Support Plan Outline Educational Advocacy Anna has been diagnosed with autism or autism spectrum disorder‚ ASD‚ and there is no known cure. Scientists are not sure what causes autism‚ but they think environmental and biological factors are contributors. “Autism spectrum disorder is characterized by persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction across multiple contexts‚ including deficits in social reciprocity‚ nonverbal communicative behaviors used for social interaction‚ and
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Organizational Analysis Outline Region Analysis Regional alliances and economic integration Russia‚ USA‚ East Asian Nations (Australia‚ Japan‚ Philippines‚ Singapore‚ South Korea‚ and Thailand) is part of the regional alliances. Economic integration is China is growing at an extremely fast pace and needs to open its market up to imports. The physical environment and its effect on trade China accounts for 23% of world population‚ is the third largest country‚ third largest diverse population‚ Communists
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Case Study #2 Michael is a 40-year-old airline pilot who has recently begun to experience chest pains. The chest pains began when Michael signed his final divorce papers‚ ending his 15-year marriage. He fought for joint custody of his two children‚ ages 12 and 10‚ but although he wants to be with them more frequently‚ he only sees them every two weeks. This schedule is‚ in great part‚ a result of his employer’s announcement that budget constraints would result in layoffs. Michael worries that
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Case Study #6 — Schizotypal Personality Disorder Background Information Tyler is a 15 year old male who is currently living at home with his mother and younger sister. His mother describes Tyler as “always being an odd child” who had significant difficulty relating to his peers. As a child he would spend a great deal of time alone involved in role playing. She said that social situations always provoke great anxiety in Tyler and he is extremely socially inept. Currently Tyler rarely socializes‚
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Very detailed post! I agree that the primary issue with Schizophrenia and many other disorders is the lack of etiology. Discovering this alone could change the way individuals are treated and as well stigmatized; But‚ as it stands the current issue is the over usage of antipsychotics and the lack of sufficient treatment. In Whitaker (2015) podcast he pointed out the flaws of antipsychotics suggesting that if antipsychotics were indeed effective society would see a decrease in diagnosis; furthermore
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Anxiety affects 40 million adults in the United States ages 18 and up which about 18% of the population. Growing up with bad Anxiety was not the easiest thing to handle. I use to be very self-abusive to the point I ended up finding out I had anxiety induced bulimia and little thing to some people might mean a bad episode for me like a test an addition or even reading in front of a class because I might mess up because of my dyslexia. But in my junior year of high school‚ I found a way to fight my
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Speech Anxiety Communication apprehension to me simple means the fear of speaking. I use the word “simple” very lightly. It has been something I have feared for many years in my life. It prevented me from finishing college‚ because I was unable to get up in front of my class and give a 45 minute speech. Some of the factors that lead to communications apprehension are not being prepared and being too hard on yourself. Other factors that my also affect it there is anticipation of a hostile
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The Correlation Between Religiosity and Anxiety Among College Students Overwhelmingly‚ throughout the past decade there has been a dramatic increase in the number of college students who are diagnosed and treated for anxiety related issues (American College Health Association‚ 2015). Currently‚ around 15.8% of college students in the United States have been diagnosed or treated for some form of anxiety‚ while an increasing 21.9% report that anxiety has negatively affected their schooling within
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Talk to anyone in the African American community over the age of 40 about seeking treatment for anxiety and over 50% will say‚ "I’ll be okay‚ I just need to get some sleep‚ or "All I need to do is get this no good man out of my life and I’ll be fine‚" or I am not crazy‚ I don’t need no shrink asking me a lot of personal questions!" Or the classic‚ "Are you kidding me‚ I am not telling those white folks my business!" After the infamous postal worker killings in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s‚ human
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Personality disorders greatly influence the dropout rates in treatment for homeless individuals. Of the cluster B personality disorders‚ borderline personality disorder is one of the most difficult to treat in homeless individuals due to its high comorbidity rate with other Axis I disorders and the patient’s difficulty in emotional regulation and maintaining stable relationships with others. Art therapy is often used as a complementary therapy to treat borderline personality disorder. While qualitative
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