By Summan Islam Why personality disorders and mental retardation are place on axis II instead of axis I? DSM IV Criteria: The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)‚ or DSM IV Criteria is the standard classification of mental disorders used by mental health professionals in the United States. It is not only used for patient diagnosis and treatment‚ but is also important for collecting and communicating accurate public health statistics. Components of the DSM
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Within the social approach there are three theories of mental illness which are stress theory‚ structural strain theory‚ and labeling theory. The stress theory however provides well explanation related to this issue. "By stress or stressors he meant anything that puts wear and tear on the body usually noxious environmental stimulation. The theory that having to readjust one’s behavior or repeatedly or substantially could overtax a person’s ability to cope or adapt‚ thus leaving him or her more vulnerable
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when mental retardation comes into place. In my report I will be talking about mental retardation and the different kids of mental illnesses. Mental retardation is often thought of a disease ( Mental retardation 1 ). Disease would be the wrong term. Mental retardation is a term for wide range or conditions ( Mental retardation 1 ). The meaning of mental retardation depends on what society demands of the individual in learning skills‚ and social responsibility ( Mental retardation
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centuries and have left literary analysts no closer to deciphering Hamlet’s “mental disorder” now than the analysts were in Shakespeare’s time. The second act of any Shakespearean tragic play is an act of choice. In this act the tragic hero chooses to involve himself in evil‚ while everything seems to be going well for him. Through the recitation of the death of Priam‚ Hamlet’s third soliloquy‚ and Hamlet’s seeming deteriorating mental state the reader is gaining all of the insights that the second act of
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Adolf HItler did things that bring me to tears and chills‚but was it his fault or his mental health? When we think of mentally ill people we think of psychopaths who kill for fun like in a Batman cartoon‚ but not all mentally ill people kill‚ even some people that we think must be mentally ill for their actions have no mental illness in sight. Adolf Hitler has been someone many people has an extreme case of a mental illness‚ but does he really‚ or are we just for an excuse of why he did all these awful
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The doctors inform him that he was brought to the Ashecliffe Mental Institution on a mission to find the whereabouts of a recently disappeared patient named Rachel Solando. The main psychiatrist‚ Dr. John Cawley refuses to turn over records to Teddy and his partner Chuck. The two guys later discover that Solando’s
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Scientific management remained concerned tithe the efficiency and productivity of workmen at the shop floor. Fayol’s functional approach to management aimed as improving the managerial activities and performance at top level in the organization. Between 1925‚ opinion of many experts was directed towards the human element or aspect of the organization. They drew their attention from "work" emphasis to "worker" emphasis. It was clearly felt that earlier approaches to management were incomplete and
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physical‚ emotional‚ social and cognitive development. Play-based curriculum is the best approach for children as children learn best while playing and interacting with others. I still have fond memories of my days when I was young and how I enjoyed playing outside with my friends and cousins where nature was our toy. That was an important part of growing up where
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However‚ the approach Malcolm X conveys was the opposite of MLK’s tactics for achieving justice. The lifelong brutality was finally taking a toll on the people. The way African Americans were getting treated regarding their skin color was soon the outcome of the approach Malcolm had in mind for justice. Violence against African Americans had occurred long before Malcolm’s protest for justice. Indeed‚ violent was now becoming a casual routine for African Americans. Perhaps‚ the approach Malcolm was
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This is how to get the best result. You let the berries dry in the sun till all moisture has gone of them. Then you gather them and chop them very fine. (Halliday and Hasan‚ 1976: 17) In this example‚ the demonstrative pronoun “this” is used to refer to the whole next two sentences. It should be noted that cataphoric reference does not always contribute to cohesion as the anaphoric does. The second type of cohesive devices suggested by Halliday and Hasan is substitution. A substitution is used
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