Introduction Mental health is an integral component of every persons health in general. However, it is tough to remain mentally stable in the modern world due to numerous external and internal factors. The psyche of children and teenagers is not yet formed. For this reason, it could be easily injured...
Johnson is a mechanical engineering student at the University of Cambridge. Recently, he has been admitted to the hospital and is now going through medical checkups and counseling as a result of severe depression due to prolonged developed school life stress. Johnson is in his third year of studying, and...
Introduction It is important to note that trauma has a strong impact and implications among children and adolescents, who can be categorized as vulnerable groups. Schools and other educational facilities can be the prime platform on which major traumatic experiences take place, ranging from individual bullying to mass school shootings....
About teen suicide. (n.d.). Nemours KidsHealth – the Webās most visited site about childrenās health. Web. The website of kidshealth.org discusses teen suicide providing information on why teens consider suicide, the risk for suicide, warning signs, parentsā involvement, and how to cope with teenās loss. According to kidshealth.org, suicide is...
Video Discussion According to AndrĆ© Solomon, the main difficulty of depression lies in communicating the patient’s condition to those around him. Many people use the word “depression” to describe a bad mood or sadness or say that they are not in the mood. When a specialist uses the word “depression,”...
Video Discussion According to Adam Phillips, people fear frustration because society stigmatizes the feeling. Phillips cites the example that when a child expresses his hopes and dreams, he is believed in and supported, but when he is an adult, he is asked many questions about possible obstacles (Thinkingaloud7189, 2016). It...
Supporting the Mental Health of Refugees in America Supporting the mental health of refugees in America should start with including mental health professionals in the rescue team to offer psychosocial help to the refugees (Daod, 2018). As noted by (Zayas, 2019), refugees should be given safety and compassion rather than...
Introduction Psychologically, people react differently to life situations, influenced by several factors, including genetic makeup and personal experiences. Belsky (2018) shows that a person is bound to experience different feelings in their lifetime, shaped by the situations they face. Anxiety can be defined as the feeling of worry, tension, and...
Introduction DĆ©jĆ vu is one of the most mysterious feelings that most people experience at least once in their lifetime. On the one hand, it is characterized by the perception of the current event as familiar. On the other hand, there is no factual or memorial evidence that such an...
There are several measures when self-deception is not only forced but also necessary. Practically everyone knows what the placebo effect is ā patients drink a “pill” that does not contain any medications, but you feel better. Unfortunately, the placebo effect has a less well-known antipode – the nocebo effect. It...
Many community problems would disappear if people chose to talk to one another instead of one another. It is true that people come from different backgrounds and may hold different perceptions of their neighbors, although they share similar ethnicities. They would rather hide their troubles and let them consume them...
The nation’s state before and after the corona virus pandemic is studied in the above article. Everyday life has changed in many ways due to the COVID-19 virus. The peopleās welfare has been complicated through cases of unemployment, which has led to financial instability. Their health is also at risk...
When dealing with illness, individuals face a multitude of additional challenges that accompany the actual experience of pain. Families or caregivers involved in the management of the chronic illness of a patient are forced to adapt to the changes, which often causes disagreement, conflict, and failure to cope with imposed...
The book raises a complex problem, and therefore total concentration is needed to express its main idea. The topic of this book touches on a complicated and ubiquitous topic – the problem of drowning out one’s trauma. The book demonstrates what hurt many young people even now ā adultsā detachment...
Abstract Eating disorders have a high prevalence in the world and the US specifically, with over 10% of individuals affected. Anorexia and bulimia are some of the most lethal disorders. They cause physical harm to the patientās neurological, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, and endocrinal systems. A complex approach involving different disciplines is...
Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder that makes humans lose more weight than they need to stay healthy. This disorder is associated with a fear of being fat or eating too much, even if a person has a normal weight and eats normal food portions. The causes of anorexia are...
The study under review analyzes the application of mindfulness training (MT) technology in settings with exceptionally high requirements for cognitive resilience. Accordingly, the introduction of this paper is intended to provide the reader with all the necessary information about the context of this problem, indicate the importance of applying this...
Complicated grief is a situation whereby an individual is in a progressive state of mourning as a result of losing their loved ones. The affected individuals find it difficult to heal and move on from the impacts of losing the people who were very close to them before meeting their...
