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COGNITIVE THERAPY FOR DEPRESSION There are multiple different treatments used when trying to cure depression, one of the more successful treatments being cognitive therapy. Jorden Cummings, a psychologist, describes cognitive therapy (CT) as being "a time-limited, problem-focused, directive therapy that typically includes 14 to 16 weekly sessions (50 minutes each), but it can last longer for more severe and chronic depression" (Cummings). Cummings also states that this form of therapy is most…

Ambien CR, also called Zolpidem Tartrate, falls under the sedative category of medications; this drug treats insomnia. Ambien CR is given in 6.25 mg and 12.5 mg tablets to be consumed orally, by mouth. It is advised for adults to consume the lowest dose that will be effective, and for doses to be divided by gender. Recommended doses for women are 6.25 mg doses, while men’s doses can vary between 6.25 mg and 12.5 mg, never to exceed 12.5 mg. “The recommended initial doses for women and men are…

exhaustion. Often overlooked is its equally dangerous counterpart, mental fatigue. It is described as “”Mental fatigue is a transient decrease in maximal cognitive performance resulting from prolonged periods of cognitive activity. It can manifest as somnolence, lethargy, or directed attention fatigue.”” It is important to note that even though these are two distinct weaknesses they often work in tandem for a possible deadly effect. This report will give proposals to combat…

INTRODUCTION “Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age”.[VICTOR HUGO] Insomnia or hassle sleeping or wakefulness, could be an upset, characterised by inability to go to sleep or issue in obtaining sleep.People over sixty five years,referred to as older people or elderly, square measure additional liable to get ineffective sleep pattern ; as a result ,it might have an effect on the standard of life of older individuals[WebMD]. Insomnia will be situational, reccurent or…

Ancient Greek Gender Many nations and civilization have ruled different lands and different people. One of the most ancient civilizations was the Greek civilization. It existed around the Mediterranean Sea where the country Greece is located. The ancient world and society have similar perspectives and different once. Democracy is an example of parallels thoughts in compare to nowadays. Although democracy in ancient Greece and modern life are diverse, the old Greeks, at least, advanced in…

TERMINOLOGY CLINICAL CLARIFICATION • According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSMS), avoidant personality disorder (APD) is associated by a pattern of hypersensitivity to negative evaluation, social inhibition, and feelings of inadequacy 7 • Individuals who meet the criteria: 2 o Being extremely shy, o Inhibited in new situations, o Fearful of disapproval and social rejection. • Their fear of rejection is so overwhelming that is affects all aspects of…

The golden mean, the celebrated concept inaugurated by Aristotle in his Nicomachean Ethics¸ posits, roughly speaking, that any individual trait or emotion when held in excess or deficiency is a vice, but, when possessed in moderation, ought to be considered a virtue. Is there ever an appropriate time to act upon the emotion of anger? Anger can certainly act as a powerful motivation for human accomplishment and heroism, willing an individual to perform feats he otherwise, in a rational or calmer…

CC: “I feel awful and ache all over” HPI: M.M. is a 19 year old female presenting to the clinic today with complaints of malaise, increased somnolence/fatigue, non-productive cough, fever/chills, headache, and generalized myalgia (7/10). Symptoms began yesterday morning, prior to school, and continued to get worse. Patient drank an energy drink around 7pm yesterday and again this morning to increase her energy but was unsuccessful. She took OTC Tylenol last night for other symptoms with no…

An Open Letter to Congress, Since before Nixon’s declaration of the war on drugs, our nation’s policy makers have stigmatized the use of marijuana of any form. Since then research has found many novel uses for marijuana medically. With the enactment of Proposition 215 in 1996, the stigmatization of marijuana began the slow start of dismantling. Proposition 215 allowed those with the agreement of their primary care giver the ability to possess or grow marijuana for medical purposes—without the…

irritability; mild confusion. • Grade 2 - Lethargic or apathetic state; personality changes; disorientation of time; abnormal behavior; slurred speech; appearance of asterixis; drowsiness, major abnormalities in ability to do mental tasks. • Grade 3 - Somnolence but patient can be aroused; marked confusion; inability to perform any mental tasks; disorientation for time and place; memory defect; occasional fits and incomprehensible…