Mood disorders

According to the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria, major depressive disorder can be defined as a depressed mood or a loss of interest or pleasure in daily activities that lasts for two or more weeks at a time and has a significant impact on daily life. 25-year-old Tracy was referred to a mental health center when she began displaying symptoms of a depressive disorder that affected her daily functioning after her partner of two years "freaked out" and left her when she told him she was pregnant.…

Although dysthymia isn’t a very well know mental illness it is just as important as the other more common ones. With only 35 million people suffering from dysthymia compared to depressions 350 million victims, the majority of people don’t take much notice to dysthymia or the problems that it can cause. And the people that do happen to know about it usually can’t distinguish it from depression or they haven’t taken the time to really learn about it. Dysthymia (also known as chronic depression)…

Major depressive disorder (MDD) affects 350 million people worldwide and it is one of the leading causes of disability (Marcus et. al, 2012). The effects of this mental health disorder extend to not only the individuals who are depressed, but also to those who are part of their interpersonal circle. For example, based on interviewer ratings, it has been reported that family members of patients suffering from MDD show higher levels of dysfunction in problem solving and affective involvement…

Taylor Swift is famous for songs such as ‘Shake it off’ and ‘Blank Space.’ Recently, Swift was sued by a fellow singer, Jesse Braham, for stealing the lyrics “Shake it off.” Jesse Braham was seeking a compensation lump sum of 42 million dollars, from Taylor Swift for plagiarizing his music. The lawsuit led to Taylor Swift having sleepless nights for two weeks as she awaited the ruling of the case (Plucinska, 2015). Law analysts postulated that the lawsuit could be successful implying Swift could…

“Perhaps when we find ourselves wanting everything, it is because we are dangerously close to wanting nothing“(Plath). These are the words of the young writer Sylvia Plath. Plath was a sensitive, intelligent young girl compelled towards perfection at everything she attempted. She was a model daughter and student, earning straight A’s and always winning the best prizes. She had an impressive list of publications ranging from famous novel The Bell Jar to the world-renowned poem “Daddy.” However,…

Research Paper: Compassion Fatigue and How it Affects Sign Language Interpreters Carly Atkinson William Woods University ITP 450 Compassion Fatigue is “a state experienced by those helping people or animals in distress; it is an extreme state of tension and preoccupation with the suffering of those being helped to the degree that it can create a secondary traumatic stress for the helper.” – Dr. Charles Figley Professor Tulane Traumatology Institute. Tulane University…

Depressive is defined as causing feelings of hopelessness, despondency, dejection; feeling sad. Both the main characters in Katherine Anne Porter’s The Jilting Granny Weatherall and Katherine Mansfield’s Miss Brill experience depressive behavior. In Katherine Anne Porter’s The Jilting Granny Weatherall, Grandma Weatherall is an eighty-year-old woman on her final days of life, withering away in a hospital bed. She reminisces of how she grew old, raising her children on her own, and getting…

Also, the factors of depression were discussed in this article, some including Major Depression, Psychotic Depression, Postpartum Depression, Seasonal Affective Disorder, and Bipolar Disorder. I found there was beneficial material about the factors which include genetics, brain biology and chemistry, trauma, loss of a loved one, negative relationships, stress, and medical diseases. Throughout the text, the author used denotative…

Also Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder needs to be ruled out because her physical aggression toward her mother is not grossly out of proportion, while her temper out burst could be related to her developmental level. There is not any sign of temper out burst happening three or more times per week or happening everyday. As her mother mentioned her temper has started since 6 months ago, not for 12 or more months ago. However, Major Depressive Disorder could rule out. Lack of a depressed…

with psychological disorders. Patrick, at one-time was a high school teacher, had caught his wife (Nikki) with another man, who was the history teacher, making him very violent and distressed. He then went crazy on the gym teacher and had to spend eight months in a psychiatric hospital, and was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. On the other hand, we have Tiffany, who is depressed and have borderline personality disorder due to a car accident that killed her husband. Bipolar disorder, also…