Personality disorders greatly influence the dropout rates in treatment for homeless individuals. Of the cluster B personality disorders‚ borderline personality disorder is one of the most difficult to treat in homeless individuals due to its high comorbidity rate with other Axis I disorders and the patient’s difficulty in emotional regulation and maintaining stable relationships with others. Art therapy is often used as a complementary therapy to treat borderline personality disorder. While qualitative
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Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is a problem affecting many populations‚ especially among women. MDD is a recognized condition in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)‚ with the signs‚ symptoms‚ and causes varying among individuals. Sociocultural factors including economic status‚ marital status‚ lifestyle changes‚ and substance use may influence the development of depression disorders among women throughout the world. This paper will explore these factors and their relationship
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Case Study 3 Reading through the case study of the 32 year old woman Kathy it seems that the patient is suffering from borderline personality disorder. Kathy explains of her not getting along with her sister or mother because of the fact that their jealous of her bond she had with her father who passed away several years ago. She feels extremely isolated from them and feels as if her brothers are selfish and don’t care about her at all. She states that she has a few friends that are never their
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Kawonja Parker A&P II Lymphatic Disorders Case Study Lupus Patient: Nikia Thomas DOB: 12/21/1981 History: 27 year old black female‚ Height: 5’3 Weight: 125; has 3 boys ages 1‚ 3‚ and 7; 2 girls ages 5 and 10. Single mother and exotic dancer. Drinks alcohol often. Vitals: BP: 94/56‚ Temp: 101.4‚ RR: 28‚ HR: 118; Suffering from fatigue and server pain in hips. Sighs & Symptoms: Ms. Thomas came into the office today complaining of excrusionating pain in her hips. Patient stated that she often has pain
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Identity Disorder Dissociative Identity Disorder also known as “multiple personality disorder” is part of a group called dissociative disorders. “Dissociative disorders is a disorder that includes a dissociative symptom (i.e.‚ a disruption in the usually integrated functions of consciousness‚ memory‚ identity‚ or perception of the environment).” (Psych Central‚ 2014) Dissociative identity disorder is the presence of two or more personalities. This is a very rare illness and very complex to study. Dissociative
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Shelby has struggled with eating since she was 22 years old and in college. She has had a history of this when under stress and dealing with sadness. Now‚ she regularly exercises and is said to be living a “healthy” lifestyle. Then Shelby had a similar recurring event when she went home for her sister’s wedding. During the wedding rehearsal‚ she became so overwhelmed being surrounded by so many people that she snuck away to a dark place by herself where she consumed a large plate of food‚ more than
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I am going to do my case study paper on a beautiful woman that suffered from many personality disorders so‚ she was always told. After reading chapter twelve in the textbook‚ I realized that her number one personality disorder did go underdiagnosed or was misdiagnosed. This lady was fascinating because no matter where she was or who she needed to be at that time she would become it. I always referred to her has being a “chameleon.” Not knowing that‚ my choice of words could actually refer to a personality
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Case Study Spinal disorder Ryan Allen Institute of Technology Abstract 45 year old patient at a health care facility is being treated for a spinal disorder with non-opioid medications but is still complaining of pain. Doctors are not completing spinal surgery. The patient stated being overwhelmed with helplessness during the assessment. Spinal Disorder Overview Myelopathy is a degenerative disease of the spinal cord that is a result of the spinal cord Compression
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Background Information Schizotypal Personailty Disorder is a Cluster A Personality Disorder according to the DSM-V. The personality disorders classified under Cluster A are deemed as “odd or eccentric” (Biedel 394). Case Study History for Ben reveals multiple symptoms that match certain deficits of Schizotypal Personality Disorder which includes: odd beliefs or magical thinking that influences behavior and is inconsistent with subculture norms‚ unusual perceptual experiences‚ odd thinking and speech
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pathological personality traits meets the diagnostic criteria for Borderline Personality Disorder. According to the information provided in the DSM-5‚ the characteristic feature of Borderline Personality Disorder is the pervasive pattern of instability of interpersonal relationship‚ self-image‚ and affects‚ and marked impulsivity‚ beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts (p. 663). In Ms. Seeker’s case‚ she clearly has a pattern of unstable interpersonal relationships‚ self-image
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