Disorders Assignment Last Name: Robles‚ Princess Read each case below and determine what psychological disorder each patient might have. In your own words‚ state your reasons why. Type your answer directly below each case. A. Case: James had a very difficult time in Kindergarten. He could not perform simple functions such as cutting‚ drawing‚ and writing. His teacher said that he had trouble staying in his seat and paying attention. Instead‚ he often spent his 4 hours a day in class laying on
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Bipolar Disorder: Two Personalities‚ One Body Jordann Watts West Georgia Technical School Abstract Bipolar Disorder is a mental illness. It affects the mood of a person causing them to be incredibly happy or incredibly depressed. There are three types of Bipolar Disorders: Bipolar I Disorder‚ Bipolar II Disorder‚ and Cyclothymic Disorder. Bipolar I Disorder can make a person feel happy and extremely energetic. Bipolar II Disorder does the opposite. It can make a person
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Childhood Disorders • Behavior disorders o Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) o Conduct Disorder o Oppositional Defiant Disorder • Separation/anxiety disorder • Elimination disorders o Enuresis o Encopresis • Disorders in cognitive‚ motor‚ and communication skills o Learning disorders Reading disorder (dyslexia) • Deficits in ability to read Mathematics disorder • Deficits in mathematics skills Disorder of written expression • Deficits in the ability to write
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3.7 PILOT STUDY Pilot testing is a meaningful practice in survey instrumentation‚ as there are essential improvements that could be made through all the stages of the process (Andrews et. al.‚ 2003). Conducting a pilot study provides a researcher the opportunity to assess how effectively the research instrument was designed. Because the survey instrument is the means of collecting the information that the study intended to receive. This procedure could help in determining the changes with respect
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Conduct disorder is a psychological disease affecting approximately 2%-16% of children and teens in the United States (WebMD 2009). Although researchers have found links related to genetics‚ biology‚ and environment‚ the exact cause of conduct disorder is unknown (Leaver‚ 2003). If left untreated conduct disorder can progress into much more severe mental disorders‚ as the child grows into adulthood (WebMD 2009). Without knowing the exact cause or reasons why conduct disorder happens‚ it makes
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Ashford University Danielle S. Taylor ESE315: Survey of Exceptional Students (BDJ1520A) Instructor: Nancy Forbes June 2‚ 2015 Standard procedure when parents request diagnosis for a child without ADHD: o A federal law‚ called Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA)‚ requires public schools to facilitate the evaluation of students who show signs of learning disabilities following standard procedures (Powell‚ 2013). o Generally‚ the
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Conduct Disorder Johnny‚ age 10‚ is admitted to the psychiatric unit for evaluation. Following is Johnny’s case history. Erin gave birth to Johnny. She is an unmarried 16-year-old girl who chose to keep Johnny with her and tried to raise him herself. In beginning she lived with her parents and continued her high school after Johnny’s birth. She was very irresponsible‚ had no source of income‚ contributed little to her needs‚ and used to smoke marijuana with her friends. Erin’s parents took Johnny’s
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Case Scenario: In the history provided by a patient whose chief complaint is of dizziness and imbalance‚ the patient reports having gone to the Emergency Department 3 months ago due to a sudden onset of severe vertigo that lasted 1 to 2 days‚ and was followed by a gradual easing of symptoms over a period of several days. This pattern of symptoms suggests the possibility of: BPPV Ménière’s Disease Lateral Medullary infarct Vestibular neuritis The sudden onset of
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Alvarez September 2‚ 2010 Pysc 2105 Analysis Paper Issue 12: Is ADHD a Real Disorder? Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder or commonly ADHD‚ is a supposed disorder in which a person has trouble controlling their behavior or paying attention. The condition usually becomes apparent in early school years. It is approximated that about 3 to 5 percent of children have this disorder. That is about 2 million children in the United States alone and in each classroom it is very
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(JETEMS) 2(1):1-8 (ISSN:2141-7024) Budget Deficit and Inflation in Nigeria: A Causal Relationship 1 1 S. O. Oladipo and 2T. O. Akinbobola Department of Economics and Accounting‚ Bells University of Technology‚ Ota‚ Nigeria 2 Department of Economics‚ Obafemi Awolowo University‚ Ile-Ife‚ Nigeria Corresponding Author: T. O. Akinbobola ____________________________________________________________ ______________________________ Abstract The study investigates the nature and direction of causality
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