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nonverbal communication used for social interaction such as eye contact, hand gestures or facial expressions. a. Ask the parent how the child is doing in school and if there is any difficulty with learning or issues in school performance. B. In category B: There must be some sort of repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, or activities as evidenced by at least 2 of the following: 1. Repetitive or stereotyped motor movements us of toys or objects such as lining up toys,…

soldiers cope with PTSD and find peace after war through treatment. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder affects soldiers because their war experiences were so intense. It is defined as “A behavioral disorder that can occur ‘following a psychological distressing event that is outside the…

The world contains both elated experiences and depressing events. Most people are able to cope with the horrible moments. However, “an estimated 7 to 8 percent of people in the United States” (Fredericks 17) have difficulty recovering from a terrible event, such as a natural disaster or war, and develop Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. The mental condition drastically affects the person’s life, mentally and physically. Post-traumatic Stress Disorder is a result of experiencing or witnessing a…

dissociative reactions. Josh experiences nightmares and has flashbacks of his fiancé being killed by a drunk driver. He often tries to forget the incident but feels as if he were reliving it again. Josh meets criteria C because of his efforts to avoid the distressing memories and external reminder. He tries to avoid going to the area of town that the incident has happened. He is “jumpy” and withdrawn since the incident which means he meets the criteria for E due to his hypervigilance.…

What are the possible signs or reasons of adjustment disorder? In the past few years there are numerous causes of adjustment disorder coming up in light, it is a form of mental problem that results from maladaptive, unhealthy or response from any distressing life event. There are instances when an individual fails to adjust to that changing situation and starts developing negative emotion or behavior within. There are numerous causes of adjustment disorder as cited by experts and it can occur to…

Adjustment Disorder: One Common Psychological Disorder There are times when something can disrupt your life in all ways, quite obvious to experience uncomfortable and distressing feelings. Such feeling is so intense that an individual is going through all these feels like cracking up and will never get back to normal life. The common feeling that a person goes through during these time is either depression or anxiety; often it can be both. In most of these cases, both health and behavior of that…

Alexei Ratmansky’s Odessa. Considering its limited time frame, this work persuasively evokes a bygone place and era (the eponymous city in early post-Revolutionary Russia). On the one hand, its mood is somber and disquieting, some of its “action” is distressing, and its male “characters” appear ruffianly and menacing. On the other hand, the ballet is permeated with a breathtaking beauty which places it in my opinion high among (if not at the top of) all works that have premiered at NYCB in…

In the movie Ordinary People, the main character, Conrad Jarrett, suffers from what appears to be either Major Depression or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. The diagnostic criteria for Major Depression in the DSM-5 is: depressed mood most of the day, diminished interest or pleasure in most activities, significant weight loss when not dieting, insomnia, psychomotor retardation, fatigue or loss of energy, feeling of worthlessness, diminished ability to concentrate, and recurrent thoughts of death…

Emotion Regulation skills are developed during childhood through children’s interactions with their parent’s and other close relatives. The first year of emotional development is dependant on a child’s emotional communication with their parents-- this happens through the recognition of “attunement” and the development of secure attachments to the primary caregiver. Attunement is the process of aligning one’s “state of mind” with another, as well as the ability to read emotional signals (Schore &…

Sarah (originally named Sarai) was one of several women in the Bible who were unable to have children. That proved doubly distressing for her because God had promised her husband Abraham that he would be the father of the Jewish nation, with descendants more numerous than the stars in the sky. After waiting many years, Sarah convinced Abraham to sleep with her handmaiden, Hagar, to produce an heir. That was an accepted practice in ancient times. The child born of that encounter was named Ishmael…