Analyzing Psychological Disorders PSY 240 August 11‚ 2013 Marie Dube ’ Analyzing Psychological Disorders Today I will be discussing schizophrenia‚ the associated symptoms‚ the areas of the brain that it affects‚ the neurological basis of the disorder and the various treatment options that are available. Afterwards I will be reviewing two separate case studies‚ the first will be of a 33 year old man has been through a variety of inpatient treatment facilities for his alcoholism‚ and
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Cardiovascular Disorders Case Study 11 Scenario: The time is 1900 hours. You are working in a small‚ rural hospital. It has been snowing heavily all day‚ and the medical helicopters at the large regional medical center‚ 4 hours away by car (in good weather)‚ have been grounded by the weather until morning. The roads are barely passable. WR.‚ a 48 year old construction worker with a 36 pack year smoking history‚ is admitted to your floor with a diagnosis of rule out myocardial infarction (R/O
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throughout this process in order to understand potential risks of having a surgical procedure and what should be done if complications occur. That being said‚ I don’t feel like I would really enjoy this type of nursing because a lot of skills were not used. The main skill was a thorough nursing assessment. I enjoyed being in the OR and acutally seeing the surgery but I did not like being in a standing position for a long period of time. I would rather be running around a unit checking multiple patinets
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A Case Study of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Some Diagnostic Considerations INTROD UCTION Prior to 1984‚ obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) was considered a rare disorder and one difficult to treat (I ) . In 1984 the Epidemiologic Catchment Area (ECA) initial survey results became available for the first time‚ and OC D prevalence figures showed that 2.5 % of the population m et diagnostic criteria for OCD (2‚3) . Final survey results published in 1988 (4) confirmed these earlier reports
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Knuppertz‚ and Seitz (2014)‚ Acute Stress Disorder “is a trauma- and stress-related disorder following a traumatic event” (pg. 1 ). “The diagnostic criteria are intrusive re-experiencing of the trauma‚ autonomic reactivity in response to and avoidance of trauma-related cues‚ dissociation‚ mood deterioration‚ and elevated arousal that last for a minimum of 3 days and at the longest 1 month after the trauma” (Cwik et al‚ 2014‚ pg. 1). According to the case study‚ Suzy was directly exposed to a sexual
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Chronic Conversion Disorder Billy Lockhart Troy University- Montgomery‚ AL Chronic Conversion Disorder In this article the author is doing a case study on a patient known as Ms. T. The article is on Chronic Conversion Disorder Masking Depression and Anxiety: The case of Ms. T. by Dr. Robert C. Kores. A case formulation with therapeutic focus and direction‚ and follow-up information regarding a patient with somatic concerns is presented. A Conversion Disorder was diagnosed with underlying
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But in fact Frankenstein is bipolar. Bipolar disorder is when you are unable to control yours actions‚ whether they are manic or depressive. Frankenstein experiences drastic changes in mood‚ which can be clinically diagnosed as bipolar disorder. The severe mood changes that Victor Frankenstein experiences are not unexplainable. One minute he is completely fine and content‚ and the next he can be completely depressed or overly excited about an event. Bipolar disorder is exactly this. Most of the
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alcohol often times have a few too many‚ which may lead to problems down the road. Some of these problems include mental disorders classified not to long ago as alcohol
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exist to serve self-esteem regulation. Secondly through Pathological personality disorders; Grandiosity (an aspect of antagonism) - Feelings of entitlement‚ either overt or covert and Attention seeking (an aspect of Antagonism) - Excessive attempts to attract and be the focus of the attention of others; admiration seeking others (Aaron L. Pincus‚ 2016) DSM-5 criteria for the diagnostic of Borderline personality disorder were based on the following; Significant Impairments in personality functioning
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her and her husband. Stacey enrolled in college classes for nursing but found the thought of making classroom presentations too stressful and paralyzing‚ she withdrew from the courses. She thought she would be made fun of and harshly judged by her teacher and classmates. Stacey has been gainfully employed as a cashier for a local grocery store for 7 years. Her employer is
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