People have been suffering from depression and other forms of mental disorders since the beginning of time. Even though most people interpreted mental breaks to attitude or other sickness, research that is happening in 2016 is phenomenal. According to “Brian Training for Anxiety, Depression and Other Mental Conditions” Scientists can now scan the brain in real time to help assess where the problems are. An analysis of previous treatments for mental conditions reveals that neurofeedback will most likely lessen medicine dosages and become a better aid in the future.
Anxiety and depression can be crippling and now there is a way to remove the zombies of medicine side effects and bring the bright minded people back to the world. Andrea Petersen …show more content…
The article also speaks to patients or their families. Her call to write is that this is going to help a lot of people and the people need to know that there is more than just medication and a shrink to go to for help now, even if the fMRI are in the early days. AS we can see, Petersen’s article is constructed like that of a traditional persuasive argument.
She appeals to the reader by using ethos very strongly when she uses the statistics and the personalization in the article. She seems like a creditable source because of the professionalism she is bringing in the discussion and photos and statistics she is providing as well. This is an article about people with mental disorders getting the help they need. Meaning that the pathos in the article is hitting close to home and those who can relate to mental disorders are comforted knowing that there is a new way to help them feel normal …show more content…
Readers are convinced by her facts when they see the faces overpowering the scenery followed by the Arachnophobia brain turning red and orange when a patient looks at photos of spiders and the photos that the patient saw. The most impressive being last photo is of a depressed patient who is smiling because the treatments helped him. The photos are scattered through the article to let the readers know what is happening and what the patients are seeing and then the final smile helps the reader know that this is working and it will help in the long
Anxiety and depression can be crippling and now there is a way to remove the zombies of medicine side effects and bring the bright minded people back to the world. Andrea Petersen …show more content…
The article also speaks to patients or their families. Her call to write is that this is going to help a lot of people and the people need to know that there is more than just medication and a shrink to go to for help now, even if the fMRI are in the early days. AS we can see, Petersen’s article is constructed like that of a traditional persuasive argument.
She appeals to the reader by using ethos very strongly when she uses the statistics and the personalization in the article. She seems like a creditable source because of the professionalism she is bringing in the discussion and photos and statistics she is providing as well. This is an article about people with mental disorders getting the help they need. Meaning that the pathos in the article is hitting close to home and those who can relate to mental disorders are comforted knowing that there is a new way to help them feel normal …show more content…
Readers are convinced by her facts when they see the faces overpowering the scenery followed by the Arachnophobia brain turning red and orange when a patient looks at photos of spiders and the photos that the patient saw. The most impressive being last photo is of a depressed patient who is smiling because the treatments helped him. The photos are scattered through the article to let the readers know what is happening and what the patients are seeing and then the final smile helps the reader know that this is working and it will help in the long