Bipolar disorder is usually treated with mood stabilizers such as Lithium or carbamazepine‚ anticonvulsant medications such as valproic acid or lamotrigine‚ or pairing antidepressants with mood stabilizers. However‚ bipolar disorder can be treated with a combined treatment of mood stabilizers and individual‚ group‚ or family therapy. There are many more treatments for unipolar depression. Biological treatments include brain
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ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY: MOOD DISORDERS A mood disorder is the term given for a group of diagnoses in the DSM IV TR classification system where a disturbance in the person ’s emotional mood is hypothesised to be the main underlying feature. The classification is known as mood (affective) disorders in ICD 10. English psychiatrist Henry Maudsley proposed an overarching category of affective disorder. The term was then replaced by mood disorder‚ as the latter term refers to the underlying or longitudinal
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STUDY GUIDE: THE BRAIN 1. Approximately how many neurons are there in the brain? about 100 billion 2. What is a neuron? It is a nerve cell that sends and receives electrical signals over long distances within the body 2b. be able to label its parts. Parts of a neuron. A neuron has three basic parts‚ the cell body‚ the axon‚ and the dendrites. A thin nerve membrane surrounds the entire cell 3. How fast do neurons travel? Neurons
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Abstract This paper will be discussing Bipolar Disorder. It will cover some of today’s diagnosis methods and treatment. The treatments covered will involve psychotherapy and antidepressant drugs. Bipolar Disorder Many refer to Bipolar Disorder as manic-depressive disorder. This disorder causes people to swing from very low depressive states to extreme highs of “mania.” When people are depressed they may feel sad‚ hopeless and lose interest in everyday activities. However‚ when their mood shifts
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Yes‚ as ironic as it sounds‚ at the bottom of that bottle of pills is the conclusion of the pointless endeavor. “The Epidemic of Mental Illness: Why?”‚ another article by Marcia Angell of the The New York Review of Books‚ mentions a study of antidepressants by Irving Kirsch‚ a psychologist at the University of Hull in the UK and author of The Emperor’s New Drugs. At the beginning of his fifteen year scientific journey in 1995‚ his main concern was the effects of placebos‚ which is a type of substance
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Risk factors for perimenopausal depression. Permenopause is the transition phase‚which all women go through prior to entering menopause.It means “around menopause” and begins 8 to 10 years before menopause.When the ovaries start ageing‚there by producing less oestrogen.The averay age of perimenopause is 40 years and this transition phase is over when a women has gone through 12 consecutive months without a menstruation period‚which means she has reached menopause making the end of the reproductive
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that activates the receptors on the receiving neuron. 9. Reuptake: Remaining neurotransmitter molecules in the synaptic gap gets taken back up by the sending neuron. 10. Describe how an SSRI antidepressant medication works. SSRI stands for selection serotonin reuptake inhibitor. The antidepressant Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) works by slowing the reuptake of the neurotransmitter serotonin in the brain. The increased level‚ of the naturally occurring chemical serotonin‚ in
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Demi Rodriguez Section 2007 Psychology 101 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) One out of one-hundred people have OCD. This means that if you have 500 friends on your Facebook page 5 of them are diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is an anxiety disorder‚ defined by intrusive thoughts that cause uneasiness‚ apprehension‚ worry‚ and / or fear. OCD also causes repetitive thoughts and actions. The most growing evidence on OCD is that it has a neurobiological
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The first cone on nursing diagnosis was held in 1973 to identify nursing knowledge and establish a classification system to be used for computerization. At this conference‚ the National Group for Classification of Nursing Diagnosis was founded; this group was later renamed the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA). In 1984‚ NANDA established a Diagnosis Review Committee (DRC) to develop a process for reviewing and approving proposed changes to the list of nursing diagnoses. The American
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Com 100;06 Informative Speech Outline The Effects of Rape on Men and Women Specific Purpose: What effects does rape have on men and women? Central Idea: Rape can leave lasting mental‚ emotional‚ and psychological effects on both men and women. Introduction I. Psychological effects/ treatments II. Emotional/mental effects III. Sexually transmitted infections (Transition) Body I. A. PTSD 1. Three types 2. Treatment B. Dissociation/ Dissociative Identity Disorder
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