[pic] Schizophrenia, severe mental disorder characterised by a profound disruption of cognition and emotion, which affects a person’s language, thought, perception, affect and even sense of self. In most countries across the world, the lifetime risk of being diagnosed with schizophrenia is 1 per cent. There is a distinction between acute and chronic onset schizophrenia. In chronic onset, there is often an insidious change in an apparently normal young person who gradually loses drive and motivation and starts to drift away from friends. After months or even years of this deterioration, more obvious signs of disturbance such as delusional ideas or hallucinations, appear.
These symptoms generally begin within three months of the event and last for no longer than six months after the situation. It is a short-term condition that occurs when a person is unable to cope with, or adjust to, a particular source of stress, such as a major life change, loss, or event. Antisocial personality disorder is a mental health condition in which a person has a long term pattern of manipulating, exploiting, or violating the rights of others. This behavior is often criminal. Symptoms usually include little concern for the rights of others and carelessness for what is going on around you.
Candace Baird English 112 Candace Pomozzi 22 February 2013 Hidden Truths behind Zoloft Many adults, American or not, have experienced the sense of being depressed at least once or twice in his or her lifetime. Feeling depressed is a normal reaction to life’s obstacles, especially when things may have gone wrong; however, when the depression last for several weeks and is unbearable, that is when the depression turns into a serious medical condition and needs to be diagnosed by a doctor. The Zoloft commercial uses rhetoric appeals; appeal to logic, appeal to emotion, and a fallacy of presumption to persuade their audience into consuming the medication for those diagnosed with depression disorders. In the black and white animated cartoon commercial for the anti-depressant, Zoloft, a sad, upset, depressed ball is moving forward, as if it were dragging its’ feet, looking down at the ground. As the ball is moving forward sadly, the music in the commercial sets the mood along with the dark cloud hovering over the ball, wherever it may go.
The symptoms of a Cerebral Vascular Accident typically start sudden, in seconds to minutes and in most cases do not progress further. REMEMBER the more quickly you get help the better prognosis you will have. Some of the signs/symptoms of CVA are slurred speech, drooping of one side of the face, weakness of one side of the body, dizziness, blurred vision, and headache. Because each and every person is different and everyone’s body does not react the same symptoms may vary from person to person. Some of the leading causes of CVA are: -High Blood Pressure -Diabetes -Drug Use -Alcohol Abuse -Obesity Statistics say: -35%-50% of people with high blood pressure are at risk of having a stroke.
I chose the disorder OCD-Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. It is an anxiety disorder characterized by complaints of persistent or repetitive thoughts (obsessions) or behaviors (compulsions). The person feels compelled to continue despite an awareness that the thoughts or behaviors may be excessive or inappropriate. The typical age of onset for this disorder is usually childhood 6-15 for men and adulthood 20-30 for woman. Although, two-thirds of all adults with OCD had symptoms before 15.
Of persons with schizophrenia, by age 30, 9 out of 10 men, but only 2 out of 10 women, will manifest the illness.” This is a very difficult illness to deal with for anyone that is diagnosed with this condition and the people that love and have to be around an individual that has been diagnosed with this condition. This statistic alone explains why this research and others like it are needed. What are the factors involved in recovering from Schizophrenia? II. Literature Review A study that was conducted and was titled “Factors involved in recovery from schizophrenia: A qualitative study of Thai mental health nurses” by Chettha Kaewprom, Janette Curtis, and Frank P. Deane was a lead in this study being conducted.
Overmedication of today’s youth The overmedication of youth in today’s society is an overwhelming issue. Over sixty percent of children are on some type of long term prescription medication, Forty-one percent of which are under the age of 11. Some of these medications have severe and sometimes even fatal long term and short term side effects. Overmedicating today’s adolescents is a terrible epidemic that is sweeping the nation. A lot of parents today tend to consider their children “too energetic”, “Moody” or “Hyper” and therefore believe they are ADD, ADHD, or Bipolar even when they might not be.
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.
Should everyone with a family history of schizophrenia be screened for the gene that causes it? Schizophrenia is the most persistent and disabling of the major mental illnesses. It usually attacks people between the ages of 16 and 30, as they are beginning to realize their potential. It affects approximately one in 100 people worldwide, (one per cent of the population), affecting men and women almost equally. While it is treatable in many cases, there is as yet no cure for schizophrenia (World Fellowship for Schizophrenia and Allied Disorders, 1997-09).
Schizophrenia, also sometimes called split personality disorder, is a chronic, severe, debilitating mental illness that affects about 1% of the population, corresponding to more than 2 million people in the United States alone. Other statistics about schizophrenia include that it affects men about one and a half times more commonly than women. It is one of the psychotic mental disorders and is characterized by symptoms of thought, behavior, and social problems. The thought problems associated with schizophrenia are described as psychosis, in that the person's thinking is completely out of touch with reality at times (Medicinenet.com, 2011). Schizophrenia is psychological disorders which wills indeed effects a person brain by conducting the