Subjective data Chief Complaint Increased symptoms of General Anxiety Disorder, which resulted in a state of worry and difficulties falling asleep. History of the Present Illness (HPI)/Demographics The patient describes herself as being rather tense throughout her life; however, during her senior year in college, the issue escalated to the...
Despite the spread of awareness about them, the problem of stigmatized attitudes to mental diseases is still found in many areas of human life. In the article āAssessing Mental Illness Stigma,ā authors study MI as a cross-diagnostic and a cross-cultural phenomenon (Mannarini & Rossi, 2019). During the study of several...
Introduction Anxiety is a natural feeling which is evolutionarily necessary; it is usually associated with a new, unforeseen, or threatening situation, and it increases when the importance for the body increases. For example, when a person is going to have a complex operation. Anxiety is abnormal and pathological only when...
Social structures are one of the main concepts in sociology, as they represent relatively stable types and forms of social practice. Social life is organized through social structures, and the stability of ties and relationships within the social organization of society is ensured. Social structures are complex social structures based...
Symptoms of Depression Depression symptoms may be divided into three categories. The three categories are psychological, physical and social symptoms. All the three categories affect a person negatively and lead to low productivity. Depression symptoms are generally noticeable as they are mostly a deviation from the normal behaviour of a...
According to O’Brien’s statement, “stories can save us,” and I support this argument. In real life, we experience difficult situations that demand a lot from our subconscious minds. To remain active, the mind needs a kind of hallucination that reflects the reverse of the previous scenario to convince our thoughts...
In the video Being Aware Proximity Behavior, little boy Salim accidentally causes the roof of a wooden house to fall. This slight mistake makes the other boy, Gabe, quite angry with him. However, the teacher quickly uses indicators of positive communication and respect to de-escalate the situation (CLASS, n.d.). She...
Introduction In western societies, overweight females are under the seizure of constant underestimation and bullying, as there are particular standards of beauty defying a lot of people to follow them in order to be desirable. Women have always wanted to be seductive and attractive to men, and in this pursuit...
Understanding death as a natural biological process comes only with age. Children are not able to perceive death as a complete stop of all processes in the body. Nevertheless, with age, a person realizes the finiteness of all living things and stops thinking about death as something impossible. However, each...
The meaning of death for every person depends on several factors: age, current knowledge, consciousness, and faith or religion. Age is one of the determining factors because children have a lack of experience and understanding of death. With few exceptions, children face death closer to adulting; that is why their...
Introduction Adolescents and small children encounter various challenges and events that tend to disorient their life experiences. Such individuals are usually vulnerable and have higher chances of experiencing traumatic situations and events. This discussion examines this problem and how it affects African American children. The analysis outlines some of the...
Abstract Counselor impairment and wellness is a current issue affecting the counseling industry. Counselors are trained to restore hope, and, therefore, most of them do not seek help from other professionals. Counseling impairment, if poorly handled, affects the clients and disturbs the counselor. Misconducts in the counseling industry have increased...
Population and Problem Selected The selected population is adolescents. It can be argued that adolescents are individuals between the ages of 10 and 19 years. At the beginning of this age bracket, many individuals start to acknowledge their unique features. This is further enhanced by physical growth as the human...
Introduction James Mangold’s film “The Girl, Interrupted” was based on the autobiographical book by Susanna Kaysen, who spent two years in a psychiatric hospital. This is the story of a fifteen-year-old girl who spent one year in a psychiatric hospital after trying to commit suicide. The film takes place in...
A Question to the Client Hello, my name is Name, and I am one of the social workers here at the center. I am going to perform some assessments with you to collect information about what is happening to you and what resources we can put in use to provide...
To build a robust therapeutic alliance with the student, I would demonstrate genuine concern, empathy, and unconditional positive regard for the pupil. A strong relationship between a healthcare professional and client forms the foundation for effective treatment. It reflects the collaborative nature of therapy, particularly regarding the quality of interactions...
The study conducted by Bishop and Gagne (2018) focused on the topic of depression and anxiety and the difficulties they cause in the decision-making process. The authors reviewed the pieces of evidence that show which of the computations that support decision-making are altered in cases of anxiety and depression. The...
