...distrust of others, and melancholy outlook, there is a great unraveling of his psyche as the play rolls on. He can be observed as a victim of Psychotic Depression with paranoid tendencies. In Hamlet, the key character is characterized by his suicidal tendencies, grandeur delusions, and highly conflicted personality, therefore he can be classified as depressive, paranoid, and psychotic (Zimbargo, et al 580). While Hamlet's initial sadness itself brings little alarm to the audience, his eventual distressed nature becomes an apparent issue: O, that this too solid flesh would melt Thaw and resolve itself into a dew! Or that the Everlasting had not fix'd His canon 'gainst self-slaughter! O God! God! How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable, Seem to me all the uses of this world! (1.2.5) Oatley 2 Initializing Hamlet's distressed nature and suicidal thoughts; Hamlet's spoken words brings the audience up to pace with his distress over his mother's marrying of his potentially murderous uncle. With this we pick up a certain instability in Hamlet's mental functioning and displays a rather melancholy and depressive vibe to his persona. From the beginning Hamlet is distressed and desires for his "flesh" to "melt" and become "dew". This anguish of this new development in his life is seen as a causal factor for his depression. Although one could easily dismiss this claim as dramatic anger, Hamlet's suicidal...
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...life. Depression is a mental disorder that can affect how a person acts or feels on an everyday basis, but this must be present for at least two weeks before diagnosis. Something that can be said is that some people choose to be depressed, but no one chooses to be depressed and still something that person must live with (“10 Little Known Facts About Depression”). Also, if a person thinks that their depression is hard on them then they should know that it could be ten times worse on family members and friends (“10 Little Known Facts About Depression”). So when a person is depressed, they should not turn to drugs or alcohol,...
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...be useful in understanding Depression? Shannon Casey PSYC 2301 - Introduction to Psychology R.Richardson Spring 2015 | Tue/Thu LCC Montgomery Campus Abstract Thru out life most people will experience some kind of depression. At times, depression can make life unbearable. Treatment from a psychologist could help learn the reason for the depression and any necessary treatments. The cognitive perspective is concerned with understanding mental processes such as memory, perception, thinking, and problem solving. How can the Cognitive Perspective be useful in understanding Depression? As it is well known, most people will or have experienced some kind of depression in their lives. At times, depression can make life unbearable. Treatment from a psychologist could help learn the reason for the depression and any necessary treatments. DEPRESSION Depression is a mental illness in which a person experiences deep, stable sadness and discontinued interest in nearly all activities. People also use the term depression to describe the temporary sadness, loneliness, or blues that everyone feels from time to time. In contrast to normal sadness, severe depression, also called major depression, can dramatically lessen a person’s ability to function in social situations and at work. People with major depression often have feelings of despair, hopelessness, and worthlessness, as well as thoughts of committing suicide. Depression can take several other forms...
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...Introduction: Depression is more than just feeling sad or going through a rough patch, it is a serious mental health condition that requires understanding, medical repair, and a good recovery plan. (Mental Health Conditions, 2015) Depression is “a serious medical condition in which a person feels very sad, hopeless, and unimportant and is often unable to live in a normal way.” (Depression, 2011) Any type of depression is very serious and should be taken care of in a cautious and caring manner. The main types of depression include major depression, dysthymia, postpartum depression, seasonal affective disorder, atypical depression, psychotic depression, bipolar disorder, premenstrual dysphoric disorder, and situational depression. (Lliades,...
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...Depression is a common mental disorder. At times people may feel desperation and hopelessness. If this is one of the moods you are experiencing, then you may be depressed. Depression is a continuing and persistent mood that can interfere with your life. It’s represented by feelings of guilt, sadness, and self-doubt. Most people will get affected by depression at one point in their lives through a close friend or a family member. Whatever the cause, events in your life causes chemical changes in your brain. There are many types of depression Such as; persistent depressive disorder, seasonal affective disorder, and psychotic depression. First, persistent depressive disorder is an ongoing depression that last for two years or longer, also known...
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...Bipolar disorder is characterized by severe and unusual changes in mood, energy level, and interactions with others. The mood swings with bipolar disorder are very unpredictable, and range from mania to depression and can appear in cycles. Bipolar is a psychiatric disorder that is difficult to diagnose because of how similar it is to other disorders like depression. Manic episodes are commonly associated with irritability, decreased need for sleep, euphoria -an exaggerated perception of feeling good, social extroversion (excessive friendliness), and feeling more important than one truly is (Bipolar page 2). Depressive episodes are commonly associated with fatigue, impaired concentration and judgment, and altered sleep and appetite patterns...
