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Anxiety - A feeling of apprehension and fear characterized by physical symptoms such as palpitations, sweating, and feelings of stress. Bipolar Disorder - This disorder is characterized by successive feelings of elation and depression. Depression - An illness that involves the body, mood, and thoughts, that affects the way a person eats and sleeps, the way one feels about oneself, and the way one thinks about things. Hallucination - Perceptions that occur without any external stimulus. Mental Disorder - Psychiatric illness or diseases manifested by breakdowns in the adaptational process expressed primarily as abnormalities of thought, feeling, and behavior producing either distress or impairment of function. Neurotransmitter - Chemicals that act as messengers between cells in the brain and nervous system; they transmit impulses across the gap from a neuron to another neuron, a muscle, or a gland. Phobia - Persistent, irrational fear. Post-traumatic Stress Disorder - Feelings of anxiety experienced after a particularly frightening or stressful event, which include recurring dreams, difficulty sleeping, and a feeling of isolation. Psychotherapy - It is the process the counseling where the counselor encourages the counsel lee to express his feelings and understand them better to cope with them. |
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Posted by:
health-today
Posted on: 09/10/2011 i agree with behavioral problems in friendship because i feel it very much..... depression is a serious matter so the earlier that it is diagnosed, the earlier the treatment.
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Posted by:
health-today
Posted on: 09/10/2011 i agree with behavioral problems in friendship because i feel it very much..... depression is a serious matter so the earlier that it is diagnosed, the earlier the treatment.
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wolfiexX1(Guest)
Posted on: 07/30/2011 parents sometimes think talking to their child would make things better.Well let me tell you this, my dad toke me to therapy because he notice i changed alot.Well it didnt work instead i felt more alone and depressed! It`s sometimes better of to leave them alone. I have been thinking about killing myself because i feel like im useless to people.
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ennairam_23
Posted on: 02/25/2011 parents should check their adolescent child if there is any sign of depression. depression is a serious matter so the earlier that it is diagnosed, the earlier the treatment. |
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