Mood stabilizer

Depression is a mood disorder. Teenagers often experience mood swings that cause them to feel good on one day, and become moody and miserable the next day. Depression can sometimes be misinterpreted as being in a bad mood but depression is more complicated. When depressed, the mind is taken over by worries, criticism, guilt and thoughts of suicide. A depressed teen seem to find no satisfaction and peace from dark, negative emotions and thoughts. This sense of hopelessness is why depressed teens…

Depression and Society Introduction Loneliness. Guilt. Dejection. Inadequacy. Despondency. At one point or another everyone has harbored feelings such as these. People with depression, however, don’t just relate to these emotions, they identify themselves with these feelings. Gilbert felt a heavy weight pulling deep within his stomach. As he lay in his bed, he began to search for whatever emotional baggage he had that was weighing him down, but strangely enough, he couldn’t find a single…

Major depressive disorder (MDD) affects 350 million people worldwide and it is one of the leading causes of disability (Marcus et. al, 2012). The effects of this mental health disorder extend to not only the individuals who are depressed, but also to those who are part of their interpersonal circle. For example, based on interviewer ratings, it has been reported that family members of patients suffering from MDD show higher levels of dysfunction in problem solving and affective involvement…

Taylor Swift is famous for songs such as ‘Shake it off’ and ‘Blank Space.’ Recently, Swift was sued by a fellow singer, Jesse Braham, for stealing the lyrics “Shake it off.” Jesse Braham was seeking a compensation lump sum of 42 million dollars, from Taylor Swift for plagiarizing his music. The lawsuit led to Taylor Swift having sleepless nights for two weeks as she awaited the ruling of the case (Plucinska, 2015). Law analysts postulated that the lawsuit could be successful implying Swift could…

Dysthymia and Depression: Would You Know It If You Saw It? He sees nothing but darkness, hopelessness, and despair. He is searching for the light at the end of the tunnel, but with no hope. Feeling worried and anxious, he struggles to fake that well-known smile. He is confused, struggling to understand his own feelings and emotions. He has a good life, has many good friends, and is a top student, with a happy family. He just cannot seem to put the pieces of the puzzle together and there…

Modern Chinese grammatical system need to have a particular form that would allow actions or verbs to express various progresses of the state in each situation; therefore, it needs a particle to be added to the sentence to achieve this need. Chinese grammar is not similar to English grammar, in which English can add -ing onto the end of a verb to show the ongoing state of an action. Chinese has many particles such as le, zhe, guo that are being used in the sentences to add aspectual values to…

Although dysthymia isn’t a very well know mental illness it is just as important as the other more common ones. With only 35 million people suffering from dysthymia compared to depressions 350 million victims, the majority of people don’t take much notice to dysthymia or the problems that it can cause. And the people that do happen to know about it usually can’t distinguish it from depression or they haven’t taken the time to really learn about it. Dysthymia (also known as chronic depression)…

(MDD) or Dysthymia and the activation of the amygdala in adolescents (Yang et al. 2010). Major Depressive Disorder is defined as a two week interval with sad mood, loss of interest or pleasure in daily activities, weight loss/gain, appetite loss, feelings of worthlessness, guilt and concentration difficulties. While Dysthymia is when a person’s mood is regularly low and symptoms are not as severe as MDD. (Monk,…

Postpartum depression (PPD) is defined as a mood disorder and a serious mental health concern that affects many women immediately or shortly after the birth of a child (NIMH, 2016). There is no single event or cause that brings on the effects of this depression. The mother has no influence over the introduction of this condition. With every woman having a different chemical structure, symptoms may appear or present differently. It affects 10-15% of new mothers but many of them remain…

world does not function as simply as she thought. However, the writers present the stories in different points of view, to give the readers a smoother reading experience. Another way the stories differ to convey either hope or hopelessness is through mood. In his story, Finney uses tense words and descriptions, and then a simple and complete ending to give a feeling of hope and a changed life. Collier, on the other hand, runs her entire story with a morose tone to help the reader understand the…