Approximately 6.4 million students in American public schools have been diagnosed with learning disabilities and have received special education. Emotional Disturbance is one of the fourteen categories found in the "Individuals with Disabilities Education Act". Emotional Disturbance is an umbrella term for different mental disorders that have more than one common trait with in each division. ED is categorized by 6 disorders, that all fall under mental illness. Mental illness is a medical…
The top indicators that a person may be suffering from social phobia are anxious reactivity social situations, the avoidance of social situations plagued by fear from embarrassment, and disruptions of social functioning (Stravynski, 2007). The purpose of this paper is to explore the history of social phobia, identify the casual factors related to this disorder, and the diagnostic features of this disorder. This paper will also probe into how this disorder causes distress or impairment in a…
Case Study of Generalized Anxiety Disorder For Sarah Robinson Roul Perry Delaware County Community College Presenting Problems While it is true that everyone experiences anxiety at some point in their life’s, generalized anxiety disorder or GAD, is a condition characterized by chronic or excessive worrying. Individual diagnosed with GAD often finds themselves worrying about minor details and events such as family, health, finances, relationships, work and school. They are…
Review of Literature The Beginnings In fifth century that Hippocrates and his associates gave the description of depression as “Fear or sadness that last a long time mean melancholia” (Hippocrates, 1923–1931, Vol. IV, p. 185) in Greek. They defined it in a way similar to what we understand it as presently having deep sadness, worthlessness, helplessness and hopelessness as the core symptoms and related symptoms like decreased interest in usual activities, social detachment, decreased sleep and…
When kids are young they may live with the horrifying fear that there are monsters under their bed or in their closet. Unfortunately, for many children and adolescents the monster is not living in their closet or under their bed, and they probably wish it were. For many people, the monster is not just there when they go to bed, but instead it is inside them and it never goes away. This darkness is much worse than a monster and it goes by the name of depression. The constant inner battle of…
Depression is a mood disorder that causes significant loss in interests and intense feelings of sadness. This disorder is crushing, and next to impossible to deal with on your own. Medication may be needed to fight off the mood disorder. It is not uncommon for a person to be prescribed antidepressant medication. In fact, one in ten Americans take an antidepressant. Plenty of Americans take these pills as a part of their morning routine. These pills are a lifeline for someone who is clinically…
PTSD is post-traumatic stress disorder. PTSD is when something traumatizing has happened if your life and you get anxiety over it and that's what you think about most of the time. The Catcher in the Rye was a novel by J.D. Salinger. In that novel there is an protagonist named Holden Caufield. Holden Caufield was a happy but that changed after his brother Allie died. Allie died on July 18, 1946 at age 11 of leukemia. After Allie’s death Holden became depressed. After Allie died, Holden was sent…
Dr. Solomon in the beginning of the lecture quoted Robert Jay Lifton, saying that we are responsible for our own extinction. He was relating to the growth of weaponry in the 20th century; yet, I believe that some of the points he made about “death” throughout the lecture, they could also be applied to the statement about extinction. To me, this lecture was not just about death, but life as well. Depression and substance abuse is a current— or even past—problem for many Americans. I am…
Amir’s father states, “it might be unfair, but what happens in a single day can change the course of a whole life” (Hossieni 142). This quote simply means that one single act can affect a person forever. Amir’s father in this line references the theme that seems to be applied in most of this book. This theme, of how quickly everything can change was used pretty heavily throughout the book The Kite Runner. Amir’s father speaking about past mistakes reminds Amir of his past mistakes with Hassan.…
Methadone is a drug that reduces withdrawal symptoms. It reduces the craving for drugs without the imitating the sense of euphoria that follows drug abuse. Hence, it is prescribed to patients to treat or stop narcotic addiction (mainly people addicted to heroin). Methadone is also a painkiller, it can be given to treat pain that’s moderate to severe especially within the elderly. However, Methadone itself can be addictive and thus when prescribed, according to the Royal College of General…