Schizophrenia is a serious mental illness, characterised by symptoms affecting the patientâs perception of reality, emotions, thoughts and behaviour. TraditionalThere is a range of symptoms such as delusion, disturbed and illogical thoughts, irrational behaviour, hallucinations, such as hearing voices, disruption of verbal communication and negative symptoms such as emotional disengagement, social disconnection and absence of normal behaviour. Paragraph about schizophrenia, types of schizophrenia more about symptoms and what is involved in which one. Among people diagnosed with schizophrenia, 65% describe...
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Sleep is an important activity that children, adolescents, adults, and even animals need in order to partake in daily functions. While this may be common knowledge for some, the why, and the how sleep affects daily activities is considerably more complicated. Sleep is vital for our neurosensory system, motor system, memory system, and brain plasticity over a personâs lifespan. Boyson (2016) discovered through Penn & Shatz (1999) that not enough sleep, specifically REM can cause problems with all the senses,...
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You may be a little bit confused when having a glimpse of this topic, I guess most Hong Kong citizens do the same. Generally speaking, music therapy is not a hot topic in Hong Kong, but music actually is a good medium to assist patients. This treatment involves three types: music programs, passive and active music therapy. (Gold et al., 2011). I believe that music therapy should be introduced in Hong Kong mainstream schools as a new methodology to improve...
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Sleep is an important physiological need that every human beings and animals have, to keep the mind and body working well. We, the human, spent at least one in third of our lifetime sleeping. Research suggests and it is also well-known that sleeping plays a critical role in restoring our strength physically and mentally, and is closely related to our consciousness, memory and emotions. Studies through the decades have found that having good sleep or bad sleep will lead to...
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Nowadays, schizophrenia has gained much popularity because of researchers constantly trying to find the root cause for the neurodevelopmental disorder in order to reverse the chronic symptoms. However, several studies have indicated that gene polymorphism, environmental factors and developmental lesions can be the cause for Schizophrenia.(Insel, 2010). Additionally, marijuana has attracted the spotlight for etiological studies as percentage of patients using cannabis were significantly higher (Hasan). This calls for an overview for studies that have substantiated that marijuana has the...
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In view of the fact, it has been known to cure depression . Music can help people cope and allows people to get in touch with inner emotions, and it gives people happiness. Comment by Darius McKnight: âI think the music is in itself is healing. Itâs an explosive expression of humanity . It's something were all touched by no matter what culture were from , everyone loves musicâ - Billy joel . In reality everywhere we go we hear...
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Self-harm plays a big role in cyberbullying, it is a way for the victim to cope with their pain. Not only can the victim have self-harm or suicidal thoughts the effects of cyberbullying impact the number of teens inflicting harm on themselves. Over the years that we have been struggling with, they have made so many movies on cyberbullying, to show us how bad cyberbullying is. The 2011 movie Cyberbully, it portrays 3 young female teenagers navigating their way through...
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November 1, 2014, Brittany Maynard ended her life. In January of that year, she was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. What was first a grade 2 astrocytoma, within four months, turned to a grade 4 astrocytoma (glioblastoma) with a prognosis of six months to live. After many failed treatments Maynard decided to take advantage of her right-to-die. Living in a state where physician-assisted suicide was illegal, she decided to move her and her family from California to Oregon and take...
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Introduction Health inequalities have been associated with social class for centuries: in 1842, the average lifespan for a âgentlemanâ was 45 years, whereas for âlabourersâ it was 16 years (Smith, Carroll, Rankin, & Rowan, 1992). Specifically, people from low socioeconomic status (SES) have higher odds of developing depression and anxiety than middle or high economic status groups. (Lorant et al., 2003). This effect is seen across different definitions of depression and across different measures of SES (Everson, Maty, Lynch, &...
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There has been an increasing interest in the impact of sleep deprivation (SD) on doctors performance. Sleep deprivation can result in cognitive impairment and may also impair performance in tasks that require vigilance, decision making, and memory planning, which are commonly required in shift work (e.g., doctors and health care workers). Two articles deal with the issue of sleep deprivation. The New England Journal of Medicine (NJEM) published an article about the effect of medical care provided by surgeons, post...
