Psychiatrist

“Can you please remove my ear drums for few hours, I do not want to hear these voices anymore.” This was the response a patient on my psychiatry rotation gave when asked about her goal for her hospitalization and it initiated my intrigue in the field. From an early age, I always had a endless curiosity about people; why we do what we do, and the circumstances that cause us to be who we are. Over the years, my interest in the subject merged with my passion for helping others, particularly those…

Dr. J. Douglas Muir and his older sister were raised by their parents in a somewhat rural community in Arkansas. Growing up, he enjoyed ornithology and science. Doug graduated from the University of Arkansas with a B.S. in Zoology. Following graduation, he worked as a phlebotomist at a VA clinic in the psych ward and discovered he really enjoyed listening to patients. At that point, he decided to pursue a career in medicine. After completing the necessary tests, Doug was accepted into…

was first discovered in 1959 by psychiatrist Albert Stunkard. “Stunkard describes an eating pattern marked by consuming large amounts of foods at irregular intervals. He observed that some of these episodes were linked to night eating.” (healthline.com).The causes of binge eating disorder…

In the article “On Being Sane in Insane Places”, author D.L. Rosenhan recounts an experiment he conducted to test the consistency of psychiatric diagnoses. In this study, eight individuals were given the task of calling a psychiatric hospital and alledging that he or she had been hearing voices lately, specifically voices that were the same sex as the patient. No other differences in symptoms or history were made, besides minor altercations that would not influence diagnoseses, such as where the…

Summary: In the video, Out of Our Right Minds: Trauma Depression and the Black Woman, I observed specific issues that black women face resulting from trauma and depression. It exposed how the history of this population shaped the expectations and stereotypes that hinder them from taking proper self-care today. These expectations originated from the civil rights era; a time where colored women had to witness their husbands and children get beaten, lynched, and taken from them; yet they still had…

coping with my anger and sadness the only way I thought would make me feel better, self-inflicting injuries. All through grade it was my emotional response to all my problems. After my parents discovered my bloody razor blades, I was assigned a psychiatrist, he has helped better cope and handle my emotions. My emotion process or emotion regulation has changed to wear when an event makes me frustrated or depressed I don’t always seek the extreme action. When today we still tend to dismiss…

happiness all depends on the attitude of the person who is in the situation. Smith argues that any people have wrong ideas of happiness and where to find it and that reflects on their current life situations. She uses Viktor Frankl’s, a Jewish psychiatrist, experience inside of a concentration camp and what he found once he released to prove her viewpoint. The author uses Smith writes using rhetorical devices pathos, ethos, and perspective to persuade readers that there is more to life than the…

Before we attend the trial, there was only one Trial/Jury case which was Ellis et al v. Duong et at. Firstly, we have noticed that plaintiff side and juries were in the right and the defendant side was in the left from the judge’s view. There were two lawyers located each side, a clerk, a judge, and seven juries. The atmosphere in the court was silent and everyone respected with the dignity towards the judge. Since the Ellis et al v. Duong et at case was an ongoing case and held for quite a bit…

“It could be worse – I could be fat” These were the words of Joanna Dennehy, the third woman in the United Kingdom to be sentenced to life in prison as she was being processed after being arrested (Smith, para. 1). Dennehy, born in 1982, was arrested at the age of 30 and convicted for three murders and the attempt of 2 additional murders in the year 2013. From a cute baby-faced angel arose a murderous Joanna Dennehy. Alongside her accomplice Gary Stretch, age 42, Dennehy committed a heinous…

Blessing, Esther M. et al. “Cannabidiol as a Potential Treatment for Anxiety Disorders.” Neurotherapeutics 12.4 (2015): 825–836. PMC. Web. 29 Apr. 2018 In this article Ester M. Blessing describes the therapeutic properties cannabidiol has. She reports how cannabidiol works with the receptors in the body in order to provide the therapeutic effects. This article is a reliable source because the author, Ester is a postdoctoral researcher, and has expertise in Neuropsychopharmacology. This article…