1. CASE STUDY: ALICIA Alicia is a 28 year old female that has been referred for outpatient services after being admitted into an acute psychiatric ward for 5 days. Alicia complains of persistent numbness on the right side of her body‚ extending from her face down to her leg. Twice‚ Alicia was admitted into the hospital from the emergency room with a visible amount of paralysis on the right side of her face. After numerous tests‚ ruling out Bell’s Palsy and Parkinson’s disease‚ Alicia was sent
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Major Depression 2 Many individuals are faced with challenging times throughout their lifetime. Although a Psychological disorder like Major Depression can profoundly alter both your state of mind and your body. Major Depression is one of the most complex psychological disorders out there‚ which is why it is crucial that people are aware of the characteristics and proper treatments. Major depression is characterized under the category of a “mood disorder” that has a harmful effect on
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Examination of Clinical Psychology PSY/480 April 22‚ 2013 Examination of Clinical Psychology Clinical Psychology has been a part of history from the Greek philosophers to Sigmund Freud. It is still being updated today using science to draw information from along with the philosophical aspects. With the exploration of new scientific data‚ there have been clinical interventions in psychology and how to treat the human condition. There are distinct differences between clinical psychology and
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Over the past few weeks I was able to learn an incredible amount during my time in the community clinical rotation. This rotation was not at all what I expected it would be. I was surprised by the diverse skill sets and leadership qualities required of the home health nurse. The clinical day that sticks out the most to me was the last day I spent with my nurse. Before noon my nurse had already seen six patients and attended a staff meeting. The amount of prioritization and organization she put in
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Chentsova-Dutton‚ Y. (2011). Towards a Cultural-Clinical Psychology. Social and Personality Psychology Compass‚ 5(12)‚ 960-975. Cultural psychology research requests a move past depiction to clarification of group variety. As far as concerns its‚ clinical psychology demands the significance of unique individuals‚ while likewise broadening the scope of human variety. Cultural–clinical psychology incorporates these methodologies‚ opening up new lines of request. Clinical psychology is concerned both with depicting
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Individual research Paper Bipolar Manic Depression Bipolar Disorder is a mental illness that affect between 0.8% and 1.6% of the population that is at least one out of every 100 persons. It affects women as well as men and usually starts somewhere around a person’s teens or late twenties. This particular depression has to do with mood swings and causes people to go from highs/cheerful and blissful to lows/sad and disgusted. Concerning this form of depression‚ people are not alike; it differs with
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in men than women. The main dysfunction is being able to focus. They might get anxious at time and express irritability. Other disorders that are connected are: Substance abuse‚ depression disorder and conduct disorder where hey
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Introduction What is Postpartum Depression Having a baby should be one of the happiest and most important events in a woman’s life. However‚ although life with a new baby can be both thrilling and rewarding‚ it can also be a difficult and quite stressful task. Most women make the transition without great difficulty‚ yet some women experience considerable complexity that may manifest itself as a postpartum psychiatric disorder (O’hara‚ Hoffman‚ Philips‚ & Wright‚ 1992). Many physical and emotional
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Sam: A Case Study Sam is a ten year old boy diagnosed with Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS). “A person with PDD-NOS is given the diagnosis because they have some but not all characteristics of autism or who has relatively mild symptoms” (Autism Speaks‚ 2013). PDD-NOS is a general category used to describe a pattern of behavioral differences (which may include deviations‚ excesses‚ or difficulties) in the areas of social relating‚ communication‚ and attention/interest
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varied and fluctuating clinical spectrum. The symptoms of Fibromyalgia are musculoskeletal pain and tenderness‚ sleep issues and significant levels of fatigue. The other key symptoms include cognitive disturbances‚ particularly problems with concentration‚ memory‚ and high distress levels.2 Fibromyalgia can be considered part of a group of clinical syndromes‚ including chronic fatigue syndrome‚ multiple chemical sensitivities and irritable bowel syndrome‚ whose clinical features reflect similar
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