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    Largely today, the treatment of depression in the United States has become synonymous with taking a pill in order to make all of your troubles go away. As such, the prescribing of anti-depressant medications to patients with depression and other psychiatric disorders by doctors has become a priority to the pharmaceutical industry. Treating depression like one would with a headache has become incredibly lucrative to doctors, patients, and pharmaceutical companies. Evident through the robust…

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    Dr. Christian Book Review for Manufacturing Depression Manufacturing Depression: The Secret History of a Modern Disease is an journey that seeks to challenge the ideas of what constitutes as depression. As the author, Gary Greenberg, challenges the medical industry, he manages to present a compelling argument. Greenberg is a practicing psychotherapist in Connecticut. Looking at his background, we can say that he has the credentials to be writing on this topic. He actually was diagnosed…

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    McPherson, F., McGraw, L. (2013). Treating Generalized Anxiety Disorder Using Complementary and Alternative Medicine. Alternative Therapies in Health & Medicine, 19(5), 45-50. Fujo McPherson and Leigh McGraw used a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest design study utilizing (CAM) or complementary and alternative medicine to investigate the effectiveness of a pilot program for generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) patients after using self-care behavior methods. They particularly related this belief…

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    For thousands of years, in order to ensure their longevity, mankind has had to find the cures to their diseases and illnesses within the world around them. For most of human existence, we did not have doctors and pharmacies as we know them today. Cures and therapies were made from plants and animals found around people’s native environments. As mankind progressed and industrialized the world, we learned how to control the world around us, how to manipulate it on an atomic and molecular level.…

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    When I was a little, my mother made sure I was involved in sports. Although I’m a girl, she wanted me to focus only on sports, rather than learn how to walk in heals, which I still struggle with today. Tennis was the first sport I joined at the age of five, but that was not enough. As I began training for tennis tournaments, my coach decided that I need to join track in order to increase my speed on the court. For my mother that was a marvelous idea, but for me it was not as marvelous. The first…

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    I identify that Eddie has Mild (minor) Depression, The Reason I identify that Eddie has mild depression and not major is that his symptoms have not been ongoing for the last 2 years which would help me identify that it was major depression. Mild depression usually causes symptoms that impact on your daily life, this makes you less interested in things you would once enjoy, and less motivated for everyday life. Mild depression is often undiagnosed because sufferers continue to function with their…

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    Arthur Dimmesdale has efficiently demonstrated that he suffers from avoidant personality disorder throughout the novel. While Dimmesdale does not show every symptom of the disorder, many of his symptoms are apparent and persistent enough for a diagnosis. Impulsiveness, fear of being rejected or criticized, manipulation, and violation of the emotional rights of others are all key characteristics of Dimmesdale as well as avoidant personality disorder (Burton 2012). Whether or not Dimmesdale was…

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    depressive disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, bulimia nervosa, and panic disorders. Businesses saw Prozac as an opportunity to market this drug because it was the first of its kind. Prozac falls into a category known as SSRI, which stands for selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor. This drug limits the reabsorption of serotonin through neurotransmitters in the brain, which leads to the potential balance of a patient's mood. What makes this drug more advanced than other antidepressants…

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    Approximately 40 million American’s have a fear or anxiety disorder. The most popular types of disorders people have include generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, phobias, social anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Anxiety disorders can cause such distress that it interferes with your ability to lead a normal life. Anxiety disorders are among the most common mental illnesses in America. Over 21% of adults, which is 42.5 million, are…

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    There are times when life may seem out of balance. Sometimes, it requires an adjustment in the daily schedule or the perspective. There are other times when life is out of balance because of a serious condition such as illness, job loss, or death. One of the most common feelings people feel in these situations involves deep sadness. It is common to feel sad when certain things happen. However, when a person is a constant sad state, this may be an indicator of depression. When depression hits, it…

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