Psychiatric Disorders‚ Disease‚ and Drugs PSY/240 January 9‚ 2011 Mary Jane Dugan Psychiatric Disorders‚ Disease‚ and Drugs A psychiatric disorder is defined as disorder of psychological function so severe that it requires treatment usually by psychiatrist or clinical psychologist. The abnormal behavior expressed by people suffering from psychiatric disorders prevent them from living normal lives some of these disorder include schizophrenia‚ depression‚ mania‚ anxiety disorder‚ and Tourette
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Schizoid Personality Disorder (SPD) is a psychological disorder in which a person is highly intelligent and logical thinkers but struggle with socializing with others. Many people with schizoid personality disorder long for relationships with other but the fear about it overwhelms the thoughts and ultimately diminishes the chances. Those struggling with SPD usually show repetitive forms of behavior never allowing for the option of personal relationships. According to psychological-disorders.org‚
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Diffusion of responsibility is essentially not feeling an urgent need to step in and help. Because you are assuming that others who are witnessing the circumstances will be the ones to jump in and help (Gilovich et al.‚ 2013). The bystander intervention theory explains that people are less likely to help out in a situation‚ because they just assume that someone else will do it (Gilovich et al.‚ 2013)). I believe that one of the obstacles that prevent people from helping is that they simply feel
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KCISD SUICIDE THREAT/INTENT INTERVENTION PROTOCAL FOR KCISD PRINCIPALS‚ SCHOOL COUNSELORS‚ & NURSES Call 911 immediately if the student is in imminent danger of loss of life‚ or in a medical emergency as a result of a suicide threat/attempt. Then immediately contact the School Nurse‚ School Counselor‚ and School Principal. Step 1: Intervention if student is not in immediate threat of loss of life or medical emergency: • If a student threatens suicide or shows signs of intent‚ immediate action
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Phobic Disorders Phobic disorders are classified as one of the most common of all anxiety disorders; they are a persistent and unreasonable fear of a particular object‚ activity‚ or situation. Many people who suffer from this disorder know that the fears they have‚ are excessive and unreasonable and‚ the feared object can usually determine how much it affects a persons functioning. Although‚ anyone can develop a phobic disorder‚ it is found more commonly in women than in men. Phobic disorders are
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Several interventions were implemented. One intervention consisted of identifying and reinforcing positive school behaviors with the student. The intervention was also discussed with his family and they also agreed to reinforce the same messages at home. The theory that this was based on was the behaviorist psychologist
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Eating Disorders 1 Eating Disorders: The Different Types Introduction to Social Work Professor Moilanen December 2‚ 2008 Eating Disorders 2 Eating Disorders: The Different Types Over the last several decades many teenagers are extremely concerned about the way the look whether it’s to them or to the opposite sex. Those same teenagers are looking at celebrities bodies in magazines and are becoming self-conscious about the body image compared to those celebrities
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Question: What another kind of non-pharmacological interventions have you implemented in your clinical setting to decrease hypertension? Hi Smitha‚ Very good question. In my clinical setting which is acute care/outpatient cardiac rehabilitation‚ patient education is the key to unlocking the non-pharmacologic strategies to reduce hypertension. As Babaee Beigi et al. (2014‚ p. 97) acknowledge that educational teaching has noteworthy acceptable effects on lifestyle alteration and blood pressure management
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Bipolar disorder‚ formerly known as manic depression‚ is a condition that affects your moods‚ which can swing from one extreme to another. If you have bipolar disorder‚ you will have periods or episodes of: depression – where you feel very low and lethargic mania – where you feel very high and overactive (less severe mania is known as hypomania) Symptoms of bipolar disorder depend on which mood you are experiencing. Unlike simple mood swings‚ each extreme episode of bipolar disorder can last for
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Behavior Intervention Plan Student: _John Smith____________ Grade: 5th____ School: Grand Canyon Elementary_____ Date Developed: _____________________ Date of Implementation: _____________________ Base Line Data Results: Hypothesis Statement: Person(s) Responsible for Implementing Plan: Behavior of Concern Behavior Defined Intervention Goal: Behavior Intervention Plan-page 2 Intervention Plan 1. 2
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