is a 32-year-old woman who lives alone but seems withdrawn from people around her. As a child‚ Stacey had a close friend that suddenly moved and she went through some bullying at school during that same time period. She became a loner and shy in social situations. Stacey was married at age 20 but it only lasted about 4 years due to personality conflicts between her and her husband. Stacey enrolled in college classes for nursing but found the thought of making classroom presentations too stressful
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Coach Vickery April 22‚ 2013 Shonte Cunningham-Boggs Psychology Bipolar Disorder Bipolar is a disorder that is usually caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain. This causes major mood swings‚ and can make you super happy and energetic or really depressed. You can go from high to low in seconds. When you are diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder you can go through a “high” period called (mania).Bipolar Mania is an unusually great feeling you get. Some other symptoms are extreme
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Christopher Uebler Ms. August Social Networking 23 September 24‚ 2013 SMAD: Social Media Anxiety Disorder SMAD‚ also known as “Social Media Anxiety Disorder‚” is where people are so addicted to their media lives that they always have to have their smartphone on them. Honestly I’m not surprised about the high amount of people with SMAD because in today’s society we are based on the Internet. If someone doesn’t text me back within an hour then I usually take it in a negative way. If I am
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Panic Disorder . . . When the Wires Get Crossed in Our Sympathetic Nervous System It all begins when the heart starts racing and then pounds as if coming out of the chest. A lump forms in the throat and the mouth becomes dry‚ making it hard to swallow. Breathing becomes shallow and labored‚ it’s hard to catch a deep breath‚ and a feeling of being smothered overwhelms. Trembling‚ hot flushes‚ cold sweats‚ numbness in the arms or legs and dizziness envelop the targeted victim. A tight knot
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Internet Activity #5 When faced with extreme stress and trauma‚ there is likely to always be a negative psychological reaction‚ however‚ posttraumatic stress disorder is far more extreme than a temporary reaction. Posttraumatic stress disorder can occur at any time after a traumatic experience‚ such as combat‚ natural disaster‚ or victimization. It is characterized by symptoms of persistent reliving of the traumatic event‚ pronounced physical reactions when reminded of the events‚ significant upset
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A person can be diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) upon the experience of a traumatic event. PTSD also involves the constant reliving of the trauma and have symptoms of irritability‚ insomnia‚ or emotional outburst. In recent studies‚ patients with PTSD were found to be linked with having high levels of lower back or neck pain. This pain is believed to be a psychological outcome of PTSD rather than physical effect of it. Dunn‚ Passmore‚ Burke‚ and Chiconie (2009) were interested
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Generalized Anxiety Disorders Dolores Corbin COM/156 June 29‚ 2013 Meg Mikovits The Perplexities of Generalized Anxiety Disorders How common is it to feel anxious? It is as common as the air we breathe. The entire population feels anxiety at some point in their life. Anxiety refers to worry or uneasiness about what may happen. It is normal to be anxious about everyday concerns like family‚ money‚ and health issues. Worries come and go‚ however‚ for some people; the anxiety does not go
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Mental Health Disorders in Parents: The Affects on Children and Youth Introduction It has been reported that 21-23 percent of children have or have had atleast one parent with a mental health disorder. These statistics raise concern about the wellbeing of children with parents who possess a server mental illness and the resources not just for the parent‚ but the child or children affected. Children require numerous amounts of needs from their caregivers and an issue with parents who carry a severe
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Effects of Social Media: Abuse and Addiction Associated with Social Media Justin McIntyre English 1302‚ T-TH 5:30 Professor F. Dziadek November 25‚ 2014 Justin McIntyre 20 November 2014 A Call to Acton: Regulate the Use of Social Media Statistics show‚ each year 700 billion minutes are spent on Facebook alone‚ with a normal person spending approximately 15 hours a week‚ not attempting to calculate the time spent checking emails‚ playing video games‚ or just surfing the web. Social media
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Anxiety and Depression in Adolescence: A Social Problem 6 November 2012 Anxiety and Depression in Children & Adolescence: A Social Problem 1. Introduction Anxiety and depression in adolescence has become an increasing issue in society as time has progressed. Rates of high school students who qualify for the criteria that meet a mental disorder are 6-8 times higher than the same age group in the 1960’s. A test given to high school students over the years called the Minnesota
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