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    to obsessive compulsive disorder. According to the DSM-5‚ a person with this disorder is characterized by two important terms‚ including obsessions and compulsions. Scott has an obsession‚ that being an idea or thought that continually preoccupies or intrudes his mind‚ which in this case is his obsession over the contamination of germs. He also has a compulsion‚ that being an irresistible impulse to perform an act‚ especially one that is irrational. This is evident in Scott’s behavior since it explains

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    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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    The difficult child The difficult child is the child who is unhappy. He is at war with himself and in consequence he is at war with the world. A difficult child is nearly always made difficult by wrong treatment at home. To bring up children and to handle them is a delicate matter. A child is learning all the time. He inevitably models himself to his parents. That’s why grown-ups should be too careful about the way they speak and behave. Parents are to create such an atmosphere

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    A review of her medical records indicates that she suffers from chronic back pain due to compression fractures. She is followed by Dr.Allan vrable at the spine institute for pain management. She suffers from chronic advanced COPD and is oxygen dependent at 2L/min continuously. She is followed by Dr. Pandya for pulmonary. She suffers from Atrial Fib for which she takes Coumadin. She is follow by Dr. Chalassani for cardiology. He also monitors her Coumadin level monthly. She suffers from co-morbidities

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    Behavior * Economic man * Primarily rational 合理的 * Complete knowledge * Needs defined清晰的 * Estimate satisfy action判断令人满意的行为 * Maslow马斯洛 * Physiological 85%生理学上的 * Safety 70% * Social 50% * Esteem 40%尊敬 * Self actualization 10%自我实现 * High evolvement decisions * Low evolvement decisions * Engle-Kollat-Blackwell (EKB) * Mentalist心灵主义者 -exposure揭露‚ attention‚ comprehension理解‚ acceptance‚ retention保留 -stored information personality‚ attitudes

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    The Impact of Diversity Characteristics On Individual Behavior Individuals deal with diversity on a daily basis. This diversity can effect how an individual behaves within the workplace organization. Workplace diversity is defined as the presence of individual human characteristics that make people different from one another (Hunt‚ J.G.‚ Osborn‚ R.N.‚ & Schermerhorn‚ J.R.‚ 2005‚ p. 88). Diversity and demographic characteristics are what make each individual different. Although diversity is not

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    Steve Jobs: Genius or Just Obsessive Compulsive? It is rumored that Steve Jobs‚ the developer of Apple Electronics‚ suffered from the mental disease: OCPD. Jobs presented many symptoms of OCPD or Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder. He was considered a creative genius‚ but in order to reach that position he ruined his family relationships‚ his health‚ and even his happiness. OCPD is very similar to OCD‚ but there are slight differences. OCD causes people’s brains to send unwanted

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    Hind Masbout 200800166 hgm05@aub.edu.lb PSPA 203 Hilal Khashan Smoking Behavior and Gender Roles Studies have shown that Lebanon has the second highest percentage of smokers in the Arab region along with the highest rate of female smokers at 35%. About 7% of women in the Arab world smoke. It has come with great relief that the Lebanese parliament has taken up a law to limit smoking and regulate the manufacture‚ packaging and advertising of tobacco products on august 17th‚ 2011. This

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    who has fallen into criminal behavior. I believe that a person who comes from what is described as a “good” family background‚ who has fallen into criminal behavior is due to the group of people that they tend to hang around.   Drugs and peer pressure also play a major part in why a person may decide to fall into criminal behavior. Even though a person may come from a “good” family background that does not mean that the person will not fall into criminal behavior‚ I know someone who had both

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    In Roni Caryn Robin’s article “Compulsive Texting Takes Toll on Teenagers.” From the October 2015 New York Times‚ is about compulsive texting and how it effects our capacity to learn. Robin is generally speaking to an audience of ages 18 to 25 who are in high school or college. Her purpose is to let college students know that texting in class‚ at dinner‚ and before bed disrupts your ability to learn and focus in school. The evidence that Robin uses is through internet studies like the Psychology

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