Mood Research Papers Samples For Students

Worldwide mental retardation (MR) is one of the most common conditions affecting 1 to 3% of the general population. Clinically the symptoms differ from one individual to the other as it depends on the severity of the condition (Mental Retardation, 2010; Intellectual Disability (Mental Retardation), 2011; Intellectual disability, 2013). However, few common symptoms associated with MR are as follows:
- The intellectual developing milestones are not meet as expected.
- Common features shown by the individuals with MR includes unable to do the routine activities independently, impetuous, passive, causing injury to self, inconvincible, rude behavior, frustrated and ...

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Continuous exposure to a wide spectrum of natural light has constructive impacts to not only one’s health but also their moods. The production of hormones such as serotonin and melatonin based on the intensity of light has a large impact on the distribution of an individual’s emotions. This study seeks to validate the role of sunlight in the distribution of a person’s mood and whether a lack thereof has a negative impact on their emotional balance. The paper utilizes similar researches conducted on this issue to establish an argument about the constructive impacts of sunlight on ...

Psychology

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- Introduction
- An overview of the main points involving Bipolar Disorder will be discussed
- Description of Bipolar Disorder
- Etiology or cause of the disorder
- DSM-IV-TR or DSM-5 symptom criteria of Bipolar Disorder
- Disorder Statistics
- Prevalence or the number of people who display Bipolar Disorder in the total population at any given time
- The number of cases or incidence of Bipolar Disorder appearing during a specific period
- Other relevant facts pertaining to Bipolar Disorder
- Treatments for Bipolar Disorder
- The ...

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Low mood disorder, otherwise known as depression, is the product of distorted judgments and beliefs. As such, it can produce cognitive dysfunctions that indicate the impairment in attention, concentration, memory, and other aspects. The opening chapters of the project induct into the rationales behind depression and its phenomenon. Further sections analyze depression and cognitive outcomes, the negative cognitive triad, faulty information processing, the ways depression produces cognitive deficits, functional and structural abnormalities of the human brain caused by depression and associated with cognitive deficits, depression cognitive symptoms and cognitive abilities affected by depression. The opinions of prominent psychology and ...

Introduction

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) usually occurs in the old age and poses significant challenges in front of the older individuals and leads to depression and negative mindset. This research study aims to examine the benefits of cognitive behavioral therapy in reducing the depression of older adults suffering from AD. With the growing age, it becomes all the more challenging for the older adults to manage their life and maintain their outlook positive towards life. The person suffering from Alzheimer’s disease has problem with memory, behavior, cognition which impact every dimension of the individual’s life. The disease leads ...

Throughout history, humans have experienced a wide variety of mental health disorders, some tolerable with counseling, while others disorders requiring more intensive treatment through the use of inpatient hospitalization or medication. Mental health disorders have the ability to touch all aspects of an individual’s life; from daily interactions with family and friends, to the extreme of such disorders leading to successful suicides in an attempt to be free of one’s mental terror. However, through the course of astute studies and passionate researchers, we are closer to understanding how to effectively treat a menagerie of disorders.

Mental Health Disorders

Bipolar Disorder
One ...

Introduction

Depression can be defined in two major ways that it mostly occurs. Firstly, depression can be said to be a state where one has a low mood and aversion towards any activity. This state can cause alterations in a person’s feelings, thoughts, sense of wellbeing as well as behavior. In the second understanding, depression can be understood to be a medical condition that is characterized by a mood disorder which leads to persistent feeling of grief as well as loss of interest. Also known as major depression or clinical depression, this second understanding of depression is characterized by alterations of one’s thinking ...

Manic-depressive psychosis (manic depression) nowadays is one of the most studied affective disorders (mood disorders). It takes the form of manic phases and depressive phases, between which there is a so-called intermission period (at this time, the symptoms of manic-depressive psychosis disappear, and there is a complete integrity of the characteristics of the patient’s personality).
In this paper I would like to consider in detail how a manic-depressive disorder is formed, which forms it may have and how the phases of the disease are alternated (Saritha Pujari).

Preconditions of the Formation of the Disease

Manic-depressive psychosis has two peaks of occurrence. The first happens at ...

