PSYN-312 Chelsea Arnao S 11:40am-2:30pm December 12‚ 2015 Borderline Personality Disorder The history of Borderline Personality Disorder‚ also known as BPD‚ began in 1975. Gunderson and Singer developed the first operational definition of the disorder. In 1978‚ Gunderson and Kolb proved that it could be differentiated from other disorders. As a result‚ BPD became part of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) in 1980
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Before I was in third grade I had never heard of depression. I had never even heard of death‚ really. But there I was‚ sitting in the front row of a funeral for a man I had never met‚ and the only explanation I got was‚ “He was a depressed man‚ hun.” To a third grader the word ‘depressed’ had no weight for me; I just assumed it meant sad‚ and maybe he had been so sad he just drifted away. Skip forward about one year: I was in fourth grade now and had just come home from school. I went to my older
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3) Discuss the psychological evidence concerning the relationship between personality‚ stress and disease. Many psychologists believe that stress is a common cause of many illnesses‚ both physically and psychologically. So how does a person’s personality contribute to their levels of stress and thus make them a target for stress related illnesses such as coronary heart disease? This essay aims to look at definitions for stress and personality and see how the relationship between these can produce
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Latonia December 15‚ 2012 Psy-101 Professor M Post -Traumatic Stress Disorder When hearing about Post-traumatic stress disorder‚ majority of people think about war veterans. Many Americans suffer from Post -traumatic stress disorder. However some are not aware that they have it. Post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD is rarely acknowledged or fully understood. Post-traumatic stress disorder is an anxiety disorder that some people get after seeing or living through a dangerous event
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ANXIATY DISORDER 1. What is anxiety disorder; explain it (3 points) Anxiety is a mood state characterized by strong negative emotion and bodily symptoms of tension in which the child anxiously expects possible future danger or misfortune. This definition takes two key characteristics of anxiety—strong negative emotion and an element of fear. Children who experience excessive and debilitating anxieties are said to have anxiety disorders. 2. What are specific phobias in children‚ explain
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She is fighting to find acceptance where she can‚ whether that be in Naxos‚ Chicago‚ New York City and Harlem‚ Copenhagen‚ or even in Alabama. I see her suffering from dysthymia which is a functional level of depression‚ but she is border line to having a form of bipolar disorder. She has times where she feels great‚ as she comes down from those highs‚ she feels mad and anxious‚ most of the time due to someone judging her
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*DSM4 1.Mental Illness (thought and mood disorders) 2. Developmental Disability (mental retardation and personality disorders) 3. Comorbid Medical Conditions (DM) 4. Stressors (psychosocial and environmental problems) 5. GAF (0-100) Age | Freud-psychosexual | Erikson-psychosocial | 0-1 Infant | Oral | Trust v. Mistrust | 1-3 Toddler | Anal | Autonomy v. Shame and doubt | 3-6 Preschoool | Phallic/ Oedipal | Initiative v. Guilt | 6-12 Schoolage | Latency | Industry v. Inferiority
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Psychological Measure Evelyn Calderon‚ Charlene Pallas‚ Jasmine Perkins-Troutman‚ Ashley Stringer-Franco PSY/475 Psychological Tests and Measurements September 17‚ 2012 Glenn Leighbody Psychological Measure Team B examines the aspects of psychological tests and measurements by focusing on the Beck Depression Inventory. Examining the two articles over the Beck Depression Inventory aids Team B in deciding services‚ servers‚ and backgrounds of the measure. The psychological testing that has
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A GUIDE TO DSM-5 JADE Q. WU‚ HANNAH BOETTCHER‚ V. MARK DURAND‚ & DAVID H. BARLOW Introduction The American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM)‚ is the description of psychological disorders used by clinicians and researchers in the United States and around the world to diagnose psychopathology. The 5th and newest edition of this manual―DSM-5―was published in May of 2013 (American Psychiatric Association‚ 2013). With this new edition came many changes to the descriptions
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Review of Hamilton Depression Rating Scale Abstract Hamilton Depression Rating Scale which is observer-rating scale is used to assess severity and type of depression. The aim of this paper is to review and evaluate psychometric properties of HDRS. Six articles which used HDRS are analyzed in terms of reliability and validity
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