24 Jan. 2013. Lane‚ Christopher‚ PhD. "Overprescribing Antidepressants." Psychology Today. Sussex Publishers‚ LLC‚ 11 May 2009. Web. 18 Jan. 2013. Lacasse‚ Jeffrey R.‚ and Leo‚ Jonathan. "Serotonin and Depression: A Disconnect between the Advertisements and the Scientific Literature." PLoS Medicine: Serotonin and Depression: A Disconnect between the Advertisements and the Scientific Literature. Antidepressants Facts‚ 8 Nov. 2005. Web. 29 Jan. 2013.
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Running Head: Prozac Nation and Major Depression Disorder Prozac Nation and Major Depression Disorder Raquel H. Sasyn University of Houston Ms. Chastity Farr Clinical Psychology Section - 25673 April 23‚ 2010 Introduction “Prozac Nation‚” is a best-selling memoir written by Elizabeth Wurtzel in 1994. Based on Wurtzel’s stormy childhood and adolescence‚ Prozac Nation explores many topics such as major depression‚ family relations‚ and drug abuse. The story narrates Wurtzel’s life
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The Mermaid and Her Cluttering Disorder When people think about their favorite childhood movie‚ there are many movies that a person can choose from. For me‚ The Little Mermaid comes to my mind. When asked‚ “What do you want to be when you grow up?”‚ I often remember myself answering the question with the response “A mermaid.” Her beautiful long‚ red‚ hair‚ her outgoing personality‚ and most importantly‚ her extravagant life under the sea made me want to be just like her. Because of my obsession I
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What are antidepressants? Antidepressants are generally all the name says‚ drugs used to treat depression.The antidepressants are drugs that minimizes the symptoms that are related to depression. It’s a perfect balance of chemicals that are often called trigger drugs. The medicine treats the symptoms by using chemical imbalances of the neurotransmitters located in the brain to send correcting signals. To completely understand how antidepressants work you must understand the reason of why they
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Psychological treatments for Depression This essay will discuss and compare Beck’s cognitive behavioural therapy for depression and the use of drug therapy as treatments for depression. They differ heavily in their ideologies with regards to what depression is caused by. Beck’s therapy is a cognitive and therefore focuses on thought processes. The idea being‚ that people with depression can change their thought negative processes to positive ones in order to ‘cure’ themselves. Whereas drug treatments
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Final Exam Sample Questions 1) One possible cause of depression is: A)abnormal levels of seratonin B)loss of brain tissue. C)erratic firing of unmyelinated neurons. D)excess coritsol activity. E)the gene for schizophrenia. 2)Which of the following is NOT a component of attitudes? A)disposition B)cognition C)behaviour D)affect E)all of the above 3)Which of the following individuals might be diagnosed as having panic disorder? A)Louie‚ who is excessively anxious
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outweighed the biological perspective was unfair because both are equally important with both causing depression. The following is a glossary of depression terms borrowed from WebMD: Antidepressant. A drug used to treat depression. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are one common class. It includes drugs like Celexa (citalopram)‚ Lexapro (escitalopram)‚ Paxil (paroxetine)‚ Prozac (fluoxetine)‚ and Zoloft (sertraline.) Anxiety disorder. A chronic condition that causes anxiety so severe
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Shaaraim K. Jamier Liberty University Author Note This paper was prepared for Psychology 430-B04‚ LOU taught by Professor Cooper. Abstract Obsessive-Compulsive disorder (OCD) was once considered to be a disease that was uncommon and even rare in the psychological field. Since more studies have been conducted on the disorder‚ the previous belief of rarity has been revoked and it is now considered to be grouped into the top ten disabling disease as characterized
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Trichotillomania is defined as a self-induced and recurrent loss of hair.[3] It includes the criterion of an increasing sense of tension before pulling the hair and gratification or relief when pulling the hair.[1] However‚ some people with trichotillomania do not endorse the inclusion of "rising tension and subsequent pleasure‚ gratification‚ or relief" as part of the criteria;[1] because many individuals with trichotillomania may not realize they are pulling their hair‚ patients presenting for
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levels to reduce or the brain communication causing the anxiety is stops communication with other brain areas. There are two ways in which this can be done; it can firstly be done chemically using (SSRI) Selective Serotonin reuptake inhibiter‚ these drugs reduce the activity of the chemical serotonin in the thalamus. The other way in which OCD can be treated is with surgery‚ this means that the connection between the thalamus and the orbitofrontal cortex is cut stopping the areas of the brain
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