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...Teenage Depression, A Solution for Change Nkosi Brown November 3, 2014 Teenage Depression, A Solution for Change As a mother of a teenager, I can relate to the importance of addressing mental health concerns that may arise in a timely fashion. Desiring to do everything I possibly can, to provide the best quality of life for my child. There are times when mental health issues go undiagnosed due to embarrassment about the condition or a lack of knowledge about the illness that may be affecting the individual. An increased awareness and education of the warning signs and triggers of depression have aided in an earlier detection, diagnosis and treatment of depression in teens. Depression is an illness that is sometimes misunderstood. The average person without prior knowledge of the illness has a difficult time distinguishing an individual struggling with depression from someone who is merely going through a rough time or feeling down. Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary defines depression as “a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity” (Webster’s 2000). Depression presents itself in various forms. Major, persistent depressive disorder and bipolar disorder are all types of diagnoses within the spectrum of depression. Major depression exhibits extreme symptoms, affecting an individual’s ability to function in everyday life. Traditional life functions such as sleep, school work and social interactions would be...
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...David and Harriett Lovatt are an ambitious couple in the seventies in England: their ambition is not a professional but a personal one. They want to have a big happy family, even if this is against the trend of the times. They buy a big house that they can’t afford and plan to have at least six children, possibly eight. They have one, the second follows shortly after, soon they have four. People enjoy staying at their place and family and friends gather in the big house during the holidays. Until the day Harriet is pregnant with her fifth child, Ben… The four previous pregnancies were no breeze, but the fifth is nightmarish. The baby moves in Harriett’s womb as if it were trying to claw its way out. It almost kills her. When the child is born, at eight months, Harriett takes an immediate dislike to it. The baby is ugly, strong, with cold eyes and an unusual strength. Ben does not react to marks of affection (that the mother must force herself to show), and is immediately viewed by her as a freak of nature. She thinks of him as a troll or a goblin, a genetic throwback. Growing up, Ben vents his rage at the world. He howls, screams, fight, and attracts the antipathy of everyone around him. Soon people almost cease to visit. The Lovatts kids fear their own brother, an atmosphere of weariness and unhappiness pervades. By his disturbing presence, Ben destroys his own family… The Fifth Child is a short novel, about 130 pages, and can be read as a philosophical tale. Many things are...
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...sometimes. Sadness can manifest itself through emotions like being angry, stressed out, nervous or just depressed. Depression is a more serious case of sadness. Depression means negative thoughts and lasts for much longer. Many people commit suicide because of depression so, it`s a dangerous disease that can be treated only through therapy. Few people can actually consider themselves to be really happy. Happiness is a state of mind that can change immediately. Everyone has problems like : money, work, family problems etc. It`s normal to have some issues because life is made of good things and bad things. People get sad because of many reasons, but it`s a long road from feeling sad to falling into depression. Sadness and depression are two different things . Sadness is a state of mind that can pass very quickly once things become better and it`s caused by grief, sorrow, by things that don`t go according to plan, by love and unresponded love. Depression is more deep, it longer and usually gives people suicidal thoughts. The number of people that kill themselves each year has increased over the years . Depression is very dangerous and people that suffer from it, need to make counseling sessions. The problem is that many don`t know they have it. Stress, money, concerns make us worry all the time. Some people make of drinking, a solution. Sadness Alcohol Depression are three things that lead to Suicide. Too much alcohol makes...
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...Facebook-using students (as compared to students who didn’t use Facebook) said they felt connected to their school and community. However, negative effects abound. Students who use Facebook and hit the books simultaneously found their multitasking led to 20% lower grades than those of their more focused peers. Facebook-using students also made less money during school from part-time work, putting in around five hours per week as opposed to 16 hours per week for a typical, unplugged counterpart. Not only do grades and finances suffer, but students might actually end up feeling more depressed or lonely. Almost half of students believe they are sadder than their friends on Facebook, and 25% of college students have shown signs of severe depression in their status updates at one time or another. In a word, the results are inconclusive. But with around 96% of all college students on Facebook, only the most dedicated academics would consider giving up social media for a slightly better GPA. In the comments, we’d like to...
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...Ryanair’s strategy is, Low cost, no frills airline. This strategy was boldly and rigorously executed leading to the success of the airline. Ryanair’s success is attributed to outstanding operational effectiveness. The purpose of this strategy is to get more out of the inputs, such as fuel, airport charges and passenger compensation, by eliminating unnecessary processes or non-value adding activities. Their strategy benefited with the economic downturn and financial depression, due to low air fares and people’s perception that it is the cheapest airline. S.W.O.T Analysis S: • Ryanair’s CEO: Michael O’Leary • Growing and making profits during an economic recession • Europe’s largest carrier by passenger numbers and market capitalisation in 2009 • Achievements – winning international awards • Profitable airline • Cost per passenger low • Low fares • Good on-time record • Few cancelations • Few lost bags • Using smaller lower cost airports enabling 25 minute turnaround times • Labour force is productive and flexible • Low fares • Frequent point to point flights • Low operating cost W: • Acquiring Aer Lingus • Accumulating losses of IR£20 million • Cutting cost by replacing lossmaking routes in UK and Ireland with more profitable routes (limited frequency in certain routes) • Airline noted for being controversial – bad media reports (e.g. annoying the Queen of Spain, plans to charge passengers to use the toilets during its flights) • Not recognising workers...
