I am here today to tell you that you are worthless, you are nobody, and everybody hates you. There is no hope for you, so just give up. I suck the energy and life out of you, and make you stay up all night and not want to wake up in the morning. I make you hate the things you love. I make you feel empty, sad and anxious. I make you want to die. I do not discriminate no matter what gender, race, skin color, age, or religion. Who am I? I am Depression. I chose this speech because I’ve been battling
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A Selfish Act October 14, 2001. To many that was just an ordinary day, as for me it was the most tragic. I became a victim of one’s selfish act. I still that beautiful night. Being barefoot, how the wet dew felt on my feet. I knew in my heart that something was wrong. I tried to peek from the outside in through the broken piece of blind that had been broken from my one year old daughter. I couldn’t see anything. Gradually I turned the door knob, to find it unlocked. The door opened, and there
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Community Health Nursing SZT Task 2 My own perceptions about quality of life have affected my care for patients in end of life situations. I believe more of quality than quantity, several of my family members have died from cancer and secondary effects of treatment of the disease process. Three of my four grandparents have died from terminal cancer and it has taught me that the patient has to be an active part of the decision making for care. One of my grandfather’s chose not to receive any further
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to identifying/diagnosing and the assessment of depression in adolescents, taking into account gender and contextual factors. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 2. MOOD DISORDERS 3.1 Major depressive Disorder (MDD) 3.2 Dysthymic disorder 3.3 Bipolar I 3.4 Bipolar II 3.5 Cyclothymic disorder 3. Clinical description and prevalence of depression in childhood and adolescents 4. Symptoms and diagnosis in childhood and adolescents 4.1 Diagnostic problems
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major depressive disorder (MDD). According to the nationally representative sample of more than 9,000 adults in the United States, MDD affected 6% to 7% of the people within any given year, and one person in six over the course of their lives (Kessler, 2003). About half of those with MDD experience sever symptoms such poor appetite, serious weight loss, and agitation or psychomotor retardation. Many people who suffer from major depression don’t initially complain of depressive disorder, or any form
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part of a bipolar affective disorder (manic depression), which is characterised by episodes of both low and high moods. Who gets depressed? • Depression is very common. • Between 5 and 10 per cent of the population are suffering from the illness to some extent at any one time. • Over a lifetime you have a 20 per cent, or one in five, chance of having an episode of depression. • Women are twice as likely to get depression as men. • Bipolar affective disorder is less
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An Asian American Woman with Bipolar Disorder Bipolar disorder is a severe mental health illness that causes abnormality of the mood like manic –depressive disorder (Stahl’s, 2013). However, bipolar and depression are different but bipolar gives a better understanding of manic-depressive disorder (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Understanding the difference as a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) will help to diagnose patients accurately for better pharmacological management
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Borderline Personality Disorder or Bipolar Disorder James Tierney University of Maryland University College Abstract Many movies have portrayed characters with either a form of Bipolar disorder or a type of Personality disorder whether it is for dramatic purposes or to engage the viewer into the mindset of a psychological thriller. Whatever their reasoning, more often than not, the portrayal is inaccurate. There is however a film that I have chosen that borderlines accuracy to a degree. Girl
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Week 5: Discussion 5: Mental Disorders Analyze the factors (both genetic and environmental) contributing to the development of a specific mental disorder (of your choice). Discuss steps that could be taken to reduce the incidence of the disorder that you had identified above. Be sure to focus on prevention, not treatment. My choice for a mental disorder is Bipolar. I chose bipolar because it’s a mental disorder that runs in my family and has affected my family tremendously. I have researched
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Dissociative and Mood Disorders Gretchen Harper Psy/203 March 30, 2015 Bonnie Johnson Dissociative and Mood Disorders Dissociative Disorders Dissociative disorders include several syndromes that contribute to a change in consciousness which affect an individual’s memory and their identity. In the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual) there are five major subcategories of this disorder. They include the following: 1. Dissociative Amnesia: Patients suffer from loss of memory including
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