Dissociation

Since the beginning of the industrial era carbon dioxide or CO2, concentrations have been dramatically increasing. Today we are facing the highest amounts of CO2 in our atmosphere and in our oceans in over 650,000 years. There are a great deal of effects increased CO2 concentrations will have on this planet. When the ocean absorbs CO2 chemical reactions occur that eventually reduces their pH, carbonate ion concentration, and saturation states of important calcium carbonate minerals. This is…

Worksheet 2 Case Study (For Modules 6-11, prepared by Mr. Mark Fielding) Please read the following case study carefully and answer the questions below. John, a 56-year-old male (174cm, 85.4 kg), presented to the Emergency Department (ED) with a decreased level of consciousness, pale, sweating, and cool peripherally. He had decreased air entry in both bases of his lungs, widespread crackles, and pitting edema in both ankles. Upon investigation, John’s father Jim tells you John had an…

out-of-body experiences. Patients usually experience these effects within two hours post treatment, in this case 17% of patients reported experiencing the effects (Serafini). “Ketamine is also associated with other common psychological effects such as dissociation/perceptual disorders, transient cognitive deficits, euphoria, increased blood pressure and libido, and potential misuse” (Serafini). Patients often relapse when using ketamine mainly because it was previously referred to as “Special…

all over the world embrace being blind through the use of memoirs. From “When I Woke up Tuesday Morning, It Was Friday”, by clinical psychologist Martha Stout, the author shares illustrations from her clinical cases discussing the consequences of dissociation and how it affects the lives of people. Even through…

The Case study that this writer conducted for this Research paper was trying to analyzed this subjects behavior and applied the theory that writer believe are closely related to this case and also provide evidence as of how this behavior is similar to the theory and why writer agree with this theory based on all the behavior characteristic that this subjects display. A clinical example illustrates symptoms of a patient with borderline personality disorder in a family practice setting. Major…

The current thesis endeavors to access the notion of “ Nothing is true, everything is permitted.” What is truth? What is so intricately responsible and substantial as to justify the real in depths of truth? Is truth ‘true’? What is ‘true’ then? “To say that nothing is true, is to realize that the foundations of society are fragile, and that we must be the shepherds of our own civilization. Everything is permitted... is to understand that we are the architects of our actions and we must live…

different ethical theories can provide different viewpoints for the reader, as well as open new doors and ideas to help the subject matter. The effects child abuse has on a child can be many as well as extreme. These effects include academic problems, dissociation, anxiety, depression, disorders, self-harm, and many more. “Ethical theory is about significant ethical obligations involving all people and any other entities, which have moral standing.” People who have any sense of morals would not…

Bleuler had intended the phrase to refer to the dissociation or loosening of thoughts and feelings that he had found to be a prominent feature of the illness”. Comer (Comer, 2014) has also advised that “Schizophrenia usually first appears between the persons late teens and mid 30’s. Although its course…

A debilitating and overbearing disease affecting the mind and the body, anorexia nervosa is a psychological disorder that is blind to gender, race, and age. However, certain characteristics in the genetic makeup of an individual have led researchers to believe there are biological cofactors that have a significant impact in the onset and development of anorexia and other related eating disorders. Therefore, through an analysis of intrinsic biology as well as external developmental influence, we…

addition to the 17 PTSD items, CAPS also evaluates how PTSD impacts social and occupational functioning, improvements of PTSD symptoms since a previous CAPS assessment, overall response validity, overall PTSD severity, and address guilt as well as dissociation (Briere & Scott, 2006). The Posttraumatic Stress Diagnostic Scale (PDS): The PDS evaluates exposure to traumatic events, details of most recent traumatic event, identify 17 symptoms from DSM-IV PTSD criteria, and how the traumatic event…