Affective neuroscience

Client, Ellen meets criteria for the following DSM-5 diagnoses of Major Depressive Disorder. Ellen was described to have behaviors that are reflective of the DSM Diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder, which consisted of symptoms of depression and the occurrence of panic attacks. Ellen received the diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder due to the behaviors occurring with acute panic attacks, depression, and suicidal ideation abrupt upon psychiatric evaluation. The emotional disturbance is…

During the last years of the twentieth century, the United Nations declared "Decade of the brain", and at the beginning of the XXI century theoretical understanding of the pathogenesis of affective disorders and mechanisms of therapeutic action of antidepressant drugs has undergone a significant evolution. This was due to the rapid development of ultramicroscopic, neurophysiological, neyrogistohimicheskih and molecular-genetic methods of studying the structure and in vitro brain functions (in…

Adolescents, aged between 13 and 18 years, who experience trauma and cannot express their destructive moods may habitually self-cut (Cullen, Westland, LaRiviere & Klimes-Dougan, 2013). Release of emotions as they cut resembles a drug and becomes compulsory. The teenage coping mechanism of self-cutting is an addiction because it progresses with use and provides a euphoric fix (Brown & Kimball, 2013). Self-injury, damaging one’s own body tissue without intent to die, occurs in about 18% of teens…

Play is defined as “a range of voluntary, intrinsically motivated activities normally associated with recreational pleasure and enjoyment.” Although it is often associated with children and rarely so with adults, the importance of play is being undermined. In the excerpt from “Reclaiming the Power of Play” by Stephen T. Asma, he largely argues that play is indeed vital for humanity. However, some of the objections the author raised up against the claim that play is vital for humanity is because…

researches have been agreed that the behavior and the human mind, in normal and pathological conditions, are directly related to the function of nervous system. Also psychiatric disorders of affective or cognitive origin are interpreted as the consequence of a particular pathology of the nervous system. Therefore, neuroscience involves all the different branches of psychology that have the suffix “psych”, as for example psychology, psychiatry, psychopathology. All these specific courses of…

However, Kant believes this feeling arises from reason. The difference between autistic individuals and psychopaths is in the psychopaths’ disregard for others. While this may seem to be problem of affective capacity, Kennett argues that the inability to consider others arises from the inability to find reasons to do so. Autistic individuals are capable of recognizing differences in behavior of themselves and others, making sense of them, and acting…

Deci and Ryan (08x) discussed human motivation from a self-determination theory perspective; specifically, addressing the variability associated with the methods in which an individual is motivated. Traditionally, this theory proclaims that motivation originates intrinsically or extrinsically. Extrinsic motivation are actions employed to prevent punishment or attain a reward, while intrinsic motivation is an individual's innate desire to conduct a behavior due to the finding gratification in…

relationship between the orbital frontal cortex and moral behavior, developing his theory of somatic markers. “According to his theory, our life experiences help our minds develop automatic responses to events – what we shall call anticipatory-evaluative affective responses. These are coupled to our knowledge of the world. At moments when our consciousness lacks the relevant knowledge for a decision, we are guided by subtle emotions and intuitions” (Jeeves and Brown, 2009, 103). In addition to…

RESULTS: 1. BEHAVIORAL DATA CATEGORY A CATEGORY B (6a) (6b) Fig.6a: SAM Scale for positive valence low arousal Fig.6b: SAM Scale for positive valence high arousal The valence, arousal and dominance was plotted using SAM SCALE. For low arousal (Fig.6a), the valence ratings are: mean=7.24 and S.D=…

Review of Literature Jeickob Tinoco Lanier Technical College of Georgia Author Note First paragraph: Complete departmental and institutional affiliation Second paragraph: Changes in affiliation (if any) Third paragraph: Acknowledgments, funding sources, special circumstances Fourth paragraph: Contact information (mailing address and e-mail)  Abstract This study takes a look into the reappraisal ability of several age groups in order to determine whether its development proceeds linearly or in…