ARTICLE IN PRESS Journal of Adolescence xxx (2010) 1–8 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Adolescence journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/jado Factors accounting for youth suicide attempt in Hong Kong: A model building Gloria W.Y. Wan a‚ Patrick W.L. Leung b‚ * a b Clinical Psychology Service‚ Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Welfare Council‚ 5/F‚ Holy Trinity Bradury Center‚ 139 Ma Tau Chung Road‚ Kowloon‚ Hong Kong‚ China 3/F‚ Sino Building‚ Clinical and Health Psychology
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The Implications of Anti-Depressants on Todays Society November‚ 20th/2013 PSYC-1200-015 The Implications of Anti-Depressants on Todays Society Depression is a mental/mood disorder or now known as a biological disease‚ which is widely described as a persistent low mood behavior‚ and is usually accompanied by low self-esteem and or by a loss of interest in normally enjoyable activities. So why are doctors prescribing medication that enables the same
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personality disorder is a serious mental illness marked by unstable moods‚ behavior‚ and relationships. Because some people with severe borderline personality disorder have brief psychotic episodes‚ experts originally thought of this illness as atypical‚ or borderline‚ versions of other mental disorders. While mental health experts now generally agree that the name "borderline personality disorder" is misleading‚ a more accurate term does not exist yet. The symptoms of borderline disorder were first
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Case Study Patients name: John Nash Diagnosis and Assessment Axis I: Undifferentiated Type Using the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM IV-TR) John Nash has been given the primary diagnosis of being undifferentiated. Plus abnormalities of the brain structure and function‚ disorganized speech and behavior‚ delusions‚ and hallucinations. Nash often has panic attacks‚ withdrawal from social activities‚ and loss of attention to personal hygiene and grooming‚ and
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Grief and Mourning Grand Canyon University: PCN 605 December 17‚ 2013 Grief and Mourning Schizophrenia is one of the most debilitating psychotic disorders that can tend to cause distortions in perceptions‚ hallucinations‚ delusions‚ and other strange behavior in 1% of the population in the United States (Picchioni & Murray‚ 2007). Receiving a diagnosis of schizophrenia can be life altering and hard to grasp. A myriad of emotions come into play for both the individual
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ON PERSONALITY DISORDERS. LECTURER’S NAME: MRS. ESTHER MUTHOGA INTRODUCTION. A person’s character structure is a product of habitual attitudes‚ values and reaction towards human relationships. The foundation of this structure is often laid down early in life and extends over a long period of time. When this characteristic ways become exaggerated to a degree that they are inappropriate‚ it may be a sign of personality disorder. A personality disorder is a long – standing
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has a bimodal distribution with 2 peaks: under the age of 10 years and in the 60s [1]. Sixty percent of people probably experience epistaxis once in their life [2]. Although epistaxis may occur secondary to surgery‚ trauma‚ hypertension‚ bleeding disorders‚ hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia‚ and antiplatelet and anticoagulation drug use‚ its etiology is unknown in 70% to 80% of cases [3]. Epistaxis is usually self-limiting but can be life threatening‚ especially in elder patients or those with
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ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY CASE STUDY 3 MAJOR DEPRESSION 1. Major depressive disorder (MDD) has been linked to many causes‚ including biologic and genetic‚ cognitive‚ behavioral‚ and social and interpersonal factors. Which factors do you believe are the most important to the development of MDD? In addition to their roles as causal factors‚ having MDD can lead to substantial changes in these same domains. How does having MDD affect a person’s thoughts‚ behaviors‚ and social interactions? What effects
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which is what we normally call "depression". Women statistically are the majority group who is diagnosed each year with either anxiety or depression. It is nearly twice as many as men. In addition‚ they have some unique risk factors for the disorders; they are also facing some variations of depression specific to their sex (Dennis and Charles 147). There’re several major causes of depression that may occur in women involving biological (i.e. genetics‚ hormones)‚ social (social roles‚ discrimination)
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INTRODUCTION Symptoms – Prodromal Phase Psychiatric Disorders I. Psychotic Depression II. Postpartum Psychosis Psychoactive Drugs – Substance Induced Psychosis I. MDPV – Bath Salts INTRODUCTION « Every normal person‚ in fact‚ is only normal on the average. His ego approximates to that of the psychotic in some part of other and to a greater or lesser extent » (Sigmund Freud). « Psychosis – a severe mental disorder in which thought and emotions are so impaired that contact
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