The danger here is to reduce human suffering into one category: biological. What about our other dimensions, like the spiritual, the meaningful, the emotional?
I found this site after reading up on ADHD and Dr. Hallowell's world renowned work. This site is trust worthy because it is actually the doctor's site. His main study is ADHD so reading on his work shows us the truth behind all of the claims of ADHD. This page explains what adhd is, how to diagnose it and the difference between adhd in children and adults.
Cannabis is too easy to access (become more and more easy to access, as well). People are under the influence that smoking cannabis is not bad for you, and that it is, in fact, better than smoking tobacco. However, this is not the case, as researchers are starting to see that cannabis might actually be causing mental illnesses.
most drug users take other drugs in addition to cannabis create methodological problems and explain the dearth of reliable evidence
It is believed that cannabis triggers the onset or relapse of schizophrenia in predisposed people, however this cannot be certain, because many of the people being researched on have taken other drugs, which makes it hard to determine wether the triggers are from the cannabis or from any of the other drugs.
During a test (that occurred over 15 years), it was discovered that by smoking marijuana during adolescence, you are increasing your risk of developing schizophrenia. However, they are not certain that marijuana is the only cause: Other drugs might be a factor too, and a few other concepts.
In addition, research is showing that cannabis also has a relation with depression. It was studied over a period of 15 years, and results show that by smoking cannabis, you are increasing your risk of developing a major depression. It was also showed that the use of cannabis also increases the idea of suicide and inability to feel pleasure.
Although only few studies were talked about in the National institution of Health, they are enough to prove that cannabis increases ones rist of developing schizophrenia AND depression. The studies also provide very little support to prove that there is also a link between marijuana and mental health problems that are largely due to self medication (harder to prove). These studies are not trying to say that if you smoke cannabis you will develop schizophrenia or depression, however it is saying that those who are more vulnerable will.
It is important to note that those who use cannabis must reduce their usage if they want their risk of developing schizophrenia or depression to decrease. It was estimated that if you were to have reduced your exposure to cannabis, the incidence of psychosis would have reduced treatment by as much as 50% (Dutch study).
With further analysis, it has been discovered that cannabis is the drug associated with the possibility of developing schizophrenia (and not the impact of other drugs).
During another experiment, it was found that 59 people with a basic diagnosis of a psychotic disorder show a strong association with the use of cannabis and psychosis. It is evident that the longer you've been smoking the drug, the more your symtoms will worsen(there is a higher chance), just like with any other drug.
An Australian study was also made that shows the more you smoke cannabis, the higher your rates of anxiety or depression might be. It was proven that this link is more prone to young women than young men, however this was not proved in any other study (except the australian one).
It was proven, however, that any young human being that has used cannabis three times or more by the age of 18 is more likely to have some sort of depressive disorder by the age of 26! (And unfortunately, this was proved even to those that stopped smoking cannabis and got themselves under control. After the first 3 times, it was too late).
1990s
The link between cannabis and psychosis is well established
link between use of marijuana and depression
triggers the onset or relapse of schizophrenia in predisposed people and also exacerbates the symptoms generally
use of marijuana during adolescence increased the risk of schizophrenia in a dose-response relation
possible causal role of other drugs, and prodromal symptoms of schizophrenia
led to the use of cannabis, rather than cannabis triggering the psychosis.
is associated with later schizophrenia and that this is not explained by prodromal symptoms
cannabis
relation between
strong association between use of cannabis and psychosis
Participants who showed psychotic symptoms at baseline and used cannabis had a worse outcome
used cannabis three times or more by age 15 or 18
more likely to have schizophreniform disorder at age 26
cannabis increased the risk of major depression
increase in suicidal ideation and anhedonia
the use of cannabis and anxiety or depression in a large cohort of 14-15 year olds followed for seven years
Length of exposure to use of cannabis predicted the severity of the psychosis
higher rates of anxiety or depression
frequency
study in the New Zealand
did not find an association between cannabis use at age 15 and depressive disorder at age 26
that young people who had used cannabis three times or more by age 18 were more likely to have a depressive disorder at age 26
findings strengthen the argument that use of cannabis increases the risk of schizophrenia and depression
importance of reducing the use of cannabis in people who use it
exposure to cannabis would have reduced the incidence of psychosis requiring treatment by as much as 50%
showing that the use of cannabis increased the risk of schizophrenia by 30%
cannabis will contribute to more episodes or new cases of the illness
This link is credible because it is from studies conducted by the well known University Harvard
Under the current official
definition, PTSD is diagnosed only if you have been exposed to actual
or threatened death or serious injury and responded with fear, helplessness,
or horror.