The study used various data collection methods to gather data from existing archive sources. First, document and records review was used as the primary data collection method to facilitate the entire study. A significant part of the data came from existing written records and reports regarding depression and other mental...
Overview of Basis for Treatment There’s so much skepticism around borderline personality disorder (BPD), a mental condition marked by emotional dysregulation and dysfunctional interpersonal relationships. Many films have been used to establish characters with the same state, but no other movie depicts it as Silver Linings Playbook. Furthermore, the two...
The term of identity is intertwined closely with the concept of self, which is, in turn, among the key ones in psychology. Also, identity is an object of multiple social, political, and cultural studies that are currently gaining a special topicality on the background of the ever-strengthening globalist trends. The...
Patients with bipolar disorder present one of the most interesting populations to be studied from the abnormal psychology perspective. In their article, Duffy et al. (2019) report the outcomes of a two-decade observational and correlational study that aimed to observe the development and psychological maturation of bipolar patientsā children. The...
Human behavior develops with the habits and reactions based on instincts or past experiences and frequently becomes harmful to well-being. The ability to regulate and change one’s actions is influenced by reflective and implicit processes (St Quinton and Brunton, 2017). Consequently, a person can manage their health approaches by addressing...
Growth in mental complexity contributes to the shaping of conscience through the development of the feeling of empathy. Empathy can be characterized as a state of mental awareness of the feelings and emotions of other people. According to Schalkwijk (2018), the concept of self plays an essential role in this...
In thinking about improving the psychological instability treatment framework, the main thing to do is demonstrate who is liable for an individual’s emotional wellness. In the event that nobody is mindful, nobody can be accused; consequently, there is no influence to improve the framework. Individuals experiencing mental problems like sorrow,...
Notes Social media has been associated with many negative issues, one of which is mental health. The article states that social media have been responsible for the deprived mental health among the users. The research was conducted on different social media platforms like Facebook, WhatsApp, and other discussion board. Findings...
Introduction Anxiety diseases are mental well-being disorders that are characterized by reactions of distress or fear and worry that can interfere with typical day-to-day activities. Panic attacks, social phobias are some of the examples of anxiety disorders. The disorders can affect oneās life in various ways, like always expecting a...
Mental Disorder Chosen The type of mental disorder chosen is depression, which affects millions of people worldwide each year. Depression is a feeling of constant sadness and loss of interest, affecting how a person performs their day-to-day activities. There are different types of depression, including dysthymia, psychotic, melancholia, and major...
Notes Every psychologist would like to find out the best method of treating stress and depression. The article presents research on the best way to tend to such medical issues. The ERT, or the Emotional Regulation Therapy, demonstrates significant improvement in treating anxiety, depression, life satisfaction, ruminating, worrying, and being...
It is hard to stay calm in the modern world where people face excessive workload, complicated relationships, financial worries, and transitional periods in life. Stress is almost inevitable because it is a natural reaction of the body to danger. Sometimes it can be positive, helping to be more alert and...
Introduction People are often exposed to distressing events that affect them and their development in the future. Stress and trauma can significantly impact oneās mental health and biological makeup, leading to the development of various physical and psychological conditions. Nevertheless, resilience is the most common outcome of exposure to traumatic...
The topic of the planned research will be how the Stroop effect is related to age and gender. The Stroop effect refers to the delay in the response time, which is measured using the Stroop test. In general, the Stroop test is a set of color words printed with the...
Abstract The proposal presents the topic of the anxiety of musicians in music performance, as well as how this anxiety could be alleviated. The research questions are as follows: 1) Is there a link between musiciansā types of temperament and the extent of anxiety they face in music performance? 2)...
Brian Case Overview Brian was one of the two people discussed in the intervention video #4. The clip has detailed many of the manās life circumstances, including his family, loved ones, housing and finances, as well as the type of addiction he is suffering from. Brian is a 24-year-old male...
Introduction It is hard to disagree that going to school, communicating with peers, obtaining new skills, and getting both positive and negative experiences may be challenging for the majority of children and adolescents. However, few people realize that it is even more difficult for young kids with certain mental disorders...
