Major depressive disorder

What’s the Deal With Depression in the United States? At the start of this research paper I sought to answer the question: Why is the United States becoming more depressed? However, as i started to research, it didn’t take long before I decided to redirect my efforts. I chose to investigate a new question: What’s the deal with depression in the US? I found that the US isn't suffering from an epidemic of depression, but instead the disease itself is being over diagnosed as a whole. In a sense,…

In life we have to make choices. We have to make choices on what we eat, what we wear and eventually we have to make a choice on what we want to do in life. In our adolescence years our hormones are going berserk, we perceive new things. The world is our oyster. Teenage years are the years when we make the leap from child hood to adult hood. As children we are oblivious to the severity of the world and what is going on. All that really matters when your young is getting back home from school in…

I have arrived in the United States, I’m so happy I get to see my mom again. As I’m going down the stairs of the airport I saw her and came running to hug her. We came to her house which had 3 rooms, I was going to be sleeping at my little sister’s room and my brother and daddy were going to sleep in the extra room they had. I thought I was going to get along with my little sister, but she was to spoiled as my little brother was. Somehow I was jealous, because they had everything I never had.…

The Poet’s Revelation Countless of people have a constant fear of the limitations of life and not being able to reach their maximum potential because the thought of dying dictates them. And in John Keats’s English sonnet, When I Have Fears, he expresses the anxiety of not having time to reach the pinnacle of his writing career and not being able to experience love. However, Keats also remarks the human insignificance with time and it enables for him to cease from the fear that seems to have a…

In the TED Talk given by Jared Diamond titled Why do societies collapse?, Diamond explores different reasons why societies are bound to collapse. Even more specifically, Diamond has a five-point framework of why societies collapse. These five points are: 1.) Human impact on the environment 2.) Climate change 3.) Relations with neighboring friendly societies 4.) Relations with hostile societies and 5.) Political, economic, social and cultural factors that make a society more or less likely to…

Lateral epicondylitis is the most common type of myotendinosis which can cause pain and loss of function (Dilek, 2016). This condition is often called tennis elbow because it is most commonly found in tennis players. Although lateral epicondylitis is an injury that many people can get from there daily jobs, a case study of a seventeen-year-old male who was playing tennis developed lateral epicondylitis. Lateral epicondylitis is treated by doctors and is confirmed by radiologists. The boy in the…

INTRAPERSONAL EXPERIMENTS Magic X-Ray Machine This experiment is designed to help further emotional processing and help participants explore what is happening beneath the surface. It can be framed as follows: You’re walking down a path when you come across an old wizard who tells you he has an x-ray machine for you to try. It doesn’t see bones or anything physical but instead sees thoughts, feelings and emotions that are important to you. This experiment can be completed as guided imagery, an…

Introduction Blood pressure is the force exerted on the blood vessels’ walls when blood passes through, while the pulse is the noticeable snapping back of the thick, elastic walls of an artery after blood surges through (Weedman 2014). Previous studies have shown that patients undergoing high stress situations had lower blood pressures and pulse rates after listening to relaxing music than before listening to music (Sutoo and Akiyama 2004; Knight and Rickard 2001). Research has shown that…

Bell’s palsy is defined as being a peripheral palsy of the facial nerve, resulting in unilateral muscle weakness of the face. Usually developing over one to three days, this facial paralysis typically reverses itself and normal function is restored without any medical intervention. In the rare case that it does not correct itself and treatment is necessary; medications, surgery, and physical therapy are indicated to assist in helping restore facial function. Goodman and Fuller state that…

What is Depression? Depression is clinically diagnosed as a mood disorder that may cause severe symptoms such as a persistent feeling of sadness or impaired concentration. It may have an affect over a person’s mood, behavior and thoughts, which in turn can lead to a variety of emotional and physical problems. Major factors that play a role in depression include genetics, neurobiology/chemistry, or life events such as trauma, loss of a loved one, divorce, or any stressful situation. Depressed…