Depression is a mental medical condition that is characterized by a persistent and pervasive low mood, loss of enjoyment in normally pleasurable activities accompanied by a low self-esteem (Howell 2). Depression is a disabling medical condition that can affect negatively an individual’s work, family, eating habits, school life, the general health and social interactions. In the United States, for example, 3.3% of the total deaths are caused by suicide and other mood related disorders (Howell 2). An increase in the cases of deaths and other criminal activities due to depression in the US has caused a lot of ...

Introduction

One of the most debilitating conditions women (and some men) experience in life is post partum depression (PPD) after giving birth to a child. Ongoing research of this emotional and mental disorder continues providing medical and psychological professional practitioners with tools for earlier diagnosis, identifying women and mothers to be more prone to this condition, prevention, and intervention options. This academic exploration of PPD provides discourse on these characteristics connected to a better understanding of this affliction effecting women's health including emotional signals, biological factors, and other pertinent indicators. The discussion includes symptom identification, unexpected dynamics, as well as prevention and ...

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Since ancient times, music has been used by humans in different ways, including therapeutically. Today, music is being used to reduce stress, enhance health, and distract the patient from bad symptoms. Despite the fact that different people prefer different music, music is known to cause a direct effect via autonomous nervous system. In addition music is known to cause an indirect effect through modifying caregiver.

Music has proven to be very effective in improving mood for both surgical and medical patient as well as patients undergoing particular procedures or those in intensive care unit and also aid in anxiety reduction. ...

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The project deals with the problem of sleep quality and its impact on college students. It was discovered that college freshmen experience certain problems associated with sleeping regime due to a number of factors, such as learning and working schedule, social activities, and individual routine habits. Sleep quality and quantity were found to be in direct proportion to students’ health- that is to say, those under-receiving sleep tend to develop the loss of concentration, brain functioning disturbance, memory impairment, reduced mental processing ability, and the disruption of executive functions, to name a few. According to subject field studies, depression, anxiety, and ...

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The Garment District, which is is a rectangular stretch of Manhattan that spans from west 35th street to 42nd streets, to 7th and 9th avenues, used to be one of the major clothing manufacturing centers in the USA. The shape and borders of the area changed over time, yet the core remained the same and contributed enormously to the industrial evolution of the country, as well as its cultural development. Now, however, certain activists plan to change the name to something more modern and fashionable because, in their understanding, it will ...

Video Games and its Cultural Implications

Introduction
The advent of new technological innovation in recent years resulted in the introduction of video games which is now considered as an integral part of our life. Video games are almost everywhere, and they serve, not only as a means of entertainment us, but also as a form of socialization, skills training and to experience real-world events through simulations. Accordingly, there are myriad of responses towards the popularity of video games, and this is especially so with the linkage of this form of entertainment to violence and aggression, many examples of which represent extreme and realistic violence (Griffiths, ...

Introduction

Depression is a disease affecting a large part of the population today. Though many people experience sadness from time to time, depression is a much more complex disease. It affects a person’s daily life and often results in physical pain. Unlike the occasional feelings of sadness that fade away, depression lasts longer (NIMH, 2014).
Biopsychology involves the scientific study of the relationship between behavior and biology (Green, 2013). In the study of their relationship, biology and behavior mostly interact in the brain and nervous system. It will also apply to the analysis of depression in relation to the biology; this study ...

Oppositional Defiant Disorder is currently listed as a diagnosis for children or adolescents, with set symptom lists and diagnostic models for clinicians. However, this disease has undergone a wide array of changes to symptomology, diagnostic criteria, etiology, treatment, and theory. From the emergence of the disease in 1968 as a subtopic, through a specific diagnostic code and classification of its own, the evolution of this once-ignored disease has been rapid yet undertaken with a great deal of conscientious effort by those who develop the manuals and standards the entire mental health community follows.
Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) is a diagnosis of a mental health disease, ...

Introduction

Anorexia Nervosa (AN) is a psychological disorder, wherein individuals deny eating food to maintain their body weight. They feel internally over-weight and hence, decide to stop eating the food. The average risk of AN in woman is found to be around 0.4% to 1%, as per one of the researches carried out in this direction. Anorexia nervosa involves neurobiological, psychological, and social components which all contribute to the complexity of the disorder. Although this condition mainly affects women, it sometimes also affects the males.
As per one of the statistical records obtained from one of the researches, it has ...

