Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor

Tris Gruber Ms. Stiegler American Literature 2/12/2017 PTSD In the past, we have clearly ignored a disorder that makes the lives of people an everyday struggle. This disorder is known as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This disorder can develop after exposure to a terrifying event or ordeal in which grave physical harm occurred or was threatened. Given this definition it is easy to think how war veterans have become the face of this disorder. However, PTSD can affect anyone and their…

I interviewed Susan on September 9, 2016 about the medications she takes for her mental health. Susan is a single, 45-year-old female, and has one daughter, Hannah, age 16. Susan and Hannah’s father were divorced when Hannah was three years old. Hannah currently lives with Susan during the week and visits her father, who lives about an hour away, every other weekend, some holidays, and several weeks during the summer. Susan lives in a Los Angeles suburb and works full-time, with an hour commute…

What is Depression? Depression is clinically diagnosed as a mood disorder that may cause severe symptoms such as a persistent feeling of sadness or impaired concentration. It may have an affect over a person’s mood, behavior and thoughts, which in turn can lead to a variety of emotional and physical problems. Major factors that play a role in depression include genetics, neurobiology/chemistry, or life events such as trauma, loss of a loved one, divorce, or any stressful situation. Depressed…

Depression is a serious mental Illness that effects millions lives as well as people from all walks of life. Regardless of rather a person is a rich, poor, or somewhere in between, depression can takes its toll on anyone. There is an interesting paradox surrounding depression. That it is a “disease of poverty” that it only effects those on the lower rungs of society. However many wealthy and successful people also suffer from depression. J.K Rowling, whose bestselling series Harry…

Depression is a common disorder that many people may face at some point in their life for a variety of reason. It is a complex disease because there is not a set reason as to why it is caused. Some reasons depression might occur is from distressing situations that take place, from a series of life altering trials or sometimes from a serious health condition. Depression symptoms may be kept under control by medication but they will never be completely cured from medicine. However, medications…

Major Depressive Disorder Major depressive disorder is a mood disorder that is caused by extreme and repetitious feelings of desperation, worthlessness, and discouragement. Most of these feelings are known to cause impaired emotional, cognitive, behavioral, and physical functioning or performance. (NEED CITATION) Major or clinical depression is commonly diagnosed with those who have the symptoms every day for at least two weeks. DSM-5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual) is a common tool…

People deal with stress every day in the world, but those who fight for us sometimes experience a different type of stress. It is called Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). It is an anxiety disorder that 5.2 million people suffer from every year (Kemp). PTSD causes people to have flashbacks, anxiety attacks, mistrust, and many other things. People go into the military or army and sometimes come back a different person. People see things that they are unable to forget and it changes them.…

In the Japanese society, where mental diseases are neither widely accepted nor recognized, pharmaceutical companies take advantage of the public’s lack of education by marketing through manipulation and deception. *insert a smooth transition to tie Ethan Watters to thesis* “Crazy Like Us” is Ethan Watters’ take on the fraudulent diagnosis of depression in Japan. His work focuses on the transition and efforts undertaken by pharmaceutical companies to market overseas the western-developed…

Everyone has heard of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, or OCD. In fact, many people have the belief that they have obsessive compulsive disorder even when they really do not. They believe this for various reasons, some including wanting everything clean, being a “perfectionist,” etc. Against popular belief, a person is not OCD just because they expect things to be orderly and clean. Within another realm of disorders, rests Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder. Similar, but far from the same.…

The top indicators that a person may be suffering from social phobia are anxious reactivity social situations, the avoidance of social situations plagued by fear from embarrassment, and disruptions of social functioning (Stravynski, 2007). The purpose of this paper is to explore the history of social phobia, identify the casual factors related to this disorder, and the diagnostic features of this disorder. This paper will also probe into how this disorder causes distress or impairment in a…