Name: Adesokan d Temitope Assignment: Adjustment Case Study Course: Psychology 100 Lecturers Name: Paul Carrio Date: November/27/2014 1) Summarize the two (2) articles you selected from the NPR Website First article: Behind A Soldiers Suicidal Thoughts An Unknown Brain Injury After Sargent Ryan sharp returned from serving two hours in Iraq with the army’s 3rd Infantry division, he didn’t remember any conversation after
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Best treatment for depression 1 in 10 Americans feel depressed at some point in their lifetime.1 Some of them get diagnosed, others don’t. Depression is usually treated with antidepressants such as: fluoxetine (Prozac), paroxetine (Paxil), sertraline (Zoloft), duloxetine (Cymbalta), bupropion (Wellbutrin), etc. Unfortunately, all of these medications have possible side effects that can be as bad as: headache, memory problems, confusion, hallucinations, fainting, seizure, shallow breathing or breathing
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a positive psychology exercises compared with a placebo interventions relieved depressive symptoms that last less than a week. According to the PPT study the first study groups significantly decreased levels to mild to moderated depression through a one year follow up. The second PPT delivered to individuals that produce higher remission rates plus medication among other outpatients with major depression disorder. Between both studies treatments for depression may usefully be supplemented by
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Previously known as manic-depressive illness, Bipolar Disorder is a brain disorder which causes a person to have unusual shifts in mood, energy, thought, and behavior, and can seriously affect one’s ability to function. More than 2 million American adults are diagnosed with BPD and the disorder typically develops in late adolescence or early adulthood, but many people are first diagnosed with it in childhood and may exhibit symptoms as early as infancy (Spearing, 2001; Bardick and Bernes, 2005).
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Presented here it is a critical evaluation of biological approach for treatment of depression. Antidepressant are the most common biological treatment for this type of disorder, but treatments such as Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT), alteration in sleep patterns following body temperature cycle are also used to relief the symptoms of depression. However antidepressant drugs provide an effective and inexpensive help, studies have found that the behavioural effects of these drugs could take over two
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Fe Amor M. Pajado, Maricris Q. Yap, May Concepcion A. BSA 1-27 Professor Jerahmeel Christine E. Torrefranca January 17, 2014 Chapter 1 The Problem and Its Background Introduction Depression, also known as major depression, clinical depression or major depressive disorder is a medical illness that causes a constant feeling of sadness and lack of interest. Depression affects how the person feels, behaves and thinks. (Nordqvist 1) Furthermore, depression can lead to emotional and physical
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Depression Amanda Harrod HCA/240 July 5, 2015 Kim Dankert Depression Depression is an illness that many American’s suffer from. 40 million adults in the United States suffer from depression (National Institute of Mental Health). People that have depression often feel sad, hopeless, worthless, ashamed, or guilty. They often lose interest in activities that they once found to be pleasurable. A person with depression may have trouble completing their daily activities. Those that suffer from
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changed. I would also ask how long they had Clara, and if they had any information on Clara’s biological parents. If they did have background information on the biological parents, I would want to find out if there was a history of any psychological disorders or mental illnesses that could include; depression, anxiety, or any learning disabilities. I would ask if anything changed in their household since
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that depression is hereditary and if your mother and father suffered from depression, then you yourself may find that you are more likely to be diagnosed as well ( Berger, Joshua L. 5). Clinical depression, also known as major depression or depression is defined as a mood disorder that may occur only once in an individual’s lifetime or in groups of episodes that typically last anywhere from 9 to 16 months ( Berger, Joshua L. 8). Statistics show that depression is hereditary and can be passed down
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‘specifically individual care, entry into custody and overall distress. (OHR, 2010, p.52).’ Those prisoners with no mental illness rated the quality of prison life most highly for all three of these dimensions. Among prisoners with any psychosis, Major depressive disorder (MDD) or any other Mental illness (MI), prisons got their lowest score in the area of entry into custody. Regarding the method that was used to collect these data i.e. Measuring the Quality of Prison Life survey also known as MQPL. I did
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