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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
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800 wordsPhobia- intense and persistent fear of a specific object, situation, or activity. Because of this intense and persistent fear, the phobic person often leads a constricted life. The anxiety is typically out of proportion to the real situation, and the victim is fully aware that the fear is irrational. Phobic anxiety is distinguishable from other forms of anxiety only in that it occurs specifically in relation to a certain object or situation. This anxiety is characterized by physiological symptom...
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Electro Convulsive Therapy American Journal Of Psychiatry
1,253 wordsSince its introduction to the world in the mid 1930 s, electro convulsive shock therapy, or ECT, has been one of the most effective and least understood treatments in psychiatry. The technique itself has changed in many ways since its conception and is now considered a safe and effective treatment of patients with major depressive disorder, manic episodes, schizophrenia, and other serious mental disturbances. However, the neurobiological changes critical to the therapeutic success of ECT have no...
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1,390 wordsA Controlled Trial of Sustained-Release Bupropion, a Nicotine Patch, or Both for Smoking Cessation. Smoking is the silent killer of the 20 th century more people died from smoking and smoking related illness in the past hundred years than in all the major wars. The situation used to be one of ignorance people did not realise the ill-effects of their habit on their health and the health of those around them. Today the situation has changed most realise the danger but many are addicted and find it...
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Children And Adolescents Signs And Symptoms
1,402 wordsAbstract Two percent of preteens and five percent of adolescents suffer from depression (web 2004). There are specific signs and symptoms associated with depression, which are helpful in detection of the illness. There are various ways to treat depression, such as medication, group therapy, and / or herbal supplements. There are pros and cons with each treatment, but the worst coincides with the medication -suicide. Much research has been conducted, which will be discussed in the paper that has ...
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Antidepressant Medications Blood Pressure
698 wordsThe most outstanding behavior seen in an anorexic includes a conservative rigidity, outward compliance toward others alternating with temper-tantrum behavior, and repetitious patterns normal in the infant and toddler but not in the adolescent (Levenkron 3 - 4). Anorexics also have peculiar behavior with food. Some prepare elaborate meals for families, but eat nothing themselves, or they toy with food on their plate and eventually throw the whole meal away (Marx 51). Depending on which perspectiv...
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Heavy Metal Music Suicide Attempts
2,061 wordsThe Causes can be Prevented Introduction The phenomenon of suicide cannot be easily addressed, because psychologists do not agree on its exact causes. One thing is clear though this issue is very complex and the effective suicide prevention program must be based on specifics of every individual case. Nevertheless, there are certain factors that are believed to be universally applicable, when it comes to explaining what causes suicide. In this paper we will discuss social attractors of suicide, s...
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Analysis Treatment Of Bulimia And Anorexia Part 2
1,791 words... have eating disorders have similar personality traits, including a low self-esteem, feelings of helplessness, and a feeling of becoming fat. In eating disorders, it looks as though eating disorders develop as a way of handling stress and anxieties. Anorexics are usually all around good people. They rarely ever disobey authority, tend to be perfectionists, and are often good students and athletes. It is believed that anorexic people restrict food to feel in control of at least one area of the...
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Selective Serotonin Antidepressant Medications
563 wordsGenerally, depression is regarded as an illness due to an imbalance of serotonin in the brain. When seen as such, depression can no longer be considered a? mental illness, ? but instead must be categorized with physical illnesses that also have causes, symptoms, and remedies. There are also various types of depression, including Dysthymia, Seasonal Affective Disorder or SAD, and Bipolar disorder, which is also called manic depression 1. These types all differ slightly in the severity of their sy...
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Side Effects Serotonin Levels
2,576 wordsIm not like them, but I can pretend, the sun is gone, but I have a light, the day is done, and Im having fun, I think Im dumb or maybe just happy -Nirvana Quick get this band some Prozac on the double! Actually odds would suggest that theyre already taking the drug. The antidepressant Prozac has reached pop culture status and widespread use which cant be rivaled by any drug, but oddly enough, I never seemed to give the drug much thought. My curiosity was sparked one day when I flipped to MTV to ...
