Susan Smith: A DSM IV Analysis Abnormal Psychology November 15‚ 2010 Susan Smith: A DSM IV Analysis On October 25‚ 1994‚ late in the evening. Susan Smith decided to take her two sons‚ Michael and Alex for a drive; little did they know it would be their last. Susan Smith drove her two sleeping children to a ramp off of a lake‚ jumped out of the car‚ released the brake‚ and stood by as the car drifted off and descended into the water. There is no doubt that this unspeakable act was not just
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Being an introvert herself‚ Susan Cain managed to write a descriptive book about such a delicate and sensitive topic with the achievement of her goal to get her message across. Researching about the topic in extreme depth and traveling to different places to first understand the topic herself‚ Cain managed to write this book‚ following it with another one; Quiet Power: The Secret Strengths of Introverts‚ and co-founded the Quiet Revolution (Media Kit). Her extensive research on the topic made its
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PAIN MANAGEMENT Definition of Pain Pain is defined as localized physical suffering associated with bodily disorder (as a disease or an injury) also basic bodily sensation induced by a noxious agent or stimulus‚ received by naked nerve ending‚ characterized by physical discomfort (pricking‚ throbbing‚ aching) and typically leading to evasive action. Definition of Pain Management Pain management is defined as the process of providing medical care that alleviates or reduces pain. Pathophysiology
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The author‚ Susan Lepselter reasons that human beings from all walks of life have very different ways of dealing with the struggles of everyday routine. She follows that the reactions to these troubles heavily depends on the individual’s mental state or in some cases mental illnesses. In dealing with the frustrations of life‚ humans have a range of emotions and reactions that we are free to utilize but certain reactions can be viewed as a negative or debilitating in which mainstream society might
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Aim I am going to compare and contrast 3 pain assessment tools‚ which would be appropriate for use in our clinical area‚ using current literature‚ benchmarks and practice guidelines. If pain is what the person tell he is (McCaffery M‚ Pasero‚ 1999) therefore pain assessment tools should be based on the patient’s own perception of their pain and its severity. But sometimes it ’s difficult to express the pain that we feel into words. Pain assessment tools have two main categories: multi-dimensional
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The pain the amputees are complaining about is called phantom limb pain. This pain usually occurs right after an amputation of either an arm‚ leg‚ or a different body part (Flor‚ 2002). Some professionals believe that phantom pain is developed due to the disruption of the nerve activity. These nerves discharge at the place where they were severed during amputation; therefore‚ causing the amputee to feel the pain (King‚ 2006). Other theories believe that phantom pain is all made up in the head. The
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woke up on my bed with my brother’s trying to comfort me. I felt the throbbing pain radiating around my head. It felt painful to even blinking because I was hit near my temporal bone.I was rushed to the hospital and given medications to subside the pain. Therefore‚ I only felt the pain for less than two hours. However‚ when I was released from the hospital I still felt a continual pain for about a week. Therefore‚ the pain lasted about a week in total. When I regain consciousness after getting hit‚
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Neck pain Neck pain can be caused by many conditions. Here I mainly talk about nonspecific neck pain. Nonspecific neck pain is the most common type of neck pain. Acute neck pain is a sudden-onset pain in the neck. It is often due to neck muscle strains‚ muscle spasm or tendon or ligament sprain. This can be caused by poor posture‚ sleep in an awkward position‚ carrying heavy loads‚ stay in one position for a prolonged period of time for example‚ working on desk‚ or driving for long period of time
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the nature of mental pain and anguish. Dickinson illustrates a formless‚ internal entity that is unable to be revealed to others through mere outward signs and manifestations. She sets up the speaker within a uniform and synchronized external reality that becomes complicated by the temporally nonuniform experience of pain. Dickinson uses images and metaphors to expand or contract the operations of the speaker’s mind and consciousness to portray how the speaker deals with pain. She breaks away from
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A director is the heart of a play production. He is responsible for the interpretation of a script – the enlivening of the play. The very first thing to do for any director who wants to choose Trifles by Susan Glaspell‚ one of the earliest feminist dramas‚ for a stage production‚ is to analyze it. Doing so not only enables the director to fully comprehend the characters‚ the structure‚ the setting of the play‚ but also empowers him to instruct the actors during the audition‚ as well as the rehearsals
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