Mania

Stimulant psychosis is a temporary psychiatric condition that develops among some individuals who use and/or abuse stimulant medications or illicit stimulatory drugs. Two of the most common drugs may induce stimulant psychosis are amphetamines and cocaine. Psychosis is usually defined as a loss of contact with reality and is typically considered a common symptom of a severe mental illness like schizophrenia. Individuals encountering psychosis may end up dealing with auditory and/or visual…

Generalized Anxiety Disorder Driving into work on what started as a routine morning, my chest began to feel very heavy and I was overcome with a sense of anxiousness and unexplainable doom. Within moments I began to feel dizzy and lightheaded, unsure of what was happening I pulled my car into a parking lot and tried to collect myself. I was shaking, experiencing heart palpitations and felt a feeling of complete loss of focus and control. I had never felt anything like this before and panic began…

ADHD vs. Bipolar Disorder Overview Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Bipolar Disorder both are psychiatric syndromes. Both of them share some potential symptoms for which misdiagnosis often occur. It is also true both of them can co-exist in certain patients. Similar symptoms In both ADHD and Bipolar disorder patients tend to be restless, impulsive, talkative, impatience and mood volatility. Moreover, ADHD and Bipolar patients have genetic links. Their family history often…

Jeffrey Ray Jackson Sr. OL-GEN140 Week 2 Source Evaluation Paper What are the symptoms of Bipolar in adults? The summary source, paragraph: The author is working on problem(s) and/or issues of current research, studies focuses on developing and creating novel medications, novel compounds, novel biomarkers, novel bio-signatures of treatment, novel response for and treatment-resistant depressions, identify potentially relevant novel drug targets, and identify potentially relevant novel bipolar…

Head Shakes and Dystonia Many people with dystonia experience head shake especially if the dystonia is affecting their neck. People often ask us about the difference between head shaking caused by essential tremor and that caused by dystonia. In this article Prof Karim explains what the differences are and how to tell if it is dystonia or not. A majority of the world’s population at some point use their head and neck muscles in order to carry or transport heavy goods. To do this, the control of…

Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia Have you ever had that friend or family member that just always stood out from everyone else? The one that always seemed either very happy or extremely depressed or maybe just a little distance from others. Well, more than likely they probably are sick with some mental disorder. Even though it is common now that people have and are being diagnosed with mental disorders, it was not a few decades ago. If fact it was overlooked, or they would say that the person…

Richard Bach stated, “The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life” (1977). This quotation sums up my outlook on family. I believe that a family is not made just from being born into a line of people, but having a bond that is very hard break between those people. This class taught me a lot about families, how they are formed, and how they function. I took the class because it was required for my major. However, I have enjoyed the class,…

The following is a case study of a 24-year-old male, Daryl, suffering from Bi-Polar disorder caused by stress from environmental factors. According to The National Institute of Mental Health, Bipolar disorder is a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in mood, energy, activity levels, and the ability to carry out day-to-day tasks. It is one of the most common disorders with 3 million US cases per year. One prominent symptom displayed by people with this disorder, as well as Daryl, is the…

What: The study of this research critically looked over the impact of group psychotherapy of the social therapy with children with pervasive developmental disorder. 39 children who were diagnosed with pervasive developmental disorder participated in the study of homogeneous psychotherapy groups. The studied included 85% of boys. These boys ranged from the ages of 5-16 years old, however, the average age of the boys was a 9.2. Twelve of the participants of this study were Caucasion, twelve were…

Psychologist today, believe at, there are five different key factors of someone’s personality and are often referred to as the “Big Five Personality Traits”. As a result of these personality traits, serve as our building blocks of our personalities. These begin with, extraversion, which is characterized by excitability, sociability, very talkative and assertive with high amount of emotional expressiveness. For example, people that higher in extraversion, tend to be more outgoing and gain energy…