Impulsivity

3. Describe the similarities and differences between depression and bipolar disorder. Include their causes, symptoms, and treatment. Similarities: Depression and bipolar disorder are both mood disorders that include severe sadness that inhibits daily functioning. This intense sadness can manifest as feelings of hopelessness. A person may recognize a cognitive change, for example, having pessimistic or guilty thoughts. Often people who are experiencing bouts of sadness notice that they may be…

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), is diagnosed when children display persistent age-inappropriate symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity. Since ADHD is one of the most common (3% to 5%) childhood mental disorder, a lot of controversies debated whether behavioral therapy (BT) or medication alone (MM) would be more efficient as the treatment for ADHD (Arnold et al., 1997, p.865). In 1992, the Collaborative Multimodal Treatment Study of Children with ADHD (the MTA),…

ADHD ADHD stands for Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder. To define the term it is a chronic condition including attention difficulties, hyperactivity, and impulsivity. It is a very common disorder found in the classroom and the workplace. It is found mostly in an age group of 3 to 17 year olds. A lot of adults don’t realize that they have it and they don’t want to believe they have it. 1 in 3 children have ADHD in every classroom of 30 kids. More boys have it than girls because they…

The researchers in the scientific article, Peer Rejection and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms: Reciprocal Relations Through Ages 4, 6, and 8, investigated to what degree social experiences in early childhood and the development of ADHD are bidirectional. This possible link is extremely important to understand because of the powerful implications that low social competence has on the quality of social interactions and overall social development, including implications such as…

“Today’s worst weapons” In today’s societies, having power is what matter the most. The idea of who has more and better, makes have more control and authority than the person that does not have it, is causing problems all over the universe. In first world countries in North America and Western Europe, violence has increased significantly over the past 35 years. Based on the World Health Organization, in 1996, violence is “The intentional behavior of physical force or power, threatened or actual,…

For my discussion this week I decided to delve into extremism and the factors in personality that can turn strong differences in opinion to aggression and violence. The event that precipitated my interest in this subject is the recent rise of the IS in the Middle East. IS stands for Islamic State. The Islamic State has taken advantage of the ongoing Syrian civil war to stake a claim to land in both Syria and Iraq, proclaiming that they have formed a new caliphate. Of particular interest to me is…

Client is Jessica who is a 28-year-old female. Client presented feelings of depressed mood, marked diminished interest or pleasure in activities, irritability, and withdrawn behaviors. Client’s friends and family have also reported noticing a difference within the client’s behavior. Client’s husband has noted that she has shown little interest in sex and has difficulties sleeping at night. It has been reported that for the past few weeks the client has felt “unusually fatigued and found it…

“To be or not to be—that is the question” (Shakespeare 3.1.64). Hamlet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare and was published in 1603. This play is tells the story of Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark. The story begins with Hamlet’s father being murdered, and his uncle, Claudius, marrying his mother. Hamlet formulates a plan to get back at the newly crowned king, which involves acting like a “madman.” Throughout the play, Hamlet interacts with a number of people, whom he always ends up…

behaviors— of the brain that is caused by low levels of the neurotransmitter dopamine. Dopamine can be thought of as the motivation, cognition, and reward system. The main characteristics of this disorder are inattention, hyperfocus, hyperactivity, and impulsivity. To be diagnosed with A.D.H.D., a person who is seventeen and older must have at least five or more symptoms listed in the DSM-5—the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is a tool used for classifying and diagnosing…

Knowledge is information acquired by an individual through experience and education. Knowledge is something to be praised but also to be feared. As an individual’s intentions become tainted during the quest for the thirst for knowledge, the knowledge then acts as a form of self destruction. The theme of destructive knowledge is seen throughout Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, as well as in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by William Coleridge and The Bible. Throughout the novel Frankenstein,…