Special Population: Depression Clarissa Wallace University of Phoenix BSHS/402 Debbie Prince April 7, 2011 Special Population Behavioral Health Treatment Depression * What populations have you reviewed and which one have you selected I reviewed Behavioral Health Treatment with emphasis on “Depression”. Depression, to some means nothing but to others it can ruin their life. This population was chosen because there is so much information that should be disseminated
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Mental Illness Mental illness is a disorder that is characterized by disturbances in a person’s thought, emotions, or behavior. Mental illness refers to a wide variety of disorders, ranging from those that cause mild distress to those that impair a person’s ability to function in daily life. Many have tried to figure out the reasons for mental illnesses. All of these reasons have been looked at and thought of for thousands of years. The biological perspective views mental illness as a bodily
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of the mind and are deeply influenced by the environment in which they have been exposed to or by the experiences in which they have lived. Admission The patient of interest is an African American female eighteen years of age with bipolar type I and Asperger’s disorder. She was brought to the hospital by her mother and step-father, and she was admitted on a voluntary status to the psychiatric mental health hospital for increasing agitation, mood lability, self-harm thoughts, as well as threats toward
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Depression: Unipolar and Bipolar Vanessa Clark PSY/270 July 7, 2013 Dr. Stephanie Sencil-White, PsyD, PhD, LCSW, DCSW Depression: Unipolar and Bipolar There comes a time in one’s life where they may have the signs and symptoms of a person suffering from depression. Depression is a mood disorder that can affect anyone of any age at some point in their life, but usually occurs after a traumatic event. Unipolar disorder and bipolar disorder are two depression disorders that will be discussed throughout
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Outline and evaluate the Biological approach to abnormality The biological approach suggests that psychological disorders should be treated medically, as this model puts forward the idea that any psychological abnormality is causes by genetic factors and body malfunctions. The model as 4 different elements that may be the cause of psychological abnormalities; viral infections, biochemistry, brain damage, genetic factors. Several studies have been carried out by different researchers to investigate
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Unipolar and Bipolar There is often a confusion between Unipolar Depression and Bipolar Disorder Depression due to the fact they share the same symptoms of sadness, hopelessness, pessimism; anxiety and sleep problems; although Unipolar Depression and Bipolar Depression take very different directions. It is important that we are able to tell them apart and understand the differences in diagnosing and treating these disorders. Making an inaccurate diagnosis
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attentively and respectfully to what the client talks about. * Understand her mood disorder and make her feel that she’s not rejected. * Increase emotional, physical,financial and spiritual support for the client. COMMUNITY Provide understanding to the community by the patient’s disorder and make her feel that she’s not rejected. * Refrain from discriminating a person like her who has mood disorder. * Support the client so that she may easily cope up with her present condition
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As many as 19 million Americans million are affected by mood disorders ( The two main types of mood disorders are bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder which are described as disturbances in mood, behavior and emotion.“ Bipolar disorder is a complex disorder in which the core feature is pathological disturbance in mood ranging from extreme elation, or mania, to severe depression usually accompanied by disturbances in thinking and behavior, which may include psychotic symptoms, such as delusions
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world--always there, supporting me no matter what, even when I didn’t deserve it. My mother is one of the strongest people I will probably ever meet. When I was three I started to show signs of bipolar disorder, but that was incorrect. I actually am diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
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Psychology101 Ms. Manigault July 15, 2011 Bipolar disorder in children and adolescents is a lifelong condition, however it can affect both how you feel, and how you act. The disorder is thought to be caused by chemical imbalances in the brain that can result in extreme mood swings. Mood swings are from manic highs depressive to lows depressive. The chemical imbalances are believed to lead to the symptoms that the child or adolescents experience with bipolar disorder. They must have experienced a high period
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