Mood disorders

Schizoaffective disorder--a person shows both symptoms of both schizophrenia and a major mood disorder like depression. SYMPTOMS OF SCHIZOPHRENIA 1. Lack of social interest: People with schizophrenia usually hate socializing. They avoid eye to eye contact, cannot express themselves, and can rarely initiate…

Schizophrenia is a group of mental disorders characterized by psychotic features, disordered thought process and disrupted interpersonal relationships. Psychotic features would be described as hallucinations and delusions. In patients with schizophrenia, disturbances in affect, mood, behavior and thought process occurs. There are several types of schizophrenia. Some of the common types are paranoid, disorganized, catatonic, undifferentiated, and residual schizophrenia. It has certain…

remarkably similar to that of baby blues and this is why a majority of moms go undiagnosed either by just not knowing they have this disorder or by feelings of shame by the new mom for feeling this way. A new mom assumes she should not be so selfish and be ecstatic about the new-born. A surprising statistic is that approximately 10 percent of moms go undiagnosed with this disorder and the effects can be devastating for an entire family (Miller, 2006). Postpartum depression, unlike…

At least 1 in 4 fatal police encounters end the life of a person that has a severe mental illness in official and unofficial accounts. If this continues, the chance of being killed during a police encounter is 16 times higher for those who have untreated mental illness rather than those other civilians who are stopped by officers. On the other hand, people with mental illnesses killed law enforcement officers at a rate of 5.5 times more than the rest of the population back in 1998. In 1980,…

What exactly is Tourette Syndrome? It's a disorder that causes random spastic and normally strange movements, sounds, words, or even a combination of the three. According to Encyclopedia Britannica, it's "Tourette Syndrome is a rare inherited neurological disorder characterized by recurrent motor and phonic tics (involuntary muscle spasms and vocalizations). It is three times more prevalent in males than in females. Although the cause of Tourette syndrome is unknown, evidence suggests that there…

brains overwhelming power to override many systems to accomplish a desired outcome. The individual has limited control, if any, and are referred to as victims as there is no link to one’s own moral compass. The classification of several mental disorders identified by a discrete/independent illness. This is a co-occurring condition that expresses conditions such as anxiety,…

Schizophrenia is undoubtedly one of the utmost frightening severe brain disorders of all time. Nevertheless, there is an abundance of informative books and short stories to help individuals who suffer from this terrifying disorder. For example, while searching through the bowels of the internet, there was a narrative published by a female named Margaret Taylor titled My Experience of Paranoid Schizophrenia. In this short story she states how she would be at work and would hear abusive voices…

Eating disorders have been a worldwide issue in the lives of young adults. 95% of those who have eating disorders are between the ages of 12 and 25 (“Eating Disorder Statistics”). Not only have eating disorders become evident in the lives of young women, but they have become something that is in a sort, considered beautiful. The media has distorted the definition of perfection to the point of unreachable expectations. Due to this, the mindsets of young women have changed to fit that of society;…

in its way, the brain. Mental disorders are the only thing that stands in the way of someone being able to fully use their brain. Have you ever had trouble sleeping? Seems like you have tried almost everything, but you feel like you still have not gotten enough sleep. Maybe you have a sleeping disorder. There are around 70 different types of sleeping disorders. Not all are considered to be dangerous. There are millions of people who suffer from the most common disorder which is snoring. Some of…

bipolar disorders often act in very impulsive ways when they are in a manic episode, and may also be very distant and lash out at others when they are in a depressive episode. These behaviors can deeply affect their family and close friends. Their family and friends often do not understand why their loved one is acting the way that they are. In an additional article that Nemade and Dombeck (1995-2016b) wrote, they recommend family focused therapy as a treatment option for bipolar disorders.…