Dissociative Identity Disorder? Paula Stewart suffers from Dissociative Identity Disorder. This is a disorder in which an individual dissociates from their mind and has two or more different personalities. After being suggested to see a clinical psychologist at the university attends she meets Dr. Harpin. Dr. Harpin is astonished with the disorder due to its rarity and the fact that he’s never treated a patient with this condition let alone believing it existed. DID is a very difficult disorder to treat
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Bipolar disorder‚ also known as manic depression‚ is a common‚ recurrent‚ and debilitating mood disorder which causes extreme shifts in energy and mood. The word bipolar indicates the two main polar extremes which a person with the disorder experiences. According to NIMH‚ a branch of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that oversees neurological and psychological research‚ this disorder affects about 2.3 million adults in the United States and about 1.2 percent of the population worldwide.
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Anxiety‚ Somatoform‚ and Dissociative Disorders Outline & Case Analysis The capacity for an individual to have normal socialization and daily function can be altered in disorders such as; anxiety disorder‚ somatoform disorder‚ and dissociative disorder. Each disorder has varying biological‚ behavioral‚ emotional‚ and cognitive components; however‚ the symptoms in each of these disorders can overlap into another disorder. Identifying these components is important for abnormal psychology to develop
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Diagnosing Bipolar Disorder in Adolescents Before the 1990s‚ it was believed that children under the age of eighteen would have been rarely diagnoses with bipolar disorder. This all changed in the mid-1990s when there were 800‚000 children labeled with bipolar disease and an astonishing number were under the age of five (Carmichael‚ 2008). The
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So‚ I began the interview with a therapeutic communication and tried to figure which assessment I will conduct with the client. Resident had advanced stage of Parkinson’s disease and excessive‚ uncontrollable body movement. Patient also had a severe case of rheumatoid arthritis. Resident also mentioned about having diarrhea for the past 3-4 days and he was following BRAT diet. I assessed the client for ulcer sore but he denied having ulcer sore because he slept on his side. Since the client had excessive
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Case Study #2 Michael is a 40-year-old airline pilot who has recently begun to experience chest pains. The chest pains began when Michael signed his final divorce papers‚ ending his 15-year marriage. He fought for joint custody of his two children‚ ages 12 and 10‚ but although he wants to be with them more frequently‚ he only sees them every two weeks. This schedule is‚ in great part‚ a result of his employer’s announcement that budget constraints would result in layoffs. Michael worries that
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Medication or Therapy: Treating Psychotic Disorders The history of the concept of psychosis is traced from the time it was coined in 1845 to the present day. Originally‚ psychosis included the category of mental handicap‚ as well as certain other serious mental disorders. But within a year‚ this changed; psychiatric disorders became included under its umbrella heading amidst a confusing array of terminology. The term psychosis stems from the Greek ψύχωσις (psychosis)‚ "a giving soul or life to
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Bipolar me Eng 101 Bipolar me BIPOLAR ME 4 Running head: BIPOLAR ME 1 Bipolar me Brandi L Kemmis Eng 101 12/8/13 Robin Lyons Bipolar me What is bipolar disorder? Can you catch it? While researching this paper‚ I decided to ask actual people what they thought bi-polar disorder was. I was astonished at how people perceived it. I decided that I needed to define it. I need to further peoples education on it. 27 million people suffering from the disease
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Scott May Professor Rager Disorder paper Bipolar disorder Bipolar depression disorder can make things difficult. Some days are harder than others when feeling depressed people lose interest in things they use to like to do. It can be difficult to get things done. It’s a mood when they get sad and just feel worthless. It’s hard for them to talk about how they are feeling because they don’t know what else to do. People who have bipolar disorder can have periods in which they feel overly
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This paper illustrates a clinical case about a woman with PTSD and depressive symptoms-NOS. The case presents the assessment of client including the detailed description‚ presenting issues‚ and history‚ and the use of potential evidenced-based interventions as her treatment. Assessment Presenting Issues and History Cecilia Valle‚ a 45-year-old divorced‚ unemployed‚ Catholic‚ and white woman‚ is diagnosed with PTSD and depressive symptoms-NOS by an intake therapist. Cecilia meets the DSM-5 criteria
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