In my own definition a trauma can be described as an event that upsets the individual’s normal causing psychological‚ physical‚ and emotional harm. A trauma has different meanings to each individual however‚ anyone can experience a trauma. Bessel A. van der Kolk an expert in the field of traumatic stress states that‚ “experiencing trauma is an essential part of being human; history is written in blood” (Van der Kolk‚ McFlarlane‚ &Weisaeth‚ 2007). Some examples of a trauma include rape‚ physical
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Running Head: Prozac Nation and Major Depression Disorder Prozac Nation and Major Depression Disorder Raquel H. Sasyn University of Houston Ms. Chastity Farr Clinical Psychology Section - 25673 April 23‚ 2010 Introduction “Prozac Nation‚” is a best-selling memoir written by Elizabeth Wurtzel in 1994. Based on Wurtzel’s stormy childhood and adolescence‚ Prozac Nation explores many topics such as major depression‚ family relations‚ and drug abuse. The story narrates Wurtzel’s life
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Often times anxiety is caused by a medical condition. "Certain medicines have side effects that can cause or make anxiety worse" (HealthWise Staff). Medications for blood pressure‚ thyroid‚ or asthma are known as only some to possibly cause anxiety symptoms. There could also be a problem with your brain chemistry. With Generalized Anxiety Disorder‚ some patients were found to have abnormal neurotransmitter levels in their brains which were causing the excessive anxiety. "When neurotransmitters are
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Before I was in third grade I had never heard of depression. I had never even heard of death‚ really. But there I was‚ sitting in the front row of a funeral for a man I had never met‚ and the only explanation I got was‚ “He was a depressed man‚ hun.” To a third grader the word ‘depressed’ had no weight for me; I just assumed it meant sad‚ and maybe he had been so sad he just drifted away. Skip forward about one year: I was in fourth grade now and had just come home from school. I went to my older
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New york college-empire state college OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER (OCD): SYMPTOMS & TREATMENT Abnormal Psychology Cleopatra Papathanasiou Fall Semester 2014 There are numerous and different mental illnesses and disorders that affect millions of people around the world. One such disorder‚ obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is defined as the persistent‚ uncontrollable‚ unwanted and obsessive feelings‚ thoughts or images and compulsive behaviors such as routines or rituals in
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Psychological Disorder Analysis Nicole Jones PSY/270 Christopher Van Ness May 18‚ 2014 Psychological Disorder Analysis Patient: Marla a 42- year old Hispanic female who comes to the mental health clinic complaining of having trouble sleeping‚ feeling” jumpy all the time‚” and experiencing an inability to concentrate. These symptoms are causing problems for her at work‚ where she is an accountant. Interview with Marla Marla: Good morning! Me: Tell me what bring you in today? Marla: I have
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People every day are diagnosed with mental and emotional illnesses that completely change their lives. Depression is one of the many illnesses that take its toll on an average person. Medical experts believe that depression causes more disability throughout the world than almost any other medical illness or disorder (World Book). Depression affects more Americans than cancer‚ AIDS‚ or coronary heart disease. About one in five Americans will develop a mood disorder‚ usually depression‚ at some point
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Can you imagine living your life worrying too much or fear that bad things may happen to you if you do something? These are some of the things that people go through with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). Obsessive compulsive disorder is an anxiety disorder that occurs when there is a problem with the way the brain deals with normal worrying and doubts and unwanted frequent thoughts and actions. There are three different forms: OCD‚ Pure “O”‚ and “Responsibility OC”. There are also five different
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Brain Hiccup Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a type of anxiety disorder that is characterized by obsessive thoughts and compulsive behavior. OCD is an illness that really makes an impact in the lives of the people. This disorder traps its victims in endless cycles of repetitive thoughts and behaviors. This debilitating disorder called OCD exhibit obsessive thoughts linked to compulsive behaviors and causes symptoms that are difficult to treat‚ but medications and cognitive behavioral therapy
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The debate over antidepressants has waged on for over more than half a century. Two heads of the Department of Psychiatry in Washington University discovered that depression was just as much biological as it was physiological meaning that people with depression had an abnormal chemical make-up in the brain. This discovery increased the demand for research on methods to alter this abnormality effectively and efficiently. Thus antidepressants were created‚ sparking a psychiatric revolution. Antidepressants
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