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Catharsis (Ancient Greek: ) is a Greek word meaning "purification", "purging", "cleansing" or "clarification." It is derived from the infinitive verb of Ancient Greek: transliterated as kathairein ...
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Cathartic effect of suicide attempts not limited to depression: a short-term prospective study after deliberate self-poisoning. ... The cathartic effect of suicide is traditionally defined as the existence of a rapid, significant, and spontaneous decrease in the depressive symptoms of suicide attempters after the act.
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Studies of aloe. VI. Cathartic effect of isobarbaloin. ... The cathartic effect of isobarbaloin, a stereoisomer of barbaloin (compound principally responsible for the cathartic activity of Aloe), was examined in male rats by oral administration. Individual differences in sensitivity in the laxative activity of isobarbaloin...
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Common wisdom holds that running has a cathartic effect.  It’s supposed to free your mind, at least temporarily, from the daily pressures of life.  I don’t know if that has really worked for me over the past couple of months.  In fact, my pressures and worries often come out when I run.  You can hear me yelling...
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Plato's student, Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) made the case, in his Poetics and his Politics, that tragic plays had a cathartic effect on the audience. In real life people are going to have negative emotions in them.
www.phil.vt.edu/JKlagge/ViolentMedia.htm
The present invention relates to a novel method for providing a cathartic effect to a patient in need of cathartic induction, which comprises administering to the patient a cathartic-inducing effectiv ... The present invention relates to a novel method for providing a cathartic effect to a patient in need of cathartic induction,
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Cathartic effect of pornography ... Cathartic effect of mediated violence ... Catharsis (or Cathartic Effect): The idea originated with the ancient Greek philosopher, Aristotle, who believed that the experience of watching tragedy is cathartic, i.e. it purges the spectator of certain strong emotions.
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The method is useful for relieving or preventing constipation, and also for cleansing the gastrointestinal tract. ... Method for providing a cathartic effect description/claims...
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IS SADDAM HUSSEIN’S trial going to be good for Iraq? On balance, the answer is yes, as yesterday’s brief but dramatic start suggested. ... Those flaws do not strip the trial of value. But if it were possible to make the court more inflammatory, then they have done so. The hope is that its cathartic effect is greater...
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