Blog 1-Depression Awareness

One of the most disabled and chronic mental illness is Schizophrenia, according to National Institute of Mental Health (NIHM), they define Schizophrenia is a chronic and severe mental disorder that affects a person how a person thinks, feels, and behaves which leads them to have lost touch of reality. The lost touch of reality is what leads the person to have hallucinations, distorted thoughts and causes signs/symptoms starting between the ages of 16 to 30. Through prescribed medications and psychotherapy treatment can be evaluated by a licensed Psychiatrist to help the person. The signs and symptoms of Schizophrenia are varied depending the types of spectrum of the Schizophrenia does the individual have which does varies. And with any symptoms they would of started at least for one month continuously and continue until 6 months and longer according to WebMD (WebMD.com).  According to WebMD, there is a spectrum of Schizophrenia that doctors use to identify with subtypes which a...

As in life we have many life event experiences that can give us a sense of anxious feeling that will tend not to go away but just get worse. This may be from having an Anxiety Disorder, from MayoClinic they addressed that having an anxiety disorder is having an excessive, intense, and persistent worry and fear about every day events (mayoclinic.org). These excessive worries and fear tend to interrupt the daily activities and are at least persistent for 6 months.  There is a spectrum of anxiety disorders and they can be Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, Phobia-related disorders, and separation anxiety disorders. All of these all have quite similar symptoms but are different.  Generalized Anxiety disorders symptoms which are c ommon anxiety signs include: Feeling nervous, restless or tense Having a sense of impending danger, panic or doom Having an increased heart rate Breathing rapidly (hyperventilation) Sweating Trembling Feeling weak or tired Troubl...

         As we all have heard ADHD and assume that is mostly a child or individual that is super hyper and acts out but the truth is that is not the case. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder is known for the acronym of ADHD which according to National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), is a disorder that is ongoing pattern of inattention or hyperactivity to impulsivity that interferes their daily activities, functions or development (NIMH, n.d.). Inattention is when not be able to focus on simple tasks such as doing homework for a certain time or tends to wander off during tasks; hyperactivity is when an individual has an excessive of movements like fidgeting or taps and in adults seem more restless with constant activity; impulsivity is when doing an action without thinking ahead that can put them or others in harm or excessively interruptive among others.           Most of the symptoms are these behaviors inattention, hyperactivi...

As being a common mood disorder, depression is also known as major depression disorder or clinical depression. Depression is a mood disorder that can affect an individual feeling of sadness that is persistent and tends to affect their cognitive, physical, and mood as being some of their symptoms. Major depression disorder (MDD) when it can lead to not being able to do daily activities and having the feeling of not worth of living which from Mayo Clinic site has mentioned as well (Mayo Clinic, 2018). According to National Institute of Mental Health (NIHM), it states that it causes severe symptoms of that affects how you feel, think and function throughout your day which is present for at least two weeks to be diagnosed with depression.  There are many forms of depression and they are: Persistent depressive disorder (also called dysthymia) is a depressed mood that lasts for at least two years and have episodes of MDD; Postpartum depression  is when women with postpartum d...