Young preschoolers‚ ages one and a half to three and a half years‚ with a fluency problem have what is known as borderline stuttering. Borderline stuttering is classified by (a) core behaviors‚ eleven or more disfluencies per 100 words; more than two units in repetitions; more repetitions and prolongations than revisions or interjections‚ (b) secondary behaviors‚ none‚ (c) generally not aware; may occasionally show momentary surprise or mild frustration‚ and (d) underlying processes‚ stresses of
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PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDER ANALYSIS Psychological Disorder Analysis Your Name Your School Marla‚ a 42-year-old Hispanic female‚ came to the mental health clinic expressing complaints of feeling “jumpy” all the time‚ having trouble sleeping‚ and is experiencing problems with concentration. Marla states these symptoms are beginning to cause problems for her at her job. The limited information provided makes it difficult to analyze Marla’s disorder. However‚ the symptoms suggest that Marla
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The estimated prevalence of Separation Anxiety Disorder is 4-5%‚ making it one of the most common childhood psychiatric disorders. In the United States‚ recent research has shown that 1.6% of the population‚ approximately 4 million people‚ are diagnosed with Borderline Personality disorder. Childhood Disintegrative Disorder‚ while rare‚ is also a threat‚ and only 1.7 per 100‚000 children is diagnosed with it. In "Painted Rain"‚ it is shown that healthy relationships with other children and adults
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I’m currently in the midst of reading Allan Stratton’s coming of age novel aptly titled Borderline‚ about a Muslim American boy who wants nothing more than to be accepted in his white suburban community. Out of the blue‚ the FBI suddenly accuses Sami’s dad of being part of an international terrorist plot and things suddenly go from bad to worse when Sami’s dad is thrown into jail‚ and his bullies go from calling him a ’sand monkey’ to dumping his head in the toilet. When Sami realizes he has nowhere
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Cattell was well known for his systematic approach to both defining and measuring various aspects of personality. One of his major contributions in studying personality was the Cattell’s 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PF)‚ which provide descriptions of the primary personality factor. He later turned this into the five second-order factors of personality. Factor analysis was another contribution‚ which utilized correlation to measure relationships between two sets of numbers‚ with zero being
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Girl‚ Interrupted Girl‚ Interrupted is an autobiographical book written by Susana Kaysen which was turned in to a movie. Susana Kaysen expressed promiscuous behavior earlier in her life and was sent to the Claymore Mental Hospital to be analyzed. Throughout her development at Claymore‚ Susana formed bonds with a group of girls she would have never met until she was sent to Claymore. Claymore Hospital allowed these girls to become so close‚ and without this experience Susana would not be the girl
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Raskolnikov’s split personality interrupts his ability to live a normal life. Loves and hates people he is moody‚ melancholy‚ proud‚ and haughty; recently (and perhaps for much longer than I know) he has been morbidly depressed and over-anxious about his health. He is kind and generous. He doesn’t like to display his feelings‚ and would rather seem heartless than talk about them. Sometimes‚ however‚ he is not hypochondriacal at all‚ but simply inhumanly cold and unfeeling. Really‚ it is as if he
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Psychological Disorder Analysis October 30‚ 2011 PSY/270 Marla is a 42-year-old Hispanic female who comes to the mental health clinic complaining of having trouble sleeping‚ feeling “jumpy all of the time‚” and experiencing an inability to concentrate. These symptoms cause problems for her at work‚ where she is an accountant. As a psychiatrist I would need to diagnose Marla with the proper disorder‚ explain information about the diagnosis‚ and discuss possible treatments with her. It would
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A disorder that takes one through a figurative rollercoaster of emotion with many high points of abnormal energy and low points of despair. A person would call this disorder manic depression or bipolar disorder. With symptoms like mania which is a period of elevated energy‚ happiness and irritably or depression that brings a feeling of hopelessness‚ insecurity and negativity; life can be hard. Firstly‚ this article will examine bipolar disorder including symptoms and whom it affects. Then‚ it is
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The person I have chosen to use for this research assignment is a gentleman I will refer to as Randall. He is a 31 year old man with what has been diagnosed as both a General Anxiety Disorder and agoraphobia. Randall’s condition is one that stems from a moment of extreme anxiety in his early twenties‚ and has worsened over the last decade into the agoraphobic behaviors of having a generalized discomfort or inability to leave the house. In short‚ Randall cannot be somewhere that does not come with
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