Affective neuroscience

Much attention has been given by the healthcare industry and medical practitioners in the treatment of postpartum depression over postpartum anxiety. This trend is facing the challenge posed by a recent study conducted by the University of British Columbia’s Clinical Psychologist and Lead Researcher, Dr. Nicole Fairbrother. The study compared clinical data of diagnosed anxiety and depression in pregnant women and women who recently gave birth. Dr. Fairbrother’s study yielded results of 16…

Major depression consist of at least one of the symptoms of either depressed mood or loss of interest or pleasure (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). The symptoms for major depression consist of depressed mood, loss of energy, significant weight differences such as more than 5% of body weight in a month, feelings of worthlessness, inability to concentrate, recurrent thoughts of death, insomnia or hypersomnia, and psychomotor agitation. The severity of the depression is determined by the…

Research Paper: Compassion Fatigue and How it Affects Sign Language Interpreters Carly Atkinson William Woods University ITP 450 Compassion Fatigue is “a state experienced by those helping people or animals in distress; it is an extreme state of tension and preoccupation with the suffering of those being helped to the degree that it can create a secondary traumatic stress for the helper.” – Dr. Charles Figley Professor Tulane Traumatology Institute. Tulane University…

According to Mayo Clinic, depression “is a mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest.” Depression is not just feeling sad or grieving, it is being so sad and down that it affects all areas of everyday activities. Although there are different types of depression, they all have many similarities. Four main types of depression include major depressive disorder, persistent depressive disorder, premenstrual dysphoric disorder and disruptive mood dysregulation…

Frozen shoulder, otherwise known as adhesive capsulitis, is a condition in the shoulder characterized by stiffness, pain, and limitation of motion. It is typical in frozen shoulder to involve only one, although, few cases affect both shoulders. Causes: Frozen shoulder usually happen after a recent injury or after a medical procedure or from a medical condition such as stroke, diabetes, or mastectomy. The inability of moving the shoulder into its full range of motion because of pain results to…

Zach’s Case Zach is a 21-year-old college student who currently moved back in with his parents after spending the first two years living away from home. Zach has always been known as an easygoing person but as of recently he has had problems with people thinking that they’re “out to get him”. This all started after him and girlfriend, Julie, broke up when she revealed that she has fallen in love with somebody else. Zach then stopped socializing with others, working out, cleaning around the…

Stephanie Mallet on her book “Depression: A misunderstood disease” stated that Unipolar depression is a rigorous form of depression which is alike with clinical depression or major-depressive disorder. It is a staid illness and may have severe disabling effects. This mental illness affects women more severely than men. Unipolar depression is a psychiatric disorder which makes you feel not interested with common activities. You are always in a low mood and don’t find joy in anything. It affects…

In Anne Sexton’s poem “Letter Written on a Ferry”, she uses tone to convey meaning and to express her feelings. “Letter Written on a Ferry” was written while Anne was going through a breakup. This poem was written to express her feelings while going through this period of her life. When reading this poem, the reader automatically thinks a woman is leaving her loved one. Even though that is true, there is a hidden meaning that Sexton is trying to convey by using tone and her life experiences.…

Healing shame Most of you have never heard of the term Healing shame. This is a unique training program workshop designed for therapists and other related experts. Healing shame helps us understand different impacts caused b shame and how to deal with them. Shame can be defined as unwanted inner experience. It is mostly associated with feeling such as guilt, being unwanted, rejection among others. Shame makes a person feel unwanted. It makes a person feel nothing can be done to rectify or…

“Women don’t get their period every week. If they did all the men in the world would be institutionalized”, that was quote the 1990’s hit show “The nanny. Having a period is a very normal and natural occurrence that happens to women. According to statics every woman will have at least 450 periods within her lifetime! Along with periods come PMS or formally known as premenstrual syndrome. PMS is the combination of symptoms that some women suffer from a week or so before their period. Symptoms…