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    mental health‚ especially the association between optimism and the presence of mood and depressive disorders. It has been found that the more optimistic a person is the more likely they are to not have depressive disorders and suicidal ideation. The article also states “that compared to optimists‚ pessimists nurtured little hope for the future and were more at risk for depressive and anxiety disorders‚ with subsequent impairment of social functioning and quality of life” (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2894461/

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    The assignment will focus on a 45 year old lady of Asian origin who has a mild learning disability. She also suffers from type 2 Diabetes and Bipolar affective disorder. The assignment will explain the nature of her learning disability and explore how Bio-Psycho-Social factors have influenced her life. The role of her learning disability nurse in supporting her needs through a person-centred planning approach will also be analysed. The assignment will also discuss with reference to the four key principals

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    Outline and Evaluate Issues Surrounding the Classification and Diagnosis of Depression Scheff’s Labelling Theory is a process which involves labelling people with mental disorders when they produce behaviour that does not fit with socially constructed norms and labelling those who reflect stereotyped or stigmatized behaviour of the ‘mentally ill’. A disadvantage of labelling an individual with depression is that labelling can accentuate and prolong the issue. In addition by labelling someone

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    Unit 3 Review Guide Pg 565 Chapter 14: Personality Psychodynamic Theory Be familiar with how the Id‚ Ego‚ & Superego are said to keep balance. Know what principles each work under and why they often have conflicts Id- the unconscious portion of personality that contains basic impulses and urges. Here in the id exists the eros‚ life instincts(these promote positive energy or libido)‚ and also the death instincts‚ or Thantos responsible for aggression and destructiveness. The id wants to operate

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    that stick out as abnormal or even strange. After a period of time‚ even the Captain’s crew begins to suspect that he may be struggling with a mental problem. They use a mental disorder book to try and figure out on their own what problem he might have. The crew comes to the decision that Queeg has Paranoid Personality Disorder. The DSM IV criteria for this diagnosis to adhere to four of the seven symptoms. There are a few that could correlate with Captain Queeg’s behavior and give some evidence that

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    Course: CMSW 1313 Date: 11/24/10 Master Treatment Plan Person’s Name: Edward Kojak Date of first visit: 10/15/10 I. Identified Problems: Primary Problem: Bipolar II disorder Secondary Problem: Poly-substance in remission Tertiary Problem: unemployed II. Historical Data: Primary Problem: Bipolar II disorder Symptoms and/or history: : Client stated he began SDTP in 2004 and spent 9 wks on an inpatient psychiatric unit while incarcerated following an episode in which he "bottomed

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    Hearing about my mother’s experiences in her youth with her manic-depressive mother gave me a twisted misconception about how mental illness took over lives. When an urgent care counselor talked with me about the possibility of me having bipolar disorder in grade ten‚ this vision seemed to become a reality. Nightmarish visions of myself being subjugated to electroshock therapy and taking medication leading to me losing all personality I had quickly flooded my head. Out of fear I refused to see

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    wanted Chris to pull the trigger but he couldn’t and Emily decided to pull it. The illness is suicide because Emily took her own life. Studies have consistently shown that having depression or bipolar disorder increases your risk for suicide significantly. It’s estimated that people with mood disorders

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    individual to be affected on many levels‚ such as its usual needs which are to eat‚ to drink and to sleep‚ also the one feels about his self. Depression being a disorder is not a “passing blue mood”. Individuals affected by this disorder cannot get out of depression without proper and adequate medication. Indeed without a medication followed the disorder can lat for more than a year. Depression risk factors are: a person’s sex it is said in multiple studies that women are more likely to get depressed because

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    PSY 1012 Final Exam Review Chapter 8: Cognition‚ Language‚ and Creativity 1. Identify common barriers to problem solving. P. 276 2. Define inductive and deductive thought. P.277 Chapter 9: Intelligence 1. Who developed the first intelligence test and for what purpose? P. 290 2. Review the distribution of adult IQ scores in Table 9.3 P. 295 3. Briefly describe different types of intellectual disability (retardation). P. 298 4. Identify the causes of intellectual disability. P.

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