to thoroughgoing or compulsive cleansing rituals. Religion, sex, neatness, and hostility are other premises of obsessions. Other variations of compulsions consist of ritualistic counting and checking a specific amount of times. The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of OCD in the case of Bess. Additionally, I will explain the biological, psychodynamic, cognitive, and behavioral theories as they apply to the disorder analyzed in my selected case. Overview of Case Bess is a 27-year-old
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NURSING PROCESS PAPER Student Name: Date of Care: 10/14/09 Date of Admission: 10/10/09 I. HEALTH STATUS | Admitting Dx: COPD Exac/Chest Pain | Pt. Init.D.R | Rm No.353 | Age60 | SexM | RaceCaucasion | ReligionCatholic | OccupationDisabled | Surgery: Medical Treatment: Back Surgery/ Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting COPD Exac/Chest Pain | Chief Complaint/Reason for Hospitalization & Hx. of Present Illness (with 1-8 critical characteristics, Jarvis
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The Military, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, and Personality Jaye Crouse Northcentral University Dr. Claire Clifford PSY8100 Jul 20, 2014 Introduction The field of personality psychology has developed out of the necessity to know why people act, feel, and think like they do, to analyze their inward and outward motivations, and to discover where behaviors originate. It is the age-old debate of nature versus nurture that is found in many psychological theories and personality is
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CBT to Treat Generalized Anxiety Cognitive Therapy (CT) or Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) was pioneered by Dr. Aaron T. Beck in the 1960s, while he was a psychiatrist and professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Before being hired for this job he had practiced psychoanalysis elsewhere and became interested in advancing the field. While at the University of Pennsylvania Dr. Beck designed and carried out several experiments to test psychoanalytic concepts that delta with depression. Through
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Study Guide Essentials of Psychology By Robert G. Turner Jr., Ph.D. About the Author Robert G. Turner Jr., Ph.D. has more than 20 years of teaching and education-related experience. He has taught seventh-grade science, worked as a curriculum developer for the Upward Bound Program, and taught sociology, social psychology, anthropology, and honors seminars at the university level. As a professional writer, he has written nonfiction books, journal and magazine articles, novels, and stage plays
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of psychology being vary vast, the scope of this paper is limited to the case study of an individual and the strained relationship within a family situation as occasioned by the person in question. This paper aims to describe the case at hand in a most in-depth manner as limited only to the knowledge of the writer with an attempt to understand it as best from a psychological perspective, considering relevant psychological theory and thought. The paper also aims to analyse the case with reflection on
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develop a case study. My case study will require me to use the skills I have been practicing to make a connection between medical and nursing problems. Some of these skills include assessment, rationales, critical thinking, and problem solving. In this paper I will go over my patient’s health history, lab tests, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and her medications. I will also provide a detailed nursing assessment, a detailed nursing process and explain reasons and rationales about my decisions involving her
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Rae Loulache | Check | Requirement | | This checklist is the first page of my paper. | | The “Title Page”, which is formatted in accordance with APA Guidelines, is the second page of my paper. | | The page following the Title Page is marked page #2 and subsequent pages are numbered sequentially. All page markings appear in the lower, right hand corner of the each page. | | My entire paper (everything) is double spaced. | | I have not included an “introduction” or “opening
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Contents Table of Contents 1 Theory Building in Counselling Psychology 2 The Impulse Toward Eclecticism 4 My Bohartian History 6 Adlerian Psychotherapy as Structured Eclecticism 10 My Adlerian Roots 11 Beyond Adler: Robertsonian Meme Therapy 13 The Nature of Self 13 The Potential for Using Memes in Counselling 15 A Use of Meme Theory in Counselling a Suicidal Youth 17 Holistic, Dynamic and Integrative: Looking Forward in Our Profession 21 Summarizing the Foundational Principles
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SPED 510 Prader-Willi Syndrome Tonya M. Exum Governor’s State University March 23, 2010 Prader-Willi Syndrome Introduction Prader-Willi Ѕyndrome iѕ a genetic diѕorder. Itѕ featureѕ include food obѕeѕѕion, ѕhortneѕѕ of ѕtature and poor muѕcle tone. It affectѕ boyѕ and girlѕ, and occurѕ in familieѕ from all backgroundѕ. Reѕearch indicateѕ that PWЅ may reѕult becauѕe of four different genetic abnormalitieѕ on chromoѕome 15. In approximately two thirdѕ of caѕeѕ the diѕorder happenѕ
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