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grandparents were there was both physical and verbal abuse amongst the two. I took interest in this topic because of that, I decided to do further research to get psychological knowledge on the effects domestic violence has on people. In order to know the effects of domestic violence you must first know what domestic violence, what is domestic violence? The national coalition against domestic violence defines domestic violence as “the willful intimidation, physical assault, battery, sexual…

Liz has presented a plethora of symptoms that suggest she experienced an unexpected panic attack. Liz’s first cognitive symptom was her fear of “going crazy” as a result of her adverse physical reaction. Her secondary symptoms of an increased heart rate and shaking are the psychical manifestations of a panic attack. Her fourth symptom of depersonalization was verbalized as “feeling outside of my body”. These psychical and cognitive symptoms fulfill four of the thirteen diagnostic criteria…

strategies for caring. The first is determining the patients concerns for surgery, and ensuring that enough education is given to meet the standards of nursing practice (American Nurses Association, 2015). The second is ensuring that the patient’s desires and outcomes are met to the highest degree possible (American Nurses Association, 2015). In Mr. Sandoval’s case this includes preserving the leg after surgery, and making the necessary arrangements to transport the extremity to the patient’s…

poses a constant challenge to health care workers. The hodgepodge of peoples and culture creates a mosaic of cultural dynamics. These cultural dynamics could be a potential source of conflict between the patient and the healthcare providers like physical therapists (PTs), doctors, and nurses. The diversity between the healthcare provider and the patient could impact their decision-making, interaction, relationship, health outcomes and the quality of care. As a result, the call for cultural…

during football games. In 1924 Dr. I.M. Sarkisov-Sirasini began teaching Russian Sports Massage at Central Institute of Physical Therapy in Moscow. And in 1980’s Sports massage was introduced in America by Jack Meagher who wrote his classic book; Sportsmassage: A Complete Program for Increasing Performance and Endurance in Fifteen Popular Sports. The American Massage Therapy Association created the National Sports Massage Team and offered massage at the Boston Marathon.…

anxiety, according to the Anxiety Disorder Association of America. “Anxiety is feeling of dread that results from repressed feeling, memories, desires, and experience that emerge to surface of awareness “(Corey, G. (2013). There were 19 million grown-up of the years; 18 and elderly grown-up are afflicted by stress. Cause of anxiety that occur in all cultures. The impact of anxiety affects our behaviors in our environment causing anxiety disorders, producing physical symptoms, and the need to…

Intimate partner violence can present itself in various forms. It can be physical, sexual or emotional, or a combinations of the three. Also it is not necessary for the couple to be married, in general it is between two people that have an intimate relationship. And it is characterized by one person wanting to assert his or her power and control over the partner. The situation presented, can be a great dilemma for the counselor, the actions that he or she decides to take must be carefully…

communication. Although many believe that medication is the only truly effective way to help Autism I disagree, there have been many cases where music has made a great difference in the patient. Music therapy uses musical experiences to help to alleviate some of the core problems of Autistic patients. Music therapy can make a life altering difference in the life of a person with Autism. Symptoms and behaviors of autism can be expressed in many different ways and vary in severity. Symptoms can…

size. Additionally, there is a fear that there will be weight gain which may present itself with persistent, obsessive behaviour. Lastly, there is a disturbance in the perception of body form combined with a disregard of low body weight (American Psychiatric Association, 2013; Trondalen, 2013). There are two types of Anorexia: the restricting type, where a person…

and political considerations of menopause must also be considered (McCrea, 1983). Throughout time, menopause has been affiliated with negative connotations. Sigmund Freud a prominent psychologist, described menopause as an “anxiety neurosis” and physical illness in the early twentieth century (McCrea, 1983). In 1925, psychologist Helen Deutsch wrote a book on a theory of psychosexual development defining menopause as a traumatic loss (Spira & Berger, 1999). Therese Benedek (1973) pointed…