John Bowlby, a psychoanalyst born in 1907 believed that behavioral and mental health problems were a result of a person’s early childhood. His evolutionary attachment ideology proposes that a child is born preprogrammed to develop associations with others (Bowlby, 2018). Bowlby believed that this attribute helped children to survive in...
Stress is a tension that occurs in the life of a person. There is a way in which an individual manages to control stress in the workplace. Staying away from conflict is one method of avoiding stress. A disagreement can affect people emotionally, resulting in pressure. It is rare for...
Introduction Anxiety is very similar to other diseases that people recognize as serious, such as cancer, diabetes, heart disease, etc. Anxiety disorders very common in countries like the USA. Anxiety is defined as a two-week period in which an individual feels depressed, sad, hopeless, unmotivated, or otherwise uninterested in life,...
A person experiences different emotions in various situations, which color them in different shades. There are positive and negative emotions such as pride or boredom. In everyday life, they organically interact, forming a whole emotional picture of a person’s existence. However, sometimes various events are so unexpected that they shock...
Introduction Finishing school and going to college may be an incredibly difficult process for numerous young people. Many factors can make it challenging, including exams and tests, sleepless nights for good grades, vast amounts of homework, and nervous anticipation of news from colleges. Therefore, most teenagers go to higher educational...
Introduction Human development, both from an individual perspective and in a social context, is a subject of study in different disciplines. Positive psychology is a science that views the human being from the standpoint of the aspects of well-being and conditions for positive development. The analysis of emotions and character...
The loss of knowledge from long-term memory is referred to as forgetting. We all forget stuff, such as a loved one’s birthday, someone’s name, or where our car keys are kept. As you’ve seen, memory is fickle, and forgetting can be aggravating and even humiliating. For example, being unable to...
Introduction Since childhood, human beings are always under the influence of a particular environment, whether at home with family, school, or work. A variety of developmental processes might help children become more aware of their environment and learn to control it. In a close synthesis, both nature (genes) and nurture...
Experts and scientists have trying to determine whether the attachment is more of a biological or purely psychological process in the case of human beings. Indeed, the levels and varieties of attachment demonstrated by people are unparalleled among other species. Harry F. Harlow was one of the leading theorists of...
The article by Przybylski et al. (2013) investigates the concept of Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) and aims to understand this phenomenon in detail. The authors introduce the article topic by clarifying that social media provides numerous opportunities for engaging in social activities, but a range of factors limit it,...
Population Description The selected population for this study is adolescent. Nearly one out of five adolescents shows signs of diagnosable mental health disorder (Schwarz, 2009). Specifically, anxiety and depression have been determined as the most common in almost one third of adolescents. It is imperative to note that warning signs...
People who live in economically disadvantaged communities face several challenges pertaining to their mental health. They are at a greater risk of being exposed to violence, crimes, and intolerance when compared to middle or high-income communities. Apart from this, the ability of these individuals to access mental health services is...
Anxiety is an often healthy response to potential danger and uncertainty. However, constant worry and apprehension are possible signs of a generalized anxiety disorder. This condition affects a substantial amount of people, with women being twice as likely to develop the disorder. There have been studies that hypothesize that generalized...
Introduction Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) belongs to the number of diagnostic categories recognized in the recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. As a disorder causing hyperactivity and reduced self-control, ADHD can be misunderstood as the manifestation of laziness or a weak will. This essay explores the...
Introduction Depression is one of the most prevalent health problems that college students have to contend with. It is incapacitating, and if untreated, it can have serious psychological, emotional, and physical consequences. Moreover, it has a negative influence on interpersonal functioning and academic performance. The prevalence of depression among college...
The Description of the Client and Proposed Treatment/Social Services Delivery Plan The elderly client (BT) was referred to Vatsalya Adult Medical Daycare Center for counselling and management of emotional and mental effects of a stroke. BT is a 72-year-old male client who lives with his wife and daughter who moved...
Workplace stress is skyrocketing and it leads to significant losses and additional costs for enterprises. Most often, stress is caused by excessive workload, too long working hours, and a lack of adequate rest, namely, the dissonance between the demands and the employees’ inner resources (Daft and Marcic 425). Relationships in...
Modern medicine eradicated many diseases that once posed a significant threat to humanity, but a new and relatively invisible issue, which came to be nowadays is stress. Contemporary research demonstrates that psychological and behavioral factors contribute to illness and death in a complex and underresearched way. The modern lifestyle can...
