Essays on Health

About 1% of the population over a lifetime will be afflicted with schizophrenic illness. Alcohol is a depressant drug that can slow down the messages to and from the brain and body. This exploration proposition has investigated the difficulties looked by people who are dependent on alcohol and have schizotypy...

Introduction Most people in the United States of America and other parts of the world are increasingly concerned with their appearance which has prompted them to resort to cosmetic enhancement. According to a US survey conducted in 1997, approximately 56% and 34% of men and women respectively reported dissatisfaction in their...

The Relationship Between Neuroticism and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder The article focuses on research in determining any direct relationship between neuroticism levels and the various mechanisms that support posttraumatic stress disorder. Study #1: Cognitive Processes of Neuroticism and Symptom Severity The researchers examine two studies to find ways in which the cognitive processes of...

Three Generational Genogram showing Emotional Disorder for Johnson’s and Smith’s FamilyIssue of ConcernThe genogram above is showing emotional disorder in three-generational families of Johnson and Smith. The genogram is focusing on the emotional relationship of these two families.  A genogram is a pictorial/graphical representation of a family generational scheme that...

Benefits of Sleep When people hear about sleep, they think it is just a normal process in life, and some might not understand its benefits. However, sleep is something that is usually felt naturally, especially after a long day at work or after getting tired. We typically sleep at night. Like...

Over the past decades, schizophrenia has affected approximately 21 million people across the world, but few realize what the leading causes, symptoms, and diagnosis are. Schizophrenia is characterized as a severe mental disorder in which people are not able to differentiate the reality of life to abnormality (Weinberger " Harrison...

Amnesia is a disorder associated with memory shortage, and it results from psychological trauma, brain disease, and brain damage. Retrograde amnesia refers to a person's inability to recall information that was acquired before a certain period, especially the time of operation or accident. Anterograde amnesia is the incapacity to transfer...

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), approximately one billion persons suffer from some kind of disability. In addition, it is projected that between 93 and 150 million persons living with disability are children. Reports from the Plan International suggest that children are ten-fold less likely to attend school as...

Behavioral Therapy Behavioral therapy views psychological disorders as originating from maladaptive learning since people are born tabula rasa. All behaviors are learned from one's environment, and these symptoms are acquired through classical and operant conditioning. Behavioral therapy focuses on the current problem and behavior. It applies a number of strategies in...

Edward Thorndike was among the first researchers who discovered that punishment and reward for behavior evoke learning. An individual responds to conditions based on the expected outcomes. According to Instrumental conditioning, a behavior associated with an awful consequence is likely not to be repeated while a behavior linked to a...

My selected journal article is “Differential effects of physical activity and sleep duration on cognitive function in young adults” by Kato et al. 2017. The purpose of the study was to investigate how sleep duration and physical activities affect cognitive functioning by demonstrating the neural mechanisms with the use of...

Introduction: Bipolar Disorder 1 or Manic Depression Patients with a mental illness characterized by swing moods, or out of control moods that occurs in a vast mode are said to suffer from bipolar disorder 1 or manic depression. The patients under this condition are believed to have once in a lifetime...