Traumatic events can shape a persons life and cause untold stress and pain for long periods of time. Natural disasters occur and can affect a persons life in terms of losing their home, causing long-term injuries, and creating a sense of instability. Continue Reading...
Obsessive-compulsive disorders (OCDs) is a term that refers to anxiety disorders that are characterized by uncontrollable obsessions and compulsions. The condition is a chronic, long-lasting disorder in which the individual has recurring thoughts and Continue Reading...
Myasthenia Gravis is one of the most common autoimmune disorders, which is a group of diseases brought by the loss of tolerance to self-antigens. Since this autoimmune disorder has an annual incidence of between 2 and 4 per million, it has attracted Continue Reading...
Anxiety and depression are the most commonly witnessed psychiatric disorders in adolescence. The prevalence of both anxiety disorder and depression increase in the adolescence period and progresses to young adulthood. The final result of these develo Continue Reading...
Biopsychosocial Case Formulation (BCF) PerspectiveThe BCF perspective considers the 4 Ps of biological, psychological, and social factors: predisposing factors, precipitating factors, perpetuating factors, and protective factors. Predisposing factors Continue Reading...
Understanding Planned Intervention for Specific Learning Disorder Introduction Specific learning disorder (SLD) is a common neurodevelopmental disorder that affects a child's ability to learn and use academic skills, such as reading, writing, and m Continue Reading...
bipolar diagnosis: A case study of Miranda Miranda is a sixteen-year-old second-generation Chinese-American girl who is suspected of manifesting bipolar disorder, according her referencing pediatrician. Miranda's specific, proposed diagnosis accord Continue Reading...
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in Hong Kong The prevalence of mental health problems in people with disabilities is estimated at between thirty and fifty percent, in Hong Kong (Vasa & Roy, 2013). Anxiety disorders are the most common mental pro Continue Reading...
Distracting a child while their parent is treated may lessen stress for a SAD child (Hillard, 2006). Nurses may also want to incorporate preventative methods into their routines, especially if they are pediatric nurses. Encouraging work in this are Continue Reading...
Autism is a disorder that starts early in the childhood and stays until adulthood. It has now been known that many conditions are considered co morbid to autism spectrum disorders. These conditions are variable but some of the most common ones includ Continue Reading...
At one point or another in our lives, we are all beginners. We begin college, a first job, a first love affair, and perhaps a first dissertation project. We bring a great deal to these new situations, including our temperament, previous education, Continue Reading...
Client Description. The client is a 19-year-old single male who was referred for treatment by his parents who are concerned that his use of alcohol is interfering with his grades in college. The client reportedly had all A grades in high school and Continue Reading...
Again, the worries may be legitimate, but the level of preoccupation is often obsessive and inhibits the quality of the person's life. Often, difficulty sleeping, a racing pulse, hot flashes, and nausea accompany the sufferer's vague sense of impend Continue Reading...
Clinically meaningful differences between juvenile and adult participants were also found. Compared to adults, juveniles were more likely to be male, recall an earlier age at OCD onset, and have different lifetime comorbidity patterns. Significant o Continue Reading...
Jane appears to be suffering from dissociative identity disorder based on the first three diagnostic criteria for this condition (American Psychiatric Association [APA], 2000). A person with dissociative identity disorder maintains multiple mutually- Continue Reading...
Lisa finds it hard to meet other kids her age who are like her. Most of her peers "do not care about school" and don't understand anything about the issues she cares about such as environmentalism and Tibet. Lisa worries excessively about external, Continue Reading...
. Even when the child in a home where DV occurs is not physically harmed, most of the time, these children know about the violence. As a result, they may experience emotional and behavior problems (The Domestic Violence…, N.d.). A victim of D Continue Reading...
Depression A person with depression must have at least five of nine symptoms in the DSM-IV-TR for two weeks. There are many theories of the causes of depression: (1.) Psychoanalytic theories - internal conflicts and a low self-image leading to ange Continue Reading...
