Mental disorders are very common in people suffering from stress, anxiety, depression, phobias, and many other problems. ... People suffering from anxiety as a disorder should seek for help as soon as they notice the symptoms, before it gets worst. ... Social anxiety can be present before a single event like a presentation in public or it can be present all the time when surrounded by people or social events. ... Anxiety disorder affects many people in different ways from feeling shy to fainting after a panic attack from situations like socializing. ... Schizophrenia usually affects young peo...

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Suicide is the leading cause of teenage deaths in the past years. Teen suicide is often caused by biological problems within the chemicals inside the body. Many people who have eating disorders may have a history or family history of depression. Most depressed people can appear to be perfectly norm...

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At some point in most people's life depression is experienced in numerous ways. ... The second effect stage of depression may display as eating disorder and sleeping disorder, and the person might or might not notice it. ... One person from England who is experiencing depression due to stress described when he finishes work he would just go home to eat and watch TV. ... These people do not know how to deal with their emotions. ... Some people say human beings are becoming more and more indifferent. ...

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Atypically depressed people are often very sensitive to rejection, generally feel very fatigued, and eat and sleep more than most individuals. ... Long ago, researchers believed that young people didn't have the mental maturity to experience depression. ... Studies show that younger patients who are depressed experience more hypersomnia, or excessive sleeping, while middle aged patients who are depressed experience more hyperphagia, or excessive eating, and rejection sensitivity (Posternak, 2001). ... Elizabeth Wurtzel, author of Prozac Nation, states, "The atypically depressed are more ...

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Atypically depressed people are often very sensitive to rejection, generally feel very fatigued, and eat and sleep more than most individuals. ... Long ago, researchers believed that young people didn't have the mental maturity to experience depression. ... Studies show that younger patients who are depressed experience more hypersomnia, or excessive sleeping, while middle aged patients who are depressed experience more hyperphagia, or excessive eating, and rejection sensitivity (Posternak, 2001). ... Elizabeth Wurtzel, author of Prozac Nation, states, "The atypically depressed are more ...

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Clinical depression has many related symptoms trouble sleeping, eating disorders, withdrawal and inactivity, self-punishment, and loss of pleasure. People that are depressed do not like to do things they may usually like to. Surveys that have been taken that show approximately 20 in 100 people suffer from depression at any one time. ... There are two major forms of depression that people get. ... Most people who are depressed are women. ...

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In adolescents, depression may include physical complaints, such as headaches and stomachaches, as well as irritability, social withdrawal, and changes in eating habits. ... The mental illness alters a person's appetite, which causes him or her to eat more or less. ... There is a small percentage of seriously depressed people who commit suicide, and many more attempts it (Heller, Kalman, "Depression In Teens And Children"). ... Yet, some people have a higher risk than others for developing depression. ...

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People with bipolar disorder have been known to purposefully harm themselves or attempt/commit suicide. ... Symptoms of hopelessness and depression consist of "sadness, uncontrollable crying, feelings of worthlessness, excessive guilt, fatigue, anxiety, sleep disturbances, eating disturbances, withdrawal from friends and family"(Kruick, 2013) The five categories of bipolar are "bipolar I disorder, bipolar II disorder, cyclothymic disorder, bipolar disorder not otherwise specified, and rapid-cycling bipolar disorder"" (Krucik, 2013) The root and origination of bipolar disorder has yet to be d...

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This explains why some people who are suffering from depression subconsciously turn to drugs or alcohol as a form of self-medication. ... It is by exercising, eating well, talking it out, read or write what you really feel, listening to the music, pampering yourself, getting some sun, a breath of fresh air, and the last is laughing, because laughter is still the best medicine. ... That's why I want to be a psychiatrist, to help those people who really need some help and guidance. ...

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The Cause of Bipolar Disorder It is thought that Bipolar runs in families, and is passed on through genetics, since two thirds of people with manic-depressive illness have at least one relative that suffers from the disorder or with serious depression. ... People who suffer from bipolar live extremely distressing and disruptive lives. ... Symptoms of Bipolar Disorder Mania : v Feeling extremely happy or irritable v Inflated self esteem v Not needing as much sleep as usual v Talkativeness v Being more active then usual v Racing thoughts v Difficulty concentrating v Being easily ...

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One of the problems with properly diagnosing BPD is that fact that it seems to coexist with other mental illnesses such as hysteria, manic-depressive disorder, schizophrenia, hypochondriasis, multiple personality disorder, sociopathy, alcoholism, eating disorders, phobias, and obsessive compulsive disorders. ... As more people began to seek help for the various calamities in their life problems, the confines of the disorder began to take shape. ... However, the repeated threats often lead to people turning away. ... According to Feldman (2003) "People with borderline personality disorder have...

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The negative thoughts are uncontrollable and one will have lose ones appetite or can not stop eating. ... So what about the percentage of the people who felt relieved and happier? ... About 40,000 people per year is about the size of Massillon, Ohio dying. ... People like me need to know people care because most of the reasons for such suicide is they thought no one cared and that such a world would be better without them anyway. ... People need to realize that suicide is not option when it could be prevented if people just talk....

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People with BPD can usually maintain their personality for a number of years but until they experience an emotional breakdown or around a stressful situation like a breakup of a romantic relationship or death is when they crumble. ... Just like Depression or Bipolar disorder people With BPD can endure the same mood for weeks and may experience intense burst of anger, but their depression only may last for a couple of hours. ... Sometimes people with BPD view themselves as fundamentally bad, or unworthy. ... People With BPD exhibit impulsive behaviors, such as excessive spending, binge eating ...

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The five children were eating breakfast in the kitchen; Russell had already left for work. ... Of all the people who should have noticed that something was wrong with Andrea, Russell should have been the first. ...

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Key indicators of adolescent depression include a drastic change in eating and sleeping patterns, significant loss of interest in previous activity interests, constant boredom, disruptive behavior, peer problems, increased irritability and aggression (Brown, 1996). ... Blackman (1995) stated that it is not uncommon for young people to be preoccupied with issues of mortality and contemplate the effect their death would have on close family and friends. ...

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