Ok....I’m just going to say it. I’m bipolar, it’s a diagnosis that’s been mentioned for four years almost. First it was depression and anxiety and bipolar, then it was depression with ptsd, then it was depression and OCD, and we circled back to bipolar with anxiety (I still have ADHD, which made diagnosing not complicated). I’m fucked up from health problems and my fucked up family (i.e. emotionally and physically abusive father, seeing my brother be abused by my father, see my mother ignore all
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Although still being investigated, many researchers claim that peripartum depression also increases the prevalence of behavioral and cognitive disorders in the child.5,6,7 Furthermore, there are decreased mother-child interactions, increased negative mother-child interactions, insecure attachments, antisocial behaviors, temper tantrums, substantial separation anxiety, and changes in sleep patterns
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Treatment plans for mood disorders are much alike the treatment plans for anxiety disorders. There are two main paths that can be taken, either with prescription medication or the therapeutic paths. There are three types of prescription medicines when it comes to mood disorders: mood stabilizers, antipsychotics, and antidepressants. The first step is for the doctor to determine the severity of the disorder. That will determine which medicine and the dosage. While this is done with all prescriptions
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Ways to Overcome Insomnia for College Students What is insomnia? Insomnia is ‘a common condition in which you have trouble falling or staying asleep’ (N.H.L.B.I, 2009). According to Peterson (2002), 87 out of 218 patients in general outpatient facilities at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia complained of insomnia. Insomnia affects people of different age groups including teenagers. In fact, teenagers in tertiary education easily suffer from insomnia because they may not have
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surrounding mental health adversely affects people with mental illnesses and it has continuously been an issue in the United States. According to Amy Sickel, Jason Seacat, and Nina Nabors, “Nearly half of American adults are likely to experience a mental disorder during their lifetime” (202). Yet, as stated by Susan Abbey and other members of the Canadian Psychiatric Association, the stigma and discrimination based on race and gender has decreased significantly in the last century while it remains prevalent
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Mr. Correia is 26 year old male who presented to the ED with an BAC of .23 and overdose on 12-15 Benadryl and Mortin PM. Per documentation Mr. Corriea reports to EMS that he wanted to die. Mr. Correia denies suicidal ideations, homicidal ideations, symptoms of psychosis. He does not appear to be responding to any internal stimuli. During the time of the assessment Mr. Correia was 4X oriented, appropriate speech, appropriate appearance, fair eye contact, and guarded. Mr. Correia reports a history
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Psychological disorders are patterns of interaction and psychological behaviors that influence some areas of an individual’s life, by creating stress and anxiety. Mental health disorders or problems cannot be diagnosed by performing series of blood work. Psychological disorders can only by diagnosed by a license professional psychiatric through observations and by conducting assessments. There are several types of psychological disorders; however, the most common disorders are anxiety disorders which is
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ABSTRACT This paper is brief description of Brief Psychotic Disorder it can last up to 1 to 2 months, Brief Psychotic Disorder can happen from your early 20’s to late 40’s and can be genetic, it caused by stress and traumatic events like losing a loved one or being in a bad accident. Symptoms of Brief Psychotic Disorder are hallucinations like seeing and hearing things that are not there. Brief Psychotic Disorder isn’t treatable and it could last up to 1 month and it could reappear later on in your
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Biruk Fitru EEG 130 Assignment 1 One of the major brain disorders is Schizophrenia, a very serious mental disorder that is often mistakenly confused with multiple personality disorder. Although, some of the symptoms of multiple personality disorder are very similar to schizophrenia. Unlike, multiple personality disorder, schizophrenia is a psychotic disorder that could be characterized by a variety of positive and negative symptoms like: disorganized behavior of thoughts and emotions, hallucination
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Mental health and personality disorders are a growing phenomena in the last 50 years those in opposition to the existence of these disorders have claimed psychiatry to be a pseudo science and that these issues may simply be solved by exercise and vitamins. While there is undeniable merit to the benefit of a healthy lifestyle that includes vitamins and exercise that is an insufficient course of treatment for mental health and mood disorders. Mood disorders and mental health issues are chemical faults
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