Menstrual psychosis

The man who explored the mysteries of the human brain in a series of best-selling books succumbed to cancer at the age of 82. According to a report from Daily Mail, renowned neurologist and writer Oliver Sacks, who announced last February that he has rare eye cancer that had spread, died at the age of 82 today, August 30. Sacks, who had lived in New York since 1965, authored several other books about unusual medical conditions, including The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat and The Island Of…

Schizophrenic Jacob 51 million people worldwide are living with schizophrenia (Schizophrenia Facts and Statistics 1)! Jacob from “The Hitchhiker” by Anthony Horowitz, suffers from the daily struggles that come with being schizophrenic. Schizophrenia is a brain disorder that affects the way a person acts,thinks, and sees the world (“Schizophrenia” 1). A schizophrenic person often has many suspicious ideas and plots that those around him/her are out to harm them. Furthermore, a schizophrenic…

Tinnitus is a very common disorder among older people, but it can manifest itself in younger people as well. Episodes of tinnitus may be brief or can be a permanent problem. The constant buzzing noise can affect concentration and cause insomnia. It may also lead to anxiety and sometimes even depression. The annoying ringing in the ears can affect one or both ears, and has no external cause. The sound appears to come from within the ear and is described as buzzing, whistling or ringing. There is…

Psychological behavior in arsonists Arson is a crime that occurs worldwide, it has an immense impact on the victims and the community the arson takes place in. Arson leads to major financial damage, serious injury, or even death. In many cases in attempting to link psychiatric abnormalities to the arsonists have been focused on sexual motivation for firesetting. This psychiatric flaw has been linked to urination, homosexuality and cruelty to animals in the childhoods of firesetters have all…

To everyone else around you, the world can be so silent that even the smallest of sounds can be heard, meanwhile, inside your head, it is as if a symphony of voices and other noises are playing only for you. For someone suffering from Schizophrenia, this is what their life is like on a daily basis. Schizophrenia on its own is already enough hell for one person to handle, now couple that with the trials and tribulations that a teenager faces and you are just asking for trouble. Choosing what…

“Drug use may still represent a route to ‘unreality’ and a means to slip away from the constraints of routine, but today, in many more different ways for many more different people, drug use is actually a part of the ‘paramount reality’ of everyday life” (South 4). Drugs have been an escape route to relieve stress and to forget about the complications in one’s life. One 's body and mind will begin to hunger for the impression of getting away or overlooking one 's issue and begin to drive the…

The Yellow Wallpaper is about a woman driven insane by post-partum depression and a dangerous treatment. This imaginary of a woman, which at first is just her shadow against the bars of the wallpaper pattern is her identity, she continues with the conflict she experiences and eventually leading to a mental breakdown of her identity. She was told that the resting cure would cure her and she should start feeling normal again. In the early 1900’s woman were not really allowed to under mind their…

Marina Joyce is a British Youtuber who got a lot of attention online because peopled believed she was kidnapped. In many of her videos you can see that something is not right, she is either zoning out with a blank stare on her face, she is unable to explain herself in a manner that makes sense, and in one of her videos it seems like she afraid and asking for help. Many people believed she was kidnapped but as the days went on another Youtuber, who is a nurse at a mental health clinic, gave an…

Autobiography Reflection: The Center Cannot Hold “The schizophrenic mind is not so much split as shattered. I like to say schizophrenia is like a waking nightmare.” – Elyn Saks The Center Cannot Hold, written by Elyn Saks, presents to readers the many challenges that come with schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a potentially severe mental disorder that is frequently associated with hallucinations/delusions, social isolation, difficulties with hygiene, depression, and problems with concentration.…

Brian Wilsons case history exposes many past and present problems that have resulted in many abnormal thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that show a mental health disorder. Specifically, Mr. Wilson has thoughts that have altered his auditory perception and as a result hears voices, at times he feels extremely depressed, and lastly as a result of these issues as well as dealing with difficulties in the past it has brought him it extreme substance usage. In the investigation of Mr. Wilsons case…