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Depressive Disorders is an umbrella title for a varied range of disorders that include, major depressive disorder, Bipolar disorder I and II, and dysthymia. Bipolar Disorder is a debilitating condition that has a lifetime prevelance of 1-1.6%. It accounted for a $15.5 billion dollar loss in productivity during the 1990’s in the United States (Soreff 2013). This paper hopes to expand your knowledge on the key characteristics of depressive disorders with a specific emphasis on bipolar disorder.
Depression and mania have been written about many times throughout the course of mans history on earth. King Saul was thought to suffer from depression, ...

Introduction:

Bipolar disorder as defined by the National Institute of Mental Health is a brain disorder that causes a patient to experience unusual mood shifts, activity levels, energy, and the ability to go on with day-to-day activities (Mondimore, 1999). The disorder is classified according to occurrences of the intense moods, that is the excitedly and joyous moods, normally referred to as manic state, and intensely hopeless and depressed states known as the depressive state. The patient can also experience prolonged moments where both states occur simultaneously. These moments are characterized by irritability and changes in energy, behavior, and sleep. The disorder affects ...

Post-Partum Depression

For every women blessed with children, nothing is more fulfilling than giving birth to the child and filling them with love and hope. Emotions are high at best, especially with pregnant women as they can easily become depressed or frustrated, depending on their mood swings. While some mothers tend to become happy and elated upon the birth of their children, a few tend to become distressed and moody due to various factors and influences. Although it could be understood that these worries have some ground, especially for new mothers and even fathers, some parents may find themselves overcoming this depression ...

Clinical depression, or classic acute depression, or major depression, or major depressive disorder is a psychosomatic pathology characterized by a pronounced mental illness, manifestations of which are noticeable over a long period of time. This mental disorder is characterized by the constant presence of negative emotions; a person is basically in a pessimistic mood: he is suppressed and depressed. One of the peculiarities of the disease is the inability of the individual to enjoy his life. His self-esteem is often understated; the surrounding reality seems to be boring and unworthy of the attention (National Institute of Mental Health, 2016).

Causes of the Major Depression

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“A generation ago, three-quarters of the money used to buy food in the United States was spent to prepare meals at home. Today about half of the money used to buy food is spent at restaurants--mainly at fast food restaurants.” says Eric Schlosser in his book, Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal. It is commonly recognized that junk food has become an indispensable part of our modern lifestyle, and the consumption of fast food is rapidly increasing every year. Fast food has clearly replaced snacks and in some cases even meals in the traditional diet. ...

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Depression is a major concern of the modern day medical and health sector. Various national entities have thus employed varying methodology in the aim of mitigating and reversing its negative effects. Policymaking is therefore more focused on the depression-enhancing case scenarios, with various measures being formulated and implemented towards tackling the same. Additionally has been the need of enhancing the treatment measures, methodology and procedures requisite towards greater treatment of depression. Notably, has been the need for a paradigm shift, with regard to viewing depression as not only an ailment or symptom of other biological ill functions, but also as a social ...

Social psychology may be defined as the scientific study of how a group of people at any particular location‘s thoughts, manners and emotions can be affected by the concrete, imagined or implied existence of others. Social psychology majorly aims at altering one’s attitude towards an individual or an object. In common terms, social psychology may be referred to as persuasion; an active force that tends to sway people towards adopting a specific idea, attitude or even behavior. This however does not require physical force but rather mental push (Smith 2000).
Information processing involves a series of events and materials ...

Introduction

This document illustrates in detail on Fela who was born in Nigeria and at the age of 20 years, he was sent to London to study medicine. Instead of doing what he was sent to do, he opted to venture into music whereby he formed a band called Koola Lobitos which played a fusion of jazz and high life. The document illustrates in detail on how Fela performed his music and what impact it had on the people (Manuel, 2007, 56). In addition, it entails that he was a multi-instrumental musician and composer, which made him a pioneer of Afrobeat music, and a human ...

