Emotional abuse can be just as harmful as physical abuse. Emotional abuse can not be seen on the surface as can physical abuse. The use of symbolic acts like verbal threats‚ humiliation‚ infidelity‚ and withdrawal of resources is the underlying factor for this type of abuse. "Approximately 1.5 million American victims experience abuse by their partners each year "(Queen‚ 2009‚ p. 238). Emotional abuse can affect the well-being of the victim. Numerous victims reported still having persisting
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Client Case Study: Adriane Adriane is an attractive 18 year-old heterosexual‚ African American female‚ who presents to counseling at the request of her mother‚ who is concerned about her daughter’s uncharacteristically sad mood. Adriane recently moved away from home for the first time to attend a highly prestigious‚ private university on a full academic scholarship. In addition to being a straight “A” student and a double major in pre-medicine and law‚ Adriane in a member of the crew team and attends
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Sadness is a normal emotional state‚ while depression is an abnormal emotional state. Sadness is generated by a problematic‚ upsetting‚ or disappointing experience or situation. In addition‚ sadness tends to fade away as the problem changes or vanishes. On the other hand‚ depression affects our everyday lives: the way we think‚ our emotions‚ our perceptions‚ and etc. Along with depression you lose interest‚ have trouble concentrating‚ cannot sleep at night‚ and much more. Consequently‚ it could be
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It is contested that the male domination model tends to be misused‚ being a man a woman has nothing to do with their portrayal of masculinity or femininity West and Zimmerman‚ (1987) cited inWyllie et al.‚ (2012).Research shows that social contraction is what controls characters for masculinity and femininity‚ behaviour and career also have an influence rather than biological variances which are based on gender dissimilarities Birke‚ (2000) cited in Wyllie et al.‚ (2012). It’s said that suicide development
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Chronic back pain is one of the most common ailments suffered by people in North America. Almost everyone experiences "ordinary" back pain at one time or another but chronic pain is different. Chronic pain is persistent pain‚ usually lasting for more than three months‚ it often gets progressively worse‚ and its cause is sometimes difficult to pin down. Only someone who has experienced excruciating and continuing pain can realize how devastating and demoralizing it really is and it gets to the stage
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The 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) is a scale used to identify depression. Postpartum depression affects about 22% of mothers in the first year following childbirth (Gjerdingen‚ et.al.‚ 2009). Mood‚ pleasure‚ energy‚ concentration‚ self-worth and sleep can all be affected by depression. In postpartum depression‚ not only is the mother affected‚ but her relationship with her child and the child’s well-being may also be affected. The article‚ “Postpartum Depression Screening at Well-Child
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Have you ever been in a situation where someone says something that is not true because they are trying to be funny? Well there’s a word for it‚stereotypes. Stereotypes happen a lot of the time in conversations‚ it is usually about your religion or race. But the real question is why do people use stereotypes if they know it’s wrong? I believe they do that because they don’t understand or people are trying to be funny in a racist way. But the effect is more painful than the person who says it attends
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Cause and Effects of Depression Depression is one of the biggest diseases between teenagers and adults. Depression is not just a state of mind. It is related to physical changes in the brain. It is connected to an imbalance of a type of chemical that carries signals in your brain and nerves. It’s more than just a feeling of being “down in the dumps” or “blue” for a few days. There are more than 20 million people in the United States who have depression and they will tell you that the feelings
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It started with a headache. Then chills and fever‚ which left him/her exhausted and reduced to extreme weakness. They likely experienced nausea‚ vomiting‚ back pain‚ soreness in their arms and legs. Perhaps intense light was too bright to stand. Within a day or two‚ the swellings appeared. They were hard‚ painful‚ burning lumps on their neck‚ under their arms‚ on their inner thighs. Soon they turned black‚ split open‚ and began to ooze pus and blood. They may have grown to the size of an orange
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Depression can move in on a person quickly or creep in like a fog. It can be a visceral experience‚ like a blow to the gut or a heavy burden suddenly pressing down on one’s shoulders. It can affect one’s experience of the world: if it’s sunny outside‚ somehow it seems dull and cold; if it’s gray‚ the gray gets heavier. Have you ever been depressed? How do you stand against it; how do you push back the gray veil? How do you cope with depression and even work to break out of it? First‚ it’s important
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