Major depressive episode

In the tight-knit community of Marfa, Texas, word spread around town quickly. When the newspaper headline read “Michelle Jones Found Guilty of Murder,” nearly all 1,800 people living in Marfa heard or read the news within a day. Many people wanted to do something for Jones’ child and husband, but their subconscious convinced them to do nothing. When Zach came to school the day after the trial, he faced verbal abuse from all the children in the entire high school. His teachers turned a blind eye…

Treatment Summary Background and presenting problem The client, a 33 year old Caucasian female, received treatment at an outpatient Psychology Training Clinic over the course of 5 months. Developmentally, the client was from a low SES family of 6 and her parents were separated when she was very young. The client described a pattern of inconsistent employment history throughout adulthood. At the time of treatment, the client had started her graduate studies in performance arts and had a graduate…

In the movie “Helter Skelter” the presence of the distortion of the self-image is shown throughout the film. The film, in short, is about the rise and fall of a top Japanese idol named Lillico. Lillico is obsessed with looking youthful to the point that she has none of her original features left. Bought at a price, the exact cost of changing her looks reveals itself slowly throughout the film. This movie shows an example of the psychological perspective, in how Japan's celebrity culture is…

People who have been attacked online handle the situations very differently apart from others. Some may try to handle it on there own and others rather reach out and let someone else be aware of what is going on, so that they may help and they do not have to feel like they are alone. No one really knows what is going on unless they have social media and see what is going on, but adults like parents and teachers do not, just because they may not care to have it. The victim could also be willing…

In order to meet the needs of unique addiction patients from all over the world, top treatment centers like Beaches Recovery have to be prepared to offer a variety of treatment modalities. Each patient's addiction has aspects that are unique to that individual and demands specific treatment methods. In today's rehab treatment industry, cognitive behavioral therapy, or simply behavioral therapy, is one of the most universal modalities currently be used. About Behavioral Therapy By definition,…

One common belief that is held by many people is the belief that only the overly depressed commit suicide. There are several pop culture that influences or strengthens this belief. More recently, in the movie “Me Before You”, the main character of the story, Will Traynor (Potrayed by Sam Clafin) lost the usage of his body from chest down due to a motorbike accident, decided to end his life early through euthanasia. The reasoning given was that he had severe depression and couldn’t stand living…

Healing shame Most of you have never heard of the term Healing shame. This is a unique training program workshop designed for therapists and other related experts. Healing shame helps us understand different impacts caused b shame and how to deal with them. Shame can be defined as unwanted inner experience. It is mostly associated with feeling such as guilt, being unwanted, rejection among others. Shame makes a person feel unwanted. It makes a person feel nothing can be done to rectify or…

Holden Caulfield Catcher in the Rye, has shown to have a few eccentric tendencies, however Holden has shown to be a fairly normal teenager. Nevertheless, Holden seems to be seen as border lining on insanity due to his tendencies of mass amounts of anxiety and depression, which were strange for the time. Yet, Holden’s understanding of the world and how the world sees him is a factor that is often overlooked. Leads Holden is a normal teenager going through adolescence and is simply misunderstood…

Healing Trauma Trauma is a bad and painful a person has experienced. Trauma prevents people from living a normal life. Healing trauma isn’t easy as it looks like. Most people find it hard to let go of the painful experiences they had to encounter. The first road to healing trauma is recovery. Recovery is not necessarily completely forgetting the painful experience a person encountered in some stage in life. Recovery can be defined as being able to focus on the future without being affected by…

Another key trial I investigated is a meta-analysis of 150 double-blind trials.(18) A substantial 21 533 people participated across these mostly, short-term trials. The main aim of this study was to compare and contrast the overall effectiveness of 9 second-generation antipsychotics with the first-generation drug, Haloperidol. Due to the limitations of this SSM I will be interpreting results concerning Clozapine and Risperidone exclusively. The comparisons made were regarding efficacy in…