Case Study for Michael Christy Bosley Axia College of University of Phoenix PSY210 Jennifer Doran March 16‚ 2008 Case Study for Michael The causes for Michael’s stress seems to be the fact that his divorce just became finalized‚ he wanted custody of his children but his work schedule can not allow for that‚ but Michael receives visitation every two weeks and his employer has announced financial restrictions that could result in possible layoffs. Since Michael is divorced he has purchased
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Compare and contrast normal and abnormal psychology. According to Kolwaski and Weston‚ psychology is the scientific investigation of mental processes and behavior. Two branches of psychology are normal and abnormal psychology. Although the have similarities‚ they are both different. Normal psychology is an applied and academic field that is associated with the human mind and normal behavior. The scope for normal behavior is set by the standards of considering abnormal behavior. Research is done
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Historical Perspectives of Abnormal Psychology PSY/410 Historical Perspectives of Abnormal Psychology No meaning of abnormality has been completely approved by the psychological community. However‚ having knowledge of unusual mindset is important to evaluating one’s conduct in deciding what a meaning must be (Hansell & Damour‚ 2008). Unusual conduct is usually regarded as conduct which is the opposite of social norms‚ with usual conduct being the very opposite. In this ability‚ it ’s particularly
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with her lover‚ she takes off for California with the money. She ends up becoming tired from the drive and pulls into the Bates Motel. Unfortunately for Marion‚ the owner of the motel‚ Norman Bates‚ was suffering from a severe case of dissociative identity disorder a case so extreme that it cost Marion her life. Norman Bates suffered from dissociative identity disorder‚ or DID. Dissociative identity disorder mainly involves "the existence of more than one distinct identity or personality within
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Abstract This paper analyses the Borderline Personality Disorder. The analysis is based on the movie " Girl Interrupted". This movie is based on a true story of Susanna Kaysen. The paper presents the description of disorder based on DSM-IV-TR and The National Institute of Mental Health [NIMH]. Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is characterized by impulsivity‚ unstable and intense interpersonal relationships‚ an unstable self-image‚ frantic efforts to avoid perceived abandonment‚ inappropriate
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3 year old Tina Gerhardt was admitted to the abulatroy surgery unit at Nightingale Community Hospital by her mother for bilateral myringotomies (insertion of ear tubes). After Tina was registered‚ she was handed off to the pre-op nurse and she explained that the surgery was going to take 45 minutes and recovery would take an hour. Tina mom gave the per-op nurse instructions to called her if Tina was done with surgery and recovery before she came back. The per-op nurse took the information down
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Chapter 7--Mood Disorders and Suicide Key 1. Prior to the DSM-IIIR‚ conditions that are currently characterized as mood disorders were referred to by several different names‚ including all of the following EXCEPT: A. B. C. D. 2. depressive disorders affective disorders psychotic episodes depressive neuroses One of the symptoms of a mood disorder is called anhedonia‚ which means: A. a feeling of worthlessness B. an altered pattern of sleep C. indecisiveness D. an inability to experience pleasure
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Practice Case study John/Jane Doe Case study 1: Ricky Smith Diagnostic statement: Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder‚ Predominantly Inattentive Type Diagnostic Breakdown: ( 1) Six ( or more) of the following symptoms of inattention have persisted for at least 6 months to a degree that is maladaptive and inconsistent with developmental level: Ricky’s behavior meets seven criteria for at least 14 months in the dimension of inattention: * Inattention ( a) Often fails to give close
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Abnormal Psychology and Culture-Bound Syndromes As many of us know‚ there are unlimited differences in cultures around the world from religion to the way we communicate with one another. What many of us may not know‚ however‚ is that there are actually specific psychological disorders found only in certain areas of the world. There are several well known culture-bound disorders as well as variances in disorders and on theoretical reasons behind the disorders themselves that will be discussed
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since they do not understand themselves much and do not know how to interact with others. This shows that they have poor skills in intra- and interpersonal competencies. Sammy’s case is a good example and I am going to investigate it by identifying his problems and proposing solutions for him. Problem In Sammy’s case‚ I can see that Sammy has many problems and I am going to divide these problems into two parts: (1) Problem about himself (2) Problem with others (1) Problem about
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