Medication and Therapy to Treat ADHD: Is This the Best Option? According to the Center for Disease Control’s website “approximately 9.5% or 5.4 million children 4-17 years of age have ever been diagnosed with ADHD‚ as of 2007.” (Division of Human Development‚ N.C.‚ 2011) Most of society has heard of ADHD but may not know what that acronym stands for. ADHD stands for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and it is a disorder that causes depression‚ stress‚ familial problems‚ and many other
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Abstract Schizophrenia is a complex mental disorder that has many long term symptoms‚ caused by both genetic and environmental factors and their interactions. Research on pathogenesis has traditionally focused on neurotransmitter systems in the brain‚ particularly those involving dopamine. Schizophrenia has been considered a separate disease for over a century‚ but in the absence of clear biological markers‚ diagnosis has historically been based on signs and symptoms.
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Project In Health Submitted by: Rochel Marie Jaranilla 4th- Jade Submitted to: Ms. Amarro Health & PE Teacher A mental disorder or mental illness is a psychological pattern‚ potentially reflected in behavior‚ that is generally associated with distress or disability‚ and which is not considered part of normal development of a person’s culture. Mental disorders are generally defined by a combination of how a person feels‚ acts‚ thinks or perceives. This may be associated with particular
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Medical Model To Treat Psychological Disorders Abnormal Psychology The medical model of abnormal psychology treats mental disorders in the same way as a broken arm‚ i.e. there is thought to be a physical cause. Supporters of the medical model consequently consider symptoms to be outward signs of the inner physical disorder and believe that if symptoms are grouped together and classified into a ‘syndrome’ the true cause can eventually be discovered and
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Outline and evaluate one biological therapy for Schizophrenia? (4 + 8 marks) Antipsychotic medication is an effective way of treating severe forms of Schizophrenia. There are two types medication used: Conventional antipsychotic drugs are dopamine antagonists‚ which means they attach to dopamine receptors but do not stimulate them. By reducing stimulation in the brain‚ medication such as Chlorpromazine can eliminate the positive symptoms of Schizophrenia. Atypical antipsychotic drugs also work
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Biological Approach Bipolar Disorder “The biological approach looks for its roots of mental disorders in the brain’s circuitry.” (Kowalski‚ R.‚ & Westen‚ D.) When using the biological approach the mental health professional is looking for problem with how a person brain is functioning. It is their belief that it is more of a medical cause for a person’s problems. The brain is studied to see if it is functioning proper and if it is not what the possible causes may be. It is known that different
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basic brain functioning‚ which in effect leads to loss of touch with reality. is a psychotic disorder‚ or a group of disorders‚ marked by severely impaired thinking‚ emotions and behaviors. Schizophrenia patients typically experience enhanced perceptions of sounds‚ colors and other features of their normal environment. Patients suffering with this disease experience a variety of different psychotic symptoms‚ which include‚ hallucinations‚ delusions‚ disorganized speech‚ bizarre and disorganized behavior
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Anxiety Disorders Anxiety disorders are common place these days‚ with as many as 17% of people will/have suffer/ed some form of anxiety in their lives (Somers‚ Goldner‚ Waraich‚ & Hsu‚ 2006)‚ from being concerned about most anything‚ to full blown attacks with physical symptoms. Anxiety disorders seem to be a result of a combination of biological‚ psychological and other individual factors (CAMH‚ 2014). If one feels nervous or fearful about a situation‚ this is normal‚ but if the feelings are
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reports of mental illnesses rising but this does have a truth. If there are health centers available then why aren’t the students going to them? This is because the very reason they have the mental illness is the reason they cant get treated. Time. Applying for scholarships and having second jobs leaves students spending all their time in class‚ at work‚ or studying and in a report done by Daniel Eisenberg‚ Nicole Speer‚ and Justin B. Hunt‚ it was found that 51% of students with untreated mental illnesses
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HOMOSEXUALITY: A MENTAL DISORDER? A Term Paper Presented to Trexie O. Alawi College of Arts and Sciences SURIGAO DEL SUR STATE UNIVERSITY Tandag City‚ Surigao del Sur In Partial Fulfilment Of the Requirements of the Course English 102 (Writing in the Discipline): TTH 7:30 – 9:00 a.m. 2nd Semester‚ AY 2013-2014 By Bruce Franklyn G. Aliguay February 2014 Homosexuality: a mental disorder? Thesis Statement: People should know
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