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    The movie As Good As It Gets sets in New York City where the main character Melvin Udall (Nicholson) finds his life turned upside down when he is left with the responsibility of taking care of his neighbour Simon’s dog while he is being hospitilized. Melvin is a cranky‚ rude‚ bigoted obsessive writer that suffers from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). He eats breakfast at the same table in the same reestaurant everyday and brings along his own platsic utensils due to his fear of germs and takes

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    The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) includes criteria for diagnosing disorders and its clinical presentation. The continual evolvement of the DSM in its subsequent editions has provided clinicians an approach for diagnosing 400 mental disorders. In addition‚ the DSM is the most popular classification system used in the United States (Comer‚ p. 85). While the tools used to diagnose abnormal behavior have showed great advancement in the last two centuries‚ this comes with

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    Assess/Analyze | Plan | Implement | Evaluate | ------------------------------------------------- Mental Health DX------------------------------------------------- Schizophrenia(DSM-IV TR)Axis I | ------------------------------------------------- Nursing Diagnosis based on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs:------------------------------------------------- Safety & Security | Long-Term Goal | Short-Term Goal | Nursing Actions | Scientific Rationale | Evaluation | Related to:Predisposing Factors:Precipitating

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    I am going to be assessing and diagnosing Melvin Udall form the film As Good As It Gets. He displays multiple patterns of behavior‚ and symptoms‚ which indicate the presence of a psychopathology. His recurrent behaviors and actions along with being pessimistic and sarcastic to everyone around him make his life in general‚ ability to form relationships‚ and ability to function in society nearly impossible or difficult. He complains of being tired and not feeling like himself‚ as well as disclosing

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    As Good as It Gets 1

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    As Good As It Gets Overview Melvin Udall‚ from As Good As It Gets‚ presents today in your clinic. He has a history of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Although past attempts at treatment were unsuccessful‚ Melvin wants to try again. He has just begun a relationship with Carol Connelly‚ a waitress‚ who has urged Melvin to explore treatment that will help him abandon some of his rituals‚ improve his social skills‚ and ultimately manage the anxiety and obsessions that cause his behavioral and

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    As Good as It Get

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    Brittney Guyton Comm100 As Good As It Gets 5/16/13 As Good As It Gets is a movie about a clever novelist who has obsessive compulsive disorder. He loves to offend people. He is very blunt‚ rude‚ and careless. He goes to a nearby coffee shop nearly everyday order the same thing. He brings his on silverware because he’s afraid of the germs. He wants to be waiting on by the same exact waiter every day; his daily customs drive his life forward. One such routine is eating a calorie-rich diet of

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    In the move "As Good as it Gets" are many interpersonal relationships that are going on with the lead character played by Jack Nicholson. In this essay I am going to discuss and analyze the relationships between Melvin‚ his neighbor who is a homosexual‚ Simon Bishop. Also there is a relationship between Melvin and his neighbor’s friend Frank Sachs. The last relationship is the most interesting and powerful‚ Melvin and the dog. In the move Melvin is against homosexuality and he is always abusing

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    SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH International Centre for Health and Society SOCIAL DE TER MI NANTS OF HEALTH THE SOLID FACTS SECOND EDITION Edited by Richard Wilkinson and Michael Marmot WHO Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Social determinants of health: the solid facts. 2nd edition / edited by Richard Wilkinson and Michael Marmot. 1.Socioeconomic factors 2.Social environment 3.Social support 4.Health behavior 5.Health status 6.Public health 7.Health promotion 8.Europe I.Wilkinson

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    I watched the movie As Good As It Gets. The movie was about an older man who was diagnosed with Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). It portrayed his journey throughout the movie of his impulses‚ such as doing things in repetitions of 5 like turning on his lights‚ not stepping on cracks‚ crossing his feet before putting his slippers on‚ taking his own utensils to a restaurant‚ having the same waitress and table every day‚ and many others. His routine is interrupted by his neighbor’s dog moving in

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    Melvin Udall is a misanthrope who works at home as a best-selling novelist in New York City. He suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder which‚ paired with his misanthropy‚ alienates nearly everyone with whom he interacts. He eats breakfast at the same table in the same restaurant every day using disposable plastic utensils he brings with him due to his pathological mysophobia. He takes an interest in his waitress‚ Carol Connelly‚ the only server at the restaurant who can tolerate his behavior

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