Stress can be defined as any type of change in the human bodies that can cause physiological, emotional, and physical strain. There are two significant types of stress; chronic and acute stress. Chronic stress refers to the unceasing and continued perception of anxiety that can alter one’s health if it...
Depression associated with illness is a serious concern for patients, families, and healthcare professionals, as it might affect health outcomes. During my nursing practice at the Medical/Surgical unit, I encountered a 70-year-old male depressed patient who underwent hip-fracture surgery and experienced thromboembolism. Older patients (ā„ 65 years) have the highest...
Several models can explain the nature of abnormal behavior. Using these models allows scientists to more accurately determine the cause of the patientās abnormal behavior. However, not all models can provide a complete explanation for scientists, which often leads to difficulties. Therefore, the biological model allows scientists to determine the...
Introduction Health problems and complications may be stressful for older patients and cause emotional distress, depression, anxiety, or other psychological issues. According to Haugan et al. (2013), depression is one of the most frequent mental disorders in elderly people. The following paper will explain how mental health can be considered...
Relevant Variables In the article, āThe effects of social stress on memory: If, how, and whenā by McManus et al. (2020), relevant variables are stress and memory. Social pressure, such as those arising from a cold-pressor test, can be considered a controllable variable, while memory is uncontrollable. The authors point...
Procrastination is characterized by the constant postponement and delay of tasks without evident necessity. This condition is common, especially in the academic environments “affecting 23ā 95% of university students” (Boysan and Kiral 284). A negative mindset may be an additional cause of procrastination. Boysan and Kiral suggest that procrastination may...
Modern psychology developed six patterns to differentiate and adequately treat abnormalities based on individualsā physical and mental switches. One such model is cognitive-behavioral which focuses on a personās thoughts and actions and specifies the interplay between them (Comer & Comer, 2019, p. 48). Abnormalities tended to be examined through the...
The perspective suggested by social constructivists allows researchers to discuss various personal issues from the viewpoint of construct creation. Negative beliefs and attitudes can severely affect different individuals, producing destructive behaviour patterns (Sandu & Unguru, 2017). In the case presented, it is possible that both Hector and his mother Carol...
Symptoms of Postpartum Depression Symptoms of postpartum depression differ from one woman to another and often range from mild to severe. They include intense irritability coupled with anger, inability to sleep, or sleeping a lot, more than usual. Other signs are difficulty bonding with oneās baby and reduced interest in...
Intelligence is a debatable term that is defined differently depending on the context of the application. The definition and measurement of intelligence is a core topic in the field of psychology. Many researchers have unveiled that intelligence is a vastly studied subject in psychological disciplines. This essay provides insight into...
Stress has been known as the common source of many health problems as well as complications in human relationships. People’s appraising of the event becomes distorted under the influence of the stressors. Recently, I have been experiencing stress due to the constant pressure caused by the unending deadlines in studies...
The problem of increased stress and emotional pressure in the workplace as a major constituent in shaping peopleās motivation, enthusiasm, and, consequently, their performance rates, must be recognized and managed to ensure that the Split Beanās performance runs smoothly. Since the organization has only recently gained social traction and is...
Executive Summary Burnout is a syndrome due to chronic work-related stress, and most professions experience it. Nonetheless, the healthcare providers’ burnout is distinct since it affects both the caregiver and the patient. Nearly half of physicians, nurses, medical students, and residents experience it in the United States. The most common...
Summary In human services, affirmations are genuine, honest statements that acknowledge the clients’ strengths. Such statements promote positive change by regarding the clients’ positive thoughts, behaviors, and qualities (DiClemente et al., 2017). There are at least three affirmations I would use with Mrs. Lopez based on the background provided. First,...
Sexual dysfunction is a significant problem, which has ruined many relationships and marriages. It occurs during any stage of the sexual response cycle and hinders couples from getting satisfied with their sexual activities. According to McCabe et al. (2016), there are four primary categories of sexual dysfunction, including desire, orgasm,...
The social aspect of health is a crucial element that needs appropriate attention to achieve the general wellbeing of individuals and communities. Consequently, experts in the social sciences fields have a task of ensuring everybody including the vulnerable are accorded proper attention and resources for their social lives. For example,...
