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  • This House regrets the addition of Prolonged Grief Disorder to the DSM.

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    The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is widely considered a central authority on defining mental health diagnoses recognized by healthcare stakeholders (doctors, hospitals, insurance, etc.) Prior to 2022, the DSM had no inclusion of specific diagnosis criteria regarding Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD). In 2022, specific diagnostic criteria for PGD were added, which consist of frequent symptoms of loss causing disruption to day-to-day activity, including intense yearning for the deceased or preoccupation with loss 12+ months after a traumatic event. Since the addition of these criteria to the DSM, physicians have begun diagnosing PGD, with some studies showing diagnostic rates as high as 40% among patients who have suffered traumatic loss.

    McGill Intervarsity 2024 · Round 3 · 2024-03-01

  • This house, as a 9-5 white-collar office worker, would opt into Severance.

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    Severance is a painless medical process that allows employees to separate their work-related memories from their personal memories. This is achieved through a cognitive process that selectively 'splits' memories, so that memories created during work hours are not accessible outside of work, and vice versa. The work day ends in a second for your out-of-work self, while your working self lives their whole lives within the office and has no knowledge of the outside world. The process is voluntary and reversible with consent from both the "work-self" and "non-work-self" of an employee. Information exchange between your two selves is prohibited.

    Western University Winter Debating Championships 2024 · Junior Finals · 2024-02-24

  • Starting from abstaining from the professional league, he accepts the proposed suggestion.

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    You are currently a young Dagestani athlete performing in the amateur MMA league. You are sufficiently talented but not at a strong level, and you want to continue your career in professional high leagues (UFC, Belator etc.). You have been offered a 5 year contract from one of the major Pop-MMA leagues. Pop-MMA is an industry targeting amateur athletes with a wide audience that is broadcasted via YouTube. A characteristic of Pop-MMA is the lower level of doping prohibition compared to other professional leagues and the lack of medical restrictions. The athletes of promotions are often not professional athletes, but mostly bloggers or well-known personalities (Khan Ata, Otar Kushanashvili, Nikita Dzhigurda etc.). Another peculiarity of the industry is the majority of the marginal volume, and the existence of various fighting forms (for example, standard fighting, fighting with an open parachute, fighting in a vehicle interior etc.).

    Қазақстан Пікірсайыс Чемпионаты 2024 · Раунд 3 · 2024-02-21

  • This House, as the doctor, Would abandon RMS Titanic to board the last lifeboat

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    The year is 1912. You have just completed 8 years of education to obtain your medical degree and surgical license. You are looking forward to a lifetime of operating on patients to save lives, as that is a dream you've had since early childhood, one of your deep passions. Fresh out of med-school, the first job you get is to be a medic on RMS Titanic. You bring your only child along with you for a trip to New York while your wife stays at home, eagerly waiting for your safe return. Four days into the voyage the Titanic hits an iceberg that causes it to start sinking. All chaos breaks loose when it is discovered that there are not enough lifeboats to carry all passengers. In the midst of all the people pushing and shoving to get a spot on a lifeboat, your son gets heavily injured. Due to the extent of his injuries, your son is refused a spot on the lifeboat because they are prioritizing healthy passengers with a higher chance of survival. You yourself however, get offered a spot on the last lifeboat because the passengers said they'll have a higher chance of survival with a doctor onboard. You are aware the Titanic has sent out a distress signal calling on other ships to come help, however you do not know whether or not anyone has answered the call.

    English College Open 2024 · Novice GF · 2024-01-27

  • This house believes that Brazilian feminists should oppose government subsidies for cosmetic plastic surgery

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    Brazil is one of the few countries with an unenumerated “right to beauty." As a result, the Brazilian government subsidizes a large number of cosmetic plastic surgeries for its low-income citizens.

    North American Debating Championships 2024 · Round 5 · 2024-01-20

  • This house would heavily discourage 自然派育児 (shi-zen-ha-iku-ji)

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    自然派育児 is a parenting style based on rejection of artificial products. Supporters of 自然派育児 often eat only organic food, glorify natural childbirth heavily, reject science-based medical treatment.

    Asian Bridge 2024 · Rookie Grand Final · 2024-01-01

  • This house supports the use of artificial intelligence to triage patients when medical resource is severely limited (e.g. pandemic, major disaster)

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    Triage is the sorting of and allocation of treatment to patients and especially battle and disaster victims according to a system of priorities designed to maximize the number of survivors

    Asian Bridge 2024 · Round1 · 2024-01-01

  • This House would ban healthcare proxies

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    A healthcare proxy is a legal document by which a patient appoints another individual to make medical decisions on their behalf, so long as the patient is incapacitated and unable to speak and make decisions for themselves (e.g. due to injury, being placed in an artificially induced coma, or otherwise). Depending on the permissions they are given by the patient, proxies may or may not be restricted as to the decisions they can make for the patient, and may have access to the patient's health records. Should the patient regain the ability to make their own decisions, they may revoke the proxy. Absent proxies, medical decisions on behalf of an incapacitated patient are made by healthcare professionals.

    Zagreb Pre-WUDC 2023 · Round 4 · 2023-12-02

  • Instead of only prioritizing critical cases, this house would always allocate transplant organs to non-smokers first.

    Infoslide

    Medicine has categorized active smokers to be individuals who are currently consuming inhaled tobacco or leisure-vapor products. Assume that there is a method to classify people who elect to stop smoking as non-smokers, after validation over a set period of time.

    Taiwan Schools Debate Challenge 2023 · Round 2 · 2023-11-18

  • This house prefers a world in which a "Plumbob" indicating the mental and physical health of each person exists

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    In "the Sims", the "Plumbob" is a glowing crystal that is suspended above each Sim's head and is a fairly accurate reflection of the Sim's current health. If the Sim is in very good health, the Plumbob will be a bright, deep green. As the Sim's health deteriorates, the green will become paler until it becomes neutral white, yellow, orange, red, and even deeper shades of red when in worse conditions. For the purpose of this debate, Plumbobs do not simply reflect one's momentary mood.

    Pacific Schools Open 2023 · Semifinals · 2023-11-10

  • V supports human enhancement in every consideration.

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    Human enhancement is a concept that refers to the use of various technologies and interventions to enhance human physical, cognitive, or emotional abilities beyond what is typically considered natural. This can include various characteristics such as strength, intelligence, endurance, memory, etc. Human enhancement is currently achieved through various means such as drugs, genetic engineering, prosthetics, pharmaceutical preparations, etc. In the future, this may also encompass genetic engineering, brain implants, brain-computer interfaces, nanotechnology interventions, and 3D bioprinting.

    BP Algajate Turniir 2023 EST · Round 3 · 2023-11-04