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    personality disorder is a serious mental illness marked by unstable moods‚ behavior‚ and relationships. Because some people with severe borderline personality disorder have brief psychotic episodes‚ experts originally thought of this illness as atypical‚ or borderline‚ versions of other mental disorders. While mental health experts now generally agree that the name "borderline personality disorder" is misleading‚ a more accurate term does not exist yet. The symptoms of borderline disorder were first

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    Depression is a mood disorder and the biomedical model portrays one way in which 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

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    1. If you were writing a psychological report for Janet‚ what specific factors from her case history seem most relevant to her current presenting problems? If I was writing a psychological report for Janet‚ I would focus on specific factors from her case history that seem most relevant to her current presenting problems. Janet’s divorce seems to be one of the major factors that has caused most of her problems either directly or indirectly. Due to the divorce‚ she developed a sense of depression

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    function in daily life and prevent any complications of PPD. Breastfeeding women should inform their doctor so he or she can help them make the appropriate choice. Individual therapy can do wonders to help a women with PPD accept that having this disorder does not make her a bad mother or bad wife. Additionally‚ she can learn ways to reduce stress and handle the challenges she faces. Group therapy can allow women to connect with others who are struggling with similar challenges so that each can grow

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    common skin disorder that results in discoloration of the pigmentation. This spotty‚ brown color can be seen over the surface of the skin‚ but it is usually found around areas easily targeted by the sun‚ such as the face and the upper extremities. The epidermal‚ dermal‚ and mixed are three different types of melasma. It is stemmed genetically‚ but it usually only presents itself when triggered. The diagnosis is practically clean cut‚ and the treatment can vary. Since it is a very broad disorder in terms

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    having the hearing aid‚ he still has some difficulty with hearing. At times‚ there was some word hesitation. Patient was assessed to have chronic problems with sleep disorder. He was given a prescription for Ambien 5 mg #90 one at nighttime and Xanax 0.5 mg one in the evening #90 for his posttraumatic anxiety and stress disorder. Relative to the patient’s post traumatic head syndrome‚ this is chronic and stable Relative to his cranial neuralgias‚ these are stable and currently on gabapentin. Patient

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    The Implications of Anti-Depressants on Todays Society November‚ 20th/2013 PSYC-1200-015 The Implications of Anti-Depressants on Todays Society Depression is a mental/mood disorder or now known as a biological disease‚ which is widely described as a persistent low mood behavior‚ and is usually accompanied by low self-esteem and or by a loss of interest in normally enjoyable activities. So why are doctors prescribing medication that enables the same

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    ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY CASE STUDY 3 MAJOR DEPRESSION 1. Major depressive disorder (MDD) has been linked to many causes‚ including biologic and genetic‚ cognitive‚ behavioral‚ and social and interpersonal factors. Which factors do you believe are the most important to the development of MDD? In addition to their roles as causal factors‚ having MDD can lead to substantial changes in these same domains. How does having MDD affect a person’s thoughts‚ behaviors‚ and social interactions? What effects

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    ARTICLE IN PRESS Journal of Adolescence xxx (2010) 1–8 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Adolescence journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/jado Factors accounting for youth suicide attempt in Hong Kong: A model building Gloria W.Y. Wan a‚ Patrick W.L. Leung b‚ * a b Clinical Psychology Service‚ Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Welfare Council‚ 5/F‚ Holy Trinity Bradury Center‚ 139 Ma Tau Chung Road‚ Kowloon‚ Hong Kong‚ China 3/F‚ Sino Building‚ Clinical and Health Psychology

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    ON PERSONALITY DISORDERS. LECTURER’S NAME: MRS. ESTHER MUTHOGA INTRODUCTION. A person’s character structure is a product of habitual attitudes‚ values and reaction towards human relationships. The foundation of this structure is often laid down early in life and extends over a long period of time. When this characteristic ways become exaggerated to a degree that they are inappropriate‚ it may be a sign of personality disorder. A personality disorder is a long – standing

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