Frequent Interaction with Pets Improves Mood and Leads To Better Health

Studies of pet ownerships have found out that owning a pet leads to reduced levels of depression and increased levels of psychological being (Baker and Woen, 2008). However, according to Robb (1983) there are studies that seem to argue that pets have no benefit to humans. Due to this controversy the need to conduct further research on this issue arises. The research proposed hereby seeks to bring to reconcile the findings of these conflicting findings. The aims of this study are to find out the correlation between pet ownership and health, the correlation between happiness and general health, and the ...

Depression is a psychiatric illness that is prominent with regard to incidence throughout the world (Marchand, 2012). This is a painful condition of despair, which is accompanied by dullness of thought and slow movements. A person feels deeply unhappy and completely unable to experience pleasure, has lost the purpose and meaning of life. There are also other symptoms such as disturbed appetite (overeating or malnutrition), problems with sleep - early waking up at 4-5 in the morning or oversleeping. However, the main criterion of depression is suicidal thoughts.
Depression usually worsens overall health and wellbeing. Depression is often accompanied ...

For over the years, there is a relative increase in cases of children with birth defects. Recent statistics with regards to the American babies suffering from birth defects reveals that for every 4 and a half minutes, there is a new case of baby born with a birth defect, which can also be summarized as 120,000 incidents of child birth defects every year, and it is expected that the number of child victims will rise for the succeeding years (Center for Disease Control and Prevention). Birth defects on newborn babies may affect almost any part of their body ...

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The World Health Organization (WHO), 2010 noted that recent research has identified several psychosocial and biologic risk factors for postpartum depression (PPD). Early recognition is one of the major challenges with this overwhelming mood disorder. The main focus of this project is to provide easy access to educational materials to aid in the screening, assessment, and treatment of women who experience depression during pregnancy or the postpartum period. PPD was amended by The American Psychiatric Association, in the 2013 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV), to peripartum depression and specifies that the onset of mood disturbance can ...

Social And Physical

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Introduction
Almost 90% of adults in the United States consume caffeine on a daily basis (Tasman, Kay, Lieberman, First, & Maj, 2011). Caffeine is the most popular mood-altering drug in the world (Tasman et al., 2011). Those who regularly consume caffeine typically drink coffee, tea, sodas or energy drinks as part of their routine. Many Americans depend on regular doses of trimethylxanthine(Nikić, Andrić, Stojimirović, Trbojevic-Stanković, & Bukumirić, 2014), the chemical name for a bitter white powder known as caffeine, to remain alert and fight off exhaustion to be productive throughout the day. Whether it's brewed from a K-Cup, sipped ...

General features of melatonin

Melatonin is a hormone, which is thought to play an important role in daily processes of humans’ lives, being secreted by the pineal gland, which is an endocrine gland, located in the middle of the brain. After its discovery the first function (which later gave the name to this hormone) was the ability of this hormone to lighten one’s skin color. This experiment was conducted on frogs, however even nowadays everybody knows that our sunbathing results in suntan due to activity of melatonin. This is a so-called skin-darkening effect of melatonin.
First discoveries of this hormone were done ...

Introduction

Depression is a mental disorder characterized by the ‘depressive triad’: 1) depressed mood and loss of the ability to experience the pleasure (anhedonia); 2) impaired thinking (negative judgments, pessimistic view of what is happening, and so on; 3) motor retardation. The depression is characterized by lowered self-esteem, the loss of interest in life and usual activities. In some cases, a person suffering from depression can begin to abuse alcohol or other psychotropic substances (Salmans, 1995).
As a mental disorder, depression is a violation of the affect. Depression can be treated, but now the depression is the most widespread mental disorder. Every ...

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Researchers showed that genetics has a strong influence on individual’s behavior when it comes to addiction. Substance abuse and dependence are disorders that are usually manifested together with some other psychological disorders such as antisocial personality disorder, depression, anxiety and others. Patients who suffer from depression or schizophrenia more often manifest addictive behavior. Explanation for this co-morbidity is found in genetic polymorphism. There are alterations in recorded activity of the brain in individuals who abuse substances. Their brainwaves are abnormal so was the brainwaves of their children, who never tried psychoactive substances. Biology is the basis of the brainwaves and ...

