Neurodevelopmental disorder

deal and cope with mental illness. The movie surrounds a young man named Pat who was recently discharged from a mental hospital after spending eight months there for beating up his wife’s lover. While at the hospital, Pat was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder, something that he was unaware of having. Pat was allowed to return home to his family as long as he continued his medications and weekly therapy sessions. Throughout the movie, Pat displays a new sense of well-being and optimism. He has the…

Sleep is something all humans need to survive, yet many suffer from the chronic, life altering enemy, insomnia at some point during their life. According to the Sleep Management Institute, (2010) it has been “estimated 30%-50% of the general population is affected by insomnia, and 10% have chronic insomnia.” It is an unfortunate realization that insomnia affects females more frequently than men, and for those 60 years and older, it can pose an even greater danger to health, and rob the…

Eating disorders are very common amongst American children. Janet Treasure, director of the Eating Disorder Unit in South London states “A recent study on a large sample of American young people (aged 9-14 years) found that 34% of boys and 43.5% of girls had some eating disorder trait” (2012). It is similarly common in adults. It is stated that, “In the United States, 20 million women and 10 million men suffer from a clinically significant eating disorder at some time in their life, including…

Legal Theory and Application Explain the background, current presentation, and behavior of the client utilizing theories of offender and/or victim psychology and personality/psychological theories to support your position. Do not simply restate the client’s presentation from the vignette. Instead, provide a theoretical-based discussion of the client’s behaviors as presented in the vignette. An account of Mr. Mendez current presentation and behavior could be explained by Berkowitz…

My mock suicide assessment was completed with Will Logan who played a character named Gary. Throughout the course of twenty minutes, I listened to Gary’s narrative and sought to ask questions which elicited information about his interactions with suicidal ideation and attempts. Gary came to treatment at the urging of a friend after two recent suicide attempts where he took pills in order to attempt to end his life. Through reflection, I hope to understand the strengths and areas for growth and…

the family and also on the society that the child lives in. Eugenics can give parents the assurance that their children will not have any genetic disorders since only the embryos that are genetically normal are placed into the mother’s uterus. Eugenics can also be used by parents to select the gender of their offspring to avoid sex-linked disorders. Eugenics can also benefit families who have a sick child who requires a stem cell transplant. They can utilize eugenics to match an embryo to the…

Medication is used to treat patients who actually have a mental disorder. Taking these medications come with serious side effects and aren’t prescribed unless a medical doctor views it as being essential. He continues to explain stating that, “Although psychologists may recommend people to receive an evaluation from…

I felt myself come undone. I had practiced before-how to deliver bad news to a patient-but didn’t expect to become a patient receiving it. “Give them a warning shot,” I heard echo in my mind right as my doctor began to say, “We have some bad news.” My leave of absence from medical school came from this bad news. I experienced complications with a pregnancy, requiring me to take time away from my education. I became personally familiar with how life can sometimes seem to deal you a hand that is…

to what is happening to their health. Obesity has been a massive issue from different countries, specifically the United States of America. It has caused children and adolescents to be at risk to experience depression, low self-esteem and eating disorders. Depression is a period where a person suffers from too much sadness. In fact, there are so many reasons why depression takes a toll on an individual’s mental state. Some of those reasons may be physical or emotional. In fact, one of the…

may be considered a symptom of mental disorder and has in the past been widely discussed. However that statement can be questioned in the sense that many of the population may have committed some form of crime in their lives; does this then suggest that a large quantity of the population has some form of mental disorder. Silver et al. (2008) (cited in criminology) states that earlier studies showed a lack of correlation between violent crimes and mental disorder. However more recent studies have…