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Specific definition: Depression Depression is a state of sadness‚ a low place on a surface or an extended period of economic recession.An illness that involves the body‚ mood‚ and thoughts and that affects the way a person eats‚ sleeps‚ feels about himself or herself‚ and thinks about things. Depression is closely associated with a lack of confidence and self-esteem and with an inability to express strong feelings. Repressed anger is thought to be a powerful contributor to depression. The person
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A Brief Summary of 5 Disorders: As Illustrated in the DSM-5 Liberty University Bipolar I Disorder 296.50-2.95.56 Bipolar I Disorder is defined by the DSM-5 as manic or mixed episodes that last at least seven days‚ or by manic symptoms that are so severe that the person needs immediate hospital care. During this manic episode‚ people typically experience an expansive mood‚ excessive optimism‚ grandiosity‚ and poor judgment. Usually‚ the person also has depressive episodes
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retreating into his own mind which in the long term caused him some mental damage. Toward the end of Pat’s stay at the mental health hospital he had reached a baseline and was free to go on his way. This baseline was Pat at a manic high. People with Bipolar disorder that are experiencing manic high usually become fixated on one goal. Pat’s goal was to get his old life back‚ which included getting his wife
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senior years of high school‚ the difference between them is that Finch can’t wait until death and Violet can’t wait until graduation. The theme or mental illness appears again and again with Finch‚ he suffers from what we the reader can assume is bipolar disorder. He refers to his normal days free from the clutches of depression as the “awake” and the rest of the time as being “asleep”. Their
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that you feel normal right now‚ but you just had a mental episode. I really think that you need to go to the doctor‚ because you might have Schizophrenia. Mira: What is Schizophrenia and why is it so important? Sayjal: Schizophrenia is a mental disorder which changes a person’s perception of reality. Also‚ I think you meant why it is important to diagnose Schizophrenia at early stages. Well‚ 10 percent of those diagnosed with Schizophrenia commit suicide‚ usually because they want to get rid of
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Assessment 1 I would like to introduce Sanhoo Joriwon service. This is the service popular in South Korea. Place made for mother and their new born baby or babies to rest for up to 4weeks‚ start from after their hospital discharge. Follow the Wikipedia‚ The demographics of Australia‚ population growth rate as of the end of September 2012‚ the population growth rate was 1.7%. This rate was based on estimates of one birth every 1 minute and 44 seconds‚ one death every 3 minutes and 32 seconds‚
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Unipolar Depression Unipolar depression is a mood disorder that is characterized by depression without mania. Depression and mania are the opposite of each other; depression is a sad sate that one is overwhelmed by all of life’s challenges and mania is when one is on a state of euphoria and has exaggerated beliefs that the world is theirs. Unipolar can be brought on by many different circumstances. Symptoms Symptoms vary from individual to individual but they will affect these five areas of
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Patient is a young female‚ between 20-30 years of age‚ with history of schizoaffective disorder who has been hospitalized for about 3 months in an acute facility for acute mania with psychosis and disorganized/combative behavior. At first‚ patient refused to take medication‚ so a hearing was held and was deemed with an involuntary treatment commitment. Initial medications were found to be ineffective‚ which called for further treatment. Over the past few months‚ medication regimens were balanced
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BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCE Module I: Stress Meaning & Nature Characteristics Types of stress Meaning Stress may be defined as "a state of psychological and / or physiological imbalance resulting from the disparity between situational demand and the individual’s ability and / or motivation to meet those demands." Dr. Hans Selye‚ one of the leading authorities on the concept of stress‚ described stress as "the rate of all wear and tear caused by life." Stress can be positive or negative. Stress
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