Adult Psychopathology Sleep and Sexual Disorders Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders: At the outset: four terms 1. Anatomic sex: biological sex‚ based on XX or XY chromosomes 2. Gender Identity: internal feelings as to whether one is male or female (I am male/ I am female) 3. Gender role: external behavior (particularly social behavior but can include sexual behavior) how one wishes to be seen by others (or oneself) as a male or female 4. Sexual orientation: preference for sexual partners
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Nrmality is quite hard to define. The line between what is considered normal and abnormal is not always clear. There are different ways to look at normality. Normal Behaviour refers to a lack of significant deviation from the average. Normality is thus the deviation from average. There are quite some models for looking at normality. One model is to place behaviour on a straight line between two point. One extreme point is supernormality‚ and the other is abnormality. Normality is found around
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Psychopathology Anxiety Disorders PTSD Introduction In this paper I will discuss the multitude of issues faced by clinicians in assessing and diagnosing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). I will attempt to explore the many factors which influence the occurrence and manifestation of PTSD. I will critically discuss this question by exploring the nature of anxiety‚ the relationship between anxiety and PTSD‚ how PTSD is influenced by different life-stages‚ cultural influences impacting on PTSD
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Communication is a very vital tool that we as humans need for survival. Utilized by every person on the planet‚ even to complete the smallest tasks‚ such as ordering food‚ talking on the phone‚ gossiping with friends‚ and persuading our bosses to approve a project. The majority of people are able to communicate effectively with others and are not timid to express themselves. However‚ there are others who do not enjoy communicating with other humans. Have you ever wondered how it would feel to be
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Outline and evaluate the biological approach to psychopathology (8 marks) The biological approach is all to do with the neuroanatomy (brain structure)‚ biochemistry (hormones) and viral infections and genes. It is a reductionist view as it does not look at childhood conflicts (psychodynamic) does not look at cognitive (mind). Genetic inheritance is one‚ this is when your genes are passed on from your parents to the child. It is normally studied on monozygotic twins‚ this is because they have the
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your mother had only pushed you harder that your life might have been much better? The paraphrase example that I used from the vignettes is: Keisha was on academic probation and had other personal issues as well. Keisha feels that her life is miserable due to her childhood upbringing because of her mother. The reflection of what my client is feeling from the vignette: Keisha feels that her life is in a mess and she is blaming her mother for her downfalls that are happening in her present life
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objectivity‚ validity‚ and reliability to interactions and records of clients. In forensic settings‚ where impaired populations are extremely common‚ the three most widely used types of multiscale inventories‚ or objective tests‚ used to assess adult psychopathology include: the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2)‚ the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI)‚ and the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI-III). All three of these assessments evaluate different aspects of an individual’s
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Individual differences – Psychopathology Definitions of Abnormality- 1. DEVIATION FROM SOCIAL NORMS: Deviation refers to dominant behaviour – ‘Behaviour which is considered undesirable by the majority’ – For example; Talking to yourself in public LIMITATIONS: The definition is susceptible to abuse: Diagnosing someone with a mental illness could just be a way to exclude non conformists from society For example‚ homosexuality was considered a ‘mental disorder’ in the USA until 1970s also
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Vignette #1 One minute I was laughing having a great time with my best friend‚ and the next the two of us were staring at each other; fear in our eyes‚ tears running down our checks. Emily and were best friends (We still are!). Our friendship was incredible (don’t get me wrong though‚ we still fought and shared bad memories). Right after Emily turned seven our parents started us on the same year-round swim club. The club swam out of Sterling Heights High School on some nights and Warren
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Managing Boundaries and Multiple Relationships September 19th 2013 Abstract This paper examines the ethical boundaries Professional counselors have to deal with face their clients during therapeutic relationships. The paper furthermore addresses multiple relationships‚ how Counselors and Client boundaries are poorly managed‚ ethical issues‚ sexual attraction‚ and also this paper will be looking into the state code of conduct in reference to boundary relationship
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