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• DEFINITION- Dependent personality disorder (DPD), also called asthenic personality disorder, is a personality disorder that is characterized by a pervasive psychological dependence on other people. DPD is one of the most frequently diagnosed personality disorders. It occurs equally in men and women, usually becoming apparent in young adulthood or later as important adult relationships. • POSSIBLE CAUSE- The exact cause of DPD is not known, it is likely owned to a combination of biological, developmental

Changing the Direction of Depression Depression has become a chronic illness throughout society. The illness not only is a psychological hazard. The sedentary symptoms create physical infirmity. For many years studies and research have influenced the use of antidepressant medications as treatment for depression. Much money and time has been spent in promoting the ideas of chemically assisted happiness. Yet, a much inexpensive alternative to the treatment of depression is ignored by the medical

Sorry But Your Soul Just Died In Brave New World, developments in reproductive and psychological technology have redefined human nature. Bokanovskification, the drug Soma, and the Feelies have desensitized and changed the people’s values in this dystopia. Similar advances such as vitro fertilisation, surrogate motherhood, psychotropic drugs, and genetic engineering have also emerged in today’s society. Unlike the author of Sorry But Your Soul Just Die, I disagree that psychological drugs, stem

carbon ring The most popular brand names of TCA’s are Imipramine (Tofranil), Amutruptyline (Elaurl), and Nortriptyline (Pamelor) (Miligan 126). Prozac, Zoloft, and Paxil are all commonly known anti-depressants, and all basically affect the patient the same way. Prozac is used by six million people in the United States and by eleven million worldwide. Prozac is an antidepressant that produces neuron chemicals that depressed people are missing. Many complaints have been issued about such drugs, as they

Westlake Research Hospital A hospital is conducting a double blind test of a new depression drug. It will involve about 20 doctors and about 400 patients. Half of the patients will get the new drug and half will get traditional Prozac. Neither the doctors nor the patients will know who is getting which drug. Only two test supervisors will know who is getting what. These tests will last about 18 months. Each doctor will see 20 patients initially, though it is expected some patients will drop out

When I was nine I went to a therapist for the first time, my diagnosis was not what I expected. I wanted everything to be normal, but i was diagnosed with severe depression and anxiety. Later I had a neuropsychological evaluation and it confirmed the severe depression, generalized anxiety and cognitive disorder NOS ( no one has the slightest idea of what that means). The words i will never forget my therapist saying are “you’ll struggle with this for the rest of your life and I wish you

and the practice was under deep scrutiny. What no one knew was which was deadlier; the disease or the drug. Some pediatric psychiatrists had been treating their patients with antidepressants for a very long time. Antidepressants such as Prozac appeared to be just as effective in treating depression in kids as it did in adults, but its long term effects in growing minds had not yet been discovered. Recent research now suggests that such drugs may interfere with

genres of film because of widespread interest, reliability, dramatic qualities, and curiosity of the public. This research paper will serve as an exploration into the different portrayals of various drugs in the films: Trainspotting, Go Ask Alice, and Prozac Nation. The portrayals will include: drugs used, reasons for use, user’s reaction, other character’s reactions, and the effects the drugs have on all the character’s lives. Most research agrees that the accuracy of drug portrayal depends on the genre

Depression and Antidepressants Specifically the serotonergic hypothesis and the action of Prozac The cause of Clinical depression has long been a mystery to physicians and researchers. Many different theories have been proposed, but no conclusive evidence has been put forth. However, most of what we know about depression stems from the results of certain drugs which have been successful in treating the clinically depressed. These anti--depressants have led to the assumption that depression

Social anxiety exists as a mental disorder that affects fifteen million adults and about eighteen percent of the American population. Social anxiety is a scary disorder that makes simple tasks seem like life threatening feats. This disease has many symptoms that disrupt ones daily life, making life hard, and even harder for them to live a normally. Medications and therapy go hand in hand with social anxiety and sometimes help tremendously with symptoms. The way society views social anxiety and mental