Overview: For my project I chose to take a closer looked at Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) due to sexual trauma. I found interest in this topic because my mother has been diagnosed with PTSD and she suffers from the symptoms of it daily. I also have two friends who are twins who I believe suffer from PTSD but are not diagnosed. For this project I will be using my mother‚ one of my friends and my cousin who works for the Coalition Against Rape and Abuse (CARA) to thoroughly explore this topic
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Often Overlooked: What’s Causing Adolescent Compulsive Behavior? ______________________ Southern Illinois University EPSY 412 July 25‚ 2011 Often Overlooked‚ What’s Causing Adolescent Compulsive Behavior? If you are constantly washing your hands‚ counting your steps‚ or impulsively repeating tasks in life‚ perhaps you are always counting things or checking things. If these actions are taking over your life or constantly occupying your mind‚ perhaps
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A Review of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety based disorder that can be developed after witnessing or experiencing a dangerous event associated with serious personal injury or death. PTSD is a relatively new term that was first described in 1980 in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders vol. 3 (DSM III) for what had widely been known as “shell shock”. The term shell shock was coined during World War
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was for the treatment of depression. However‚ some of the side effects of this drug include blurred vision‚ mouth dryness‚ cardiac complications and when overdoses or misused could be highly lethal. Prozac was later launched in 1988 and was a selective serotonin inhibitor uptake. The Prozac was much safer than TCA because of its minimal side effects. When the Prozac was launched it showed that about 2.5 million prescriptions were given in a month in every year. Also the SSRI were introduced in
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Reviewing the Case of Barbara Terry L. Bailey PS 531 Co-Occurring Disorders and Treatments Amanda Graham August 11‚ 2015 Kaplan University Abstract This paper will examine the case study of Barbara‚ a 29-year old single Hispanic female who presents with nervous episode‚ appearing to have an anxiety disorder. Additionally‚ she is also a mental health counselor which raises various legal and ethical concern regarding herself and her client. Discussion will include a completed assessment
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Depression‚ it happens to anyone at anytime even when it’s least expected. Depression is an illness that causes affects on the body‚ thoughts‚ and emotions (Chut). It’s a major disorder that can affect all age groups. Depression can happen at random‚ the events that could possibly cause it to occur include a break up of a relationship‚ death of a loved one‚ change in jobs‚ suffrage from a severe illness‚ or when being separated from a relative or friend (UXL Encyclopedia of Drugs and Addictive Substances)
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An Evaluation of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Abstract This paper will evaluate Obsessive Compulsive Disorder to include a historical overview of the disorder including a literature review‚ current research of the disorder‚ and a Christian worldview of the disorder. Literature review Overview Obsessive compulsive disorder is an anxiety disorder diagnosed when obsessions and/or compulsions seem to be unreasonable or excessive‚ cause the sufferer distress‚ consume a certain amount of
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ORIGINS OF OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS RESEARCH comparison of the origins of operations management and operations research reveals that both are an innovation of the 20th century. The origin of operations research was in England‚ circa 1937‚ and has its roots in scientific management‚ with its first significant applications to military operations in both World War I and World War II. Operations management had its origins in the early factory system‚ and was more associated with physical
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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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Research Paper: Anxiety Disorders Stephanie Hathaway Liberty University Abstract Anxiety Disorders are characterized by many symptoms and often associated with depressive tendencies. Although the majority are produced in a person based off of their genetic material‚ other influences exist environmentally that can encourage or discourage the severity of the symptoms and prognosis it has on one’s overall well-being. Early diagnosis and a systematic combination of treatments
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