Depression Paper Amy Soucek PSY/270 May 26‚ 2013 Dr. Colleen Story Depression Paper While similar‚ unipolar depression and bipolar disorder cause different struggles in individuals who have them. Unipolar depression is characterized only by bouts of depression symptoms‚ while people with bipolar disorder experience the same symptoms in combination with cycles of mania. There are many biological and psychological theories of the causes of unipolar depression‚ but bipolar disorder has for the
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Appendix F – PSY/270 CheckPoint: Autism and Mental Retardation Respond to the following: 1. List the primary features of autism. Children with autism are unresponsive to others‚ uncommunicative‚ repetitive‚ and rigid their symptoms usually appear before the age of three. An autistic individual will have difficulty sustaining employment‚ accomplishing household responsibilities‚ and leading independent lives. Furthermore‚ they express having problems displaying closeness and empathy
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Post your response to the following: In what ways has the information in this course changed your life? Your personal belief system? Your understanding of your fellow human beings? How have you implemented the concepts from this course in your life? Answer: This course has made me see things more realistically. What can we do about things in which we cannot change. I believe we must reframe our reactions to things; in other words‚ what better way can I change this or what tools can I use to
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Mgt 270. Assignments Assignment 1 (15% of course grade) In responding to the following questions‚ be sure to include material from the Slan text (Chapters 2-4). Also‚ feel free to supplement your answers with independent research (e.g.‚ library and Internet research). 1. One of the most important concepts in government and politics is the concept of legitimacy. It is generally agreed that if a government lacks legitimacy‚ it cannot govern. a. What is legitimacy? What role does it serve in governance
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this very reason. 2. Personality disorders can be similar to each other. Personality disorders can be very similar to each other with their symptoms making it hard to properly diagnose personality disorders in a onetime face to face discussion. Misdiagnoses are even more likely to occur is the information is not coming from the patient first hand and is instead coming from a parent and another third party 3. People with different personalities can be given the same diagnosis People
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Depression Paper Kenda Pollick PSY/270 Richard Ferguson March 9‚ 2010 Depression Paper Unipolar depression and bipolar disorder are two common mood disorders. The emotions that make these two disorders classify as mood disorders are depression and mania. Depression is a mood that makes a person feel sad and low and makes life seem overwhelming and challenging. Mania‚ however‚ is the opposite. Mania is a state of emotion where a person feels an abnormally elevated
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Mind Over Matter Petrina Murti PSY/270 April 18‚ 2013 Dr.Enabulele Mind Over Matter Mental illness is a health condition that affects a person’s thoughts‚ behavior‚ and emotions (in some cases all three) which in turns affects the person’s ability to function in their daily lives. Insanity (used as a legal term) is an individual who is diagnosed with a mental illness‚ unable to know right from wrong‚ and is unable to function accordingly. The second prong of McNaughten rule states “knowledge
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Week 5 DQ 2 – Due Thursday‚ August 26 Please post a 200 - 300-word response to the following discussion question by clicking on Reply. Discussion Question Review Ch. 10 of Fundamentals of Abnormal Psychology. Choose a theoretical viewpoint based on your readings. Answer the following questions: How does your theoretical viewpoint explain the causes of substance abuse‚ and what treatments does it recommend? What are some of the strengths or weaknesses of your viewpoint? Psychodynamic theorists
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University of Phoenix Material Appendix D Psychological and Psychophysiological Stress Disorders Respond to the following: 1. Stress can be the root cause of psychological disorders. Name four symptoms shared by acute and posttraumatic stress disorders. a. Re-experiencing the traumatic event b. Avoidance c. Reduced responsiveness d. Increased arousal‚ anxiety‚ and guilt 2. What life events are most likely to trigger a stress disorder
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Client “Ellen” meets criteria for the following DSM-5 diagnoses: F31.81- Bipolar II Disorder With Major Depressive and Hypomanic Episode Differential Diagnosis: I thought of diagnosing Ellen with Dysthymic disorder due to her long history of mild depressive symptoms. The reason I had this is mind was because Ellen was very tired all the time and most time have difficulties sleeping at night. She also reports that she was always unhappy. Reasons for diagnoses chosen: In
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