Neurological disorders

An unofficial criteria when identifying Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is hinged upon emotional difficulties, uneven cognitive abilities and sensory problems. Many children with ASD may have an under-reaction or over reaction to sensory stimuli.. Children with ASD have difficulty self-regulating their emotions in high anxiety situations but may be unaware of dangerous situations such as walking into traffic. The uneven cognitive abilities are exhibited in a hyper focus in a particular subject…

Research Essay A mental illness refers to a wide arrange of mental health conditions that affects a person’s mood, thinking and behavior. Examples of of mental illness include depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, eating disorders and addictive behaviors. Although the exact cause of mental illness is not known, research has made it clear that these conditions could be caused by a combination of genetic, biological, psychological, and environmental factors. It is not personal weakness…

Manic depressive disorder, or more commonly called bipolar disorder is a mental illness that has been in described in literature since ancient Greece several thousand years ago. Descriptions of bipolar disorder have appeared independently in many civilizations throughout history including Ancient Greece, Roman, European and Chinese. Bipolar disorder is defined by experiencing elongated periods of mania with high energy followed by periods of depression with very low energy. The periods of mania…

mental health as about 450 million people have neurological disorders or will experience one in their lifetime. Unfortunately out of this large quantity of the population, less than 50% will seek treatment or help due to the fear that the people in their culture would shun them. In contrast, cultures that acknowledge the existence and mental health issues and its effects and prioritizes treatment of issues in mental health, such as…

battle with her brain and live with a misdiagnosed illness or leaving this earth. 2012 brought a number of unannounced surprises. Just three months later my eldest sister, my best friend attempted to commit suicide after been diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder earlier in 2012. This incident held a great toll on our family emotionally. My mother, an identical twin, and a mother of three became extremely hard on not only herself but me as well. She pushed me even harder to become self-sufficient, and…

one has mercury poisoning then the person can have neurological…

Savant Syndrome- Savant Skills Locked Within Us? Savant syndrome is a form of rare neurological condition where individuals with such extraordinary anomaly, while having problems in proper mental function, are able to express certain prodigious abilities such as memorizing and lightning calculation (Treffert, 2009). The term “savant” originated from the word “savoir” which means “to know” in French (Treffert, 2009). The word “idiot savant” was first introduced by Dr. J. Langdon Down in his…

Psychotic Disorders: Schizophrenia What are the salient historical features of the case? The main historical features of this week’s case are the patient’s strange social behavior, delusions, auditory hallucinations, flat affect, tangenital thought process, and poor hygiene. Generally, the symptoms of schizophrenia can be divided into different 4 categories which include, positive, negative, cognitive, and mood symptoms. Positive symptoms are also known as psychotic changes such as,…

regulate sleep-wake cycles, darkness causes the body to produce more melatonin which signals the body to prepare for sleep, light decreases melatonin production and signals the body to prepare for being awake. Melatonin is effective for:  Sleep disorders in blind people.  Sleeping problems in children and adolescents with…

Rett Syndrome is a postnatal neurological disorder that almost exclusively affects girls. It is a rare disease and can have many side effects in each stage of life. EEG has been shown to be critical in helping diagnose Rett Syndrome. Although it has no cure, with proper treatment of the symptoms the disease can be managed. Rett Syndrome was first described in 1966 in a journal by Austrian physician, Dr. Andreas Rett. However, the disorder was not fully recognized until 1983 when it was…