Megan Brooks PS124 Unit 9 Assignment 5/21/13 Alicia Alicia she was just a worrier. She said she would feel keyed up and unable to relax. At times it would come and go‚ and at times it would be constant. She is now afraid to go to a simple dinner party or even go to a restaurant. She stays in bed most days and hardly leaves her house. Thoughts Alicia has are racing and she says it’s hard to let things go. Alicia also has sleeping problems‚ trouble concentrating‚ lightheadedness‚ and worries
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"General‚ Specific And Unique Cognitive Factors Involved In Anxiety And Depressive Disorders." Cognitive Therapy & Research 36.6 (2012): 621-633. Academic Search Complete. Web. 15 Jan. 2014. Strug‚ L. J.‚ et al. "Panic Disorder Is Associated With The Serotonin Transporter Gene (SLC6A4) But Not The Promoter Region (5-HTTLPR)." Molecular Psychiatry 15.2 (2010): 166-176.Academic Search Complete. Web. 15 Jan. 2014. "In The Clinic: Generalized Anxiety Disorder." Annals Of Internal Medicine 159.11 (2013): 1-12
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Bulimia nervosa is defined as two or more episodes of binge eating (rapid consumption of a large amount of food‚ up to 5‚000 calories) every week for at least three months. The binges are sometimes followed by vomiting or purging and may alternate with compulsive exercise and fasting. The symptoms can develop at any age from early adolescence to 40‚ but usually become clinically serious in late adolescence. Bulimia is not as dangerous to health as anorexia‚ but it has many unpleasant physical
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By a show of hands‚ how many of you know someone who has asthma? How many of you know someone who has diabetes? Now how many of you know someone who has obsessive-compulsive disorder? Not many. Yet OCD is diagnosed nearly as often as asthma and diabetes. It’s estimated that 2.2 million American adults have obsessive-compulsive disorder. This is slightly more than the number of people who reside in Houston‚ Texas‚ the 4th largest city in the country. And according to the Obsessive Compulsive
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09/02/2013 PS2158 ANXIETY DISORDERS II: OCD AND PTSD Nora S Vyas‚ Ph.D. Module Leader n.vyas@kingston.ac.uk Overview By the end of this lecture‚ students will be able to: • Describe the clinical presentation of OCD and PTSD • Describe and evaluate the aetiological factors of these disorders • Describe the main treatment options for OCD and PTSD. 1 09/02/2013 Post-traumatic Stress Disorder • Definition & Prevalence • Symptoms & Diagnosis of PTSD • The aetiology of PTSD • The treatment of
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Emily Young Mrs. King ELA 8th Hour 07 April 2017 Marijuana should be legal. Have you ever thought about not being able to get the best treatments medical wise? Or have you thought about how damaging the things our government allows to be legal really are to us and our communities? For examples‚ Marijuana can be used to treat some medical problems‚ but it is illegal while cigarettes kill people‚ and it is legal. That doesn’t make sense. Therefore‚ Marijuana should be legal because it helps
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The Etiology and Treatment of Anxiety Richard DiPasqualeUniversity at Buffalo‚ the State University of New York Etiology and Treatment of Anxiety in Children.Although generalized anxiety may seem to be a normal part of an individual’s life‚ it is actually one of the most prevalent disorders among children and adolescents. For most of the studies and research constructed by experts throughout the years in psychopathology‚ this disorder was bypassed and taken into mild concern. The reason this condition
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Depression and Pregnancy Audrey Luck Psychology for Midwives 11/16/10 Depression and Pregnancy 2 For most women the period of growing bellies and growing anticipations is a joyful and exciting time and for others this time may harbor doubt‚ fear‚ and depression. “As many as 1 out of 5 women have symptoms of depression during pregnancy. For some women‚ those symptoms are severe. In pregnancy‚ women who have been depressed before are at higher risk of depression than other
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Name Course Instructor Date of Submission Mental Health Mental disorders are among the common conditions threatening health care today. Most people with mental disorders can‚ however‚ lead productive lives if proper medication is provided. Mental disorders affect the way individuals think‚ feel or act. Just like other illnesses‚ mental disorders have biological and psychological roots (Gazzaniga and Heatherton 23). Many mental disorders such as‚ Obsessive-Compulsive disorder (OCD)‚ panic disorder
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What are antidepressants? Antidepressants are generally all the name says‚ drugs used to treat depression.The antidepressants are drugs that minimizes the symptoms that are related to depression. It’s a perfect balance of chemicals that are often called trigger drugs. The medicine treats the symptoms by using chemical imbalances of the neurotransmitters located in the brain to send correcting signals. To completely understand how antidepressants work you must understand the reason of why they
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