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    What Is Bipolar II?

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    While reading and getting to learn more about Bipolar II disorder I had gained lots of knowledge about the disorder and what the deeper meaning of it is. Bipolar II is a disorder that has shown trace to genetic element and the stress comes as episodes. Many may hear about this disorder and think of mood swings and a big change in how a person is usually acting. It is serious because it could turn to raging moods changed and swings and could be devastating. First there is a Hypomanic Episode…

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    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…

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    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…

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    The purpose of this paper is to help the reader better understand how depression affects the development a person goes through in young adulthood. Depression is a mood disorder that causes a constant feeling of sadness and/or disinterest. According to Mayo Clinic, another name for major depression is also clinical depression; this will also affect a person’s thought process, feelings and behaviors which, depending on the seriousness of the disorder, it could lead to physical and/or emotional…

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    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…

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    Apa Case Study Asthma

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    1. Classify JR’s asthma severity and control based on signs and symptoms prior to ER admission. JR’s severity would be moderate relating to the fact that he has more than one nighttime awakening; symptoms are daily with wheezing and shortness of breath (SOB); daily use of albuterol; exposure to smoke and allergens. (Chisholm-, Schwinghammer, Wells, Kolesar, & DiPiro, 2016, p. 243). His asthma is not well controlled related to daily use of inhalers; symptoms are > 2 times a week; continued…

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    Compassion Fatigue Paper

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    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…

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    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…

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    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…

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    Genetic Influences

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    Genetic inheritance is referred to, as one inherits his/her chromosomes from each of their parents, which contain the genes that are in each cell. However, there are controversies concerning the influence of genetics on behavior, such as depression, which is referred to as feelings of severe dejection and despair. As stated in the second principle of the biological level of analysis, patterns of behavior can be inherited. Genetics alone cannot be solely responsible for effecting behavior.…

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