Matthew is a 9 year-old Caucasian‚ fourth grader who is currently attending James Caldwell Elementary School‚ Springfield‚ NJ. His parents are divorced and share his custody. He primarily lives with his mother Ms. Lauren Share and his 7 year-old sister Olivia in Springfield‚ NJ and visits his father Mr. Marc Whitken on weekends and some weekdays. His mother is a learning specialist with New Jersey Blue Cross Blue Shield. His father works as a Senior System Engineer. He has remarried and lives in
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Biopsychosocial Case Study Case studies are an important part of clinical psychology. One can learn about the biological‚ psychological‚ and social factors involved by studying patients with certain disorders or illnesses. The case study of Christina Ricci and Karen Carpenter are extraordinary and this analysis will give a brief overview of their case as well as discuss the biological‚ psychological‚ and social factors involved. This analysis will also explain the need for adaptation in
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when and whom to consult for health advice. M odels of health provide understanding on the basis of different cosmologies. These models are not fixed but overlap and continuously evolve. The biomedical model has gradually given way to a broader biopsychosocial understanding of health. This is reflected in both medical training and clinical practice. CAM can provide ways of understanding the body that accord with and give meaning to people’s lay understanding. Despite a greater professed interest in
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it can be understood. The biomedical model focuses on biological factors alone in an attempt to explain an illness or a disorder. It describes illnesses as disturbances within the human body that can be altered and corrected. Very unlike the biopsychosocial model‚ it doesn’t include other factors that may contribute to a disorder such as their psychological state or their social context. The biomedical model focuses on activities within the brain alone that can cause disorders like depression. In
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Biopsychology Biopsychology is a science-based approach‚ addressing the physiological functions of the brain and nervous system‚ evolution and genes. The brain comprises four lobes‚ and activity in specific areas can be observed using brain imaging equipment. The amygdala and regions of the prefrontal cortex have several roles‚ including the rapid evaluation of new stimuli. Imaging carried out on animals has shown that stimulation of the amygdala provokes fear and anxiety‚ (Drevets 2001). Exposing
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Thank you for taking the initiative and control of our learning team charter ladies. I am willing to follow your suggestions without any qualms and I make many of my own. I am timely‚ reliable and a serious team player so you can always substitute me in any role if we have someone unable to keep their commitments. Looking forward to working with you this semester! Olivia Hey Team: I thought we could all benefit from a brief icebreaker and conference call to make sure we are all on the same
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epidemic‚ there is more to the issue. From research done by the first of January‚ 2014‚ 50 million Americans were eating fast food every day. The food cycle of America’s kids is 40% junk food. These examples all fall under different sections of the biopsychosocial model‚ a model used to describe human functions from different angles. Biological‚ Social‚ and Psychological factors are all included in the reasons for America’s obesity. Biological reasons for anyone being obese may not directly be their fault
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Segal’s roles and duties‚ Bandura’s self-efficacy theory of reciprocal determinism and Melzack & Wall’s gate control theory‚ I will discover what the implications are of non-adherence to medical advice as well as poor methods of treatment. The biopsychosocial approach to health will be necessary here to further understand these theories. Introduced in 1977‚ this model came to be when psychiatrist George Engel believed that physicians were not “concerned with psychosocial issues which lie outside medicine’s
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In my last blog post‚ I touched on some of the complicated misconceptions about how pain is dealt with in manual therapy professions‚ as well as the complexities of the pain experience within the structure of the biopsychosocial model of understanding. The biggest thing that I have observed is that as a general whole‚ pain is generally dealt with in the vein of fear‚ anger and animosity. No one enjoys the unpleasant sensations involved with being in pain. The spectrum can be anywhere from minor
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Biopsychosocial Models for Schizophrenia Karolyn LaPre 11/15/13 Psy 305 Instructor: Arthur Swisher This paper will explore one of the most severe mental disorders‚ schizophrenia‚ with the goal of providing an actualized understanding of this disorder‚ including its etiology‚ course‚ epidemiology‚ diagnostic and treatment. Schizophrenia is characterized by an unadaptive pattern of general though and emotions‚ including delusions‚ auditory hallucinations‚ paranoia‚ disorganized
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