This case pertains to a 14-year-old female called Lady MacBeth of undisclosed ethnicity who has been undergoing treatment in an inpatient facility for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The client reported that her symptoms began during the year prior to her admission into the facility. Her treatment seems to have progressed successfully. Diagnosis In order to be diagnosed with OCD‚ an individual has to have symptoms of either obsessions or compulsions (or both) which consume more than one
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than 40 falls under the category of extreme or case three obesity (90). The book also indicates that this level of obesity‚ coupled with your waist circumference‚ places you in extremely high risk for disease (90). Consequently‚ your weight has negative effects on your overall health. Obesity can lead to numerous diseases such as hypertension‚ cancer‚ impaired immune function‚ gallbladder and kidney disease‚ skin problems‚ impotence‚ sleep disorder‚ back pain‚ and arthritis. Additionally‚ the
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Emotional and Behavioral Disorders Courtney Boutte’ Grand Canyon University: Spe-526 04/02/2014 Trying to find a definite definition for Emotional and Behavioral disorders is hard because there is so much controversy surrounding a concrete definition. This is due to the subjectivity of the diagnosis and the different tolerant levels of the people that would diagnose it. According to IDEA‚ the definition of an Emotional Disorder exhibits characteristics that
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First disorder of cluster B is antisocial personality disorder. It is regarded as serious violation of the significance and privileges of other people usually starting from 15 year of age. Disorder is indicated by seven criteria symptoms. Criterial items measure diverse realms of a personality. It contain four items in the relational realm displaying a failure to comply to social norms‚ irresponsibility‚ deceitfulness or fraudulence and having no concern and regard to the well-being of others‚ one
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suffer from bipolar disorder are more likely to believe in conspiracy theories. Bipolar disorder is a mental disorder that causes shifts in moods‚ energy‚ and activity levels that make it difficult to perform everyday tasks. This disorder affects approximately 5.7 million American adults. There are four different types of bipolar disorder‚ including Bipolar I Disorder‚ Bipolar II Disorder‚ Cyclothymic Disorder‚ and Other Specified and Unspecified Bipolar and Related Disorders. Bipolar I Disorder often
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Echo Personality Disorder is a specific and highly differentiated form of dependency‚ marked by behaviours of compliance and a need to ’mirror’ significant others -parents‚ spouse‚ friends‚ employer. It has been found that those with EPD are highly attracted to relationships with individuals who show marked narcissistic tendencies. This mirroring behaviour was the reason for choosing the name Echo personality disorder‚ which is based on the Greek myth of Narcissus and Echo. In this story Echo
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Case Study: Depression Answer Sheet Ellen: Depression and Suicidality Student Name: Diagnosing Ellen 1a. Refer to the DSM-IV checklist and list all symptoms that Ellen has that match the criteria for major depressive episode. Which of Ellen’s symptoms meet any of the criteria? (Be sure to match specific symptoms with specific criteria.) For starters Ellen has extreme guilt issues about not being close to her mother‚ and also the fact that she didn’t do more for her mother. Ellen also has recurring
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This paper explains my reactions towards a withdrawn child‚ Greg and how my reactions might affect my therapeutic relationship with the child. Greg has shown symptoms of disruptive behaviour disorders (DBD). This refers to certain behavioural disorders which are characterised by patterns of continuous defiance‚ hostility‚ and uncooperativeness with other individuals (American Psychiatric Association‚ 2013). Ongoing reflection of this traits in kids or adolescents may affect the functionality of a
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Background-Sarah is a 22 month old functioning at a level much below her chronological age. Sarah has been evaluated twice regarding her symptoms‚ and at the time of the 2nd evaluation‚ she was too young for a formal diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Sarah does though‚ present with many of the common symptoms associated with ASD and she is essentially non-verbal. Sarah has a multitude of goals‚ both short term and long term to increase her level of functional communication. There are three
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Phonological Processing Disorder (PPD) is a speech sound disorder (SSD) whereby the child has not been able to accurately form‚ segment‚ discriminate or identify specific speech sounds (Bishop‚ Bishop‚ Bright‚ James‚ Delaney‚ & Tallal‚ 1999). Foreman (2011‚ p.324) stresses that “competency in blending sounds” is vital to helping children decode and read new or unfamiliar words as difficulty forming and using phonemic sounds‚ cues and rules in speech can contribute to difficulties with word use in
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