Major Arcana

Antidepressants should be highly regulated when distributed to adolescents. The prescription of antidepressants is often a "quick fix" to a permanent or complicated situation, and is, in many cases, ineffective or harmful. Various instances of suicidal events have occurred due to hap-hazard methods used when prescribing antidepressants. However, when used properly and under adequate supervision, these drugs can be live-saving and have very positive impacts on a child or teen's life. When…

Mindfulness requires one to pay attention in a particular way, deliberately and non-judgmentally, to the present moment. Mindfulness has been applied to many different conditions such as, stress reduction, chronic pain, cancer, parenting, childbirth and anxiety, etc. While this technique is useful for many conditions the primary intention of applying mindfulness-based cognitive therapy to treatment is to teach clients mindfulness-based approaches for depression. Depression is considered to be a…

not without horrific pain. Thoughts of suicide filled my mind. Only later did I learn from a fiction book, of all things, that depression is a natural companion for those with chronic illnesses. Some become depression after surgery, some after a major loss or change, some after the birth of a child. Depression haunts those who feel abandoned by the loss of family, friends, spouse, work. Even a move away from a support system can trigger depression. Depression manifests in a feeling of aloneness…

In this essay I will be talking about some goals in 2017 that I want to happen or that will happen. It is some things that i have wanted it that I need because of the things that I do and the things that I want to do in the future. One goal for 2017 is to get on a triple A baseball team for the longmont baseball league. They are a great program and they play baseball they way I like to play baseball. Baseball is a sport you can release your anger because you can throw the ball very hard and…

Summary Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) has been used to treat numerous of mental illnesses. Kar (2011) conducted research to analyze cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) as an intervention to assist with treating posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Research evaluated the overall efficacy of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) in regards to the different traumas of PTSD, reduction of symptoms, and the method of action for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). According to Kar (2011) Posttraumatic…

A person’s past creates them. The events that layer one’s history shapes their beliefs, attitudes, and values. What becomes of a person in present day is directly due to how the past has reshaped them. In August Wilson’s Fences, Troy Maxson’s past experiences with the sport of baseball reveal its negative effect on his personal attitudes, which uncovers his unrewarding relationship with the past and reveals the underlying theme that a person’s perspective of the world is formed in the wake of…

non-home-run capacity until 2007 or so. In 1951, Bobby Thomson hit the Shot Heard Round the World to beat the Dodgers. In 10 Times articles about the game, the famed clout was described as “the unbelievable finish of the most fantastic pennant race in major league baseball history,” “as insane and as improbable an ending as any ballgame could have” and “the wildest scenes ever witnessed in the historic arena under Coogan’s Bluff.” But not as a…

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…

Fifty years ago, on April 18, 1946, Jackie Robinson broke organized baseball's color barrier with a characteristic bang, homing and scoring four runs in a historic first game for the Brooklyn Dodgers' top farm team.In Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible wanted to show a version of McCarthyism. McCarthyism the is the practice of making unfair allegations or using unfair investigative techniques, especially in order to restrict dissent or political criticism . But instead of seeing people that have…

What is labelling theory? Outline the advantages and disadvantages of a label. Labelling theory is a sociological approach to the study of deviance, it emphasises the ways in which rule breaking and role failure are maintained by the reactions of others, and it’s focus is on the importance of the symbolic meanings of health and illness (Pilgrim, 2014). Diagnosis of mental illness has turned out to be progressively reified that is, Individuals are being labelled and are seen as being mentally…