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Anxiety in modern day has become an issue that seems apparently common among individuals. It has also been noted that there is an increasing tendency of some individuals and groups being / or feeling more prone to anxiety than others. While the topic has raised heated debate among psychiatrists and psychologists alike, there seems to be an inclination from various professionals towards specific areas of anxiety. Dealing with anxiety as a topic is an issue that causes one to be conscious of an individual’s feeling of anxiety. For this reason, it is paramount to take a closer look at prevailing ...

In “Mood States of Shoppers and Store Image: Promising Interactions and Possible Behavioral Effects,” Sherman and Smith (1987) evaluate the concept of consumer mood and how it pertains to their behavior in shopping. They used Mehrabian’s mood scale in order to measure the moods of the sample consumers in their study, as well as how they perceived the image of the store in order to see how it affected shopping behavior. The aim of this study was to provide market researchers with information on how to improve store image and consumer mood in a way that would increase sales ...

Introduction

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 ...

There are many affective, cognitive, and social functions of music that have been identified and covered in many types of research conducted in different countries. The increasing concentration and attention are the cognitive reasons of music being crucial and bond, and group cohesion is one of the social reasons (Krumhansl, 2002).
The level of a person’s well-being varies among individuals, and his/her links with music are due to reason that could be different from others. The music is vital and a must component to achieve effective wellbeing. The music generates positive outcomes in almost every individual (MacDonald, Kreutz, & ...

The principles of a Healthy Lifestyle are the Basics of Fitness

The principles of a healthy lifestyle lie in the basis of fitness. A proper nutrition, body care and personal hygiene, the regime of the day, giving up smoking and alcohol, positive attitude to the world and the manifestation of activity in everything - this is fitness in the broadest sense of this word. Maintaining a good shape requires a good sleep, balanced nutrition and physical workouts. Life in the style of fitness is impossible without a positive outlook. Without it, it is very difficult to give up lying on a sofa and other destructive habits (BistroMD).

Why Fitness is Important?

The aspiration to ...

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The medical profession in recent years has been on the forefront in making sure that the care given to patients is in line with the conventional methodologies of health care. Additionally, the care given to the patients must aim at improving the well-being of the patients without putting the lives of these patients in danger. Moreover, the care given apart from being scientifically sound, it has to be ethical and legal. However, other alternative techniques have proved to be useful in taking care of different ailments affecting patients. These complimentary methods not only aim at healing a patient but ...

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This research paper sought to explain the issue of depression in the elderly population in the modern context and to give the grounds that multifactorial depression is primarily a psychological issue. The analysis included a brief summary of the concept of depression among senior citizens as seen by the World Health Organization and researchers. Moreover, the major theoretical perspective to clarify the onset of depression was based on the necessity to consider the risk factors in terms of psychological, biological, social, cultural, economic and family. The observations allowed centering on the major risks of depression in older adults as ...

Altruism is the quality of a person. This quality is diametrically opposite to selfishness. Altruist is not indifferent and ready to help even when he/she does not have any reward in return, and when he/she does not expect any gratitude (Hewstone, Stroebe& Stephenson, 1996)..
There are different theories which explain prosocial altruistic behavior, reasons and motives of this behavior, etc. For example, altruism can be explained by the fact that a person who helps other people has some external or internal reward. A businessman can improve the image of his company by doing money donation. In this case, ...

Introduction

Among Americans, approximately 50 to 70 million suffer from a sleep disorder. Sleep problems adversely impact both children and adults concerning their daily functioning and overall health. Several research studies have increasingly reported the importance of sleep; connecting a lack of sleep with immune deficiencies, depression, cognitive deficits and risk to obesity. (Bellesi, Tononi, Cirelli, & Serra, 2015; Johnsen, 2013; Walker & Stickgold, 2014). Recent literature has supported the robust correlation between sleep and mental health(Johnsen, 2013; Peppard et al., 2013; Sekhon & Strohl, 2014; Walker & Stickgold, 2014). The majority of psychiatric disorders are linked to sleep disturbances. In the past, ...

