PSY 270 FINAL PROJECT: PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDER ANALYSIS SUBMITTED BY: ERIN R. RANDOLPH OCTOBER 31‚ 2010 COLLEGE AT AXIA/UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX FINAL PROJECT: PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDER ANALYSIS Lorena is a 26-year-old Hispanic female who comes to the mental health clinic complaining of feeling agitated and hopeless. She is also having trouble sleeping and experiences racing thoughts. Lorena acknowledges she has really good days and really bad days. In fact‚ these symptoms are causing problems
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not fallowing his medical regiment to keep his blood sugar down. Step 2: What are the alternatives? Have the doctor changing diet‚ eating habits‚ and exercise. Or Giving up on his quality of life‚ hurting oneself and stressing the family more. Step 3: What are the advantages and/or disadvantages of each alternative? The advantages of the change in his diet and exercise‚ he will lose weight and improve his overall health and help his heart rate and control his blood pressure. The disadvantages of
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University of Phoenix Material Appendix G The DSM-IV The DSM-IV is an important tool for clinicians. It provides a standard for diagnoses to be standardized across psychology; however‚ the DSM-IV is not as precise for diagnosing personality disorders as some psychologists would like. Give an example of each of the following problems identified in your readings and explain how these problems could negatively affect a diagnosis. 1. Some criteria used for reaching a diagnosis cannot be
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Week 3 Knowledge Check Study Guide Concepts Mastery The four perspectives of client problems Score: 14 / 18 Questions 67% 1 2 3 67% 4 5 6 67% 7 8 9 100% 10 11 12 67% 13 14 15 Stages of the helping process in human services Engaging clients and communities in the helping process Barriers that prevent clients from seeking help Helping skills required for human services Skills required for dealing 100% 16 17 18 with challenging clients Concept: The four perspectives of
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University of Phoenix Material Appendix B Research Methods List the advantages and disadvantages of the following research methods: Research Method | Advantages | Disadvantages | Case Study | One major advantage of the case study in psychology is the potential for the development of original hypotheses for later testing. Second‚ the case study can provide detailed descriptions of specific and rare cases | The case-control study method is highly susceptible to recall bias as it relies
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University of Phoenix Material Appendix D Psychological and Psychophysiological Stress Disorders Respond to the following: 1. Stress can be the root cause of psychological disorders. Name four symptoms shared by acute and posttraumatic stress disorders. 1) There can be re-experiencing events such as dreams. 2) Avoiding special circumstances where an event can remind the person of the event. 3) Losing interest in things that were once pleasurable. 4) Trouble
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help you generate ideas for your Week 5 paper. Practice good sentence writing and answer in full sentences. You want to look at the Week 5 Assignment‚ at the instructions for the final paper‚ which this assignment helps towards. Strategies for Selecting a Topic Complete the following table. Answer in the boxes below What two objects‚ people‚ subjects‚ or concepts are you going to compare and contrast in your Week 5 assignment? Once you choose the
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As a manager of a major bottling company it is my responsibility to provide outstanding customer satisfaction. Recently it was brought to the attention of our quality assurance and marketing team that we were misleading our customers by selling our water bottles as sixteen ounces when in fact customers believed it was less. It was our duty to evaluate that our bottles of water to determine if in fact our customers were right. We needed to evaluate a process that would help us to determine this.
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DEPRESSION PAPER 04/27/2014 Erlin O. Reyes PSY 270 Introduction There are times when an individual encounters some personal weakness. A close relative might pass away or we might experience a stage of a financial crisis. These unfortunate events create some depressive emotion such as‚ sadness‚ anxiety and aggregation‚ etc.‚ which come and go. Different levels of these emotions develop high levels of stress‚ in which it may produce major depressive disorders. Major
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Week Four Reflection This week I really focused classroom control. I focused on rewarding the students with independent time if they were focused and were making a genuine effort with their work. This was worked really well with my third period class. But‚ I am still struggling some with first period‚ however I think we are making progress. I think first period is such a struggle because of the wide range of needs and the class has a total of nine students‚ which is mass capacity. There is also a
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