The genogram is a valuable assessment tool used by social workers‚ therapists‚ counselors‚ and practitioners‚ and it is typically used in psychology as a way to map out relationships within a family and learn how members interact with one another. Diagrammatically‚ the genogram is an intergenerational map of three or more generations of a family and a primary assessment tool that focuses on intergenerational patterns and relationships among family members (Goldenberg & Goldenberg‚ 2014). It illustrates
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Case Study 1: Anemia Situation: The client is a 77 – year – old widow who relies on her late husband’s savings for all her expenses. Over the past few years‚ she has eaten less and less meat because of her financial situation and the trouble of preparing a meal “just for me”. She also has medicines to buy for the treatment of hypertension and arthritis. Over the past 2 to 3 months‚ she has felt increasingly tired‚ despite sleeping well at night. When she goes to the clinic‚ the doctor orders blood
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Anemia is a disorder of the blood. It occurs when your body does not produce enough erythrocytes or red blood cells (RBCs). Without the erythrocytes oxygen can not be adequately delivered to the tissues and organs throughout the body. This will cause you to become weak and tired. A person may also experience headaches‚ skin pallor‚ and faintness. Your body may attempt to compensate for these symptoms by speeding up the heart rate and respiratory rate. This is the body’s attempt to return oxygen
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Not surprising‚ the completion of this Genogram exercise has been both an enlightening and distressing experience for me. Confronting my mother’s recent death in print is immensely painful particularly because she was so young and vibrant just prior to her passing. It reminds me how tortuous the bereavement process can be when we loose family members who are the cornerstones of our daily history. It is a loss that will undoubtedly influence and impact upon my abilities as a counselor. As I am
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Caitlin Fynan 6 March 6‚ 2013 PSYC 3010 Genogram Narrative I come from a rather large family. My father and mother are both the youngest of four children. Both sides of my family share similar qualities as well as vast differences. My paternal grandfather‚ Elmer Fynan‚ was born and raised in Riverside‚ Burlington County‚ New Jersey. My paternal grandmother‚ Grace Taylor‚ was born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania and her family relocated to Riverside‚ New Jersey after the Great Depression affected
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When the genogram assignment was given‚ I was resentful to do it because I already had a vague idea of my family’s background. I understood the reason behind the assignment‚ but I strongly dislike talking about my family‚ especially to people I am not particularly close to. Although I did not learn any additional valuable information about my family‚ being able to organize what I was aware of aided me in my reflection. I recognize now that my closest relationship is to my mom‚ yet I do not feel comfortable
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In this illustration we look at the family genogram of Juan and Elena Hernandez. Family has a different meaning to various people. For some family maybe mom‚ dad‚ and their siblings and to others it may be friends that are considered family. According to Zastrow and Kirst-Ashman “The family is the primary institution for the rearing and socializing of children” (pp‚ 552). This definition explicates that it is in the family where kids learn most of their socialization skills. Provided this information
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Youseff Anemia Anemia is a blood disease where the body does not produce enough red blood cells. Each red blood cell carries hemoglobin (oxygen) to all tissues of the body and also removes carbon dioxide waste by carrying it to the lungs to be exhaled. When a person has Anemia they have less amount of hemoglobin or oxygen in their blood. Anemia is one of the most common blood disorder and can cause many problems with the body. There are many different forms of anemia such as aplastic anemia‚ folic
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Aplastic anemia is a condition where bone marrow does not produce sufficient new cells to replenish blood cells.[1] The condition‚ per its name‚ involves both aplasia and anemia. Typically‚ anemia refers to low red blood cell counts‚ but aplastic anemia patients have lower counts of all three blood cell types: red blood cells‚ white blood cells‚ and platelets‚ termed pancytopenia. ------------------------------------------------- [edit]Signs and symptoms * Anemia with malaise‚ pallor and associated
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Explain in details regarding the sideroblastic anemia. - The sideroblastic anemia is a heterogeneous group of blood disorders. This type of anemia will occur because an impaired ability of the bone marrow to produce normal red blood cells. The person who has these anemia can found sideroblasts (abnormal red blood cells) in the blood. Sideroblastic anemia can be categorized into three groups such as reversible‚ acquired and reversible hereditary. 2. Explain in details regarding the morphology of siderocytes
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