Essays on Electroconvulsive Therapy

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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 ...

Undeniably, major depression is one of the major illnesses affecting many people in the United States. It is a feeling of being sad, miserable and unhappy. Most people become hopeless and even find it difficult to work, study or even sleep. It is also referred to as clinical depression and its medication includes medication, therapy and sometimes talks. Brain stimulation therapy incorporates activation or touching of the brain directly with electricity, magnetic gadgets or even implants in the treatment of depression and other disorders. In this case we shall focus on the treatment of depression as the electroconvulsive therapy is ...

The musical Next to Normal is a family drama that presents the story and life of a wife and mother named Diana Goodman who struggles with a mental disorder. Her mental disorder is in the form of bipolar disorder that can be traced back 16 years. Diana’s husband is very supportive and tries to ensure that his wife in line as well as ensuring that his family stayed together. However, keeping his wife in line is greatly affected when she decides to stop taking the medicine that the doctor has prescribed for her. This leads her to fall deeper into her ...

Western civilization has often tried to segregate variations from the established social norm. Prisons, universities and mental institutions were devised as a way to ghettoize those who think and act differently from others, giving them a place in society that is, at the same time, out of it. In the case of the latter of these organizations, in the 1960s there was much questioning of the nature of the people that truly deserved to be in it, and even if this was a proper separation or not. Many believed that this was a form of social oppression, with the psychiatrists holding excessive control ...

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Introduction Schizophrenia represents a group of similar mental disorders, in the development of which there are likely to be internally caused (endogenous) pathogenic mechanisms in the form of hereditary anomalies that are not revealed until a certain period of life. Without a needed treatment, continuously progressive course of illness usually ends with the same type of personality changes with disorganization of mental functions (thinking, emotions, psychomotor-behavior in general), with the preservation of memory and previously acquired knowledge. This mental disorder as a disease has been discovered at the end of XIX century by the famous German psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin and called ...

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Psychological Nursing is a nursing specialty that deals with and care for people with mental distress or mental health illnesses like bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, dementia or depression. Registered psychological mental health nurses work with families, groups, communities and individuals of all ages attending to their health needs. In this specialty, nurses receive intense training in psychological therapies. They deal with demanding behavior and psychiatric medication administration. Traditionally, mentally ill people in the society were removed and placed in asylums, indefinitely, patients inside the mental health system were required to take compliant roles in management of their own care and decision ...

What is obsessive-compulsive disorder?

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is one the anxiety disorder in which an individual have unnecessary and repetitive thoughts, ideas, feelings, obsessions or behaviors that let them or drive them to do something (Stein & Hollander, 1993). They feel being compelled to do something. An obsession is defined as an unnecessary disturbing thought, illustration or urge, which constantly enters the mind of an individual. Compulsions are recurring behaviours or cerebral acts that the individual feels driven to execute. A compulsion may either be observable and overt by others, for example checking a door lock, or a secret mind act that cannot be viewed ...

Major depression is another term for clinical depression and is characterized by mood changes. It is a serious mental disorder that may be a single episode or a chronic condition affecting the lifestyle of the individual by taking away his interest in pleasurable activities. People who suffer from this condition have a sense of hopelessness and despair. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, about 6.7% of the U.S. population aged over 18 are affected by major depression and approximately 20% to 25% of adults may have suffered an episode of major depression in their lifetime . Three types of causes have ...