. Insomnia Treatments and Efficacy By: Holly Sandoval PSY 101: Introduction to Psychology Dr. Carrie Natale November 5‚ 2012 Insomnia Treatments and Efficacy Insomnia is a medical condition that affects millions of people all over the nation. In fact‚ 48% of Americans admit to having occasional bouts of insomnia and 22% report suffering from insomnia every night or every other night. (National Sleep Foundation‚ 2011) So why are Americans so sleepless? There are many known causes of insomnia
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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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physiological disorder By Jessica Duffy What is a physiological disorder? • A psychological disorder‚ also known as a mental disorder‚ is a pattern of behavioral or psychological symptoms that impact multiple life areas and/or create distress for the person experiencing these symptoms. Anxiety Disorders Types of anxiety disorders include: • Generalized anxiety disorder • Agoraphobia • Social anxiety disorder • Phobias • Panic disorder • Post-traumatic stress disorder • Separation anxiety General
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In the world today‚ there are many medications for different illnesses such as the cold‚ flu‚ sinus infection or etc. Many suffer from Depression and they just take an Antidepressant and expect things to get better. What if Antidepressant isn’t the best medication for depression? What if I told you that friendships are the best cure for depression? Mayo Clinic and John Donne both describe in different articles and different time eras that a friend can always be a benefit for hard times. It is common
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might interfere with normal brain development. The human brain develops rapidly in young adults‚ and exposure to antidepressants may impact that development—particularly the way the brain manages stress and regulates emotions. Antidepressant suicide warning for teens Antidepressant medications may increase the risk of suicidal thinking and behavior in some teenagers. All antidepressants are required by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to carry a “black box” warning label about this risk
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Therapeutic action grouping is the most commonly used by service providers and families and common groups are; antidepressants‚ anti-anxiety‚ mood stabilizers‚ and antipsychotics or neuroleptics. There are many benefits and disadvantages to psychotropic medications. Benefits of psychotropic medications include; symptom reduction‚ cost effective‚ and increasing the effective
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price? Why do we in the U.S. have such a high rate for taking prescription drugs? According to the CDC antidepressants were the second most commonly prescribed medications‚ right after drugs to lower cholesterol. About 254 million prescriptions were written for them‚ resulting in nearly $10 billion in costs. According to NIH every 1 in 10 Americans ages 12 and older report taking an antidepressant
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The newer antidepressants produce similar outcomes as found with the older antidepressants but often create fewer side-effects. In fact‚ depressive symptoms can be temporarily suppressed by many different medications‚ including barbiturates‚ benzodiazepines‚ and antipsychotic medications. The beneficial effects of antidepressant medications seem to last only as long as the patients continue to take the prescribed dose”
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In the past few decades‚ the spread of American culture has reached every continent‚ filling countries with new fast food chains and music genres. Along with globalizing fashion‚ movies and food‚ American culture has also imposed new health treatments in less medically advanced countries in order to mitigate and purge the effects of various illnesses. In the essay “The Mega Marketing of Depression in Japan”‚ Ethan Watters provides insight into how GlaxoSmithKline (a pharmaceutical company) took a
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accompanied by low self-esteem and or by a loss of interest in normally enjoyable activities. So why are doctors prescribing medication that enables the same characteristics of depression people are trying to escape. Antidepressant medication‚ may relieve some depression symptoms. But antidepressants also come with significant side effects and dangers. What’s more‚ recent studies have raised
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