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'Violence is immoral because it thrives on hatred rather than love... violence ends up defeating itself. It creates bitterness in the survivors and brutality in the destroyers' - Martin Luther King Jr (1964) The life of every domestic abuse survivor is somewhat altered due to the aftermath of such a harrowing experience. When exiting from an abusive relationship, it is important to remember the transition from being an individual who was once controlled by another human being, to then becoming...
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Introduction Schizophrenia has existed for hundreds of years but was more recognised as its own mental disease in 1887 by German psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin who called it âdementia praecoxâ, meaning dementia in early life, this was changed to schizophrenia in 1910 by Swiss psychiatrist Paul Eugen Bleuler, where in Greek âschizoâ means split and âphrenâ means mind. (Burton, 2012) The disease is a progressive neurodevelopment disorder which affects 1% of the worldâs population, of those affected 80% has a hereditary...
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Mental illness as a general term is defined as âany of numerous disorders categorised by impairment of an individual's thoughts, emotions, or social functioningâ. Types of mental illnesses may include bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, ADHD, psychotic disorder etc. It has been discussed that mental illness is linked to crime. As public opinion surveys highlight that mentally ill people are professed as violent and unsafe. Especially those suffering from schizophrenia. Whilst others believe that it could be related to other factors such...
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G protein-coupled receptors majorly include biochemical pathways that facilitate scientist to contribute lots of researches related to diseases such as; psychiatric illnesses-multiple personality,bipolar,depression,anxiety and final example of describing relationship is schizophrenia[1].Recently,clinical examinations of GPCR(G protein-coupled receptors) are exponentially rising up in genetics and pharmacology.As a brief explanation of how GPCR are related to schizophrenia is to provide by neurotransmitters and signaling pathways in brain.An alteration of neurotransmitters and neuropeptide in GPCR involved in frontal cortex, hippocampus, hypothalamus and brainstem that...
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Dr. Debasish Mridha states, âMusic can heal the wounds which medicine cannot touch.â Search the benefits of harmonized that you never knew because it is not just melody, tune, or lyrics, but it has a soul. Music has become our friend since the first time we knew it, and perhaps we knew since we still a child. When we are happy, we enjoy playing rock songs, but when we are sad, the mellow song is the best way to entertain...
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Stress has a significant impact on people and affects their emotions, actions and interpersonal relationships. connections are a case that is made by incorporating many factors. (Torun, 1997 and Rice, 1999). Stress is a form of illness that can feel anxiety, fear, frustration, and sadness that can be extremely stressful for a person to experience. Stress is difficult to resist because it can lead to depression in children or adults who may be undergoing it. Stress management is a broad...
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Introduction Bipolar disorder is a highly complex condition which is less than fully understood but believed to stem from numerous genetic, developmental, and physiologic factors (Sigitova, FiĹĄar, HroudovĂĄ, CikĂĄnkovĂĄ, & Raboch, 2017). Bipolar disorder is not a single diagnosis but an umbrella term that encompasses Bipolar I, Bipolar II, cyclothymic disorder and hypomania (Sadock, Sadock, & Ruiz, 2016). This paper will focus on bipolar I disorder. In order to meet the criteria of bipolar I disorder, a patient must demonstrate...
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It is often difficult to imagine what a friend, family member, or celebrity made a significant contribution to suicide. There may be no indicators of notice, and you may question what you may have overlooked. Several things also contribute to lead to a suicidal decision. It is often an act that is performed rather than after careful consideration during a whirlwind of strong emotions or life pressures. Although there are several variables that can impact the decision of an individual...
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With increasing people being diagnosed with terminal illnesses, there is an increase in the number of patients who try to seek out a way to get rid of or fix their illness. Doctors use experimental medications for some, while the others are told about the few months they have, to live. However, doctors also have an option of Physician Assisted Suicide. The definition of assisted suicide is: A physician providing medications or other means to a patient with the understanding...