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...Part 1) “Oh, if I had done nothing simply from laziness! Heavens, how I should have respected myself, then. I should have respected myself because I should at least have been capable of being lazy; there would at least have been one quality, as it were, positive in me, in which I could have believed myself.” Reaction- The underground man has a seemingly pitiful life. He desires to have qualities that “normal” people detest. In this passage he is positively reflecting on laziness. How if he could only be lazy he would have ONE positive quality. It is sad that he doesn’t think he has a single positive quality, and furthermore that a negative one would be fulfilling for him. I also do myself enjoy being lazy, but only whilst I’m being lazy. After that it becomes drab and I look back on the wasted time. It is a pity. Part 2) But at this point a strage thing happened. I was so accustomed to think and imagine everything from books, and to picture everything in the world to myself just as I had made it up in my dreams beforehand, that I could not all at once take in this strange circumstance. What happened was this: Liza, insulted and crushed by me, understood a great deal more than I imagined. She understood from all this what a woman understands first of all, if she feels genuine love, that is, that I was myself unhappy. Reaction- I love this passage, and everything leading up to it. This man who had holy rollered his way over her in the Whore-house, preaching to her...
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...optimistic, life proclaiming symbolism that reflects the speaker's pride in choosing the road less traveled. His use of symbolic ideas allows for his work to be interpreted in various ways, and every reader can find their own meaning to his words. Robert Frost experienced many losses in his life including his father in 1885, his mother in 1900, his sister in 1929, and four of his six children, two of which died at very early ages. Of course everyone experiences losses in their lives, but one can imagine the profound effect the death of a child would have on one's disposition. The often gloomy and even depressing tones of many of his poems can be seen as a projection of his own depression and feelings of loss. Most people read "Acquainted with the Night" as dealing with the ideas of loneliness, depression, sufferings, and even contemplation of suicide. Everyone can relate to the feelings of isolation as most go through a period of such feelings themselves, if to varying degrees. The first line of the poem tells the reader that night is a metaphor with profound symbolic meaning. Everyone is familiar with what night is, so there must be a deeper meaning behind the words. In most poems night is a symbol for death, which it very well could symbolize in this poem, but another...
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...In Robert Pack's, "To an Empty Page," the speaker discusses death and its consequences regarding relief to show the author's purpose as a feeling of loneliness and depression. He does this with the use of an echo sonnet form, foreshadowing within the title, and through the use of emotion evoking pathos. Pack's use of a sonnet for reveals his feelings and emotions toward love, which sonnets are normally about. Readers can feel the raw emotion that Pack reveals in his discussion regarding the speakers possible death and loss of love, thereafter. In addition, the fact that he wrote an echo sonnet aids in the author’s purpose because it allows the reader to be aware of the words meant to be emphasized. Along with its emphasis, the echo, in some cases, seems to answer a rhetorical question made by the speaker. For example, “what’s the end of my life’s long disease? Ease,” (line 7). Within this quote, the speaker is relaying his belief that the only way to relieve himself of life’s burdens is through death. Pack exposes his true feelings of loneliness, which in sonnet form allows readers to sense his passion. The title, "To an Empty Page," Pack eludes that his poem is dark and filled with sadness. A breakdown of the title shows that Pack's diction with using, "To," was as if the speaker was sending his sonnet to somebody; as if he were talking to an imaginary listener. But contrast to that idea, he is sending his sonnet to, "an Empty Page," meaning nobody. These words have a...
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...Nursing Burnout Bridget Solomon Grand Canyon University Spirituality in Health Care, HLT-310V Charles Self January 9, 2015 Nursing Burnout Sitting on my couch yesterday I was scrolling through my Facebook page, when I came across one of my girlfriend’s posts. It was an article written by an inner city emergency room (ER) nurse. The name of the article was, Madness: tales of an emergency room nurse and how I became a bitch. The article talked about the everyday work life of an emergency room nurse. I am an emergency room nurse and have never worked in any other department and this article hit close to home for me. The article talked about the emotional and physical abuse that only an ER nurse would understand. After reading the article it made me think about nurses combating compassion fatigue. Some people might ask, “ What is compassion fatigue?” In this paper I will talk about the cause of compassion fatigue, talk about warning signs, physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of a caregiver, and last some coping techniques. Causes of Compassion Fatigue Compassionate fatigue refers to the physical, emotional, spiritual, and social exhaustion that overcomes individuals and leads to persistent decline in their desire, energy, and ability to care for other people (Bush, 2009). As nurses our role is to be the patient’s number one caregiver. Many studies show that nurses experience a high level of compassion fatigue. Not a day goes by during a nurse’s shift where we aren’t...
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