Resources for Mental Health Illnesses Mood Disorders Disorder Resources Depression http://allpsych.com/disorders/mood/index.html http://www.camh.net/education/Online_courses_webinars/mha101/index.html Signs and Symptoms: lack of energy; oversleeping/not sleeping; drop in grades; regress to childhood fears; self-harm; substance abuse; aggressive; accident prone/clumsy Strategies: connect; allow creative outlets (writing‚ drawing‚ doodling); help with memory and organization Suicide Centre
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that may result in good or terrible consequences. The “low” mood state in bipolar is mayor depression; characterized by sadness‚ inferiority‚ feelings of worthlessness‚ emptiness‚ thoughts of death‚ diminished ability to concentrate‚ insomnia or oversleeping‚ and significant weight gain or loss(Langwith‚ 2009). Nonetheless there are two categories for bipolar disorder; bipolar I and bipolar II. “Bipolar I consist of at least one manic episode lasting one week or any duration if hospitalization
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Chapter I INTRODUCTION Tardiness means to be late‚ slow or sluggish and is a form of misconduct. Have you ever experienced being tardy to class? Does tardiness do any advantage to you? What do you get for being tardy? Does tardiness means that you are not smart? Why are there a lot of students who like being tardy? Some students suddenly decide to be tardy‚ is being tardy already their habit? What will be the consequence of that? What will be the effect of being tardy to the student’s
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friends and hobbies. *Change in personality – sad‚ withdrawn‚ irritable‚ anxious‚ tired‚ or indecisive. *Change in sleep Patterns – Change in Eating Patterns – insomnia‚ early waking or oversleeping‚ nightmares. *Change in Eating Habits – loss of appetite and weight‚ or overeating. *Low Self Esteem - Feeling worthless‚ shame‚ overwhelming guilt‚ self-hatred. Indication of a suicidal plan((Teen Suicide): *Actually says about committing
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Obesity is defined as a medical condition whereby there is excessive fat accumulation in the body and may present a risk to health (Wright & Harwood‚ 2012). Consequently‚ this condition may reduce life expectancy or increase health problems. An epidemic is an extensive occurrence of a communicable disease in a society at a given period of time. Obesity condition has reached epidemic proportions all over the world whereby both the adults and children are found obese. Most of the older adults are more
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All of us suffer from an occasional headache; in fact‚ 20 million Americans see their doctors each year because of headaches. Headaches are also the leading cause for missing school and work in this country. There are many different types of headaches ranging from just ordinary pain‚ to pain associated with a disorder or serious medical condition. I’d like to discuss the worst type of headache. The type of headache I’d like to discuss‚ the Migraine‚ although intense in its
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Model Essay & Practice 2 Model Essay (pp.99 & 100) 1. Para. 2 2. effect of decreased sunlight: chemical imbalance 3. other change results from a decrease in the amount of sunlight: disturbance in the body’s natural clock 4. final result: lethargy‚ oversleeping‚ weight gain‚ anxiety‚ and irritability. Practice 2: - Body produces more melatonin and less seratonin - Disturbance in body’s natural clock. 1-6 Cause Signal Words Coordinators for Subordinators because since as Others to result from because
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Depression is a serious mental health concern that will touch most people’s lives at some point in their lifetime (either directly or through someone close they know). The suffering endured by people with depression and the lives lost to suicide attest to the great burden of this disorder on individuals‚ families‚ and society. Improved recognition‚ treatment‚ and prevention of depression are critical public health priorities. Organizations such as the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)‚ one
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been diagnosed with SAD‚ or seasonal affective disorder. Seasonal affective disorder usually happens around the same time every year. It is more common for it to occur in the fall until the spring months. For me‚ I had experienced feeling low‚ oversleeping‚ and high anxiety. I researched about light box therapy‚ which is used to mimic natural outdoor light‚ causing a change in brain chemicals linked to
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(DALYs) and 8.3% of all U.S. years lived with disability (YLDs).[] The DSM-5 classifies major depression only when someone endorses five out of nine symptoms (depressed mood‚ anhedonia‚ changes in appetite: weight loss/gain‚ changes in sleep pattern: oversleeping
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