Back to Berkeley: High School Students Struggle With Stress, Depression By ELIZABETH HOPPERSpecial to the Planet Friday August 26, 2005 Bookmark and Share Most adults know that being a high school student isn’t easy. However, many would be surprised to learn that the vast majority of teenagers are becoming depressed and losing sleep over problems that are much less superficial than fashion or the high scho ol social scene. Bay Area psychologist Dr. Anita Barrows, who has 25 years of experience counseling children and adolescents, estimates that 60 to 70 percent of teenagers are affected negatively by stress. According to psychologists, stress can have a variety of effects on teenagers. Although the most common effects of stress are insomnia, stomachaches, headaches, anxiety, and irritability, stress can also be a major factor in depression and eating disorders.
ADHD affects the way that chemicals go through the body. It is know that children and adults with ADHD have an abnormal function or also known as dysregulation with how the neurotransmitters carry out the chemicals. The two main chemicals that are affected are dopamine and nor epinephrine. Dopamine helps to carry signals between nerves in the brain. Without both of these chemicals
The thing about doctors who only prescribe medication and not other things to help with the treatment of patients is that we find too many times that people become over medicated and sometimes can’t function in the daily world, so it’s possibly like going from one extreme to another in this case. There are many case however, in which the doctor gives the patient other forms of treatment, such as holistic treatment, where the doctor goes about finding what it wrong with the person as a whole, and uses other ways to get rid of the personality
It can also relieve sleeplessness for those who have difficulty sleeping in a hospital setting. Music therapy can also relieve muscle tension and provide relaxation. Music therapy can be incorporated into many different
With that being said alcohol and drug addiction also takes a toll on wallets and families. Even though alcohol is only purchased by those over the age of 21, but according to the National Center on addiction and substance abuse, almost 80% of high school students have tried alcohol. Alcohol is a dependent, which means it slows the function of the central nervous system. Alcohol actually blocks some of the messages trying to get to the brain. This alters a person’s perceptions, emotions, movement, vision and hearing.
Seizures are symptoms of abnormal brain functions. With the exception of very young children and the elderly, the cause of the abnormal brain function is usually not identifiable. When seizures start, the physician will try to identify the cause of the seizure. This is because the most specific diagnosis as to why seizures are occurring depends on finding a cure, and the best therapy will be one specific to the etiology. If a specific diagnosis of cause cannot be made , then the epilepsy will be described according to seizure type or epileptic syndrome.
These belong to a group of medicines called acetyl cholinesterase inhibitors. They work by increasing the levels of acetylcholine. This is the chemical in the brain that is low in people with Alzheimer’s disease. 2 The positive effects of the drugs can sometimes be life changing seeing individuals moods get brighter and happier, having a calming effect on the individual, reducing memory loss, aggression, restlessness, reduction in hallucinations, less likely to worry and less pain. Their ability to do things may become better like doing activities and socialising with other and also going out doing things like shopping.
However, if you have depression symptoms that don’t clear up after a few weeks, the doctor will prescribe a stronger and more effective drug Paxil. Sometimes, even after your doctor has found the right drug or combination of drugs to control bipolar disorder, the doctor will recommend additional drug that will help control other symptoms in control. In addition to medication, psychotherapy, or talk therapy, for bipolar disorder can improve behaviors, communicate better with others, and keeping to a regular schedule for sleeping and eating. Electroconvulsive therapy or ETC may be an option if medications aren’t helping the patient, or when your symptoms are very severe or life threatening. Doctor call it the shock therapy, ECT involves putting you to sleep and sending electrical waves through your brain for about a minute.
Each substance can cause severe and permanent damage to children before and even after birth. Researchers have found that these substances can cause low birth weight, premature delivery, fetal alcohol syndrome, mental retardation, learning disabilities, stillbirth, miscarriages, and under developed limbs. Many babies born to mothers that have abused alcohol and drugs while pregnant are born addicted to the substance and go through withdrawal symptoms after being born. Some women are able to quit using these substances when becoming pregnant but many women are not and need professional help to quit. Pregnant women face many barriers when trying to get help for their substance abuse problems.
“How Depression Affects In College Students” The prevalence of depression in America has not been accurately calculated. At least for the time being, on estimates supplemented by calculation based on more measurable quantities, in 1970 in the untied states, 251,000 individuals were hospitalized with an admitting diagnosis of depression. In general, one in five who is depression is estimated to receive treatment, one in fifty is hospitalized, and about one out of two hundred depressed people’s commits suicide. The chance that an individual will become clinically depression in his or hers lifetime has been projected to be one in ten. However, the lifetime expectancy of affective disorder for women may be closer to one in five.