anxiety disorder (GAD). Those were the psychotherapy and medication. In psychotherapy‚ there are several methods of treating the patience with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). Among those methods are: Psychological counseling : • For the counseling session‚ the counselors will advise the patient to learn from the basic method of treating generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) which is learning how to keep calm quickly. This is because most of the people with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) does
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Major Depressive Disorder What is major depressive disorder? According to the DSM library‚ the symptoms of major depressive disorder can include: a depressed mood more often than not (this mood can include hopelessness‚ emptiness‚ etc.)‚ diminishes pleasure or interest in daily activity‚ unintended weight loss or weight gain‚ fatigue‚ insomnia or hypersomnia‚ and thoughts of death. Risk factors for major depressive disorder can include: a neurotic attitude‚ difficult childhood experiences‚ genetic
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rule out disorders and conduct an accurate diagnosis. Disorders To Rule
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Clinical Diagnosis Robin presents with known diagnoses of Major Depressive Disorder‚ Substance Abuse‚ and Bulimia Nervosa; repeated suicide attempts and self-inflicted cuts and burn on multiple occasions are also present. Precipitating the suicide attempts are stressful confrontations with her husband‚ making her feel hopeless and unloved. Stress inducing encounters from other than her husband have led to a dissociative state‚ in which Robin will self-mutilate or attempt suicide without remembering
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mentally. The client stated he carries a diagnosis of Manic Depression. In addition‚ he believes that the he was diagnosed with other mental health disorders but does not remember specifics related to the diagnoses. He consumes the prescribed psychotropic medications Hydroxyzine 50mg and Quetiapine 150mg. The client carries diagnosis of Cannabis Use Disorder: Severe- F14.20
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Very detailed post! I agree that the primary issue with Schizophrenia and many other disorders is the lack of etiology. Discovering this alone could change the way individuals are treated and as well stigmatized; But‚ as it stands the current issue is the over usage of antipsychotics and the lack of sufficient treatment. In Whitaker (2015) podcast he pointed out the flaws of antipsychotics suggesting that if antipsychotics were indeed effective society would see a decrease in diagnosis; furthermore
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Depression is a common mental disorder that causes people to experience depressed mood‚ loss of interest or pleasure‚ feelings of guilt or low self-worth‚ disturbed sleep or appetite‚ low energy‚ and poor concentration. Depression is different from feeling down or sad. Unhappiness is something which everyone feels at one time or another‚ usually due to a particular cause. A person suffering from depression will experience intense emotions of anxiety‚ hopelessness‚ negativity and helplessness‚ and
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damage‚ these therapy talks need to be supplemented with other therapies‚ through drugs‚ vitamin supplements‚ a simple change in diet‚ or eventually‚ maybe even gene therapy. These supplementary treatments are needed as patients with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) tend to have low level of feel good neurotransmitters‚ such as serotonin‚ dopamine‚ and norepinephrine. These hormonal deficiencies may cause a reduced reproduction of neural cells‚ as neurotransmitters
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Obsessive–compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a common mental illness and is characterized by obsessions or reoccurring thoughts (e.g. making sure things are always symmetrical) and compulsions in which a person does tasks repeatedly (e.g. repetitive and excessive cleaning of a certain area). About 2.3 to 2.4 percent of the U.S. population has OCD in a given year‚ according to government statistics. That translates into 1 in 43 Americans or about 6.3 million total people in any given year. (Grohol‚ 2015)
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Title: Suicide Among Teenagers Specific purpose: To inform my audience on some of the causes on teen suicides. I. Introduction A. Attention Material: It has been verified on April 19th‚ 2013 by the Center for Disease Control that for youths between the ages of 10-24‚ suicide is the third leading cause for death in the United States. (Center for Disease Control: Teen Suicide Statistics‚ Chart number 1) B. Tie to the audience: Teenagers taking their own life has always been an idea hard to
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