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Adult learning and education is an extremely complex and challenging branch of education, as the restraints of time management, study skills and anxiety, among other factors, can hamper the possibility of adult learners to receive the education they need. Given these constraints, a humanistic approach to learning is recommended, as it focuses on the individual needs of the adult learner and grants them greater autonomy in the learning process. This is best exemplified in self-directed learning, a process that offers adult learners the ability to cultivate their own skills, and work at their own pace and under their own direction. While ...

Adolescence can be, and is, a very tumultuous time for many individuals. Whether troubles abound at home, among peers, or in a school setting that is apart from the aforementioned scenarios, depression and suicide are very prominent issues that impact adolescence for many different reasons. Whether depression is brought on by physiological trauma or external sources doesn’t matter so much in regards to how such a troubled state is handled by the individual and those around them. Adolescents that experience depression are less likely to ask for help and more likely to self-destruct.
There is no doubt that the life ...

For example Elizabeth L. Angeli, Department of Psychology, State University.

This research was supported in part by a grant from the Sample Grant
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Angeli, Department of English, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 55555
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)
Major Depressive Disorder is marked by recursive episodes of low feelings in mood, shallow mindedness and persistent felling deep chasm in oneself. This can be accompanied by low self-esteem and loss of interest in pleasurable activities such as listening to music, playing games, watching movies, etc. The subject continuously displays a sad attitude and lack of interest in life. ...

In 1956, Warner Brothers released a cartoon called “Bugs’ Bonnets.” At the start, the narrator shows the ways in which the things a person wears influence their behavior. A mild-mannered man in a business suit suddenly is put into pirate garb, and he starts shouting and bellowing like Redbeard himself. The narrator then moves to a change in hats; at that point, a truck driving down the road labeled “Acme Theatrical Hat Co.” has its back doors open, and the hats start floating down into the value. Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd just happen to be running around in the valley, and they end ...

Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, is a mental disorder that is characterized by unusual shifts in mood, energy and activity levels.
The term "manic-depressive illness" was coined by German psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin in the late XIX century and at that time referred to all mood disorders. Ernst Kretschmer, German psychiatrist and the author of temperament typology, concluded that a certain type of people predisposed to this illness, in his classification they are called cyclothymic. These people are really cheerful, sociable, very adaptive and emotionally labile, but they are are susceptible to unreasonable mood swings which under the stress ...

Introduction

In the modern world, close relationships have changed their faces to diverse forms. Customary people have been accepting and recognizing the sexual relationships between genders of the different sex or heterosexuality. Society considers the heterosexual individual as “straight” since they conform to the social norms, such as being attracted to the opposite sex. However, the heterosexual individuals have friendly relationships with other individuals of the same sex, but not the sexual relationship. Therefore, over the years the issue of homosexuality has been viewed as an action against the norms set by the society. In United States, it is estimated ...

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Childhood depression often gets undiagnosed and gets untreated because many parents do not know what the symptoms are like and they get assumed to be normal psychological or normal emotions. Mood change is an important sign that should get looked out for. The participants for this study are college students. A hundred college students were used to conduct this experiment. Equal number of female and male participants was chosen for the experiment. Medical consultation was a problem cited by participants. The experiment revealed that childhood depression affects boys as much as it affects girls. Proper sensitization needs to get carried ...

As humans, we enjoy experiencing pleasure. Pleasure, in itself, is reinforcing since we will repeat an action that resulted in pleasure over and over again for as long as it continues to bring us that positive reward. Sometimes the things that we enjoy most are always pleasurable such as being with family or our favorite meal. Other times what gives us pleasure may lose its saliency so we may try to find something to replace this source or pleasure or do something to increase the intensity or the overall effect of cause such as when we need to use ...

Bipolar disorder and schizophrenia are mental diseases. Bipolar disorder is a mood disorder, while schizophrenia is a psychotic disorder (a severe mental disorder that causes abnormal thinking and perceptions and results in loss of touch with reality). However, differentiating between these disorders may cause some difficulties due to similarity of some symptoms and treatments. Thus, only psychiatrist can make the diagnosis.
Depression is the most common symptom overlap of the illnesses. Patients of both the diseases experience depressive periods. These periods are characterized by loss of energy, feelings of hopelessness, helplessness and sadness, difficulty sleeping and concentrating, negative thoughts, thoughts or ...

