Classification of mental disorders

Question 1: There are many myths and misconceptions that hearing individuals believe about Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and Deaf-Blind individuals. Due to these myths and negative misconceptions the Deaf population is impacted negatively, therefore hearing individual’s ignorance can have significant impacts on the Deaf. The three myths and misconceptions are Sign Language is bad for Deaf people, all Deaf people can read lips, and all Deaf individuals benefit from hearing devices. A myth and…

Do you find yourself worrying about other people’s feelings? Do you yourself worrying deeply about certain situations more than others? Do you cry or explode about something so small, and think it’s the end of the world? Do you slobber all over your bed and cry until you sleep? If all four questions apply to you, you are sensitive. You are also a very dramatic person, just kidding, you are not dramatic nor that sensitive as the questions above. But if the first two questions actually apply to…

Hayes, Onashly EDFN 4130 Sec. 4
Fall 2017
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Miller, P. (2011). Chapter 3: Freud’s and Erikson’s Psychoanalytic Theories. In Theories of Developmental Psychology, 5th Ed., (pp. 143-157). New York: Worth Publishers. Critical summary In Erikson’s psychosocial theory of development, he expands on Freud’s theory of psychological structures of the mind. Erikson is well known for his study on the role of factors such as parents, society, friends and culture on…

clinical setting by relying strongly on psychiatrists and their evaluations in the early 1930’s. Pavlov was inadequate when it came to having a clinical comprehension of paranoia, however by 1934, he had learned how to identify the symptoms of this mental illness. From 1931 until his death in 1936, he had studied five different cases that were diagnosed as paranoia/ paranoid states which were previously diagnosed by psychiatrists. While studying these patients he had a two-part process in a…

Restorative prisons can help many people beyond the perpetrator despite that fact the perpetrator is the only one being treated in these restorative prisons. According to Bazemore (1998), victims are fine with the offender being treated with restorative justice ways. This supports that the victims will not feel like the offender is getting off too easy in restorative prisons. These prisons also help the community because once the perpetrator is out of the restorative prisons they are part of the…

Autism affects many people and those that are affected all have a journey. In the book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime written by Mark Haddon. There is a boy named Christopher, who has autism. Likewise, in the movie Extremely Loud Incredibly Close there is also a kid with autism named Oskar. Both characters take part in a challenging journey, where they use their “character traits” to succeed. Both of them go on adventures with similar restriction, yet there are many…

Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, Finding Our Core: The Therapeutic Relationship in 21st Century, Perraud et al. discussed Hildegard Peplau’s influence on the origins of advanced practice psychiatric nursing (p. 215). However, as both Perraud et al. and Bjorklund discuss, with the numerous changes in health care delivery, and specifically, mental health care delivery, combined with an increased knowledge base and focus on the role of neurobiology in mental health, the focus of Psychiatric…

Morgan Freeman once said, “Attacking people with disabilities is the lowest power I can think of .” Everyone is unique and has their own differences. One difference in some people is a disability. A disability is a physical or mental condition that limits a person's movements, senses, or activities. People think that those who have disabilities are dumb and deaf. Since people think their deaf they often talk bad in front of them and criticize them. People with disabilities may actually be…

Chapter 3: On Being Sane in Insane Places In the early 1970’s a psychologist named David Rosenhan conducted an experiment to challenge other medical professionals on the accuracy of their diagnoses, pertaining to psychiatric disorders. Him and eight other friends faked their way into asylums set around the United States to see what would happen if they started displaying “sane” behavior once inside. This experiment caused much aggravation among psychiatric experts who felt that Rosenhan was…

Anticipation. Longing. Disappointment. Gary Sinise falls short on his attempt to bring an amazing classic novel to life. In the movie everything is not clear and it rushes through scenes. On the other hand in the book you understand not only who they are but what they are feeling and this causes you to feel emotion. The first scene in the movie Of Mice and Men is a semi action packed scene in which Lennie and George are being chased by people on horseback with guns. The scene is only semi…