Section A When we first meet Jack we learn that that he is a 30year old single white male complaining of insomnia for over 6 months. His job is a liability consultant for an automotive company that requires him to take frequent trips to different time zones which often leave him jet lagged. He goes to the doctor to get a prescription to help him sleep, but the doctor prescribes support groups for cancer patients, so that Jack could see what real suffering was. During one of his business trips he
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form of mental illness. Not taking into account children and those with undiagnosed disorders, that’s around one person in a standard American family, including extended family. Even though this statistic does not consider undiagnosed cases and children, it is still a staggering number. In fact, we see youths being affected by mental illness more frequently in this generation than the last. Alaska Young, a compulsive, emotionally detached and socially withdrawn sixteen year old girl is the secondary
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Bipolar disorder was once known as manic-depressive disorder, and has caught the interest in scholars dating back to ancient Greece. Yet it still remains a mystery in many ways. Hypomania, with its euphoria, energy, and productivity, has been described as a powerful elixir, and here is no other psychiatric condition in which people report craving the return of symptoms. But with this, Amazing work has come from people with bipolar disorders, like Vincent Van Gogh, Martin Luther, Amy Lowell, and other
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mental disorder. According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, fourth edition (DSM-IV) the American Psychiatric Association diagnostic manual, mental disorders fall into 16 categories. The mental disorders that make up these categories include: disorders often diagnosed in childhood/adolescence, Delirium, Dementia, and other cognitive disorders, mental disorders due to a general medical condition, substance-related disorders, Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, mood disorders, anxiety
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Eating disorders are eating habits that affect the mental and physical health of the body. Eating habits include insufficient food intake or excessive food intake. One of the most common forms of eating disorders is bulimia nervosa. Bulimia can be classified in two categories, purging bulimia and non-purging bulimia. Purging bulimia is when an individual forces himself or herself to vomit by drug misuse or by sticking their fingers into their throat to get out the food they had just binged on. Other
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threatening or of emergency. They also do not cause negative mood changes nor noticeable physical symptoms leading me to eliminate Panic Disorder and Panic Attack as a possible choices. As for Cliff’s background information it does not state he has suffered a traumatic life experience or avoiding triggering stimuli which is a unique symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, eliminating it as a potential diagnosis. Furthermore, his anxiety includes an array of triggers. It is not just over a specific object
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Psychotherapy Matrix |Therapy Approach |Techniques Used |Disorders Appropriate for This Therapy | |Psychodynamic Therapy (Therapy |Interpretation: explanation of unconscious |Disorder that deals with general feelings of | |that focuses on bringing |motivations. |unhappiness and unresolved conflicts from | |unconscious conflicts and |Analysis of dreams:
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Introduction Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder where the person does not eat and maintain a normal body weight, in order to have a skinny body (DSM-IV). Mostly females are afflicted with this disorder, and most cases are curable. Many super models have anorexia nervosa and some have died from this disorder. Anorexia nervosa is also a psychological disorder as well (Stoppler, 2009). People who have anorexia nervosa have many symptoms and the causes are usually different and numerous for different
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Associate Level Material Appendix C Psychotherapy Matrix Directions: Review Module 36 of Psychology and Your Life. Select three approaches to summarize. Include examples of the types of psychological disorders appropriate for each therapy. |Psychodynamic |Behavioral |Cognitive | |Summary of |Psychoanalysis: Freudian psychotherapy in which the goal
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Dissociative Disorders is the disruption in the integrated functions of consciences, memory, identity, or perception of the environment. They are marked by a dissociation from or interruption of a person’s fundamental aspect of waking consciousness such as personal identity and one’s personal history. In this paper I will be discussing the main dissociative disorders, which are: Dissociative Amnesia, Dissociative Fugue, Dissociative Identity Disorder, and Depersonalization Disorder. All of the dissociative
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