Psychological Disorder Paper Marvin Arnold University of Phoenix PSY/450 Shally Vaid February 28‚ 2011 Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that is caused by a traumatic event. PTSD can be developed when an individual experience‚ or observe an event that caused intense fear‚ helplessness and horror (Mayo Clinic‚ n.d.). Post-traumatic stress disorder has identifiable symptoms‚ specific therapeutic interventions‚ and affects all segments of the population. PTSD is
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Psychological Disorder Analysis October 30‚ 2011 PSY/270 Marla is a 42-year-old Hispanic female who comes to the mental health clinic complaining of having trouble sleeping‚ feeling “jumpy all of the time‚” and experiencing an inability to concentrate. These symptoms cause problems for her at work‚ where she is an accountant. As a psychiatrist I would need to diagnose Marla with the proper disorder‚ explain information about the diagnosis‚ and discuss possible treatments with her. It would
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Psychological Disorders Analysis UOPX PSY/270 February 2‚ 2013 Instructor: Renee Green The world of abnormal psychology is filled with many different types of disorders‚ symptoms‚ and treatment options. Today‚ I will be working with Roger‚ a middle-aged accountant living in San Francisco‚ California who experienced a car wreck a few months ago. He has been experiencing shakiness‚ breathlessness‚ heat flashes‚ and nightmares. He has been trying to cope with the symptoms that he is experiencing
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THE SIGNIFICANCE OF DEFENCE MECHANISMS IN THE PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC PROCESS. . Introduction The roots of the term ‘defence mechanism’ are to be found in psychoanalysis‚ and refer originally to ‘a process whereby the ego protects itself against the demands of the id’ (Colman‚ 2001: 189). In other words‚ the primitive‚ “I want”‚ voice of the id is tempered and restrained by the civilised‚“You can’t always have”‚ voice of the ego. In this sense‚ our defences constitute the compromise
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to whether or not they could be the possible killers. “The film is not a total loss due to its interesting use of suspense and its tactic of placing suspicion on every character. While it’s not one of the best thrillers
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Taken is an action‚ thriller film directed by Pierre Morel. The film is a typical action thriller‚ where the heroic protagonist beats the heck out of everyone who gets in the way of him attaining his goal‚ action film. Director Pierre Morel has used genre-typical techniques such as fight choreography to have a predictable effect on the audience. Throughout the film of Taken Bryan Mills played by Liam Neeson is a Former U.S Central Intelligence Agency operative becomes the Hero of this film. With
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Psychological egoism is the theory that voluntary actions are always motivated by a reward to oneself‚ whether directly or indirectly. Some people immediately object to the theory because there are plenty of cases where people help others when there seems to be no reward. A proponent of psychological egoism would stress that there seems to be no reward‚ and that the person is in fact benefiting in some way. In many cases‚ the proponent of psychological egoism would offer that the "good feeling"
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Psychological Debriefing: Pros and Cons Psychological debriefing (PD)‚ is an intervention process in which trauma survivors are urged to recount and relive the incident in order to avoid long-term consequences and traumatic stress responses (Halgin‚ 2009‚ p. 59). The method used in this process is Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD) and more recently‚ Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM). However‚ there are those who oppose the use of psychological debriefing‚ stating that
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Exploring psychological trauma and its affects Eng. 220‚ Spring 2011 Psychological trauma is a type of damage to the psyche that occurs as a result of a traumatic event. In “Mending by Sallie Bingham”‚ the reader can find that the narrator has dealt with a trauma‚ and the pain that arises is a lot. Same situations occur with Pat Staten‚ and her father‚ as well as Jane Lazzare. In each of the short stories‚ the reader can find that the author or narrator has suffered with psychological trauma and
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The History of psychological assessment tools in America is a wide spread measure of testing that has historical roots. In this paper‚ I will examine the history of psychological assessment tools‚ the types of assessments being used today‚ and the validity of assessment tools. What is psychological assessment? Psychological assessment is a process that involves information from a series of sources‚ like personality tests‚ intelligence tests and personal interviews. Many psychologists do
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