Practice Case study John/Jane Doe Case study 1: Ricky Smith Diagnostic statement: Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder‚ Predominantly Inattentive Type Diagnostic Breakdown: ( 1) Six ( or more) of the following symptoms of inattention have persisted for at least 6 months to a degree that is maladaptive and inconsistent with developmental level: Ricky’s behavior meets seven criteria for at least 14 months in the dimension of inattention: * Inattention ( a) Often fails to give close
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331.19 (G31.09) Major neurocognitive disorder due to probable frontotemporal lobar degeneration‚ with behavioral disturbance The revise primary diagnostic codes and other factors that presented in Ben’s case study are: 295.90 (F20.9) Schizophrenia Other Factors 315.32 (F80.2) Language Disorder 317 (70) Mild Intellectual Disability (Intellectual Developmental Disorder) Revisiting‚ the second session with Ben‚ a 46-year-old Caucasian male‚ previously diagnose with 295.90 (F20.9) Schizophrenia
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Anxiety‚ Somatoform‚ and Dissociative Disorders Outline & Case Analysis The capacity for an individual to have normal socialization and daily function can be altered in disorders such as; anxiety disorder‚ somatoform disorder‚ and dissociative disorder. Each disorder has varying biological‚ behavioral‚ emotional‚ and cognitive components; however‚ the symptoms in each of these disorders can overlap into another disorder. Identifying these components is important for abnormal psychology to develop
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Seasonal Affective Disorder‚ which causes depression during the cold and dark months. Overall‚ throughout this investigation the causes‚ treatments and differences between the locations in relation to Seasonal Affective Disorder has
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Knuppertz‚ and Seitz (2014)‚ Acute Stress Disorder “is a trauma- and stress-related disorder following a traumatic event” (pg. 1 ). “The diagnostic criteria are intrusive re-experiencing of the trauma‚ autonomic reactivity in response to and avoidance of trauma-related cues‚ dissociation‚ mood deterioration‚ and elevated arousal that last for a minimum of 3 days and at the longest 1 month after the trauma” (Cwik et al‚ 2014‚ pg. 1). According to the case study‚ Suzy was directly exposed to a sexual
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alcohol often times have a few too many‚ which may lead to problems down the road. Some of these problems include mental disorders classified not to long ago as alcohol
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exist to serve self-esteem regulation. Secondly through Pathological personality disorders; Grandiosity (an aspect of antagonism) - Feelings of entitlement‚ either overt or covert and Attention seeking (an aspect of Antagonism) - Excessive attempts to attract and be the focus of the attention of others; admiration seeking others (Aaron L. Pincus‚ 2016) DSM-5 criteria for the diagnostic of Borderline personality disorder were based on the following; Significant Impairments in personality functioning
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Dawn Jensen Dual Diagnosis Dr. Jones-Cage “Antisocial Personality Disorder” April 4‚ 2014 Running head: ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER The psychological and physical aspects of antisocial personality disorder starts when the child is under the age of fifteen and has shown signs of conduct disorder such as hostile or forceful behavior toward humans and animals‚ damaging buildings or belongings‚ misleading and stealing‚ deliberately breaking rules. These behaviors will
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Patient Information: E.J. 15 year old. Caucasian. Female. S. CC: Dry‚ reddened hands/wrists HPI: Ellie’s mother reports that‚ about one month ago‚ she noticed that Ellie’s hands and wrists were very dry and reddened. She has been giving her lotion to apply but nothing seems to help and she has become concerned and thinks she might have eczema. Mother reports that she has tried to watch Ellie’s habits and hasn’t noticed anything super out of the ordinary. However‚ it is unknown as to her habits
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Specific Learning disorder refers to academic performance that is substantially below what would be expected given the person’s age‚ IQ score‚ and education. In the article “Psychoactive Medication and Learning Disabilities”‚ it focuses on the academicals and social behavioral effects of Ritalin and Dexedrine‚ which are psychoactive medications. It is a case study on David‚ a seven years old boy who showed characteristics of ADHD and learning disabilities. His IQ score was 62 according to the Stanford-Binet
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