Demographic Data Steven* is 14-years-old‚ Caucasian male‚ and he speaks English. He is in the ninth grade. He was referred to use by the County of Sacramento DHHS- CPS. Presenting Problem Steven was placed in protective custody‚ according to intake social workers notes‚ due to his biological father’s mental issues and alcohol abuse. Steven was left unsupervised and left to parent himself while biological father was out drinking or hospitalized for being under the influence. Genogram
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Adolescent Interview The period of physical and psychological development from puberty to maturity is referred to as adolescence. It is at this point where individuals between the ages of 11 to 22 begin a distinct and unique stage of the life cycle. The transformation can be the most difficult stage in development that an individual will endure. According to our text‚ “Adolescence is characterized by significant physical change‚ increase hormone production‚ sexual maturation‚ improved cognitive
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Biopsychosocial Case Study Of Jeffrey Dahmer Jeffrey Dahmer murdered 17 men between the years of 1978 to 1991 in which he participated in necrophilia‚ dismemberment and cannibalism (Meyer‚ 2006). As a child‚ Dahmer was shy and suffered from low self-esteem. At a young age‚ Dahmer displayed abnormal behavior starting with the collecting of dead animals and using acid to strip off the meat having necrophilia desires. This escalated in his teen years turning into fantasies of killing and mutilating
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Mary is my eighty-six years old grandmother that lives in Seal Beach‚ California. She has so far lived a full life and even with her age she is still a very intelligent and strong woman. Later adulthood the longest segment of the life span‚ starts at age sixty-five. In my grandmother’s case she is in the old-old age category which starts at the age of seventy-five. In the interview the questions focused on three specific aspects including: Physical development‚ social development and biological
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has been the foundation of Western medicine‚ and has remained largely unchallenged as the dominant model of care used in the delivery of psychiatric treatment. It is practiced with a focus on disease‚ pathology‚ and ‘cure’. The emergence of the biopsychosocial model (Engel‚ 1977) and psychosocial rehabilitation has provided the mental health arena with an effective alternative to the biomedical model. With an approach that is person-centred and recovery focused‚ it aligns with contemporary attitudes
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At the same time‚ when one twin develops schizophrenia‚ 40% of co-twins do not develop the disorder. Thus‚ in addition to the genetic factors‚ other factors (presumably environmental) also play a part. The psychological component of the biopsychosocial model looks for potential psychological causes for a health problem such as lack of self-control‚ emotional turmoil‚ and negative thinking. Psychosocial factors can cause a biological effect by predisposing the patient to risk factors. An example
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Biopsychosocial Perspective on Personality: How did you become the person you are today? Personality traits influence our ability to deal with stressors. Personality is an individual’s characteristic that influences his or her awareness‚ thoughts‚ behaviors and motivations uniquely. Temperament is the individual differences that emerge very early in life‚ likely to have a heritable basis often involved in behaviors linked with emotional reactivity and intensity. An inhibited temperament is associated
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In this assignment the writer will discuss how young people are susceptible to the severe and persistent mental illness of Schizophrenia. This mental illness is a debilitating brain disorder ‚ with onset in late adolescence and early adulthood (DSM-IV-TR‚ 2000). To get a clearer perception of this illness the author will use a case study to illustrate how this disorder is understood. John is fifteen year old youth on his second admission to hospital. John was diagnosed with early on-set of schizophrenia
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include interviews to assess exercise addiction. Theoretical background In 1977‚ psychiatrist George L. Engel released an article‚ The Need for a New Medical Model: A Challenge for Biomedicine‚ in which he proposed the Biopsychosocial Model‚ or BPSM. 1 “The Biopsychosocial Model is a method of understanding health and illness through biological‚ psychological‚ and social factors.” 2 Prior to Engel’s model‚ the
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and other biological processes contribute to our behavior and mental processes. Just like the other 11 branches of psychology‚ the biopsychosocial model is very important in this field. Also‚ as in many of the other 11 branches of psychology‚ biopsychology uses more than one part of the biopsychosocial model. According to the people at Connexions‚ the biopsychosocial model is broken down into three different interconnected spectrums: biological processes‚ psychological factors‚ and social forces
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