Marketing Anti-Depressants: Prozac and Paxil Introduction: The expiration of Prozac’s patent necessitates swift‚ defensive action from all companies in the SSRI industry. As generics enter the market‚ demand for more expensive‚ branded medications will fall as price sensitive consumers switch to the cheaper alternatives. Additionally‚ incident prices on consumers themselves‚ in the form of copayments‚ will rise as insurance companies pressure their constituents to switch to more cost-effective
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Memory Deficit Miriam Perez Duarte Nova Southeastern University Professor Weylin Stemglanz Introduction to Psychology Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a mentally crippling anxiety disorder‚ which is defined by obsessive thoughts‚ images‚ or impulses that persist regardless of the person’s endeavors to defeat them (Gerrig & Zimbardo‚ 2010). Some common OCD experiences are: extreme checking‚ extreme cleaning‚ and any habit that is taken to the extreme;
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The debate over antidepressants has waged on for over more than half a century. Two heads of the Department of Psychiatry in Washington University discovered that depression was just as much biological as it was physiological meaning that people with depression had an abnormal chemical make-up in the brain. This discovery increased the demand for research on methods to alter this abnormality effectively and efficiently. Thus antidepressants were created‚ sparking a psychiatric revolution. Antidepressants
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Effects of parental favoritism happen every single day. Studies show that siblings who sensed that their parents consistently favored or rejected one child over another were more likely to exhibit depression‚ unloved‚ unwanted‚ distant and behavioral changes in middle age. Every child deserves to be loved and cherished by their parents‚ feeling safe and comfortable to speak to them about all that’s on their mind. These “unfavorable” children don’t have the trust nor courage within themselves to speak
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Eating disorders are not a fad diet or an experiment to lose weight‚ but they are serious complex disorders that can take many years to recover from. Eating disorders affect five percent of women and one percent of men in the United States. The South Carolina Mental Health Department reports that five to ten percent of girls with eating disorders will die within ten years of having the disease. ("Statstics Eating" INT) Teenagers need to be aware of the warning signs‚ risk factors‚ and long and short
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Megan Brooks PS124 Unit 9 Assignment 5/21/13 Alicia Alicia she was just a worrier. She said she would feel keyed up and unable to relax. At times it would come and go‚ and at times it would be constant. She is now afraid to go to a simple dinner party or even go to a restaurant. She stays in bed most days and hardly leaves her house. Thoughts Alicia has are racing and she says it’s hard to let things go. Alicia also has sleeping problems‚ trouble concentrating‚ lightheadedness‚ and worries
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Some scientists believe that synesthesia results from "crossed-wiring" in the brain. They hypothesize that in synesthetes‚ neurons and synapses that are "supposed" to be contained within one sensory system cross to another sensory system. It is unclear why this might happen but some researchers believe that these crossed connections are present in everyone at birth‚ and only later are the connections untangled. Some studies show that infants respond to sensory stimuli in a way that researchers think
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Carver and Scheier (1994) stated that the coping strategies an individual uses might be relative to the stages‚ or phases‚ of a stressful situation. The researchers stated that a more solution focused coping strategy could be used in the beginning stage of a stressful situation followed by a more emotional coping strategy (Carver & Scheier‚ 1994). Carver and Scheier also identified the use of more negative coping strategies like denial‚ disengagement from the stressor‚ and the use of alcohol (Carver
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Case Study of H.M. The Case study of H.M.‚ Henry Molaison‚ is about a man who struggled from a very severe case of amnesia. He has been one of the main subjects for researchers today and has provided scientists much more knowledge about the human brain and memory (Newhouse‚ 2007). “The early studies of H.M. provide a basis for modern neuropsychology‚ and the findings of those who have studied him are today a cornerstone in memory research” (Costandi‚ 2007). H.M. was born in Hartford
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Mental/Behavioral Case Studies Jean Izean HCS/245 May 11‚ 2015 Tynan Mara Jim Wolf is a 45 year auto-parts old store owner who incessantly washes his hands. He continually checks and rechecks his part lists‚ equipment‚ and his employee’s schedules. His wife becomes concerned about his work performance and inability to sleep‚ she advises him to a physician. After a complete evaluation‚ a psychiatrist has diagnosed him with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Obsessive
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