Affective neuroscience

Although the literature is filled with information about the prevalence and incidence of back pain in general there is less information about chronic low back pain, partly because of lack of agreement about the definition. Chronic back pain sometimes is defined as back pain that lasts longer than 7-12 weeks. Others define is as pain that lasts beyond the expected period of healing, and acknowledge the chronic pain may not have well-defined underlying pathological causes. Others classify…

Holden Caulfield Case Study Holden Caulfield 16 ½ years old (now 17 years old) Junior in high school 6 feet and 2 and a half inches Out of shape and smokes too much Has a patch of gray hair Younger brother Allie died of leukemia Flunked four out of five of his classes Expelled from 3 different schools Thinks his parents are lousy 9 year old sister named Phoebe D.B older brother in Hollywood Obsessed with Jane Gallagher Lies and swears a lot Hates phonies, movies, magazines, ministers, the…

Many people don’t really take physiological issues that seriously. People will go to the emergency rooms for a headache, back pain, and just about any physical sleekness. However, when it comes to mental issues, such as depression disorders, or anxiety, they are viewed as being normal. Depression disorder is defined by “psychology today” as an illness that involves your body, mood, and thought, and this is not something that just comes by every now and then, depressed people may feel sad, and…

Rheumatoid arthritis is the most severe type of arthritis. Women are affected with this disease more than men are. It causes progressive deterioration with functional decline, and it leads to disability, and an impaired life quality. Rheumatoid arthritis patients experience a lot of psychological distress compared to someone without this disease. There was a study created to determine whether to rheumatoid arthritis would achieve immediate improvements in heath related outcomes, and whether…

2.7 Midlife crisis is a stage you go through when you get in the age range of 40-42 sometimes earlier than that it all depends on what you going through in life and how things. You can be stressed out and be on the edge of having a break down and when you having that break down you feel like nobody is there when you need them to talk to or be on your side. Having a break down while in one of your midlife crisis isn’t good for your health, because it could be at a high risk of your health.…

Organization, 2016) and Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5th edition (DSM-5) (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). First of all, it is noteworthy to mention that the umbrella term “Depressive Disorders” include a number of affective disorders, such as major depression (i.e., MDD), dysthymia, medication/substance-induced depression, depression due to another medical condition. Secondly, all depressive disorders as listed in DSM-V (APA, 2013) share the common features of…

Depression is a mental state characterised by persistent low mood, loss of interest and enjoyment in everyday activities, neurone vegetative disturbance, and reduced energy, causing varying levels of social and occupational dysfunction. Depressive disorders are common, and they are the fourth highest cause of disability worldwide. (bestpractice.bmj.com) Clinical depression is more than experiencing temporary feelings of sadness we all have from time to time in our lives. It is a serious…

A frequent complaint that eye doctors will come across is dry eye irritation. Many people have this problem to the extent that they will seek help from their doctor or an eye specialist. The problem stems from problems with tears or the tear duct and is known as dry eye syndrome. This article will look at the syndrome and suggest some possible ways to treat it. Typical Symptoms Dry eye irritation is normally a burning or stinging sensation. The eyes could be itchy and feel scratchy when moving…

DEPRESSION DURHAM- “Usually the people who romanticize it eclipse the people who actually need help,” says Meredith Goyette, on the online glorification of one of the most prevalent, and debilitating mental illnesses. Depression is a mental illness that can cause the victim to have a consistently depressed mood, lose interest in daily activities, and a variety of other symptoms. The illness is becoming more widely spoken about more than ever amongst adolescents. However, what they have to…

Major depressive disorder is a mood disorder characterized by the DSM-5 of depressed mood and markedly diminished interest or pleasure in nearly all activities occurring nearly every day, for most of the day, as indicated by a subjective self-report or an observational report from others. Also seen in individuals who have depression is significant weight loss, insomnia or hypersomnia, psychomotor agitation, fatigue and loss of energy, feelings of worthlessness or excessive guilt, diminished…