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Death Of A Salesman Committed Suicide
1,278 wordsWilly s Unfulfilled Dreams and Frustrated Hopes Death of a Salesman is about the struggles and failure of Willy Loan. A middle aged, quietly dressed, exhausted traveling salesman. In Death of a Salesman Miller begin the play with Willy Loan, who after an unsuccessful attempt to start a selling trip, has just returned home early. Willy s family had notice him talking to himself about things from the past. Linda his wife, seeing his exhaustion knows Willy is close to his psychological breaking poi...
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Seasonal Affective Disorder Symptoms Of Depression
1,152 wordsDepression affects 340 million people in the world today. (Depression-Net) It is also one of the most commonly misunderstood and untreated diseases. Depression affects the person as a whole. It can cause weight problems, sleep problems, self-injury, and very often death. There are many different types of depression-mild depression, major depression, bipolar depression, atypical depression, and seasonal affective disorder. There is a lot of misunderstanding around what depression really is. In a ...
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Bulimia Nervosa Eating Habits
1,131 wordsSpecific purpose: I want my audience to understand what bulimia is. Organizational pattern: Cause-effect Introduction I. Attention statement: Nearly half of Americans personally know someone with an eating disorder such as bulimia, according to a recent survey of 1, 264 adults, in the New York Times, by Zogby, published Friday July seventh. In addition the poll states that college graduates are more likely to know someone with an eating disorder (Zogby). II. Orientation phase point: I am going t...
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Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors Selective Serotonin Reuptake
1,217 wordsHuman nutrition is the study of how food affects the health and survival of the human body. Human beings require food to grow, reproduce, and maintain good health. Without the food our bodies could not stay warm, build or repair tissues, and maintain a good heartbeat. Eating the right foods could help us rid certain diseases or recover faster other illness occur. These and other important functions are dueled by chemical substances in our food called nutrients. Nutrients p 0 la a major role in m...
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Psychological Disorders Social Phobia
472 wordsMost people have a phobia or fear of something, according to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH); about four to five percent of Americans (at least 7. 2 million people) experience a clinically significant phobia. To be able to actually treat a phobia, a person must have to understand it. The kinds of phobias, symptoms, and treatments can all be related in the world of phobias. There are many different phobias within the human population such as Social, Agoraphobia, and Acrophobia. Soc...
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Zung Depression Self Assessment Zung Depression Self Assessment Test Prozac
1,255 wordsProzac is the worlds most widely prescribed antidepressant; it has been used by more than 35 million people worldwide. Chances are, someone you know is getting better because of it. In our society of quick fixes and fast food restaurants, it is not surprising to find an increasing amount of people over-prescribed with antidepressants such as Prozac. This prescription drug is becoming alarmingly popular in todays society. People in almost every age category are being prescribed this drug in the t...
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Mental Health Association American Journal Of Psychiatry
2,440 wordsAt first it Prozac Abstract At first it was the cure all people were looking for. Then it became the drug they were afraid to take. Somewhere between these two extremes lies the truth about the drug Fluoxetine, better known as Prozac, the most widely prescribed drug on the globe. It is mainly prescribed to patients suffering from clinical depression. It was first brought to the market in 1988 by the pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly co. Even though it was originally prescribed for depression, it ha...
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Adverse Reactions Side Effects
1,832 wordsProzac: Harmful or Helpful? Many people suffer from depression at some point in their lives. Among women in western countries, major depression is by far the most common illness (Shorter 43). Treatment for depression varies among health care providers, but the prescription of antidepressants seems to be the most common remedy. Prozac and other selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are being used to treat depression, panic disorder, bulimia, obsessive-compulsive behavior, and many other...
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Mental Illness Personality Disorders
1,817 words|Yeah, Im Prozac-Mania Prozac-Mania |Yeah, Im on Prozac, X I hear quite often, said as if the speaker had just received a new Porsche. I often do catch myself responding with, |Im on Zoloft isnt modern medicine great? X In a way, this exchange is a way of bonding. In another, more twisted way, it is a way of receiving a stamp of approval from my peers, for antidepressants have become extremely widespread and widely accepted. |Prozac has entered pop culture becoming the stuff of cartoons and stan...
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