Depression Inventory for the Elderly (DIE) Depression is one of the most recurrently investigated psychological disorders within the area of medical R&D (Montorio & Izal‚ 1996). A number of exhaustive researches have been carried out to study its symptoms and impacts on different patients belonging to different personal and professional attributes and most of these researchers depicted that depression in the elderly people is very frequent and in spite of number of researches in this context
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Running Head: DEPRESSION AMONG MISSIONARIES Depression Among International Missionaries Jonathan E. Sullivan Liberty University Abstract Missionaries have a unique calling accompanied by unique challenges over the course of their service. As these individuals and families face these challenges‚ depression can be an enemy that hinders and even stops the good work they perform. While most of the time a professional counselor can be seen in the United States to help with depression‚ a therapist
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fatigue‚ and loss of appetite are a few of the symptoms one may feel when suffering from depression. The Beck Depression Inventory was created to assist trained professionals in a mental health care setting to assess‚ detect‚ and monitor changes in depressive symptoms. This paper outlines the Beck Depression Inventory and how professionals in the mental health profession use the test to
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My client was diagnosed with depression three years ago but her depression has been increasing since her life changes. To assess my client’s depression‚ I will us the Beck Depression Inventory. The Beck Depression Inventory is an assessment that can tell the severity of my depression. According to Adewuya and Aloba (2007)‚ “the BDI [3] which is a 21-item self-rated questionnaire consists of a series of ordered statements relating to particular symptoms of depression. Each statement is scored from
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the therapist to assess how Aneeka is currently feeling and what is concerning her most. This information can be gathered through clinical interviews and self-report questionnaires‚ such as The Panic Disorder Self-Report Scale (PDSR) or Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Once this case history is developed‚ a formulation of how Aneeka’s feelings‚ thoughts‚ physical sensations and her behaviour interact can be drawn up. The aim of this would be to recognise unhelpful patterns‚ such as rumination and negative
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Friendship among children Establishing friendships is an important developmental goal of early childhood. Friendships established during the preschool years create valuable contexts to learn and practice skills essential to children’s social‚ cognitive‚ communicative‚ and emotional development (Berndt & Keefe‚ 1992). Through interacting with friends‚ children learn the give and take of social behavior in general. They learn how to set up rules‚ how to weigh alternatives and make decisions when
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Running head: Children: A Vulnerable Population Children: A Vulnerable Population Children: A Vulnerable Population When thinking of vulnerable populations‚ at first thought one thinks of culture and minorities. Regardless of race‚ gender‚ ethnic background‚ or age children are classified as being vulnerable. Children are dependent on adults for virtually everything and it is this aspect that makes them vulnerable. From health care‚ nutrition‚ emotional‚ and social
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PORNOGRAPHY AMONG CHILDREN What is pornography? Pornography is known as “porn” or “porno” which means the depiction of erotic behavior. It intended to cause sexual excitement. Some people believe that online pornography is just a form of personal free speech‚ Somehow we have to care to the under age children also. There is too many resources that can make children expose to pornography such as book‚ magazine‚ mass media‚ and gadget and so on. One of the easiest and most popular ways is over
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Running Title Head: Special Populations Children: The Special Population Mandy Stratmann July 11‚ 2007 Special Populations For the population that I have reviewed would be the population of children. I have also looked into people with mental illnesses‚ but for some reason I keep coming back to the children. They are our future so we all have to do something to help them along their journey of life. May it be helping them with having health insurance‚ a good education‚ and food on the table
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paternal depression and its repercussions on the child’s development.[55] Research on postpartum depression have mostly focused on mothers‚ but studies have shown that fathers also pose a risk of experiencing postpartum depression‚ though a lower prevalence than in mothers.[55] Compared to mothers‚ fathers face lower levels of anxiety towards fatherhood and typically take part less in direct care for the child‚ reducing their susceptibility to
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