Essays on Health

Autism is a neurological disorder characterized by abnormal emotional and social communication. Additionally, it is also characterized by repetitive and restricted behavior. It can either be specific or pervasive in nature. Specific autism manifests itself as impairment in only one domain, for instance in speech. The Pervasive nature entails a...

Down syndrome is a condition where a child is born with two extra chromosomes (21st chromosome) hence called trisomy 21 (Harris 25). Kids with this syndrome are categorized under people with disability. They require particular attention and treatment in schools to support their learning. My lot is dealing with a...

Unintended consequence denotes results or outcomes, which in most cases are not the one anticipated or foreseen by a resolute activity. Many esteemed institutions such as language and free markets spontaneously emerged as an unintended outcome of an act, in which the institutions evolved naturally from the interaction of people...

Individuals with Personality Disorders Individuals with personality disorders (PDs) exhibit feelings, thoughts and behaviours that contradict with established societal norms and cultural expectations (Edition, 2013; Aggarwal, 2013). The UK National Offender Management Service (NOMS) outlines three conditions for PD to be present. First PDs are problematic – they cause people to...

The desire of an individual to eat or when to stop eating is in their mind. A strong comprehension of which section of the brain controls the motivation to eat can result in a greater comprehension of what makes some individuals overeat. There have been many critics that take the...

Inappropriate use of drugs is a problem leading to myriads of challenges to the life of people across the world. In addition to harming the users, the drugs affect the life of family members. Moreover, the life of the society has a high potential of being affected by the mayhem...

Emotional regulation refers to the capability of an individual to react to existing internal experience in a friendly way. Reactivity in people is composed of feelings, traits, and biological responses which occur inside the body. Some psychiatric syndromes are associated with various forms of emotional sensitivity and emotional regulation. Emotion...

IntroductionAlzheimer’s ailment is one of the mental illnesses that can cause the death of a human being if not well diagnosed. The ailment was discovered by a physician known as Alois Alzheimer in 1906. During Alzheimer’s research, changes of brain tissue were noticed in about fifty-year-old female patient who passed...

Childhood depression is a condition that often affects children of all ages and significantly impairs their function, growth, and development. Although its prevalence is lower than that observed in adults, it still presents a significant disease burden and effect on the quality of life. Usually, those who suffer the condition...

The Purpose of the Article The purpose of the article was to provide a coherent theoretical model of autobiographical memory that serves as a framework that brings together all the diverse concepts and research about autobiographical memory. The area of autobiographical memory has not been succinctly addressed in the past. Scientists...

Introduction There are so many confusing aspects between the various uses of histograms and bar charts, a bar chart for one is made of different columns that are plotted in a graph (Daly, "Bourke, 2008). Histograms on the other hand, just like the bar charts have their columns uniquely plotted in...

Complaints of anxiety and depression are very common among individuals seeking treatments in the primary healthcare centers. Psychiatrists are usually requested to assess and manage patients with depressive disorders in order to help them cope with depression.  The management strategies, used to deal with stress, are correlated with the factors...