antisocial personality disorder. The essential feature of the antisocial personality disorder is a pervasive pattern of disregard for‚ and the violation of‚ the rights of others. This pattern begins in childhood or early adolescence and continues into adulthood (Dual Diagnosis and the Antisocial Personality Disorder). One heart-wrenching characteristic people with this disorder have is the lack of remorse for their victims or anyone involved. The exact causes of antisocial personality disorder are still
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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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Running head: PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS PRESENTATION Psychological Disorders Presentation Debra Baker University of Phoenix Introduction to Behavioral Science BEH/225 Katherine Malish June 23‚ 2010 Psychological Disorders Presentation For many millennia psychological disorders‚ also called mental disorders have been misunderstood. Used to‚ people suffering from such disorders were thought to be demonically possessed or they were accused of being a witch. Many of these unfortunate
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DOI: 06/05/2010. Patient is a 69-year-old female registered nurse who fractured her right fibula when the bicycle she was riding slid onto gravel throwing her to the ground. Per OMNI‚ PQME Dr. Litoff indicated on 09/10/12 that the IW has a 16% permanent disability with future medical care of injections and possible surgery for the left shoulder and home exercise for the right wrist and lumbar spine. Based on the progress report dated 02/02/16‚ the patient presents for follow up for left shoulder
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Histrionic Personality Disorder Psychology of Personality Histrionic Disorder Histrionic personality disorder has been plaguing to world for many years. This disorder has many different characteristic behaviors. People with this disorder do not have a normal thought pattern and have trouble looking inward to develop a sense of ones self. There are ways to treat this disorder but it is difficult to get the individual into therapy or to remain for a lengthy period of time. It also requires
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and in disproportion to the magnitude of the cause. In many cases‚ these feelings persist with no external cue at all. Beyond this‚ a more severe type of depression often needing professional intervention is Major Depressive Disorder (MDD).1 According to the World Health Organization (WHO‚ 2015)‚ over 16 million U.S. adults over the age of 18 experienced at least one major depressive episode annually.2 As with many psychological disorders‚ Major depression tends to be highly variable and inconsistent
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Dr. Snyder requested an evaluation on a Mr. Efird. Mr. Efird is a 45 year old male who presented to the ED via LEO with multiple lacerations and stab wounds from a steak knife to his legs and arms. Mr. Efird reports to nursing staff he was attempting to kill himself. Per documentation Mr. Efird reports auditory hallucinations. At the time of the assessment Mr. Efird is calm and cooperative. Mr. Efird reports earlier today he intentionally started to cut himself multiple time to kill himself. He
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DOI: 3/28/2002. Patient is a 45-year old female payroll specialist who sustained injuries to her bilateral upper extremities due to repetitive job duties. Patient is currently diagnosed with other chronic pain; complex regional pain syndrome I of right lower limb; other constipation; and myalgia. Per medical report dated 11/20/2015‚ patient reports that her neck pain has become more bothersome and is having muscle spasms. She also reports severe constipation while taking Oxycontin and Nucynta.
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1. Definitions: Omphalocele and gastroschisis represent two major congenital abdominal wall defects that are similar in presentation and appearance in the neonatal period‚ yet they have distinct differences that will affect treatments/outcomes. a. Omphalocele: an anterior abdominal wall defect at the base of the umbilical cord with herniation of abdominal contents through the umbilical ring. The herniated organs are covered by the peritoneal sac‚ amnion and Wharton’s jelly. With the large variation
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331.19 (G31.09) Major neurocognitive disorder due to probable frontotemporal lobar degeneration‚ with behavioral disturbance The revise primary diagnostic codes and other factors that presented in Ben’s case study are: 295.90 (F20.9) Schizophrenia Other Factors 315.32 (F80.2) Language Disorder 317 (70) Mild Intellectual Disability (Intellectual Developmental Disorder) Revisiting‚ the second session with Ben‚ a 46-year-old Caucasian male‚ previously diagnose with 295.90 (F20.9) Schizophrenia
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