Affective neuroscience

In the novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, we see many colorful characters roaming about the streets of old England. One character in the book however, was named Miss.Havisham and, although she is a fictional character, the way she is portrayed, in real life she would be diagnosed with a few mental disorders, such as, Major Depression, PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), and OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder). Miss.Havisham is suffering from depression. Miss.Havisham is filled…

The epidemiology of depression shows that 20% of adults are either directly or indirectly impacted by depression during their lifetime, with twice the number women being diagnosed with the disorder when compared to men. Depression has also been shown to have a hereditary component, with a significant increase in diagnosis for individuals who have a family history of clinical depression. It is also reported that depression is highly correlated with suicide rates and physical disabilities such as…

Post-partum depression is more widely found in adolescent females who had just given birth, it is caused mostly from stress, poor marital relationships, and hardship of coping with a new baby, working as well as being a new mother, social support and women who have had a history of depression. Depression is considered second to H.I.V/AIDS according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In the U.S.A post-partum depression is one of the leading causes of non-obstetric hospitalization among young…

Depression Effects on Brain Areas The prolonged emotional state that colors many, if not all aspects of a person’s thoughts and behavior can be classified as mood disorders (Grey & Bjorklund, 2014). According to the DSM-5 manual mood disorders are broken down into two main categories. One is called depressive disorders and one is called bipolar disorders. The main category that will be discussed is depression. According to studies, one suffering from depression have structural changes that occur…

Depression is a constant feeling of guilt, sadness, and loneliness a person carries on a day to day basis, caused by the process of too many genes working together at once creating a switch in the brain. Depression is an illness that has over three million cases per year in the US. Depression doesn’t just effect one person, it also effects the people around them. It causes a challenge for many people who have depression today because it interferes with their daily life and makes it very hard for…

Recently, I have been asked a lot about the difference between having The Blues and being depressed. I give depression awareness advice through my business and LifeTips.com and have published an e book titled, " Keep The Magic and Survive Their Depression" which will be sold soon at Wendi.com. With depression ads all over the media many people are becoming skittish about what they are feeling and if it relates to depression. Apparently, commercials meant to compete for you dollars in the…

The Role of Detox in the Recovery Process By Lara Schuster | Submitted On March 05, 2014 Recommend Article Article Comments Print Article Share this article on Facebook 1 Share this article on Twitter Share this article on Google+ Share this article on Linkedin Share this article on StumbleUpon Share this article on Delicious Share this article on Digg Share this article on Reddit Share this article on Pinterest For the millions of individuals struggling with alcohol and drug addiction,…

“I'm like a lit cigarette, slowly disappearing”. Countless people feel this way every day. Depression affects the mind and the way one thinks, but it also affects the body by allowing it to feel no emotion. These factors develop into many forms of depression. The number one diagnoses is Major Depressive Disorder. MDD is also the most severe. While Dysthymic Disorder (also referred to as Dysthymia) and Bipolar Disorder are lesser diagnoses. Due to the way someone allows their depression symptoms…

Depression”)Bipolar Depression is sometimes called “manic depression”. When you have bipolar depression you have moments when you're very jolly to being very mournful. When you are feeling low you typically have the symptoms of major depression. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is when you have periods of depression during the winter. (“What is Depression”) The causes of SAD is less sunlight. Psychotic Depression has symptoms of major depression and psychotic. Peripartum (Postpartum) Depression…

Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) occurs during winter due to less sunlight and dark hours. Light therapy, psychotherapy and antidepressants generally relieve the symptoms of such depressive disorder. Sunlight stimulates the hypothalamus, a cognitive part that controls appetite, sleep and mood. Bipolar disorder, or manic-depressive illness, occurs when a person experiences extremely high and extremely low moments. Those extreme moments are termed as manias. Symptoms and signs of depression…