Neurological disorders

Zara examines the phrase “all great art comes from great pain.” This book looks many artists and their lives. He studies their lives until he finds what drove them to the brink of anguish that inspires their greatest works. Zara searches for their troubles whether it be a tragedy from their childhood, a mental illness, or everyday suffering. He considers all types of artists including but not limited to the following: Amy Winehouse, Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, and Jane Austen. Simonton’s “Are…

getting a good night’s sleep, such as insomnia and sleep apnea or narcolepsy as the text book describes. One unusual cause for my own poor sleep at night correlates directly with carpal tunnel syndrome. In an article by, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, I read, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Fact Sheet to find out how to improve sleep. Carpal tunnel syndrome is a condition where the median nerve is compromised and creates weakness in the hand. The carpal tunnel is located in…

complex topic and my understanding of it is still unknown. It appears as though it is not only me, but many scientists and researchers are finding the neurological basis very difficult to explain and are giving various reasons as to why they believe people stutter. Stutter, “Also called stammering or childhood-onset fluency disorder is a speech disorder that involves frequent and significant problems with the normal fluency and flow of speech” (Mayo Clinic.org, 2016, p.1). It could be a…

narcissistic/borderline/antisocial personality disorder, and psychosis are just a few of the different types of mental illnesses as diagnosed in the DSM VI. In most of today’s cases of brutal mass murders the perpetrator suffers from a mental illness. The inability for a stable reality, inability to feel remorse, and the increase of violent behavior make one wonder…

skeptic to the idea. She provides copious amounts of research to back up her claims. Such as Andreasen’s study of writers at the Iowa Writers’ workshop, where she discovered that “the majority of the writers described significant histories of mood disorder that met diagnostic criteria for either bipolar illness or unipolar depression”. Popova praises Andreasen’s work and her book, The Creating Mind: The Neuroscience of Genius, and seems to agree with what Andreasen discovered and what it meant. …

Mandy and Donna Roberts is factitious disorder imposed on another, a condition in which an individual inflicts an illness on someone else. The most predictive characteristic in patients is the absence of symptoms when the victim is separated from the caretaker (Greiner, Palusci, Keeshin, Kearns, & Sinal, 2013). The school nurse “did not think Mandy had any medical problems”; she appeared healthy and operational in the school setting. Another indication of the disorder is an inconsistent medical…

A Sleeping disorder refers to a medical disorder in the sleep pattern of an animal or a person. Sleeping disorders exist in various forms and are categorized depending on their causes and impacts especially on human beings (Lautenbacher, 2012).These disorders can be brought about by an assortment of issues, ranging from teeth pounding also known as teeth grinding (bruxism) to nightmares. Some sleeping disorders have serious side effects and are sufficiently substantial to interfere with normal…

Narcolepsy is a disease that affects the Central Nervous System with many symptoms that differ between each person with no cure that has been found. Narcolepsy has become known as a sleep disorder although it affects each person through the wakeful hours of the day. Symptoms that affect people with narcolepsy are excessive daytime sleepiness, disrupted night time sleep and when those affected fall asleep during the day, they experience sleep paralysis and hypnagogic hallucinations. Not every…

Although when looking at people with mental disorders that are also substance abusers either by way of illegal or prescription drugs or alcohol, everyone reacts differently to substances and most substances have side effects, how one person reacts may be very different to how others do and can cause adverse reactions which can tend to lead to violent behaviour or out bursts. In much research over the years Substance abuse in individuals with mental disorders greatly increases the risk of…

Electrodes and Their Effect on Brain Function In the article, “Jumper Cables for The Mind”, Dan Hurley describes his experience with tDCS (transcranial direct-current stimulation) and if its process changes brain activity to cause quick reaction time, better memory, improved mental health, and even the ability to solve equations. This stimulation process involves the attachment of wires, (similar to what is used in an EEG), to the head on certain areas for specific targets of the brain. It is a…