Mood disorders

According to Ciccarelli & White (2014), major depressive disorder (MDD) known as a type of mood disorder is when an individual suddenly feels unhappy and lack of interest in most of anything. The daily routine of an individual who is suffering from MDD would be affected and would feel a sense of worthlessness in life. I have an aunt whose name is Carmen, she is 32 years-old who became a widow overnight and witnessing her brother recovering from stroke is suffering mental breakdown. Despite the…

has it that emotions resides in the heart. Levels of brain chemicals, as well as the functioning of nerve cells, and nerve circuit, are the areas that help the brain regulate moods. Therefore, the brain act as a significant role contributing to the causes of clinical depression. Although, the neurological understanding of moods remains unfinished. There are also longstanding…

the U.S. result in a prescription for anti-depressant or medication, not to mention anti-anxiety medication, another popular fix. Also, to make matters worse, less than half of those millions and millions of people were screened for a mental health disorder. In other words, doctors are giving out these drugs without taking the time to make a diagnosis. I nearly puked after reading that, how sickening. With medication being the most popular treatment for my survey, there were slight amounts of…

user who is in the process of recovering from addiction relapses when they “return to the consistent pattern of addictive behaviour” after a duration of abstinence. The relapse rate from The National Institute of Drug Abuse in methamphetamine use disorder recovery programs is estimated to be approximately…

Definition A mood disorder in which the person has suffered one or more intense episodes of depression. This condition is also characterized by the presence of various symptoms which last for more than a 2 week period and will include 5 or more specific symptoms during this timeframe (DSM 5). Symptoms An individual suffering from this condition may display various symptoms such as feelings of sadness, emptiness, loneliness and also question the relevance of their own existence. There may also…

you will not able to know people’s expression through their face. Lastly, he also forgot about people who have mood disorder. Mood disorder is a psychological disorder characterized by the elevation or lowering of a person's mood. According to the 2005 National Comorbidity Survey-Replication study, about 20.9 million American adults have mood disorders. When people have mood disorder, their emotion will not show in their face clearly. For example, when they look happy, but their actual…

This article is about a person with bipolar disorder her name is Jamie Lowe. She was sent to an institution at the age of 17. She describes her episodes that are mostly manic. This gives the readers a taste of what it’s like to have a psychological disorder. Finally, after being too tired to fight the nurses, she accepts her medication, lithium, a mood stabilizer. It made her better, curbing her manic episodes. These pills made her functional. This type of treatment is called a biological…

Bipolar disorder is one of the most common and disabling mental illnesses (Costa, 2010). A variety of therapeutic approaches have been used to address the illness in client populations, with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) standing as the most frequently-applied methods (Miklowitz, 2009). This paper will explore the history of CBT theory and its major techniques, its efficacy in the treatment of bipolar disorder, and the author’s personal reactions to it as a theoretical orientation.…

Marie Bulter for the most severe parts of her disorder ranged from ages 16 to 36. In order to correctly analyze Marie’s disorder one must know the historic nature of the disorder’s development. Marie was a Caucasian female, who was deeply religious, yet had a past that lead to the traumatizing development of extreme depression and panic attack disorder. Marie was originally named Pat by her single alcoholic mother. She had both a younger and older sister, both of each remained with the mother…

we squeeze in quality time for ourselves? One thing that I have noticed is people not suffering from Bipolar Disorder, don’t understand how truly draining it is. They make seemingly simple demands on your time and then are confused or even upset when you can’t follow through. I want to give a glimpse into the Bipolar brain to explain why that is. First of all, if you have Bipolar Disorder, you probably spend the majority of your time noticing it. You have to. The last thing you want is mania…