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    Identifying information Cynthia is a divorced 47 year old mother of two sons‚ Stanley age 27 and George age19. Both of her sons live at home with her. Stanley‚ who is trainable mentally impaired‚ requires a lot of Cynthia’s attention. George attends Oakland Community College with plans on transferring to a four year university in his junior year. Cynthia has a great relationship with both of her children. Cynthia is in the middle class income range grossing $65‚000 a year. She is an African

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    Psychosocial Assessment of Good Will Hunting December 06‚ 2011 Identifying Information Will Hunting is a 20 year-old Caucasian male of Irish decent. He turned 21 before the time he was terminated from therapy. He was always casually dressed in slacks‚ or jeans and t-shirt or short sleeves shirt like most youths or teenagers. Although he had few clothes as evidenced by the fact that he wore the same two or three outfits to all his therapy sessions‚ his clothes were always clean. Referral

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    such as concussions‚ but what many people do not know of are what happens to an athlete after sustaining the head trauma. Diseases like Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis(ALS) and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy(CTE) can affect athletes many years after sustaining concussions and can lead to death. Many sports corporations such as the NFL are taking steps to help prevent further head trauma to their athletes‚ but many critics are questioning whether the NFL is really doing enough. The question on everyone’s

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    Literature review The experience of childhood trauma increases the likelihood that symptoms of PTSD will reoccur during adulthood (JAMA‚ 2008). The New England Journal of Medicine defines PTSD as a result of an events capacity to provoke fear‚ helplessness‚ or horror in response to the threat of injury or death (2002). A PTSD diagnoses will present symptoms of avoidance (to include person‚ place‚ or things)‚ flashbacks of the event‚ nightmares‚ insomnia‚ anxiety‚ depression‚ panic attacks‚ and somatic

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    Erik Erikson’s has several stages of psychosocial development. 1.Trust vs. Mistrust Is the world safe or unpredictable? We look to our caregivers for safety as infants. When we receive consistent reliable care as infants we develop a sense of trust‚ on the other hand if we receive inconsistent‚ unpredictable and unreliable care than we develop mistrust. 2.Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt In this stage the child is starting to get a little independence by wanting to put his/her own clothes on‚ pick

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    How to Overcome Childhood Traumas “Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional‚” is a Buddhist proverb. Everyone has had pain in their childhood. The pain can be as diminutive as finding out that Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy are a sham‚ or it can be as immense as being abandoned and abused by someone. Trauma can leave mental‚ physical‚ and emotional scars that last a life time. As you transition from childhood to adulthood‚ letting your past skeletons haunt you will hold back and keep you in self

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    On September 12‚ 2017‚ Ms. P as admitted to New York Presbyterian hospital after she was hit in the head and suffered a concussion and lost vision in the left eye. After assessing the injury‚ doctors determined that she had experienced a head trauma which indicates a Traumatic Brain injury known as TBI. According to the Center for Disease Control and prevention “traumatic brain injury (TBI) as a disruption in the normal function of the brain that can be caused by a bump‚ blow‚ or jolt to the head

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    In the article of The Long Shadow on the Lingering Effects of Childhood Trauma‚ Dr. Bruce Perry explained that “the fight or flight instinct can change a child’s brain for the worse.” If the intimidations the child comes across are life-threatening‚ unrelenting or recurrent‚ the child becomes extremely sensitized‚ overreacting to trivial challenges and occasionally suffering symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. In this article‚ Dr. Bruce Perry emphasized that the transformation of the malleability

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    Using Freud’s five psychosocial stages we can assume Freud would describe Marty as resulting of being fixated during the anal stage of Freud’s five stages because of his unusual rigidity and punctuality. Mike shows signs of having had problems during his phallic stage due to his lack of conscious. Mike may also surfer from an unrestrained superego‚ while Marty seems to have a proper superego. Mike and Marty seem to be polar opposites as far as personality. While I would score Mike very highly in

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    The Nervous System: Head Trauma Head trauma is an injury to the head that may or may not be brain related. The injury can me mild or very severe depending on the cause‚ head injuries can be causes from a wide variety of accidents or incidents. You can have head trauma from automobile accidents‚ slips and falls‚ sport accidents‚ violent shaking to the head/body (common with babies or small children) assaults or fights‚ and gunshot injury to the head. Head or brain can be damaged directly by things

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