Wounded Veterans English 101 Effective Essay Writing October 7‚ 2012 Shawna Rand Wounded Veterans As of December 2009‚ over 3.3 million American troops have been sent overseas into Iraq and Afghanistan alone; 793‚000 of them have been deployed more than once. (Tan‚ 2009) Sadly‚ not all of our troops return home alive and many that do face many challenges ahead. Physical wounds surly do not go unnoticed. They are fairly common in war time situations and are even shown in war movies. They show
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Psychology presentation PTSD and biological factors The signs and symptoms of PTSD‚ therefore‚ appear to reflect a persistent‚ abnormal adaptation of neurobiological systems to the stress of witnessed trauma. The neurobiological systems that regulate stress responses include certain endocrine and neurotransmitter pathways as well as a network of brain regions known to regulate fear behavior at both conscious and unconscious levels. Not surprisingly‚ much research has consequently focused on exploring
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Paranoid Personality Disorder Jessica Alba - (born April 28‚ 1981) is an American actress who’s TV and film credits include Dark Angel‚ Honey‚ Sin City‚ Fantastic Four‚ Into the Blue‚ Idle Hands and 2007’s Good Luck Chuck. Alba’s early life was marked by a multitude of physical maladies; she suffered collapsed lungs twice‚ had pneumonia 4-5 times a year‚ a ruptured appendix‚ and a cyst on her tonsils. She has also acknowledged suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder during childhood. Her health
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder What is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)? PTSD is an illness that occurs after traumatic events happen in which harm is threatened or caused to a person. People often associate this disorder with being in the military during war‚ such as now‚ and suffering traumatic events (Getzfeld & Schwartz). This is very true‚ but this disorder can affect people from all walks of life. Some other examples of people that develop PTSD are cancer patients‚ someone living
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A hyperactive orbitofrontal cortex‚ hyperactive basal ganglia regions‚ and dysfunctional serotonin activity are all associated with OCD (Gorbis‚ O’Neill‚ Sterner‚ Yip‚ & Molnar‚ n.d.; Neer & Ragsdale‚ 2014). Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)‚ therefore‚ have been proven to be an effective mode of treatment for OCD when combined with behavioral therapies (NICE‚ 2006‚ in Neer & Ragsdale‚ 2014). Although
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Bulimia nervosa (bulimia) is a highly serious and potentially life-threatening eating disorder. A person with this disorder initially eats‚ and binges upon‚ large amounts of food. Then‚ usually due to a fear of becoming overweight‚ the person insalubriously purges this food in order to get rid of the large number of calories recently consumed (American Psychiatric Association‚ 2013). This subsequent purging is most commonly performed through either forced regurgitation or through the excessive
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People every day are diagnosed with mental and emotional illnesses that completely change their lives. Depression is one of the many illnesses that take its toll on an average person. Medical experts believe that depression causes more disability throughout the world than almost any other medical illness or disorder (World Book). Depression affects more Americans than cancer‚ AIDS‚ or coronary heart disease. About one in five Americans will develop a mood disorder‚ usually depression‚ at some point
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New york college-empire state college OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER (OCD): SYMPTOMS & TREATMENT Abnormal Psychology Cleopatra Papathanasiou Fall Semester 2014 There are numerous and different mental illnesses and disorders that affect millions of people around the world. One such disorder‚ obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is defined as the persistent‚ uncontrollable‚ unwanted and obsessive feelings‚ thoughts or images and compulsive behaviors such as routines or rituals in
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The Changes in Mental Illness Treatment Since the early 1990s‚ the progress of mental illness treatment has increased quickly. Many patients with mental illness have been able to leave hospitals and live normal lives because of advancement in treatment. The treatment of mental illness has changed in many ways. Some of these ways are medical technology‚ medication‚ and the housing treatment. These changes in mental illness healing have led to a great success. Medical technology is
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Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) is listed as a depressive disorder in the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders‚ Fourth Edition (DSM-IV). It ’s no surprise that the 1994 addition of PMDD in the DSM-IV was one of the most controversial contributions in DSM history. Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder indicates serious premenstrual distress with associated deterioration in functioning‚ causing women to experience severe depression‚ irritability
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