Vignettes November 26‚ 2013 Similes Metaphor Personification Imagery My Name I would like to know how my name began. In English‚ it is free holder. In Latin‚ it is a beautiful woman. In Nicaragua‚ it means half a dozen people answer when it is called. It’s like going into a dark alley filled with cats and calling‚ “Here kitty.” Carolina means common‚ its just ordinary. It is eight sweet letters. Carolina is like a song of happiness or joy. It is the color of the rainbow that comes after
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Vignette of You Situated within a certain mansion‚ buttressed by stone walls covered in mould‚ therein lies a portrait. This portrait‚ caked in dust‚ had lost the vibrant splendour of which it attained years ago. It depicts a grandiose mansion‚ windows smiling brightly as candle light filtered through them‚ creating an atmosphere of joy and merry-making. However‚ such beauty was sadly hidden‚ for it was hung in the most depilated part of the mansion‚ which no one roams. On the other side of the
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Case Study Vignettes – Making a Diagnosis Linda Hamelin Abnormal Psychology December‚ 2014 Professor Nancy Brooks Questions and Answers The following questions will be answered for each patient listed below‚ nine total patients. In addition‚ further below‚ two additional patients will be reviewed for symptoms of bipolar affective disorder (BPAD). What is the most probable diagnosis? Why? What symptoms of this disorder are present? What further information would help you ascertain
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The relationship between supervisor and supervisee is a delicate balance between ensuring the subordinate receives adequate training for professional development and maintaining open lines of communication. Clinicians in a supervisory role are tasked with conducting therapy sessions with clients in addition to training subordinates on the therapeutic techniques and procedures required to become a successful therapist (Corey‚ Corey‚ Corey and Callanan‚ 2014‚ pp. 340). According to the American Counseling
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Discuss the Behavioural Approach to psychopathology. The behavioural approach to psychopathology suggests that only observational behaviour is important in trying to distinguish abnormal behaviour and like any other behaviour it is learnt through social learning and the processes of conditioning. Classical conditioning‚ ‘learning through association’ and operant conditioning‚ ‘learning through reinforcement’ are the two types of processes of conditioning used to show abnormal behaviour. Classical
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Aaron T. Beck Aaron T. Beck‚ who is known as Tim to his friends‚ was born in 1921‚ in Rhode Island‚ USA. He is the youngest of four siblings. In the 1940’s In his 20s‚ he completed his undergraduate degree at Brown University‚ then he received a medical degree from Yale University‚ and completed residencies in pathology and psychiatry. During his first residency‚ Beck already won awards for scholarship and oratory at Brown University. In the 1950’s During the
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The behavioural model suggest that all behaviours – including abnormality – is learnt. It suggests that we have very few innate characteristics that we are born with. According to the behavioural model there are three ways in which we learn‚ these include classical + operant conditioning and social learning theory. Classical conditioning is learning by associated‚ this is when we create a new stimulus response link by associating one stimulus to a response. For example little albert was conditioned
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This paper will use a case vignette‚ Twisted Sister‚ in an attempt to identify patient’s substance use disorders‚ mental health diagnosis‚ and other problems that affected patient’s major life areas. In addition‚ to fulfill the assignment requirements‚ patient’s stage of change and readiness to change will be discussed. Also‚ using CBT framework‚ this paper will explore the type of CBT homework that would be assigned and hypothetical counseling dialogue will be created between the patient and the
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Outline and Evaluate the Behavioural Approach to Psychopathology The behavioural model concentrates only on behaviours and the responses a person makes to their environment‚ these can be external or internal. Behaviourists have tended to focus their attention on the role of external events and behaviours as these are more observable and therefore make gaining results easier. This means that not all aspects of abnormality are considered‚ a weakness of the approach as it is selective in its research
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Outline and evaluate the biological approach to psychopathology (12 marks) The biological approach to psychopathology states that abnormal behaviour is a result of the brain not functioning correctly. This approach treats psychological disorders in the same way as physical orders. It suggests 4 main causes of abnormality: brain injury‚ infection‚ neurotransmitters and genetics. Brain injury Brain injury is deterioration or fault of brain cells can cause memory loss often present in Alzheimer’s
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