Severe Depression I. Severe Depression or Clinical depression is severe symptoms that interfere with your ability to work, sleep, study, eat, and enjoy life. Depression is rare and anyone can experiences it just like in case study#1 Joe who is suffering from depression. A. In case study #1 Joe is suffering from depression and his father, grandmother, and two uncles suffered with the same abnormal conditions. Depression normally makes people feel sad or empty inside at some point of time
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themselves and others. Illnesses such as heart disease, high blood pressure, and diabetes are the most commonly stress related. High Blood Pressure, Heart Attacks, High Cholesterol, Poor Blood Circulation, Anxiety, Insomnia, Headaches, Eating Disorders, Asthma, Obesity, and many others including skin diseases are all products of stress. (Another challenge of young adults is depression) Secondly, depression is another challenge of young adults face. Depression is a state of low mood activity
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Depression Statistics By Country 1 - USA: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in 2012, major depression is the leading cause of disability for Americans between the ages of 15 and 44. - CDC, 2012: While major depressive disorder can develop at any age, the median age at onset is 32.5. - In 1991 depression rates for American adults stood at 3.33% of the population, according to The American Journal of Psychiatry. In 2011, CDC numbers show that it reached approximately 10
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Diagnosis: Major depressive disorder (MDD) Treatment: Sequence Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression (STAR*D) Justification for Diagnosis: Major depressive disorder (MDD) is characterized by the presence of five symptoms of the disorder appearing for a two week period and for there to be a change from previous normal mood. It must also be accompanied by depressed mood or loss of interest in activities. The case study gives insight from Gary saying he has felt sad “all the time” since the
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tired and wired {epilogue} So I wait for you like a lonely house till you will see me again and live in me. Till then my windows ache. --100 Love Sonnets, Pablo Neruda. For every dawn a twilight falls, for every star a flame. --- The girls have been named for the sisters lost, in the hope that they might recover the beauty of family through memory. The new mother leans over the crib, trailing fair fingers over fairer faces, long dark eyelashes on tiny cheeks. The father is leaning in the
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Oral assessment topic … more like a long question – why is the rate of depression in teenagers increasing every year Research shows that the average high school kid today has the same level of anxiety and depression as the average mental asylum patient in the early 1950's. having anxiety and depression is like being scared and tired at the same time. it’s the fear of failure but no urge to be productive, and it’s wanting friends while hating socializing. it’s like running a marathon with the willpower
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. Medication is a jumble of chemicals, a foreign tongue to some, and in the dizzying world trying to even comprehend why or how medication works, they are slapped on with tons of side effects. The positive almost gets buried underneath a fog surrounding anything medicine related. Antidepressants often have backlashes such as inducing suicidal thoughts, but through careful monitoring of the treatment, it can be prevented. Often times, antidepressants have negative effects at first because
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I noticed that at least half of the residents at Evergreen had been experiencing long-term pain at varying degrees. The pain among older residents tend to be constant, ranging from moderate to severe in intensity, reportedly lasting for several years. Some of them suffer from conditions like arthritis and other body pains. There are those whose pains are more difficult to pinpoint because the residents are not sure what is causing it. What they do is to get pain medication whenever the pain becomes
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Metacognition simply defined is the thinking about one’s thinking (Chick, 2015). Most of us experience metacognition in our day to day lives. Examples of metacognition can be illustrated in a task such as thinking about our responses before speaking in regard to controversial or critical questions to avoid responding inappropriately. Metacognition can also occur when we have thoughts on our emotions. If someone has just broken up or argued with a loved one they may become sad or angry thus causing
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“Through the courageous work of two brilliant Chicago-area research-clinicians who accesses the visual cortex and regrows brain pathways using prescription eyeglasses, gave me back my life (2).” Concussions, as referred to in the quote above, has affected many lives throughout the world. “Concussion is caused by a blow or jolt to the head or body that causes the brain to shake,” as stated by the authors of After the Injury (3). Concussions are TBIs, traumatic brain injuries, which are caused by severe
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