55). In other words, stress can create a life-long physiological change in and impairment of brain and body functioning. Such recent findings suggest that victims of stress may in fact suffer from a neurological disorder rather than just from a char Continue Reading...
The third type of response is the prolonged response also referred to as chronic stress which is a response to a trigger that is unrelenting or repetitive that can be caused by work related situation, the domestic stress, unsolved financial stress Continue Reading...
condition known as Post-traumatic Amnesia. This condition occurs when an individual suffers an acute brain damaging injury. Automobile crashes are said to be the most common origin of such injuries, and thus, the fundamental source of this disorder, Continue Reading...
patients diagnosed with TBI cope better with counseling and outreach programs when dealing with new or abnormal behaviors? Traumatic brain injury (TBI) may result in social and emotional defects (such as delayed word recall) that result in frustrat Continue Reading...
Stress on Human Memory and Cognitive Capabilities Types of Stresses on Short-Term Memory Symptoms of Short-Term Memory Stress weakens a human's ability to be able to pass proper chemicals through the blood-brain barrier. The blood-brain barrier i Continue Reading...
Et al. "Psychological Responses of Women After First-Trimester Abortion." Arch Gen Psychiatry. Volume 57.8 (2000): 777-84. Lexis Nexis Rearden, David C. "Abortion and Subsequent Substance Abuse." The Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse. Vol 26.1 (200 Continue Reading...
Assigned Reading II (20%) 1. (20%) Briefly explain the following concepts with an example each: i. Fight-or-flight response Fight-or-flight response refers to the dynamics that encompass the physiological arousal of the body to survive a threat. In p Continue Reading...
The prevalence of post natal depression amongst women who have delivered Introduction Pregnancy and birth are major life occurrences that are largely positive experiences for most women. Nonetheless, a percentage of women experience mental issues in Continue Reading...
Genetics Stress and Trauma as Causes of Insomnia One disorder of consciousness is insomnia and involves the inability to lose consciousness in sleep. The DSM-V defines insomnia as difficulty initiating sleep, maintaining sleep, wakefulness when one w Continue Reading...
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder PTSD is a mental disorder that is mostly associated with traumatic events. When a person faces a life-threatening event to them or their loved one, they are likely to suffer from the disorder. PTSD is not a disorder th Continue Reading...
Traumatic Brain Injury in Veterans Traumatic brain injury is an acute injury of the brain, which may or may not be detected at the outset. It can be classified as either mild or severe, depending on whether loss of consciousness lasts less than or m Continue Reading...
Stress Management The procedure and techniques of relaxation comprises of a range of practices including guided imagery, self-hypothesis, deep breathing, biofeedback and progressive relaxation. All of these practices have similar goals that are to g Continue Reading...
Leadership in Stress Management and Debriefings Why is it important to distinguish between CISM and psychotherapy? CISM and psychotherapy have completely different aims. While it is true that persons who survive critical incidents may have personal Continue Reading...
DSM-5 Diagnostic Case Studies Case Studies Tom is a 30-year-old male who was near the World Trade Center during the 9/11 attack. He witnessed horrific scenes, including people jumping from the World Trade Center. Since that day, he has had nightmar Continue Reading...
social construction relate critical incident stress? 2. Is CISM applicable emergency -emergency persons? Why ? 3. Why important distinguish CISM psychotherapy? Sources: Mitchell, J. CISM: Questions How does social construction relate to critical i Continue Reading...
Teen Stress TEEENAGAE STRESS & DEPRESSSION An Overview of Teenage Stress and Depression: Causes and Effects The number and rate of teenagers or adolescents that deal with clinical levels of stress and/or depression are exceedingly high. Studie Continue Reading...
Anxiety Disorders Diagnosis of anxiety disorders Diagnosis Differential diagnosis Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) Ethical issues in Psychopharamacology In this paper, we present an elaborate analysis of anxiety disorders involving symptoms, Continue Reading...
