Striatum

In Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, readers are introduced to the story of a young mans quest for revenge. In the beginning Hamlet is left with his own devices to deal with the death of his father. After going home and receiving no support or the consultation he was hoping to get, he starts to let distrust breed in his mind. Although Hamlet is raised as a prince and should live a life of comfort, he instead has an inherent distrust of the people surrounding him, therefore leaving him absent of…

A personal reflection I found was in May of 2015. The patient was a female and 87 years old. The first couple of symptoms that were experienced by the patient 's daughter was her mother fell out of bed, could not get up and does not remember that ever happening. After this incident the mother could not live alone anymore and her daughters slept over to see if anything else happens. She was starting to gradually lose her motor skills and was refusing a doctor 's help. Eventually she went to see a…

Research Question This study will follow the principles and definition of sensitization of the revised habituation model of desensitization, the dual-process habituation theory (Watt, 1979). Community violence exposure, risk taking, and decision making are concepts that low income, minority adolescents can be faced with frequently and deserves further investigation in research literature. The research questions are as follows: Could adolescents become desensitized to community violence with…

A fantasy is often created when one is imaging things that are impossible or improbable.It may be great at times, such as when reading a book, although when one begins to prefer fantasy over reality, it becomes a problem. Being constantly preoccupied by a fantasy may lead to mental health issues as one is not at terms with what they have in life. Social media provides a massive world to escape to with false promises and the facade of a perfect life. This is dangerous as when people see a perfect…

In this essay will be discussing the Parkinson disease and its pathophysiology, the sign and symptoms, general and the experimental treatment, psychosocial implications, the progression and prognosis and how the nurses can help the patient to accept and live with their disease. Parkinson disease is the second most-prevalent neurological disorders of the brain, which affect 2 percent of the population over the age 65 and it, can be develop in younger adults but not often seen in children. It’s…

Varying Degrees of Adolescents with Major Depression and Their Effect on Amygdala Activation Tony Yang and others’ study, “Adolescents with Major Depression Demonstrate Increased Amygdala Activation,” is an influential study of developmental psychology because of the insight it brought onto the relationship of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) or Dysthymia and the activation of the amygdala in adolescents (Yang et al. 2010). Major Depressive Disorder is defined as a two week interval with sad…

As the sun began to rise, on the morning of November 9, 2016, most Californians awoke with a new profound sense of freedom to get high. For the simple reason that, the day before, most citizens throughout California voted yes on Proposition 64, which legalized recreational marijuana for adults over 21 years of age. However, I voted no to legalize recreational marijuana. This was due to my values and faith, but most importantly for the simple reason that, it will negatively impact law…

At a glance, hypnosis is a fun way to see your friends do ridiculous things that they’d never do in their right mind. But there’s much more to hypnosis than making chicken noises and dancing in front of a crowd of people. By definition, hypnosis “is a trance-like state in which you have heightened focus and concentration” (Mayo). Hypnosis has been proven to be helpful in coping with anxiety or pain that one is experiencing. In this process called hypnotherapy, also known as medical hypnosis, a…

Time shapes many aspects of our daily lives. We draw on the past, experience the present, and prospect the future. Dealing with time is a fundamental feature of human experience, both objective, so-called clock time, and subjective, personal constructions of time. Time perspective (TP), which is a basic dimension of subjective time, emerges from cognitive processes partitioning human experience into past, present, and future temporal frames (Zimbardo and Boyd, 2008; Zimbardo and Boyd, 1999). A…

Vera is an eight-year-old African American female who lives with her mother and has visitation with her father every other weekend. She was brought to the clinic by her mother in response to concerns reported by her teacher at school, as well as difficulties at home, concerning odd and disruptive behaviors, obsession concerning her mother’s safety, anxiety, and declining academic performance. Diagnosis Based on her presenting symptoms, Vera meets the full criteria for Obsessive Compulsive…