Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is a mental illness that is brought about by exposure to trauma. Most traumas are involving death of a loved one, or the threat thereof, serious injury or amputation, sexual violence, or any life-shattering, or life-altering event that leaves one feeling helpless and hopeless. (Smith et. all, 2015). Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is often brought upon by something incredibly terrifying and overwhelming to the experiencer. The most common group of individuals of…

The claimant was a 54 year old female. On 01/18/2015, her husband reported that the claimant had post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and shoulder and neck pain “to the point of exhaustion.” Therefore, her ability to process stress and daily issues was limited. She required help with all activities of daily living and with the house chores. She “toss, turn, moan with pain, yell when pain is to severe, awakes routinely, gets up, has nightmares, screams.” She was forgetful, had difficulty…

Depression. It’s an overused term. People toss it around as if it’s a football; yet they don’t know the true meaning of it. So what is depression? First off, depression has got nothing at all to do with life. That may confuse you, but let me explain. On your life journey, there is sadness, there is pain, and there is sorrow. All of these in which their right time and season are normal. Depression is an altogether different zone because it’s an empty hole. There’s nothing there. It’s a complete…

Major depression is a mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest during daily activities (Major Depression). This disorder is known as one of the most common mental disorders (Kohn). It affects how people feel, think, and behave in certain situations. Depression can come on suddenly, or be the effect of various events piling on top of each other (Depression). People between the age of 15-20 have experienced some soft of depression throughout their lives, while…

Have you ever gone through depression? It is most likely that the answer to this question is yes, but can a child go through depression? Yes. When we hear the word depression we usually imagine an adult going through depression but not a child, and yet it is more common than we think. Studies have shown that about 5% to 9% of children meet the criteria for a major depression regardless of their gender (Rathus, 2014). What exactly is childhood depression and what are the signs a child is going…

I “For as far back as I can remember, I’ve felt depressed but until I was sixteen I didn’t know it had a name. I thought it was just life.” Those were the words of Erin, a woman who was officially diagnosed with major depression as a teen. Like many teens who live with this serious illness, she attempted to kill herself more than once. (Erin) In America alone one in 10 students in high school have attempted to commit suicide. Also, almost one in six people, in America between the ages 12 and 17…

Since the creation of antidepressants in the 1950s, this pharmaceutical drug has been under intense scrutiny from both scientists and civilians. This is because there is a vast range of views revolving around the use of antidepressants since various studies have questioned the effectiveness of the drug and the criteria set up for prescribing it. However, antidepressants deserve that apprehension because it affects society by incapacitating its members through their harmful side effects including…

Koenigs and Tranel (2007) used the ultimatum game (UG) to study the responses of patients with ventromedial prefrontal cortex (VMPC) damage. Since VMPC have been previously been shown to affect emotion regulation, Koenigs and Tranel hypothesized that patients with VMPC damage would be likely to “irrationally” reject an unfair offer in the UG because they lack the emotional regulation necessary to “rationally” accept. To test their hypothesis, Koenigs and Tranel recruited VMPC patients (n=7),…

Hardships come in a variety of ways. Depression, loneliness, loss, broken relationships are all forms of hardship. To endure hardship, is more than just continuing to exist; it is continuing to exist in the same manner as before the suffering began. Many people need someone to help them endure their hardship and their suffering; however, others prefer to be by themselves. In the book Of Mice and Men, written by John Steinbeck, we can see these two ways of dealing with hardship and suffering in…

Did you know that there is over 3 million cases of depression reported each year and 20% of those people develop psychotic symptoms.In the poem “In The Dark” the poet describes putting on a fake smile to please the others around him while he suffers with severe depression.The theme of the poem is that you should not risk your own happiness to please others. The theme of the poem relates to being human because many people can relate to feeling alone and pretending to be happy. I…