Depression Paper Amy Soucek PSY/270 May 26‚ 2013 Dr. Colleen Story Depression Paper While similar‚ unipolar depression and bipolar disorder cause different struggles in individuals who have them. Unipolar depression is characterized only by bouts of depression symptoms‚ while people with bipolar disorder experience the same symptoms in combination with cycles of mania. There are many biological and psychological theories of the causes of unipolar depression‚ but bipolar disorder has for the
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Depression Paper PSY/270 February 20‚ 2012 University of Phoenix Depression Paper There is a distinct difference between bipolar and unipolar disorder‚ although both disorders may be due to a chemical imbalance in the brain‚ head injuries or genetically passed down through the gene pool‚ each of these disorders have different symptoms‚ characteristics‚ and require different treatments. However‚ there are some things both of these disorders have in common‚ which are the fact that
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Concerning the cases of adults diagnosed with Schizophrenia‚ I noticed that there were several common features of this disorder. Individuals with this disorder would experience paranoia‚ hallucinations‚ and confusion. These symptoms can be very intense‚ and schizophrenic individuals have an incredibly difficult time trying to distinguish between reality and fantasy. In addition‚ schizophrenia appears to be partially hereditary since several of the cases presented in the video revealed that a parent
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provide a history of schizophrenia‚ case study‚ genetics and treatments‚ and criteria of this disorder. Schizophrenia facts about this disorder are‚ probable causes‚ and its symptoms. This will give the reader a brief description of historical overview; which discusses how schizophrenia came to be identified as a unique illness. The views of psychiatrists pivotal to making this identification are described. The paper then goes on to discuss how effective treatment for schizophrenia and delineates how
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Appendix F – PSY/270 CheckPoint: Autism and Mental Retardation Respond to the following: 1. List the primary features of autism. Children with autism are unresponsive to others‚ uncommunicative‚ repetitive‚ and rigid their symptoms usually appear before the age of three. An autistic individual will have difficulty sustaining employment‚ accomplishing household responsibilities‚ and leading independent lives. Furthermore‚ they express having problems displaying closeness and empathy
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Case Study 1: Schizoid Personality Disorder. Josephine is a 47-year-old single woman. The hardest times of the year for Josephine’s family are holidays and family gatherings; Josephine never seems to enjoy herself. She seldom smiles‚ laughs‚ or reacts to people and events around her. She remains detached and often goes into a room and plays video games or watches television by herself‚ even when the rest of the family is eating. Her family members say that she is rude and do not want her around
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Buy the previous edition. Case studies in abnormal behavior -Abnormal Psychology at Rutgers- or friend her. Quizzes after every two chapters -write down when they are due ------------------------------------------------- -don’t really need my psych lab (FALSE) Abnormal behavior means bizarre behavior. [Bizarre is a subjective term] (FALSE) The line dividing normal and abnormal behavior is always clear. [Depends on the context] (FALSE) Low self-esteem can be cured with positive
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Case Study: Schizophrenia Answer Sheet Student Name: Diagnosing Randy: 1. Go to the DSM-IV checklist for schizophrenia and list each of Randy’s behaviors that satisfy the symptom criteria for schizophrenia. Which of Randy’s symptoms meet any of the criteria? (Be sure to match specific symptoms with specific criteria.) Randy has cognitive symptoms that include trouble focusing‚ distress‚ and difficulty paying attention. His positive symptoms include hallucinations as well as delusions. His negative
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Case Study (Schizophrenia) Benny is 52 years old and has been working as a driver for a postal company for the past 28 years. He had a very cheerful and normal childhood‚ with sufficient caring from parents. He loves his parent very much. Benny has been unmarried his entire life. He reports that he has always been "nervous with the girls and such" and avoids making any significant social overtures with women. He meets his sexual needs matter of fact by visiting a prostitute on a regular basis
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Schizophrenia: Case study Jack is a 27 year old man diagnosed with schizophrenia. He has been referred to Top Quality Rehabilitation (TQP) to provide supported employment services. Jack graduated from high school and got a job working in a video store. After working for about 6 months Jack began to hear voices that told him he was no good. He also began to believe that his boss was planting small videocameras in the returned tapes to catch him making mistakes. Jack became increasingly agitated
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