Understanding anxiety is an adventure that people should experience to know how to deal with it. Through the adventure, one comes to realize when they are getting anxious and how to control their anxiety. Nervousness arises when an individual worries about the experience he or she is about to witness....
When a person hears the word “stress,” the sensations are not very pleasant. It is a nervous breakdown, poor sleep, fatigue, fear, and even pain in the chest area. Shakya (2020) notes that a stressful state can provoke various diseases, ranging from vegetative-vascular dystonia to stomach ulcers, including depression, disability,...
Empathy is termed as the capability of understanding peopleās feelings. This is constantly cultivated through individualsā lives in many ways. Challenging prejudices, conversing with one another, inspiring social transformation, active listening, and knowledge regarding oppositions are all the customs fostering empathic growth (Gigliotti et al., 2012, 1:38:20). Watching movies seems...
Stress is a psychological effect that can affect any individual at some point in their lives regardless of their job capacity. Stress is brought by several factors ranging from survival, environmental, fatigue and overwork. People under stress cannot think critically and often unable to concentrate, leading to many sick leaves....
Situations that involve stress often entail negative consequences for people, for example, anxiety, which many individuals tend to experience when facing pressure. Yet, the fact is that stress can actually be a source of inspiration and motivation if a person can learn how to channel it in the right direction....
According to a psychologist who focuses on developmental psychology, Jake may have had accumulated anxiety from past encounters with challenging courses. He is linked to excessive burden to things like studying late at night, getting behind in class, and so on. Jake’s anxiety disorder may be viewed from three different...
Introduction Postpartum depression is a major issue, which takes place after a woman gives birth. The problem is more prominent and more prevalent among mothers who have a low-socioeconomic status. Therefore, the topic is centered around postpartum depression among low-income U.S. mothers. The purpose of the paper is to analyze...
Secondary Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Secondary post-traumatic stress disorder (SPTSD) is a psychological disorder experienced by individuals who interact with or are close to victims of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The main difference between SPTSD and PTSD is that PTSD affects persons who directly experience traumatic events such as abuse, violence,...
Introduction Anxiety disorders are often developed in adolescents, influencing their social functioning and academic progress. However, the application of certain therapeutic interventions and counseling techniques in order to treat anxiety disorders in teenagers should depend on the cultural context. The cultural group that will be discussed in this paper is...
Effective leaders have one characteristic in common: strong emotional intelligence (EQ). Intelligence quotient (IQ) and hard skills, such as technical expertise and analytical knowledge, also matter in leadership. However, when considered alone, they are insufficient; high levels of EQ are a distinctive characteristic of top performers. Such leaders are emotionally...
Garyās unresponsiveness towards counseling most probably stems from a cultural perspective. He is an African-American, and according to Ingersol and Rak (2016), it is stated that individuals from this racial background mistrust the mental health treatment systems, which encompass counseling and pharmacotherapy. As a consequence of a history of discrimination...
Multitasking In multitasking, an individual gives his/her mental attention to multiple tasks. The brain then tries to readjust itself to process all the tasks at the same time. As a result, straining sets in causing a stressed condition. In that way, multitasking is like a āstressed conditionā. In meditation and...
Introduction The study of how people see, learn, remember, think, reason, and comprehend is known as cognitive psychology. In essence, cognition is the study of how knowledge is acquired and applied. Cameron seems distracted during discussions in group therapy despite having no history of attention disorder. Instead, he has oppositional...
Abstract Stress is a part of every life on earth and each one has its stress management strategies. Students especially teenagers are considered to experience stress and most of the time they take stress to be negative and are unable to tackle it. Some studies suggest stress is usual and...
Introduction In a technical sense, the term āstressā is used in reference to the way human bodies respond to various external factors. Stress is perceived to occur when the apparent requirements of a circumstance are more than the individualās available resources (Russell & Jarvis, 2003). The concerned person tends to...
Stress is defined as an individualās reaction to a situation that destabilizes their mental, physical, psychological, or emotional state (Bickerstaff, 2007). Stressful situations usually trigger certain responses in the body causing the release of certain hormones that enable individuals overcome tough situations. However, several factors are responsible for the differences...
