Andrew Phelvin article‚ “Winterbourne View Hospital and the Social Psychology of Abuse” compares the ideas of a social psychologist‚ Phillip Zimbardo‚ to different experiments that have happened over the years. The focus of the scholarly journal is the Winterbourne View hospital situation that happened in early 2011. He briefly summarizes the reason as to why the hospital is included in his article. A BBC reporter secretly filmed the Winterbourne View Hospital in 2011. This caught on film the abuse
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The patient is a 47-year-old female; she can communicate well with staff‚ and interacts appropriately with other patients. The patient is admitted for homicidal ideation with plans substance abuse. She was diagnosed with Bipolar disorder I mixed and Major depression disorder. The patient arrives via a private vehicle by self. She reports as depressed‚ and her best friend is in late stage cancer. Patient is having homicidal thoughts toward ex-boyfriend with plans to shoot him. While she is at a flea
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The Dangers of Physiological Diagnosis Author: Ljupco Duzlevski Student Number: 500457454 In the new field of psychiatry there are conflicting beliefs when it comes to diagnosis of a mental illness. In its infancy‚ in the nineteen-sixties‚ diagnosis was made difficult based on the different criteria used by each professional. (Spiegel‚ 2005) This changed with the invention of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)‚ which gave all doctors a checklist of criteria
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Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that affects the persons emotions and distorts how a person perceives the world. The person suffering has confused thoughts and has difficulty telling reality from delusion. It can be described by psychological explanations and biological explanations. A biological explanation of schizophrenia is the dopamine hypothesis‚ amounts of low levels of dopamine in the brain causes a loss of balance and co-ordination‚ it has been found in people with ADHD and Parkinson’s
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1. “There are a few crimes‚ the town is…..” (Page 4). Earlier to the murder of the clutter family‚ Holcomb is known for its innocence and a place where farmers can achieve their American dream through hard work. 2. “At the time‚ not a soul…” (Page 5). This quote shows that the collapse of the clutter family is done just by a few gunshot blasts‚ which creates the slaughtered Imagery. 3. Bonnie Clutter‚ who is Herb’s wife‚ is described as a “nervous” woman. This shows how she has been suffering through
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Caregiver Marcia Angell‚ the writer of The Crazy State of Psychiatry‚ states that America is suffering a mental illness epidemic. In a survey conducted on American adults‚ forty-six percent met criteria for having at least one mental illness. The most popular disorders were anxiety‚ post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)‚ and bipolar disorders (Angell). For children‚ mental illness is the leading cause of disability over‚ cerebral palsy or down syndrome. Doctors usually treat these patients with
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Treatment of a Client with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder is a passage published in the Social Work Research & Abstracts written by Marlene Cooper. In this particular article‚ Marlene Cooper‚ discusses the treatment for an obsessive-compulsive disorder patient. Cooper begins by providing a scientific description of obsessive-compulsive disorder‚ and its usual symptoms upon a client. Then‚ Cooper goes onto present a specific client used for this particular research project‚ which was eventually diagnosed
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Thomas is a nine year old boy that suffers from schizophrenia. He is the youngest child in his family and has three older sisters. His single mother is very supportive and is constantly looking for resources to help him be successful. His father is not involved in Thomas’s life due to struggling with alcohol and drug addictions‚ as well as several short term sentences served in jail over the years. Despite being a single parent‚ Thomas’s mother provides a financially stable household and lifestyle
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The article I have chosen to write about is “Life with Borderline Personality Disorder” by Alaska Young. Ms. Young shares the experience she has with borderline personality disorder (BPD). Alaska said that she has live with this disorder since a very young age. Ms. Young says “When I was in middle school‚ I became depressed‚ in addition to the anxiety I had been feeling since I was a very small child.” This disorder only grows stronger as she grows older. Ms. Young says that when she had friends
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The repeated pattern to use suicidal ideation as a coping mechanism started when she was a teenager. For example her automatic negative thought‚ “I feel so disconnected from my children and too tired to care for them.” These thoughts lead to her feelings of guilt about her parenting. Then‚ finally she uses a compensatory strategy to try to feel better by trying to “eat to fill the void.” Suzette’s negative views of others is exhibited by when she points out that her previous therapist were unhelpful
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