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consumers and provide a reasonable argument to the decision of pharmaceutical companies to increase drug prices for research. A study as recent as 2009, conducted at Harvard Medical School and Cambridge Health Alliance, concluded that about 45,000 deaths annually were a result of lack of health coverage, two and half times higher than a previous study done in 2002 by the Institute of Medicine (Cecere). This provides justification for the position consumers take on the case of drug…

I had the opportunity to interview Dr. Pamela Dengrove. She is a clinical psychologist and specializes in forensic psychology as well. She graduated in 2012 from Widener University. The interview instead of being in person was through the phone. Dr. Dengrove was kind enough to answer my questions while she was driving, I assume to her job. She even stopped at the gas station to get gas. I think this was an unexpected interview for her, but I am grateful for her time and words. During the…

Intervention Process: The major concepts of my chosen theory help guide me in the intervention process for both CBT and Narrative Therapy because of my clients and the issues they bring forward. The concepts also guided me through the intervention process because; it allowed me to concentrate on the issue at hand for my client and helped me learn a lot about the therapies and techniques. It also allowed me to see how both of these theories, CBT and Narrative gave me the opportunity to ask…

The American Educational Research Association (AERA) seeks to promote educational guidelines and practices that reliable scientific research has shown to be helpful, and put a stop to those found to have negative effects. AERA disputes statements on its research-based position on educational matters of public concern. AERA has stated a contemporary problem, which is the increasing use of high-stakes test as instruments of educational procedure. The statement on high-stakes testing is grounded on…

Within the Clinical psychology field, there are a variety of subcategories and specializations one can work in. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) defines typical work of a Clinical Psychologist as to “assess, diagnose, and treat mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders.” (Bureau of Labor Statistics, n.d., tab 2) In general, clinical psychologists use their knowledge of these disorders to help individuals cope with stressors and to modify ways of thinking or behaviors that may be…

Summary My second interviewee, Margaret Anton, is a fourth year clinical psychology student at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. While she is in clinical psychology program as a graduate-student at UNC, she also works as a research assistant, where she helps to research how technology can improve mental healthcare for low income families. To get to where she is now she went through three years as a post-doc research assistant at the University of Virginia, the school where she also…

Another version of MBIs is the practice of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) which was desined specifically for treating those suffering from borderline personality disorder (BPD). BPD is characterized by unstable emotive and cognitive processes—symptoms that mindfulness training largely targets. DBT is highly effective in treating these clients and “…has been shown to reduce self-mutilation and suicidal behavior in chronically suicidal patients with borderline personality disorder [and]…

professor. He interacts with children in his daily work life. He experiences firsthand the struggles of his patients. The publisher BioMed Central has been publishing scientific research for 15 years. This includes peer-reviewed journals in Biology, Clinical Medicine, and Health. The writer is strongly saying that children with autism need help and mental health professionals need to do anything they can to assist autistic children. Lim has autistic patients and knows what they go…

Foreground Question: Is physical therapy with exercise more effective than exercise in reducing pain in people with shoulder impingement? P: People with “shoulder impingement” I: Physical therapy with exercise C: Exercise O: Reduce pain Background Question: What is “Shoulder Impingment Syndrome?” Shoulder impingment syndrome (SIS), or medically known as subacromial impingment syndrome is a physiological condition in which structures within the shoulder complex are compressed. In healthy…

Another goal is to encourage the client (s) to examine their preferred answers to their problems that they are going through. Since, clients possess strengths; the goal of this therapy is to use those strengths to solve their problem. (Gehart, 2014). The goal of Narrative Therapy is to use the client’s language to find out what is going well in the client’s lives to enable the client to anticipate a positive change in their life (Gehart, 2014). The goal of Narrative Therapy is to assist clients…