Affective neuroscience

We all live in a world where technology plays a major role in our daily lives. Whether that is a good thing or not it is what we have to deal with now. It has diverse aspects that can affect people differently based on how people come to face them. It in many way has helped out most of to be able to connect to each other whether we are near or far apart. That is where is seems to benefit most of us, but it still has flaws that come from it such as bullying and depression. It tends to be the…

Facing Crisis There are many crises people face throughout their lives. The definition of a crisis is, “a dramatic emotional or circumstantial upheaval in a person 's life.” (Dictionary.com). When we face crisis, emotionally and spiritually we are looking for healing. Ultimately, secular counseling falls short because it can only address the emotional hurt and not the spiritual hurt. From the beginning of time, humankind was meant to be in relationship with God and receive counseling from Him…

Depression and Society Introduction Loneliness. Guilt. Dejection. Inadequacy. Despondency. At one point or another everyone has harbored feelings such as these. People with depression, however, don’t just relate to these emotions, they identify themselves with these feelings. Gilbert felt a heavy weight pulling deep within his stomach. As he lay in his bed, he began to search for whatever emotional baggage he had that was weighing him down, but strangely enough, he couldn’t find a single…

Case 1 is about an Asian American male named Paul who is dissatisfied with his quality of life. Paul is exposed to many environmental risk factors with very little protective factors against developing a mental illness. These risk factors include growing up with critical parents who were very demanding of him academically, a risk factor known as achievement stress that largely affects Asian Americans (Kearney, 2011, p. 201). This can harm family relationships by making the person assume they…

Depression has become so encrypted into our daily life. It would not be rash to suggest that almost every single person has had experience of depression whether that be personal, or illness of a loved one. Goleman (1992) makes an interesting observation that people born after 1945 are ten times more likely to suffer with depression than people born before this date. What does this mean? Well, firstly it shows that the root cause of most depression cannot be due to increasing chemical imbalances.…

depressed, but also to those who are part of their interpersonal circle. For example, based on interviewer ratings, it has been reported that family members of patients suffering from MDD show higher levels of dysfunction in problem solving and affective involvement (Weinstock et. al, 2006). According to the interpersonal model for depression proposed by Coyne (1976), and as suggested in a number of studies (e.g, Gruen, Gwadz, & Morrobel, 1993; Goering, Lancee, & Freeman, 1992), a patients’…

Seasonal affective disorder is like a weariness of the winter. There are an estimated 4 to 6% of the United States people who have this disease, which can be referred to as SAD. People relate SAD to the winter blues and how people cope with the cold and dreary days. (Lliades, 2015) The symptoms of SAD can be mild or severe and are also close to major depression symptoms. These include sadness, loss of interest in normal activities, sleep change, appetite change, and weight gain, feelings of…

depressed because of hormonal factors. When women are depressed they are more likely to have more pronounced feelings of guilt, they’ll sleep excessively, overeat, and they will most likely gain weight. Women are also more likely to suffer from seasonal affective disorder, which we will learn about later on. Depression in teens is different than in adults, this is why I am going to focus more on teens in this paper. When teens are depressed they may seem sad but that is not always the case. The…

from reality or hearing or seeing distressing things that others cannot. Postpartum depression happens to 10-15 % of women after giving birth and is more serious than the baby blues that come with having a baby change your lifestyle. Seasonal Affective Disorder in the winter months when there is less sunlight some experience an onset of depression that lasts until the spring or…

THE BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY - 2ND EDITION this diagnostic device is designed to assess depressive symptoms in the adult population. McCalla completed The Beck Depression Inventory – 2nd Edition. She had a total raw score of 34 on this test, which places her in the clinical symptom range, related to depression. Scores from 29 to 63 are considered in the severe clinical symptom range, for The Beck Depression Inventory – 2nd Edition. Item analysis of McCalla's responses on this test indicates…