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13- year old Mike Nelson had moved to a new school and his parents were concerned that he was not fitting in too well. He was taken to see a psychiatrist who prescribed him with antidepressants. About a week later Mike had hung himself, without a warning whatsoever. Even though several restrictions have been set for who can be given antidepressants, tragedies like this have Americans debating whether or not antidepressant should be proscribe to young patients. According to a medical study in…

Diagnosis: Obsessive compulsive personality disorder Treatment: Cognitive therapy Justification for Diagnosis: Jeremy’s diagnosis is obsessive-compulsive personality disorder based on the information provided in the case study. Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) is characterized by an excessive pattern of perfectionism, orderliness and control, often at the cost of being flexible or efficient in their daily lives. One symptom of a person with this disorder is the intense…

As the years progress America is becoming more and more depressed, and as the rate of diagnostics rise, Psychiatrists seem to be handing out prescription slips like tickets into a stress free life. However, is this really the truth about antidepressants? Studies have shown that while taking certain antidepressants symptoms of depression or suicidal thoughts can actually increase rather than decrease (“Citalopram” 1). Some side effects may even include things as severe as increased suicidal…

Neurosis can arise from symptoms of stress, often causing mild to severe psychological ailments, specifically depression and/or anxiety. There are many reasons as to why an individual may experience these depressive moods, and the relationship of your environment and your biological make up can make you more or less susceptible to forms of neurosis. There are many things that contribute to whether or not a person experiences depression. In addition to the way chemicals react in the brain and…

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Have you been through some traumatic event in your life and sometimes continue to dwell on the event? If you do this could be the cause of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). This effects many thousands of people throughout the United States and the world. People who have greater risks for PTSD are first responders and Military personnel. According to the National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, for every ten men, six of them will experience one…

I would diagnose Mr. Schackleford with PTSD, depression, and specific phobia of germs. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) requires that a trauma must be experienced, witnesses, or heard about in order for a patient to be diagnosed. Mr. Schackleford served in the Operation Iraqi Freedom conflict and experienced many traumatic situations including IEDs. The specific event that he believes to have had the greatest impression on him as a time with their troop was cleaning up after an event and…

In today’s society adolescence are often pressured into many things by the media. According to magazines they have to look a certain way, around their friends they must act a certain way, and of course family always heaves the stress on by making sure they maintain good grades, think about colleges, hold down a job, and overall be basically a superhero. With all of the stress that goes with being an adolescent, there are other situations that just add more fuel to the raging fire. However, as a…

NEUROTRANSTITTOR AND PERCEPTION 1. Describe how neurons communicate with each other through electrical and chemical processes. The human brain has two types of cells, neurons and glial cells. For a simplistic description, the glial cells are like the neuron maintenance cells, they are necessary to keep the neuron insulated and waste free, allowing the neuron to be more efficient in their job. “Glial cells also appear to influence the formation of synapses and to aid in determining which…

The anxiety disorder that Phillip, in the case study is experiencing seems to be the result of obsessive-compulsive disorder. If we look at the case study example for obsessive-compulsive disorder from the textbook according to (Sue et al.2014, p.107) Greenberg states that impulse thoughts and ideas are obsessions that lead to compulsion which is justification for what the individuals seems fit. It can make them over obsessive about ideas which if things don’t go perfect can lead to panic…

Depression can be explained at the Four Levels of Explanation. The biological level relates to the chemical processes underlying behaviour. The major effects that depression has at the biological level are headaches, insomnia, change in appetite and an imbalance of neurotransmitters. Basic process refers to the processes underlying behaviour; physiological effects can take place such as thoughts of death and suicide, feeling unhappy and a sense of helplessness. The Person level of explanation…