Common student illnesses

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1 Depression-Suicide, Schizophrenia and Eating Disorders often appear in the 20's parallel to a college age student.
2 Is there a problem or symptom that you can identify?
3 Depression and or Suicide
4 Schizophrenia
5 Eating Disorders
6 Quick Help

Depression-Suicide, Schizophrenia and Eating Disorders often appear in the 20's parallel to a college age student.

All are Treatable illnesses! Friends, classmates and instructors may be the only contacts to identify a problem or change in the person. Many times the students are away from home and family.

Definitions - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [1]

DEPRESSION: Clinical depression, a medical condition identified by clusters of symptoms such as markedly-decreased mood, motivation, interest, energy levels, etc (also known as severe depression disorder or major depression disorder). WIKIPEDIA

SUICIDE:(from Latin sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the act of willfully ending one's own life. Suicide is sometimes used as a noun for one who has committed or attempted the act. WIKIPEDIA

SCHIZOPHRENIA: is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes a mental disorder characterized by impairments in the perception or expression of reality and/or by significant social or occupational dysfunction. A person experiencing untreated schizophrenia is typically characterized as demonstrating disorganized thinking, and as experiencing delusions or auditory hallucinations. WIKIPEDIA

Although the disorder is primarily thought to affect cognition, it can also contribute to chronic problems with behavior and emotion. Due to the many possible combinations of symptoms, there is ongoing and heated debate about whether the diagnosis necessarily or adequately describes a disorder, or alternatively whether it might represent a number of disorders. For this reason, Eugen Bleuler deliberately called the disease "the schizophrenias" plural, when he coined the present name.

EATING DISORDER: An eating disorder is a compulsion to eat in a way which disturbs physical health. The eating may be excessive (compulsive over-eating); too limited (restricting); may include normal eating punctuated with episodes of purging; may include cycles of binging and purging; or may encompass the ingesting of non-foods. The best-known eating disorders are Anorexia nervosa and Bulimia nervosa. The most widely and rapidly spreading eating disorder is compulsive overeating or Binge eating disorder. The three most common eating disorders are anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorder. All three have severe consequences to a person's health and can even cause death. There are numerous theories as to the causes and mechanisms leading to eating disorders. WIKIPEDIA

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Is there a problem or symptom that you can identify?

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Depression and or Suicide

Thoughts: Doesn't Care anymore, no future, talk of death, helplessness, despair, loneliness, disconnected, feelings of failure or worthlessness, hopelessness, sad, quiet.

Situation Changes: Trouble with law, trouble in relationships, unemployed, physical moves, family disruption, money problems, any member of a minority group stress.

Physical Changes: Weight loss, weight gain, sleeplessness, lack of personal hygiene, lack of interest in things once pleasurable, increasing illnesses.

Behavior Changes: Putting affairs in order, giving away personal things valued, emotional outbursts, increased usage of drugs/alcohol, dropping out or quitting things, crying or even cutting on oneself.

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Schizophrenia

Thoughts: Can be delusional, paranoid, slow functioning, suicidal, beliefs are wrong or misguided.

Situation: Hallucinations, hears voices, smells things others don't, often talk to themselves.

Physical: Men in their teens and early 20's or women in their 20-30's are the average age when the illness develops. Often it runs in families, it is found that people with an immediate family member diagnosed have a 10% increase.

Behavioral: Often used drugs/alcohol to try and temporarily relieve the changes that are occurring. People with Schizophrenia are often thought to be drunk or high.

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Eating Disorders

Thoughts: Low self esteem, obsessive thoughts with weight and appearance, distorted view of body image.

Situation: Weighs every day, needs to be perfect and problems in relationships.

Physical: Young women most typically develop the illnesses. Exercise excessively, Skip meals

Behavior: Depressed, obsessive, withdrawn, lies-keeps secrets about food.

There are 3 major types of eating disorders which include; Bulimia, Anorexia and Binge Eating:

Anorexia - Starvation, loss of periods, over exercise, may binge and purge. Can cause damage to bones, hair, nails, heart & brain if it goes untreated it can result in death.

Bulimia - Overeating (often in secret) and uses vomiting or laxatives to rid the body of the food often depression associated. Can causes loss of tooth enamel, tiredness, weak bones, cramping/nausea, stomach rupture and cardiac arrest.

Binge Eating - Eating too much food at one time, the person must eat even when not hungry. Usually overweight, feels out of control, depressed/low self-esteem and often little exercise. Can cause continuous weight change, diabetes and heart disease.

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