Dysthymia

Introduction: The case study Dissociative Identity Disorder: Multiple Personality is a case study about a 38-year-old woman named Paula, who had a Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). In the case study, Dr. Harpin, Paula’s psychologist, discovered and treated Paula’s case of DID throughout many sessions. Paula was a divorced mother of two children, who experienced amnesia in her everyday life. Throughout Paula’s sessions with Dr. Harpin, Dr. Harpin discovered four dissociative personalities…

Depression is an illness that involves the body, mood, and thoughts; it is generally a prolonged feeling of sadness and hopelessness, lasting anywhere from weeks to years. A large part of the teenage and middle-age population suffers from some type of depression. There is no single cause for depression, but the majority of the causes are similar. Genetics, as in if there is a history of depression in your family you are more likely to develop depression. Health conditions, such as cancer or…

Mental health disorders range in a broad spectrum, they can completely institutionalize an individual or alter minor personality characteristics that the public would not notice. Mental health disorders can alter a person’s mood, thoughts, or behavior which can lead the individual besieged when it involves daily life activities. Individuals who suffer from a mental health disorder often experience difficulties in their ability to be employed, difficulty intermingling with family and friends, and…

muscle is exposed to certain agents which increase calcium levels in the muscle cells and increase levels of metabolism. Many things begin to increase such as serum calcium, potassium and metabolic rate. This problem can lead to acidosis, cardiac dysthymias, and high body temperature. Signs of malignant hyperthermia include, tachycardia, dysrhythmias, muscle rigidity, hypotension, tachypnea, cyanosis and myoglobinuria. To prevent this complication, the OR has a medication cart with specific…

Retention in Depression Treatment among Ethnic and Racial Minority Groups Alain Ricoh Flores Contra Costa College  Abstract A study that includes the focus in the ethnic-racial minorities with a sample of 561 participants in the United States such as the African American group is primary subject of the research. The study portrayed the premature discontinuation of psychiatric treatment among ethnic-racial minorities is a persistent concern. But the previous researches that was focused on…

Of the 198 new medications released between 1976 and 1985, 102 were either withdrawn from the market or relapsed because of serious side effects the researchers did not expect when testing them on rats and mice. The side effects included lethal dysthymia, heart attacks, kidney failure, seizures, respiratory arrest, liver failure, and stroke. With all of the evidence of the dangers of animal testing, it obviously should not be used to advance medicine (Greek). It is proven and obvious…

is Inattentive ADHD where people who are diagnosed have a shorter attention span. The third type of ADHD is over focused which occurs when there’s too much activity going on in the brain. The fourth type is limbic ADHD which is a combination of dysthymia, or…

One of my earliest memories is a nauseating blur of deafening screams, broken glass strewn across the ground, my hoarse wailing, and a compulsory one-day stay at Disneyland Resort to “forget.” Under a cracking veneer of perfection, my traditional Vietnamese parents desperately fought to keep the shame of their failing marriage and verbal and emotional abuse a family secret. Then, during my middle school years, social work became undeniably real to me. After being diagnosed with major depressive…

Chronic depression, also referred to as dysthymia or chronic depression is a mood disorder. Chronic depression is defined any feelings of hopelessness and unhappiness that persists for more than two weeks, and it is different from psychotic depression. With psychotic depression, the illness is accompanied by some form of psychosis, such as delusions, detachment from reality, and hallucinations. In addition to emotional disturbances, chronic depression is also like to sensory disturbances, such…

Technology has been a product of human existence that has evolved according to generational progression. When it comes to technology every generation has approached it quite differently in regards to incorporating it into their lives. Younger generations constantly express their impatience with older generations deliberateness to bring innovative technological advances into their everyday lives, while the older generations are bewildered as to why the younger generations are so eager to…