People use the word stress when they feel overwhelmed or things become too much to handle on their own. We become overloaded and wonder whether we really can cope with the pressures placed upon us. Stress can either give you the motivation to get you going‚ or it can bring you down to the very bottom. In my opinion‚ it brings us down rather than motivating us. People think they have no other choice when they are stressed but to give up. There are many ways to cope with stress including self-help
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Mental Health Related Articles HELPING TEENAGERS WITH STRESS Teenagers‚ like adults‚ may experience stress everyday and can benefit from learning stress management skills. Most teens experience more stress when they perceive a situation as dangerous‚ difficult‚ or painful and they do not have the resources to cope. Some sources of stress for teens might include:school demands and frustrationsnegative thoughts and feelings about themselveschanges in their bodiesproblems with friends and/or peers
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Lantau Pysch 2301 Webster Sec. 405 Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder‚ or what doctors call PTSD‚ is a serious mental illness becoming increasingly serious in our community. PTSD is a mental disorder that develops after a person encounters extreme physical harm or close to damaging harm. Another cause of PTSD is men being deployed into war and experiencing extreme trauma that many Americans go a whole lifetime with out seeing. Post- traumatic stress disorder can be treated but even though there are
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Stress: Some Major Effects Stress stems from many different sources and important effects on persons who experience it. Stress and health: the silent killer - Stress plays some role in 50-70% of all physical illness included some of the most serious and life-threatening ailments known to medical science: heart disease‚ high blood pressure‚ hardening of the arteries( 動脈硬化)‚ ulcers(胃潰瘍)‚ and even diabetes. Immune system: the mechanism through which our bodies recognize and destroy potentially
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ANXIETY * General term for several disorders that cause nervousness‚ fear‚ apprehension‚ and worrying. * Considered to be a normal reaction to a stressor. ANXIETY DISORDER * a blanket term covering several different forms of a type of common psychiatric disorder characterized by excessive rumination‚ worrying‚ uneasiness‚ apprehension and fear about future uncertainties either based on real or imagined events‚ which may affect both physical and psychological health The Common Anxiety
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Approximately 40% to 88% of children with various disabilities have a concurrent diagnosis of a sensory processing disorder (SPD) (May-Benson & Koomar‚ 2010). The SPD impairs a child’s ability to detect‚ modulate‚ interpret‚ and respond to sensory stimuli from the body and the environment. Children with the SPD have decreased frequency‚ duration‚ and complexity of adaptive responses‚ impaired self-esteem and confidence‚ and decreased fine motor‚ gross motor‚ cognitive‚ and social skills (Parham‚
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A Reaction of the Bhopal Case This reaction paper is based on the ethics case: Bhopal-Union Carbide. First‚ I discuss an overview of the case. Second‚ I relate the case to principles discussed in class. Third‚ I evaluate the various points raised in class and present my point of view. Overview of the case In December 1984‚ the pesticide producing plant‚ Union Carbide‚ leaked methyl isocyanate gas in Bhopal‚ India. A substance that accidently entered the methyl isocyanate storage unit caused the
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Introduction Someone said people feel stress is because they can’t reach their own expectation but they want to reach it‚ so stress was created by their own. Just like Sammy’s case‚ he said he got an unsatisfactory result in public examination. It shows that Sammy has got an expectation in his examination but his can’t reach his own expectation‚ so stress created. In Sammy’s case‚ there are some problems which are appeared after analyzing. Problems 1. Lack of self concept Refer
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Definition Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a developmental/neurocognitive disorder. It can effect a person’s social interactions‚ communication‚ and behaviors of daily living. It is named Autism Spectrum Disorder because there is not just one set of symptoms. The symptoms range from individual to individual. Some characteristics of autism include repetitive behaviors‚ issues with social skills‚ inappropriate affect or no affect‚ hypersensitivity to sound‚ and nonverbal tendencies (Center for Disease
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Acute Stress Response Cheryl Welch Liberty University Abstract The purpose of this paper is to define and explain the acute stress response and acute stress disorder. Clarify the differences between the two conditions and offer review of treatments and symptoms associated with both. Therapies and interventions are reviewed and explored for effectiveness in resolving symptoms and preventing post-traumatic stress disorder. The acute stress response (ASR) refers to psychological and physiological
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