Psychology Homework #2 – Journal Article Review - Morgan Wolf Putsch‚ R. W. (1988). Ghost illness: A cross-cultural experience the expression of a non-western tradition in clinical practice. American Indian and Alaska Mental Health Research‚ 2(2): 6-26. History and Background Many Native cultures have a history of a condition referred to as Ghost Illness‚ a sickness reportedly inflicted by the dead in an attempt to take the living with them. It is often associated with varying physical illnesses
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PSYC111 Dr. J. L. Taylor Case Study 2 I would begin to reassure Melindah and Jermain about their concerns for a healthy baby by explaining that their worries about the new child’s behavior ( shyness) is not genetic but behavioral and those characteristics that are believed to be genetic such as mental illness and addiction are often the result of environment and their expressions can be diminished or modified by warm and intelligent social interaction with parents and by
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mathematics. In 2005‚ Emily was referred for Special Education eligibility; however‚ she was not found eligible for services. In 2007 while attending Wake County Public Schools in North Carolina‚ Emily was diagnosed with GAD‚ Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Upon transfer to Montgomery City Public schools in 2008‚ she was found eligible for services due to below average range of
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Background-Sarah is a 22 month old functioning at a level much below her chronological age. Sarah has been evaluated twice regarding her symptoms‚ and at the time of the 2nd evaluation‚ she was too young for a formal diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Sarah does though‚ present with many of the common symptoms associated with ASD and she is essentially non-verbal. Sarah has a multitude of goals‚ both short term and long term to increase her level of functional communication. There are three
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PART ONE Medical-Surgical Cases 1 1 Cardiovascular Cardiovascular Disorders Case Study 1 Heart Failure Difficulty: Beginning Setting: Emergency department‚ hospital Index Words: heart failure (HF)‚ cardiomyopathy‚ volume overload‚ quality of life X Scenario M.G.‚ a “frequent flier‚” is admitted to the emergency department (ED) with a diagnosis of heart failure (HF). She was discharged from the hospital 10 days ago and comes in today stating‚ “I just had to come to the hospital today because I
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Scientific Study of Personality Scientific Study of Personality In the search for understanding behavior‚ the quest takes one to the subject of “personality”. There have always been questions as to why people do what they do‚ whether or not people have the ability to shape their own personality‚ and why people are so different. There are individuals that are predictable and others that are completely unpredictable‚ and what exactly controls or is a factor in one’s personality. Personality is a complex
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The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory‚ second edition (MMPI - 2) is one of the few personality tests administered used across the US. This assessment was originally designed in 1939‚ but was not published until 1942 by the University of Minnesota Hospitals (Butcher‚ 1996). The main purpose of the assessment was to aide in the acknowledgment of behavioral social problems among psychiatric patients. In other words‚ the initial authors of the test used the results to compile diagnoses specifically
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The patient’s disorder takes her away from important things she should be paying attention to at the moment. It makes her feel worry anytime about what can happen and what is unlikely to happen. It leads her to a physically tired state‚ psychological exhaustion and mental
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1) The purpose of occupational health psychology is to create an environment in which the workers’ needs‚ such as safety and health are sought after (E.Tetrick‚ 2017). Stress hardly occurs within isolation and usually has a ripple effect on all workers in the same environment‚ meaning that if one worker is experiencing depression then it will have a negative impact on co-workers as well. In the current globalized working environment‚ human capital is the main function of any organization and plays
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The article I selected was from a case in the state of Illinois about a man named Angel Gonzalez. Angel was charge and convicted of sexual assault and kidnapping and was sentence to 40 years in prison which he served a total of 20. He was finally exonerated in March 2015 from a crime he didn’t commit. Due to the misidentification of the victim Angel lost 20 years of his life. Luckily for him his case was opened in August 2012 by the Innocence Project which uses the most up-to-date DNA testing he
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