Autism is a developmental disorder, as can be seen in the fact that Peter was first diagnosed when he failed to develop speech at the rate of a normal child. Autism is also a spectrum disorder, meaning that individuals will manifest the condition in Continue Reading...
Anxiety Disorder's Impact On Individuals And Treatment Anxiety disorder unlike a normal anxiety happens recurrently and tends to interfere with the quality of life of the persons suffering from the anxiety. In addition to the above, it may be an obs Continue Reading...
Diagnostic Statistical Manual Disorders Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Anxiety Disorders There is a large array of more specified disorder types within the general category of anxiety disorders, but which all share a common symp Continue Reading...
Eating disorder is characterized by abnormal eating habits involving excessive or insufficient intake of food which is detrimental to the individual's physical and mental well-being. There are two common types of eating disorders although there are o Continue Reading...
Stress Management: Nuclear Energy Institute Nuclear energy has been heralded as one of man's greatest blessings. It has the ability to supply affordable energy to millions of citizens, solving some of the nation's most critical energy needs. Under Continue Reading...
Stress and Drug Abuse CISM Discuss the relationship between stress and substance abuse following critical incidents Sufferers of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and survivors of other forms of trauma exhibit far higher rates of substance ab Continue Reading...
32) The overall diagnostic and symptomatic patterns described by these points indicate that BPD is a serious disorder and is "...classified as a major personality disorder involving dramatic, emotional, or erratic behavior; intense, unstable moods Continue Reading...
This leaves many veterans prone to the condition known as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). This may be characterized as "an anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to a terrifying event or ordeal in which grave physical harm occurred Continue Reading...
Trauma 'the processing of traumatic experience is highly individualistic, and cannot easily be captured with simple diagnostic labels" (McFarlane and Van der Kolk, 1996: 562). Traumatic experiences vary significantly from person to person, the res Continue Reading...
(Book & Randall, 2002, p. 130) Both of these lines of research are ripe for additional investigation, as they seem to clearly complicate and possibly exacerbate the social affect of the disorder to a large degree and are secondary problems share Continue Reading...
People living with mental illness are often marginalized, demeaned, and seen as being outside the normal boundaries of society. For people with BPD, this is doubly painful as it reinforces their sense of worthlessness and victimization, and may eve Continue Reading...
CISM Program Surry Nuclear Power Plant What is CISM? Why is a CISM program necessary for the agency? Agency description, community, and social context Prevention and Interventions Primary Secondary Tertiary Interventions Chronic health and i Continue Reading...
It also suggests issues Norman has in coming to terms with his own sexuality that, quite thankfully, do not apply to me personally. Conclusion There can be little doubt of Norman Bates' diagnosis with a dissociative identity disorder; the behavior Continue Reading...
Dissociative Identity Disorder is also referred to as multiple personality disorder, in which an individual's identity dissociates, or fragments, creating additional identities that exist independently of each other within the individual (Gale 2001). Continue Reading...
Cave Paintings Complementary and Alternative Medicine and CISM in Diverse Populations Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) as often referred to as integrated medicine. This term refers to therapies used to enhance health that fall outside Continue Reading...
Seriously, a reader cannot be certain that RAD is the key problem with T, who has had prenatal exposure to alcohol, marijuana and cocaine and has experienced "abuse and neglect" (Lyon p. 644). The article brings in the possibility that FASD or PTSD Continue Reading...
Pharmacological Treatment Multiple personality or dissociative disorder is an exceptionally uncommon mental disorder in which an individual has two or more different personalities. Each of these personalities has unique characteristics such as mind- Continue Reading...
..in their view, rather than promoting wholeness and recovery, the experience recreated the secrecy of abuse and fed the stigma associated with each of the three issues." In the hopes of a more well-organized approach to providing these key services Continue Reading...
Apparent health can be generally positive or negative; in spite of how it links with the real health; it may be significant to comprehend its function in certain kinds of psychopathology. Negatively apparent health has been anticipated to symbolize Continue Reading...
