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About Parkinson’s Disease Psychosis Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative movement disorder, affecting over six million people worldwide. The pathological finding associated with PD is the degeneration of dopaminergic neurons of the pars compacta of the substantia nigra leading to the depletion of dopamine in the striatum. Parkinson’s disease psychosis (PDP) is a common symptom of PD but is difficult to distinguish. Although it can occur at any stage of the illness, it is a…

A Breakthrough in the Treatment of Mood Disorders Depression is a discussed in depth in this chapter. The discoveries made throughout the years is astonishing. It is great to know there are people who study these illnesses and try to find ways to cure them. I knew Depression was something more common now than it has been in a couple of years but I did not know it was known as “the common cold of psychiatric disturbances” (Burns, 1980, p. 9). As I have grown, I have come to realize how much…

The frontal cortex had a seven percent volume decrease linked to major depression (Sheline, 2003). Other abnormalities in the frontal cortex include cortical thickness decrease and a loss of glial cells. This study show the neuronal size decrease also (Sheline, 2003). According to Sheline (2003) all control subjects showed…

BOOM! LOOKOUT! OH NO! Those were just a few words that I heard from people when discussing the events of 9/11.That tragic, life changing moment is never forgotten among others, for it was a terrorist attack that caused several murders. To be able to recover from losing someone in this tragic event, and assure your family everything was going to be okay was near impossible. This wasn’t just a bump in the road, this was the road. Of course, many people were sad and some took it very hard. You…

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,…

THE NEGATIVE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN BMD AND ED IN DEPRESSION MEN: A PROPOSED MODEL From the aforementioned conference, it seems that several mutual etiological pathways and risk factors for ED and low BMD in depressive men exist. Therefore, we arrived at a proposed model that suggests a 2-way, holistic relation between ED and BMD in depressive men (Figure). Figure 1. Proposed model of the negative association between ED and BMD in depression. This schematic diagram shows a 2-way, holistic relation…

Cognitive models of obsessive-compulsive disorder is an individual who evaluate intrusive thoughts in a disturb way due to selective attention will create excessive response to this thought which will create the disorder. All obsessive-compulsive disorder patients have their unique belief process of those intrusive thoughts which cause the development of the disorder. (Solem & Fisher, 2009). Understanding and treating OCD from a metacognitive perspective has the potential to increase the…

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 manifest themselves, will determine the form of depression they will develop. Major Depressive Disorder is the most severe case of depression. MDD is a mood disorder that allows one…