The point
in a person’s life when a trauma occurs may also predict her likelihood
of developing the disorder.
More examples that i never even considered possible.
Avoidance: Avoiding thoughts, feelings,
activities, places, and people associated with the trauma. This may
result in social withdrawal and becoming numb to positive as well
as negative emotions.
I did not know this to be a symptom. I wonder how easy it would be to identify.
Symptoms lasting more than three months are considered chronic
PTSD
Occasionally, someone develops “delayed PTSD” six months
later or more, following a reminder of the event.
In the
June 28, 2004, Archives of Internal Medicine, researchers from
the Veterans Administration reported that women with PTSD have more medical
conditions and worse physical health than non-traumatized women, even
those with depression.
At first i only associated PTSD with causing suicide, but i didn't realize that it is also impacted the physical health or it's subjects.
“The amygdala appears to be overreactive in PTSD. We’re
currently examining whether it is already overreactive, making someone
more vulnerable to PTSD, or becomes that way in response to trauma,”
Brains re-wiring themselves is called brain plasticity.
y rare, a 2009 study by Belgian researchers found that 41 percent of hospital and rehab patients with a vegetative state diagnosis were actually minimally conscious
ike a flickering light, and you’re going to miss it unless you systematically look for it,” Fins said.
n a few cases, this technology has enabled rudimentary communication with patients trapped inside an unresponsive body. In the future, some scientists believe, it may be possible to directly decode these patients’ thoughts.
For an explanation of how this decoding might work, go to the end of the article.
Getting these methods right is crucial, as pressure mounts to use them in medical decisions, including whether or not to terminate life support, and in the legal battles that sometimes ensue. There are a number of ongoing legal cases in Canada that involve vegetative or minimally conscious patients and end of life decisions, says Adrian Owen, a neuroscientist at the University of Western Ontario. “I’m absolutely sure fMRI is going to play a role in one or more of these cases in the next 12 months.”
The role of technology in ethical decision making.
technology that created these disorders in the first place.
ut a badly damaged brain is not necessarily unconscious. The recent research tells us quite clearly that human consciousness is not binary. It can exist in degrees, fade in and out, even when the body is unresponsive.
Consciousness is not binary but a question of degrees.
wen also described a new way to assess mental function in unresponsive patients. It involves scanning someone’s brain as they watch an 8 minute clip of an Alfred Hitchcock film. When healthy people do this, various parts of the brain synchronize their activity at certain times in the clip. Owen argues that if brain injury patients exhibit similar patterns, it could be a telltale sign of residual cognitive function.
imple yes-no communication probably isn’t enough to allow patients to participate in decisions about their care.
Gallant’s lab has shown that it’s possible to reconstruct still images and video clips from the patterns of activity elicited in the brain of the person viewing them. If Gallant can see what your visual cortex is doing, he can tell you, more or less, what you’re looking at.
This website is very useful for my project because it explains the basics of schizophrenia: What is schizophrenia, what are the causes, is it hereditary, how is schizophrenia diagnosed, etc. This website is also very credible because it is a 'medicine net' article and there are real doctors posting things up on this website.
This is the key idea behind the KETO diet; eat very little sugar and carbs so the insulin levels drop and the body burns fat for energy.
interaction of the various systems that determine hunger creates a balance or homeostasis in which we eat when we are hungry and stop eating when we feel full.
Exercise increases cardiovascular capacity, lowers blood pressure, and helps improve diabetes, joint flexibility, and muscle strength (American Heart Association, 1998). Exercise also slows the cognitive impairments that are associated with aging (Kramer, Erickson, & Colcombe, 2006).
The Canadian Psychological Association issued a policy statement in February 1982 endorsing the principle that there be no discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation for (a) recruitment; (b) hiring; (c) salary; (d) promotion rate; (e) fringe benefits; or (f) assignment of duties. The American Psychiatric Association no longer considers homosexuality to be a mental illness, although it did so until 1973.
This is a good example of sociological influences on the diagnosis and understanding of mental illness. This 'mental illness' was ousted from the DSM in 1973. You can read more here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4695779/
Areas of the hypothalamus are different in homosexual men, as well as in animals with homosexual tendencies