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Over the past few years it has been said countless times that suicide rate in the military is quite astounding. It has grown and with it so has the attention it is getting and the awareness that it needs. As such, more studies have begun to discover why this high suicide rate exists within our armed forces. These studies are to determine the reason these rates are so high and who is most affected by these. This research paper exists...
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Schizophrenia, a term introduced by Bleuler, names a persistent, often chronic and usually serious mental disorder affecting a variety of aspects of behavior, thinking, and emotion. Biopsychology analyzes how the brain influences behavior, feelings, and thoughts (Kalat, 2016). Peculiar behaviors may be associated with social withdrawal and disinterest. âA Beautiful Mindâ is a 2001 biographical drama ďŹlms about the life of John Nash, a mathematical genius that suffering schizophrenia (Howard, 2001). The film is a great illustration to the topic...
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âThe young doctor should look about early for an avocation, a pastime that will take him away from the patients, pills, and potions.â Medical training should include helping doctors recognize their own limitations and develop skills to better track how stress affects their well-being and professional practice. This research work is a process to study the need and techniques of stress management. It is based on all people who are working and students. The sample size used for this research...
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Introduction Three of the worldâs most concerning psychological disorders are Huntingtonâs disease, schizophrenia, and dissociative identity disorder (DID). Over ten million adults in the United States are affected by a severe mental illness. The difficulty people must face to cope with the effects along with the recovery of one of these diseases is a constant battle. Today, the concept of recovery for these patients is a determined mindset with international concord. The notion of recovery is âa commitment to the...
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As we know, suicide is a huge public health issue that affects not only the person doing it but the community and country. Suicide as we know is the act of taking your own life, and some countries experience more of their people doing it more often than other countries sadly, but why? South Korea is a good example of rising suicide rates as and the social problems that come with it within the country itself and globally. Although, South...
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In the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why, the main character Hannah Baker violently completes suicide after experiencing bullying and sexual assault. She leaves seven cassette tapes of the 13 reasons why she completes suicide. The Netflix series received significant backlash from the mental health community for its graphic and sensationalized treatment of suicide. The controversy that followed the airing of the film made me think about various motives that cause people to take such dramatic action. A common belief of...
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According to a survey, constructed by the National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing in 2007, nearly half of adult population (aged 16-85) experienced a mental health disorder within 12-month or lifetime period, while the most common diagnoses among mental illnesses are depression and anxiety (Tiller, 2013). Other research estimated that 39% of consumers with Anxiety Disorder had symptoms of depression (Hunt, Issakidis, & Andrews, 2002). On the other hand, music therapy intervention was found to effectively improve depression and...
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For a period of time, abundance of stress literature has attested to the negative influences of stress on employeeâs behaviour and performance (Rodell & Judge, 2009; Stroud, 2008). They predominately concentrated on the causes of stress (noted as stressors) with the supposition that minimising them will improve physical and psychological well-being (Searle & Auton, 2015; Widmer et al., 2011). However, the nature of stress became obscure as multiple empirical studies displayed little or no direct association between stress and negative...
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His suicide is his prescribed fate and his punishment for his mistakes in life for which he is responsible. As Achebe wrote in his work Morning Yet on Creation Day the people of Igbo believed that : ââŚwhen a manâs misfortune is somehow beyond explanation [it] can only be attributable to an agreement he himself must have entered into, at the beginning, alone with his chi; for there is a fundamental justice in the universe and nothing so terrible can...
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Do you know anyone who either hurts themselves or is suicidal? Have you ever got annoyed when someone talks about their problems to you? Well, why is that? 1 in 5 teens are struggling with mental health, that is 20% of our population. Does this population do anything to help? In 2018 we lost 22 children aged 0-14 and 182 teens aged 15-19 to suicide in Australia alone. Since then, these numbers are still rising. Most of these teens either...
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Abstract No one knows precisely what the main function of sleep serves, what we do know is that on average individuals sleep for a third of their life, equivalent to 25 years. Sleep plays an essential role in emotional and physical wellness. Some researchers believe that the role of sleep is to conserve energy as it lowers the bodyâs thermostat. Other researchers emphasise on the belief that sleep works as a restoration function, meaning sleep restores both body and mind...
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