Seasonal affective disorder

either minor or major depression. This suggests that the threshold for diagnosing clinical depression is too low. Is it possible that normal human sadness, stress and distress is being medicalised? The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders suggests that depression should be diagnosed when there is a recurrent low mood for over two weeks. This is the case irrespective of circumstance and therefore, even in cases of extreme grief, if depression-like symptoms are still evident after…

This survey was administered in order to gain insight into McCalla’s psychological functioning, symptomology and history related to a possible Mood Disorder condition. McCalla is reporting a number of symptoms consistent with Mood Disorder. McCalla reports that she has had periods of time in her life where she did not feel her usual self. McCalla recalls having episodes where she has felt more irritable to the point that she has shouted at…

ARTICLE Sleep disorders, such as insomnia, narcolepsy, and non-24, all revolve around a malfunctioning circadian rhythm. These disorders are drastically varied, however. Insomniacs suffer from an enduring inability to fall or stay asleep. Conversely, narcolepsy is a disorder that causes short, overwhelming attacks of exhaustion. People with this frightening condition may fall asleep without warning, at any time. BOOK 95-96 Perhaps the most disruptive of sleep disorders is non-24, a disorder that…

precipitates long-term health problems including heart disease, strokes, weakened immune system, inflammation, and decline in "fight or flight" receptors that make us aware of dangerous situations. Factors such as isolation, post-traumatic stress disorder, socioeconomic problems, and others…

Aaron T. Beck’s Cognitive Theory of depression believes that cognitive symptoms of depression actually precede the affective and mood symptoms of depression, rather than vice versa. (Butcher, Mineka, & Hooley, 2007) According to Beck, central to depression are the negative thoughts and faulty or maladaptive cognitive processes, instead of hormonal changes or low rates of reinforcement as postulated by other theorists. (Allen, 2003) There are three main aspects that I believe are fundamental in…

Subdural haematoma (SDH) is a type of focal brain injury which consists of contusions and bleeding (Sawauchi & Abe, 2008). Contusions and bleeding occur from small tears in blood vessels which are commonly caused by external forces such as vehicular accidents and falls (Craft et al., 2015). Subdural haematoma can be described as an extra cerebral blood collection which is located between the dura mater and the middle layer of the meninges (Iliescu, 2015). The development of haematoma does not…

patient’s symptoms, depression may likely to recur. My question would be if the author was assuming in the first section of her video that these patients only have chronic depression? In the concluding portion, it appears that she is discussing episodic disorder, which would imply that she is focusing on non-chronic depression in which it is not present at all times. In this case, she is assuming that any type of treatment is not going to help the patient get…

The CAPS-5 is considered the gold standard in PTSD assessment. It consists of 30 items that are assessed during a structured interview. The CAPS-5 is a valid and reliable measure that can assess for current diagnosis of PTSD, lifetime diagnosis of PTSD, and PTSD symptoms over the past week (Weathers et al., 2013). This measure was designed for administration by clinicians and clinical researchers who have knowledge of PTSD, and it takes approximately 45 minutes to complete. This measure assesses…

psychological effects on the individual’s emotional state. Different levels of depression, anxiety disorders like post-traumatic stress disorder has been reported in 30% of individuals from the first weeks after injury. (Migliorini, New & Tonge, 2009). More importantly, some of these symptoms remained even after a decade. In addition to the increment of health care costs, these psychological disorders have negative impacts on various aspects of life in persons with SCI including but not limited…

heard of a lot of people who do not believe that psychiatric disorders exist. I want to focus my case study on a psychiatrist showing the science behind major depression, and how it is not “all in a person’s head”. I also want to focus on how treatment for major depression is not as simple as “just stop being sad”. The first section will…