Psychological Disorders and Treatment: By Diane Roger-Arroya Psy124 unit 9 Assignment June 18‚ 2013 A psychological disorder is also known as a mental disorder. A pattern of behavioral or psychological symptoms that impact multiple life areas and/or create distress for the person experiencing these symptoms is what psychological disorder. Examples of psychological disorder are bipolar disorder‚ obsessive compulsive disorder‚ and Schizophrenia are some to name. With the proper diagnosis a client
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Corrections & Treatment Your name CJS 240 October 24‚ 2010 The Juvenile corrections system has various methods to support the underlying goal of rehabilitation and reform. This system affects the entire community in its successes and failures; members of the society should take time to understand what efforts are being made to reform these young offenders and what obstacles must be eliminated to make it more effective. The following paper will attempt to summarize community based treatment‚ confinement
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contribute to dysfunctional behaviour. Bennett and Robinson (2003)‚ suggest that behaviour is deemed dysfunctional or deviant when an individual or a group violates an organisation’s norms‚ policies‚ or internal values‚ and threatens the welfare of the organisation or its constituents. Researchers into dysfunctional behaviour have come up with other alternative terms such as corrupt‚ counterproductive behaviour‚ deviance‚ antisocial‚ and unethical or anti-citizen behaviour (Speedy 2004). Pulich and
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Assignment for Organisational Behaviour Unit 2014-15 The assignment for this unit is to prepare an outline or ‘treatment’ for a 30 minute documentary film for television on a topic from this unit which interests you. A treatment is a description of your documentary‚ in prose‚ which guides the reader through content and tone. Usually they are written to sell films to producers. Your treatment should include the following: 1. Title (what are you going to call your documentary) 2. The pitch (what
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and as a combined serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor at higher dosages. It is now a recommended first-line treatment for PTSD. B. Antipsychotics The most common alternative to antidepressants are the atypical antipsychotics. risperidone (Risperdal) olanzapine (Zyprexa) quetiapine (Seroquel) Antipsychotic medicines seem to be most useful in the treatment of PTSD in those who suffer from agitation‚ dissociation‚ hyper vigilance‚ intense suspiciousness (paranoia)‚ or brief
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fictitious case. All names used in the document are fictitious Sample Treatment Plan Recipient Information Medicaid Number:12345678 Name: Jill Spratt DOB: 9-13-92 Other Agencies Involved: Jack Horner‚ M.D.‚ Child Psychiatrist Spring Hill Middle School Provider Information Medicaid Number:987654321 Name: Tom Thumb‚ Ph.D. Treatment Plan Date: 10-9-06 Plan to Coordinate Services: Phone contact during the first month of treatment‚ then as needed‚ but at least 1 time every 3 months. Request teacher to
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Applying the Balanced Scorecard to Education DEMETRIUS KARATHANOS PATRICIA KARATHANOS Southeast Missouri State University Cape Girardeau‚ Missouri T he concept of the balanced scorecard (BSC) was first introduced by Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton (1992) in their now widely cited Harvard Business Review article‚ “The Balanced Scorecard—Measures that Drive Performance.” The widespread adoption and use of the BSC is well documented. For example‚ Kaplan and Norton (2001) reported that by
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diagnosed with other signs and symptoms of having a Parasagittal Meningioma. According to Dienpenbrock (2004)‚ Meningiomas are slow-growing and most often occur in middle aged adults. The standard treatment is surgery with the complete removal or partial dissection. Nursing management should focus on the treatment and preventing the effect of increased intracranial pressure or ICP by closed monitoring vital signs‚ and motor functions should also be checked because specific motor deficits may occur depending
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Dealing with offending behaviour Acknowledgement of offending behaviour and its impact Despite a 50% increase in the budget for prisons and managing offenders in the last ten years almost half of all adult offenders released from custody reoffend within a year so effective rehabilitation is needed to enable us to break the cycle of crime and prison. This rehabilitation includes offending behaviour programmes‚ which make offenders‚ confront and acknowledge the damage their behaviour does‚ and then learn
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Treatment of Writing in Aphasia When an individual has aphasia‚ verbal output is often no longer sufficient for communication. Because of this‚ other modalities of communication are often explored. "Speech" therapy for aphasic patients often does not include speech activities at all‚ but rather focuses on a modality with which they will experience more success‚ and which will facilitate their communication in functional situations. Promoting Aphasic Communicative Effectiveness (PACE) is a
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