Major depressive disorder

Reason for Referral Mrs. D was referred for the assessment to determine her personal strengths and areas for improvement as she continues with her graduate study in counseling. Mrs. D would like to learn ways she can use her strengths to help her to cope better with stress and increase the variety of self-care strategies. She mentioned that high levels of stress and inability to relax cause her to have occasional but unbearable stomach ache. Background Information Mrs. D is a 37 year old…

Breaking news: a woman in the “Shadow of Shame” after hearing news reports. The “Shadow of Shame” has had many visitors due to suicide reports on news media. 15.3 percent of people who are unhidden from suicide have reported thinking about following through with this act. That is four times the number of people who are sheltered from suicide reports. School, gossip, family, friends, church families, social media, and overhearing a conversation are all ways a person can hear about what happened…

A novel has different effects on different people. A story can change one person’s perspective on the world, while not even make another person second look at anything. What can upset one person can leave another untouched. The novel Feed by M.T. Anderson could effect a person in endless ways. Unfortunately the novel did not affect me as much as I would like it to. The novel covers a few themes that could act as a trigger warning, but it did have that effect on me. The novel has the death of a…

Dementia is an umbrella term for several diseases that are characterised by memory disorders, communication disorders and impaired reasoning. The World Health Organisation currently estimates the number of people living with dementia to be 47.5 million. They predict this number will reach 135.5 million by 2050, due to the increasingly aging world population (World Health Organisation, 2015). Dementia can have a devastating impact on the lives of people with a diagnosis and their families. There…

Senior Living and Cognitive Impairment Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) is defined as a degree of mental or cognitive impairment that is not normal for the person's age. It may also be used to describe the set of symptoms commonly associated with certain medical conditions or diseases. MCI is often referred to as a pre-Alzheimer's stage of dementia, although not everybody with MCI will develop Alzheimer's. MCI has also been called "the place between slight forgetfulness and Alzheimer's". Many…

MySkin Origins: My #MySkinJourney + Products Review Call Center is known to be one of the most demanding and stressful job out there. One thing I must admit. And working for over a year now, I become more prone to experience burnout and stress due to the nature of the job. But of course, despite the things that this job requires me, I make sure that I give myself a good break, always. So when I'm stressed and burnt out, I all of sudden hop out on a shopping spree or perhaps a quick getaway like…

Contrary to popular belief gender dysphoria is a rare condition and usually solves itself over time. Dr. Richard Friedman in his article entitled “How Changeable is Gender?” expresses the fact that there is not enough data to provide evidence-based diagnoses or treatments for those experiencing gender dysphoria. Friedman discusses recent neuroscientific research that confirms structural differences between those who are conflicted. He then speaks of how gender dysphoria resolves itself through…

one third, of all major depression cases, have a strong connection to alcohol use. In a majority of the studied cases, the depression symptoms are the first to occur. There still has not been a major correlation that will prove that alcohol use will directly lead to depression, though it has been a suggested hypothesis by many researchers. An individual who suffers from depression and also abuses alcohol is twice as likely as a regular depression patient to commit suicide. The major reason why…

The authors main point is to get out that addiction is not mostly a chemical based issue, it is more of a social based issue. Yes, part of the issue can be related to addicting chemicals, but most addictions have nothing to do with chemicals. Addiction is caused by lack of social interaction in a way. Many studies have been done to prove this as accurate. Addiction is something many people do not understand, especially addicts themselves. Yes, I completely agree with his description of the…

There are many milestones that occur during the aging process, one of those processes for women is menopause. The medicalization of menopause has created a market for treatment and prevention of the symptoms related to menopause (Burrell, 2009). Menopause is defined as the “occurring 12 months after a woman’s final menstrual period” (Bjorklund, 2015, p. 54). Women usually go through menopause between 47 and 55 years old and experience a drop in estrogen and progesterone during perimenopause…