Tess November 19th, 2008
Clues can be invaluable to the caregiver or professional who is concerned about an elderly individual and they are adamant about not feeling sad. Clues can be both physical and emotional in nature and include aches and pains that are vague or unexplained, seeming to be or expressing hopelessness, helplessness or when the individual shows signs of being anxious or having excessive worries.
Tess November 3rd, 2008
The most difficult part of grief over the death of a pet is that probably no one except you understands your grief. Somehow or the other, the death of an animal is hard for people to compare with the death of a human being. It is only you and your family who understand how close a companion the pet had been. Grief on the death of a pet is normal and the extent largely depends upon your bond with the pet. Children are especially fond of pets and it affects them the most.
Tess October 20th, 2008
Serotonin is a monoamine neurotransmitter produced in the central nervous system and the gastrointestinal tract. Although nearly 80 to 90% of serotonin is found in the small intestines, it has a great impact upon the emotional health of an individual.
In the nervous system serotonin regulates aggression, anger, mood and sexuality along with other aspects like sleep, appetite and metabolism. It also stimulates vomiting. Serotonin, in the blood is stored in the platelets, which collect it for healing purposes. Recent studies indicate that serotonin also plays an important role in liver regeneration and division of cells.
Tess October 17th, 2008
Terms like ‘mental breakdown’, ‘nervous breakdown’ and ‘emotional breakdown’ are not clinical terms and like ‘sanity’ they are used only to generally refer to a state of mind. These terms are mainly used to describe a feeling of exhaustion due to daily demands made on an individual.
Emotional or nervous breakdown may refer to a number of things. It may mean anything - a panic attack, the manic phase of bipolar disorder, a psychotic episode or a feeling of being emotionally extended and exhausted by continuous hassles. It may also refer to bottled up stress that is ultimately let off.
Tess October 14th, 2008
There is an old Buddhist fable that goes like this. A bereaved person approached Buddha, the founder of Buddhism for curing his grief. The sage asked the person to bring an item from a house that has never visited by death. The person knocked at every house only to be told the obvious – that there has been a death in the house at some point in time.
Tess September 7th, 2008
The common meeting point of various theories is that emotions cause a noticeable physical change in the body. These physical changes can be perceived as body sensations. For example, fear causes an increase in heartbeat and happiness induces an expansive feeling in the chest and a feeling of lightness.
Your attitude towards life events and cognitive abilities largely determines your response and feeling. A positive mental attitude is a very good insurance against temperamental mood swings and can ensure good physical and emotional health.
Tess August 5th, 2008
Bipolar Syndrome or manic depression is a psychiatric aberration that is a group of mood disorders in which an individual afflicted with it undergoes extreme emotional states from being clinically depressed to an elevated mood states (or vice versa), and/or a combination of these mood states. If this disorder is ignored and untreated, it can be a crippling condition and may possibly cause suicide.
Tess June 19th, 2008
Nobody wants to be a bother and you are no exception. You might have noticed a loss of short term memory and maybe even had an episode of an unexplained crying spell or suddenly realized that your overall positive outlook on life is no longer as good as it used to be. You may find yourself too tired to get out of bed and no longer interested in visiting with friends and family members.
Tess February 8th, 2008
You and your best friend may both be seniors who have found through one of the depression screenings that you are at risk for suffering from depressions. Who knows, you may have even gone to the doctor together to get diagnosed and while you both were diagnosed with a cause of depression, you and your friend were prescribed different medications . What gives?
Tess February 1st, 2008
MRI scans, as a method of treatment for depression was discovered accidentally. At some time, these scans were studied and led to serious research and finally a new cure for depression.
Brain scans are usually an unpleasant experience for most people. But this proved different for people who were suffering from bipolar disease. The story goes like this. Some researchers were trying to compare the brain chemistry of bipolar patients with normal people. While conducting a series of MRI scans, researchers noticed that those suffering from bipolar disease came out happier after coming out of the MRI scan machine. This caused them to change the course of their research and pursue a different hypothesis. They started to explore the affect that electromagnetic fields have on bipolar patients.
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