population suffers from some form of anxiety disorder. (Stossel 1) Doctors recommend medication such as Citalopram, Xanax, and Prozac. According to doctors interviewed in Understanding Anxiety, most doctors who diagnose an anxiety disorder don’t know exactly what anxiety is. Medication has major side effects, and typically those side effects are worse than the anxiety the medication is meant to cure. However, alternative practices for coping and curing anxiety are becoming more and more popular…
work or other important areas of functioning. It is not the physiological result of another medical condition, medication, drugs or alcohol.” Unlike popular belief, PTSD is not just an anxiety disorder and in actuality represents a much deeper issue for people who suffer from it with symptoms of PTSD including: anxiety, difficulty sleeping, increased aggression towards others, flashbacks and difficulty concentrating. (American Psychiatric Association) These symptoms usually go away with…
provided quick links to each of the individual institutes. In keeping the focus on the National Institute of Mental Health, upon arriving on the website’s homepage, one comes in view of a list of mental health topics, including anxiety disorders, depression, and bipolar disorder (Health). Within this view one can also navigate and be given access to “Health and Education Information,” “Outreach Activities” and “Funding and Research Priorities” (Health). Under health and education, users can find…
people. As I grew older, this shyness manifested itself into a sometimes crippling social anxiety. My anxieties have affected my daily life since middle school- the thought of answering a phone when it is someone I don’t know calling often leaves me paralyzed, asking for help in a store is something I can never manage, and speaking out in class is always a nightmare. I would like to cease my social anxiety in order to comfortably communicate with those around me. This can effectively be done by…
Mental illness is a sensitive subject that few people are comfortable talking about. Despite its touchy nature, mental illness is an unfortunate part of life that many people are exposed to, either through knowing a loved one suffering from mental illness, or that they have this type of disease themselves. These types of illnesses can have numerous effects that usually lead to the deterioration of a person’s health in both the psychological and physical sense. One notable example of a mental…
cyberbullying comes in. People can tag others to a posts that are about their insecurity as an insult (Citron 2). People are able to make hateful posts about a stranger or a person they know to let out their frustration. “It also makes it easier to ‘forget’ what they’ve done and as they don’t see the harm caused, and any feelings of guilt or empathy are minimized” (Rodger). Others on this media site will pretend to be someone else so they can be hateful to others and get away with it (Kowalski…
The most important aspect of college is the new found sense of independence. No one is there to tell you when to go to bed, when to wake up, what to do or how to do it. The downside to independence is, some students lack of responsibility. While students are making new friends and finding new activities, they may wind up in trouble. Students find their outlet in parties, this can lead to binge…
Blessing, Esther M. et al. “Cannabidiol as a Potential Treatment for Anxiety Disorders.” Neurotherapeutics 12.4 (2015): 825–836. PMC. Web. 29 Apr. 2018 In this article Ester M. Blessing describes the therapeutic properties cannabidiol has. She reports how cannabidiol works with the receptors in the body in order to provide the therapeutic effects. This article is a reliable source because the author, Ester is a postdoctoral researcher, and has expertise in Neuropsychopharmacology. This article…
The character of a nurse is just as important as the knowledge she possesses. The impact of traumatic events on nurses is a far bigger problem then what people say about it. Some nurses become affected by Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) very early in their careers even after being a nurse for a few years. Post Traumatic Syndrome, a common term used mostly around military personnel but, PTSD has become a bigger problem in the last decade in the medical field. Especially with nurses,…
a tragedy, which traumatized him for a period of time. One night a young woman had come to his home and ask to see his son, she did not provide any information pertaining to identity. Art’s son, who lived in his basement, never came upstairs to see what the young lady wanted. As he goes back to the front door to respond to the young lady that was standing in the driveway for his son, a crowd of men bombarded him with guns and force their way into his home. Art was thrown on the floor with a gun…