Depression can interfere with sexual performance. This can cause personal relationships to fall apart. Insomnia is caused by depression, which is having trouble sleeping or staying asleep for long periods of time. Depression can affect various ages and maybe be more severe to children then adults. Robin Williams had a lot going on in his life, and it seemed like things could never go right for Williams.
Short and long term abuse may cause irregular heartbeat, slurred speech, nausea, diarrhea, seizures, even death. According to Phoenix House common physical and behavioral signs and symptoms is inability to sleep, loss of appetite, and change in personality, paranoia, drops in school grades or skipping school. Treatment for any type of drug addiction most likely will include seeing a mental health professional or drug counselor and may include inpatient or outpatient treatment depending on the seriousness of the
Throughout the book depression is a big issue for Holden. It has also become an issue for American teenagers. Depression brings up the thought of suicide, which also seems to be a problem with American teens. A number of times throughout the book Holden has even said how depressing certain situations where. It has been said that when hearing about depressing or sad things it makes others sad or depressed as well.
Some common characteristics of an alcoholic may include: their drinking interferes with their family; their interpersonal relationships, the family’s well being. They exhibit poor responsible behavior they crave drinking because of a psychological and or physiological addiction, they show a loss of control pertaining to drinking. [1] Alcoholism is one of the most common disorders in the world today, and has been for some time. The effects of alcohol to the brain are mind altering. In Maria Gifford’s book titled, Alcoholism, she states quite simply why people drink despite all the dangers, “Drinking makes many people feel good”(Gifford, 14).
SUD sometimes form as a way of coping with co-occurring disorders; “statistics show that nearly half of all people with a severe mental disorder are affected by substance abuse, and 29% of all people diagnosed as mental ill abuse either alcohol or drugs. Without proper diagnosis and treatment, mental health issues can be painful and difficult to cope with, which is why many people with mental health problems use substances to feel better” (Casa Plamera, 2009). Some co-occurring disorders are sometimes overlooked because some of the symptoms of mental disorders resemble the symptoms of substance abuse, such as: depression, anxiety, insomnia, paranoia, visual and auditory hallucinations, mania and violent behavior (Casa Plamera,
(2006) states that substance abuse frequently leads to conflict with family members, causing higher levels of expressed emotions, equaling a psychotic relapse. Lastly, substance abuse may further compromise cognitive functioning, which is already impaired in patients with schizophrenia. Other challenges to this population include: patient difficulty tracking or organizing responses to complex questions (Martino et al.,
Mania, which is common in Bipolar 1, causes “psychotic” episodes, and sometimes hallucinations (Purse 2). There is also a mixed state where people experience both mania and depression at the same time. When people go through this state, they have trouble sleeping, their appetite dramatically changes and he/she may have suicidal thoughts and states of agitation. They may also feel full of energy and hopeless at the same time. Another form of bi polar disorder is Rapid Cycling.
Depression is often misinterpreted in residual schizophrenic, one who no longer suffers from hallucinations, but has no will to live (Mental Health America, 2011). More risk factors and controversy of the disease also include the tendency and concept of suicide to schizophrenics. Ten percent of schizophrenics that attempt to commit suicide every year are successful, while forty percent will try to harm themselves (National Mental Health Institute, 2007). Most people will assume schizophrenia is a violently paranoid disease causing the implication that all schizophrenics are violent, this is not true. The majority of schizophrenics prefer to be left alone and not
Diagnosis and Treatment BEH/225 November 10, 2013 Mood disorders are disturbances that can last long periods of time. There are numerous mood disorders such as mania and bipolar disorder, suicide, but the most common which is depression. Depression is the common cold of psychological problems; it is a mood disorder that leaves an individual with several different thoughts and moods. When dealing with depression, it can include feelings of grief, hopelessness, anxiety, fatigue and fluctuations of excessively happy and then very unhappy. While it is usually common for individuals to have a wide range of emotions it is not uncommon for us to be sad one minute and happy the next; however, when dealing with depression the kind of the moods
Running Head: THE TREATMENT PROCESS Psychopathology Josh Ettlemen Developmental Psychopathology Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a common behavioral disorder that affects many children, adolescents, and adults if continued into adulthood. This disorder affects individuals differently depending on age. Children and adolescents who suffer from ADHD tend to have trouble with sitting still, excessive talking, listening, acting out of turn, being disorganized etc. Adults share some of the same symptoms but also have trouble with low self-esteem, procrastination, concentration, and heightened chances of substance abuse if ADHD is not grown out of or treated properly in their earlier