motivation, spiritual, be happy – all are important to counter cancer of mind. Another im