RESEARCH PAPER ON EXERCIES ADHERENCE

Introduction
Exercise adherence among various individuals is always different depending on the commitment and the zeal to maintain a healthy exercise program for a prolonged period of time. The need to maintain an exercise program for a longer period of time varies from one individual to another as revealed by a group of different people at different age groups in the world today. Issues of sedentary diseases have increased the need to maintain a proper exercise program which is coupled with a healthy eating habit among different individuals. This research paper seeks to find out the level of exercise adherence among different people and ...

Introduction

Bipolar disorder is a mental illness that affects common performance of human brain. This disease is also known as manic depression disorder and mood disorder. This disease has been emerged as a major threat to public health in busy schedule and competitive environment of today’s life. People are stressed due to a number of reasons and this only aggravates the problem of bipolar disorder. This paper intends to discuss bipolar disease, its causes, methods of treatment, and several other related aspects of the subject matter.

Causes of Mental Illness:

Bipolar disorder can be described as mental illness that has serious impacts on individual’s life ...

What is the most common type of disease that affects the present day people? Is it common cold? Is it HIV/AIDS? Is it jaundice or diarrhea or any other disease that occurs due to germs and poor sanitation? Surprisingly, the answer to all these questions is no. The answer is depression (MNT). Every two out of three people all over the globe suffer from depression at some points in their lives. Even so, every person faces depression at least once in their life time. Sometimes, this depression is cured without any external help; in others the depressed must consult a ...

Schizophrenia is a psychiatric disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of psychosis. Classic symptoms include, delusions, disorganized thinking and speech, paranoia, and auditory hallucinations. Classically, symptoms are categorized into positive and negative symptoms. Schizophrenia also leads to a significant impairment in ones everyday social life. Typically, the age of onset occurs in late adolescence early adulthood, and has a chronic course and often a poor outcome.
Studies have shown several risk factors for the development of schizophrenia, they include genetics, winter birth, older parental age, and early developmental insults. Genetics seem to have the biggest influence on the development, as schizophrenia is observed ...

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The hippocampus is a part of the limbic system found in the temporal lobe. Hippocampal neurogenesis, the ability of the hippocampus to generate/produce new neurons all through to adulthood, has been linked to emotion moderation, spatial navigation, learning, memory, and cognitive function. These functions are usually impaired in depression and anxiety and hence the speculations that hippocampal neurogenesis plays a critical role in the etiology, pathophysiology and even the treatment depression and anxiety. The hippocampal neurogenesis hypothesis attempts to explain the role of hippocampal neurogenesis in the development of depression and anxiety based on findings from various studies. Findings that neurogenesis ...

Introduction

The co-occurrence of substance abuse and mental disorders is a common and growing problem among Americans that should be given attention as it impairs the life of those affected. One of these is the co-occurrence of substance abuse disorder and generalized anxiety disorder. In this regard, this paper provides an overview of this co-occurring disease in terms of its criteria for diagnosis, its incidence, causes, treatment, and the considerations for assessment.

DSM-IV Criteria for Generalized Anxiety

“Generalized anxiety disorder is a chronic and impairing disorder, independent of its substantial comorbidity with other mental disorders” (Andrews et al., 2010, p. 134). According to DSM- IV (Andrews et ...

The World Federation of Music Therapy defined music therapy as the use of music or the elements of music by a music therapist, with a group, in order to enhance and promote expression, communication, learning, organization, and other therapeutic objectives, so as to meet social, physical, mental and emotional needs of a patient. It is a growing profession globally and includes a variety of practices and models. The use of music therapy in cancer care is an emerging field in developed countries, with an increasing number of therapists working in oncology.
Music therapy can either be active or receptive. In active therapy, the ...

The World Federation of Music Therapy defined music therapy as the use of music or the elements of music by a music therapist, with a group, in order to enhance and promote expression, communication, learning, organization, and other therapeutic objectives, so as to meet social, physical, mental and emotional needs. Music therapy can either be active or receptive. In active therapy, the patient plays an instrument for himself/herself while, in receptive therapy, the patient listens to live or recorded music. The techniques used in music therapy include voice techniques and instrumental techniques. Vocal techniques can be accompanied or acapella. They involve ...