Essays on NIMH

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The World Health Organization (WHO) says that there are about 400 million people around the world who are currently suffering from a mental illness. If all types of mental illnesses are considered, then it is safe to say that about one in four people will suffer from a mental disorder at one point in their lives. Out of the many mental illnesses, there are some that inflict a severe toll on their sufferers, on their lives and on their families as well. The effects of mental illness can be devastating on a person. However, those with even the most ...

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Depression is a kind of mental disorder that can affect people’s feelings and everyday activities. It needs medical and psychological care, otherwise, it can cause such a fatal result as a suicide. Depression has its own symptoms and types that depend on different circumstances. Contemporary medical science has different methods of cure for depression that help people to overcome and even prevent it. Depression has been known from the ancient times and was considered as the demonic possession. Priests were the people responsible for it and they used exorcism as the method of the treatment. With the development ...

About 43.6 million or 18.1% of American adults were diagnosed with various mental illnesses in 2014 (NIMH, 2014). However, not everyone seeks or adheres to treatment, which is a prerequisite to mental health recovery given the chronicity of mental illness. Recovery is a particularly important goal in mental health nursing because it means empowering patients to achieve self-direction, better health, and wellness (US DHHS, 2016). In so doing, patients are enabled to attain their full potential. There is also a need to promote recovery through best practices that enhance care quality, increase treatment rates, and reduce inpatient care costs. ...

The main objective of this design is to provide the most suitable Atypical Antipsychotic medications for children and adolescents with schizophrenia disorder. This program is in line with the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) practice parameter for the use of atypical antipsychotic medications for children and adolescents between the ages 8 and 18 years old who are suffering from schizophrenic disorder (Findling et al.). The AACAP rules characterize early-onset schizophrenia (EOS) as manifesting before the child reaches 18 years old. Early onset schizophrenia (VEOS) is less basic and is characterized as manifesting before the child reaches ...

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This paper includes information on ophidiophobia or an abnormal fear of snakes. It defines what ophidiophobia is, as well as its causes and its treatments. It also includes details on what the effects of ophidiophobia are, and how it impacts a person’s daily life. Ophidiophobia is a type of panic disorder wherein there is extreme fear of snakes and all things that are related to them. Its causes may either be evolutionary/genetic, the experience of traumatic situations related to snakes, as well as cultural factors. It can be treated by applying cognitive behavior therapy, system desensitization, and/or the ...

I wouldn’t try to discuss this problem with her; I would rather listen to her and provide an empathetic ear to her problems. If I pushed too hard for her to get help, I could potentially push her away, which is the opposite of what I’d want in this situation. I would try to listen to her because she probably trusts me if she disclosed this issue to me, and I don’t want her to feel pressured by me. I would suggest seeking help in the form of counseling or outpatient therapy, but I would try ...

Edgar Allen Poe: few names such as this one can strike both fear and adoration in hearts of literature students everywhere. As a writer, Poe was known for his macabre stories that often ended with characters becoming ill, being buried alive, or dying other gruesome, torturous deaths. The tone of his works is fairly consistent, with most of Poe’s work having a dark, moody, and an overall melancholy tone. With his stories being favored as a topic of research for many English students, I began to wonder about his personal life. What struggles was he grappling with that ...

[Due Date] The first analyzed webpage in this paper is the article “19 Natural Remedies for Anxiety” by Robert A. Barnett published in 2013 on the Fox News website, which is a part of the Fox News Network. The second webpage is the article “Anxiety Disorders” on the official website of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), which is a part of the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The purpose of this essay is to critically evaluate the two webpages and gain understanding of their credibility and if any of ...

Introduction

Many people do not take mental and personality disorders seriously. Nowadays, these disorders are often regarded as mere expressions and temporary states, rather than a serious condition that needs medical attention. For instance, people who are very organized and perfectionist about things, tend to say that they have Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OC), when in fact, OCD is far more than being neat, and organized, and wanting perfection in all things. Another instance is when people experience “mood swings”, which are actually normal and are caused by hormones, people have the tendency to self-diagnose saying that they have Bipolar Disorder, when, ...

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Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a condition characterized by learning and behavioural disorders. These disorders are caused by inattention of a person and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity of that person. Due to the issue of inattention, the person is unable to focus on anything for a longer time. He or she lacks persistence and is disorganized. Due to the problem of hyperactivity, the person may show constant motion and extreme level of restlessness. In impulsivity, the person shows hasty actions without thinking about the long-term consequences. Inattention and/or impulsivity are the most important signs of ADHD (NIMH, 2016). I like ...

Traditionally, animals have been assumed to respond to changes in the environment the same way as humans do. This assumption has been continuously used for product testing, research, and educating of living animals. Animal experimentation is done in a broad range of environments, including agricultural facilities, universities, hospitals and independent laboratories. This technique is used to assess the safety of the products such as cosmetics, chemicals medical services, and household products. However, animal-based testing methods have failed the human needs due to varied reactions of various animal species to these commodities. Moreover, the methodology has received severe criticism from ...

Pathophysiology

One of the most important parts of achieving the goal of being able to meet the patient’s entire healthcare (i.e. nursing) needs is to ensure that the underlying disease’s pathophysiology is well understood by all the stakeholder groups. These groups, in this case, would include the medical and healthcare practitioners, patients, and their respective family members. It would be a lot easier to instruct a patient to have a patient undergo a prescribed healthcare routine once he understands the nature of his condition, why each procedure is being done, and how they collectively contribute to the end-goal ...

What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder?

Quite often, people experience anxiety when faced with a difficult situation, and the anxiety ends once the situation is resolved. Occasional anxiety is a common phenomenon that people face especially before undertaking tasks for which they have little confidence in accomplishing. Besides, whenever confronted with the need to make important decisions, people tend to experience anxiety over the possible consequences of such decisions. In general, anxiety occurs when one is facing a difficult situation, has to make a difficult decision, or is about to carry out a task that one has no confidence in accomplishing successfully. In all these ...

Introduction

The article explores the neurological function of the teenage brain to explain the risky behaviors which adolescents are associated with. Teenage brain responses are measured by neuroscientists to evaluate their responses to various stimuli. The results of these experiments show that the brain of a teenager is cognitively different from that of an adult, making it harder for them to respond as naturally as adults to stimuli. This often results in the rash and risky behavior which teenagers are well known for. The author of the article generally tries to generate empathy and understanding for teenage behavior by linking their ...