Running head: TWO PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS FROM THE MOVIE “A BEAUTIFUL MIND”: SCHIZOPHRENIA AND PARANOID PERSONALITY DISORDER Two Psychological Disorders from the Movie “A Beautiful Mind”: Schizophrenia and Paranoid Personality Disorder Your Name Your School Name‚ State (Country) “A Beautiful Mind‚” which is based on the novel by Sylvia Nasar‚ is the story about the mathematic genius called John Nash. He enters Princeton University in the 1940s to start his studies in the fields of calculus and
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Cigarettes Caffeine: Coffee‚ Soda ABUSE HISTORY Sexual: None reported Physical: Pt reports physical abuse by mother Emotional: Pt reports emotional abuse by mother and father Rape Trauma: None reported Domestic Violence: None reported EATING DISORDERS Anorexia Nervosa: Have you ever deliberately lost so much weight on a diet that people started to seriously worry about your health? Bulimia nervosa: Did you ever have a problem with binge eating‚ when you would eat so much food so fast that it
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Case study one discusses the current situation that a 27-year old male‚ Josh is going through. Three months ago‚ Josh was walking to meet his Fiancée for lunch one day when she was struck and killed by a car‚ right in front of his eyes. He was with her in the final moments that she was alive‚ and has recently quit his job. It has become too difficult for him to revisit the area in which his Fiancée was killed and now lives with his parents. Often he finds that he relives the scene of her death in
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Communication Disorders Thought‚ Language‚ I. Clinical Assessment‚ Definition of Terms‚ and Evaluation of Their Reliability Nancy C. Andreasen‚ MD psychiatry has considered thought disorder to be pathognomonic symptom of schizophrenia. Evaluation of the \s=b\ Bleulerian a Bleulerian perspective has been severely handicapped by the lack of any standard and widely agreed-on definition of thought disorder. Consequently‚ the conceptualization of thought disorder has tended to
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ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER Antisocial personality disorder is a disorder with a misleading name. Its name may lead one to believe that people with the disorder stay away from social interaction. That is anything but true. People with this disorder are very sociable. The thing that makes them antisocial is they way they do not adapt to normal social standards or behavior. People with antisocial personality disorder may come across as very friendly people‚ the intentions behind the friendly
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idea/thesis statement. G.P.: To persuade S.P.: To persuade the audience to study abroad. Central Idea/ Thesis Statement: You should study abroad to because it will enhance your personal‚ academic‚ and career development. Main Points: I. You should study abroad because it will enhance your personal development. II. You should study abroad because it will enhance your academic development. III. You should study abroad because it will enhance your career development. G.P.: To inform
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Self-injury Self-injury is a behavior in which people deliberately harm their own bodies in some way to cope with overwhelming emotions. Self-injury frequently is an impulsive act. You may become upset and spontaneously seek a way to hurt yourself‚ recklessly doing damage to their body. Other times‚ self-injury may be inflicted in a controlled‚ methodical manner. You may even plan it in advance‚ taking steps to avoid detection and to prevent infections. This act of behavior is not an attempt
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1. What diagnosis does the client have? You must state what you see in the case study that is leading you to believe the client has a particular diagnosis. Diagnosis: Social Anxiety Disorder (Social Phobia) (F40.10) According to the DSM-5 (2013)‚ the characteristic symptoms of social anxiety disorder are marked‚ or intense‚ fear or anxiety of social situations in which the individual may be scrutinized by others. When exposed to such social situations‚ the individual fears that he or
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Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2(MMPI-2) The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 is a diagnostic personality test. The test is making inferences about the client’s typical behaviors and ways of thinking. This test helps professionals see the severity of diagnoses. It is typically used in a psychiatric setting. This test consists of 567 items and takes up to a ninety minutes to complete. The benefits of this assessment are that it covers a wide range of symptoms and diagnoses
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|Awarding institution/body: |University College London | |Teaching institution: |University College London in collaboration with the Yale Child Study Center | |Faculty: |Brain Sciences
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