Treatments of Bulimia Nervosa THE BEST OPTION Evaluation of Combined Therapy for Bulimia Nervosa Description and Significance Bulimia nervosa, simply bulimia or BN, refers to uncontrolled overeating or binging and then eliminating what has been e Continue Reading...
Psychopathology Conceptions of psychopathology help "to delineate which human experiences are considered psychopathological and which are not," (Maddux, Gosselin & Winstead, 2008, p. 3). One conception of psychopathology is that deviation from t Continue Reading...
Not all patient expectations will be realistic, but a mental health professional needs to be honest with a client about which expectations are reasonable and which ones are unreasonable. Another issue to investigate in each meeting with a patient w Continue Reading...
The symptoms which indicate PTSD may also vary depending on the nature of the traumatic event which causes the symptoms. Although PTSD is often caused by events which harm the subject directly, it can also occur when an event harms a loved one. The Continue Reading...
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder presents itself in many different ways for many different people. It is further complicated by the fact that there are three types of ADHD recognized by the DSM-IV and even further evidence that females and ma Continue Reading...
Glass Menagerie Tennessee Williams's play The Glass Menagerie is about the three members of the Wingfield family, Tom, Laura, and their mother Amanda. They live together and have done so since the loss of the Wingfield patriarch. This family dynami Continue Reading...
Family Counseling In the presented scenario, there are issues that are clear and that are bound to influence the direction or the effectiveness of the family counseling as well as present ethical issues. First, it is important to understand the cont Continue Reading...
Fighting cancer is among medical science's greatest challenges and it is to this field of specialty I have been drawn. For the past several years I have devoted my time and energies to laboratory research projects involving the synthesis of histone d Continue Reading...
Social Phobia in Children It is natural for the people to feel shy, self-conscious or nervous in front of others at certain occasions. Anyone can feel conscious or can have sweaty palms and racing heart when addressing a large audience or while pres Continue Reading...
Andrea M. is a 21-year-old female in her fourth year of college with aspirations to become a civil rights attorney. She was first recommended to seek treatment when she experienced her first panic attack three years ago. At the time, a friend advise Continue Reading...
" (p. 12) According to Cromer (2005) the literature that addresses the relationship between stressful life events and obsessive compulsive disorders does provide some degree of support implicating traumatic life-stress as being a factor in the onset Continue Reading...
Diagnostic Statistical Manual Disorders Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Anxiety Disorders There is a large array of more specified disorder types within the general category of anxiety disorders, but which all share a common symp Continue Reading...
318. However, in this and other studies, it seems that lack of effectiveness may be due to a cessation of the CBT and not due to its lack of effectiveness while in treatment (Belleville, 2011, p. 318). Regardless, there are very few, if any, studies Continue Reading...
It is also interesting to note that the correlation between depression and childhood sexual abuse was found to be higher among females in many studies. However, the issue of the relationship between depression and sexual abuse may not be as clear-c Continue Reading...
DSM IV-TR Grade course Alcohol intake, getting high, cocaine addiction and withdrawal symptoms are some of the terms widely heard by everyone in their day-to-day lives. Although they may sound interesting, habitual or a source of entertainment, the Continue Reading...
Generally, mood disorders are influenced by both biological and environmental factors. In order words, these disorders can be inherited. The bipolar and cyclothmic disorders generally include both euphoric and depressive feelings, while the dysthym Continue Reading...
B.S. DOB: 12/25/1992 GENDER: Female Race: Caucasian RELIGION: Catholic MARITAL STATUS: Single OCCUPATION: College Student CHIEF COMPLAINT: "I am scared. I feel like I can't catch my breath and my chest hurts." Differential Diagnosis: There ar Continue Reading...
Adolescent Substance Use Screening Instruments: 10-Year Critical Review of the Research Literature Over ten million teenagers in the United States admit in a national survey that they drink alcohol, although it is illegal under the age of 21 in all Continue Reading...
