patient may be able to answer the questions. Although there are no distinct patterns in the results of the MMPI-II in DID patients, there are several scales that are commonly elevated (Brand et al., 2006). Typically, in DID patients the F scale and 8 of the Schizophrenic scale were elevated, which correlate with dissociation and trauma. In addition, the scales correlated with significant childhood trauma tend to be elevated in DID patients (Brand et al., 2006). Clinicians must pay close…
finished middle school, they would quit and work on their family farm. With so many struggles, there were few improvements in the educational system. By the end of the thirties, the first intelligence scale was developed which introduced the concept of “deviation IQ” called the “The Wechsler Adult Intelligence School”. It is still used today in United States to help understand students who would need special education. After a decade of suffering from the great depression, education became more…
boys and thirty-seven were girls. They came from five schools whose grades ranged from pre kindergarten to early elementary school for deaf children in the Netherlands. All these children had hearing loss measured at more than 80 dB and nonverbal intelligence. They were given sign and reading vocabulary tasks and story comprehension in both languages. By doing so they examined how other factors, such as having hearing parents or a language preference, affected their performance on these tasks.…
showed to be effective. He is academically strong and his achievements are above average compared to other children. He is also cooperative, enthusiastic and emotionally stable. This paper will focus on his verbal, logical-mathematical and spatial intelligence as well as…
Bariatric Clinic, for a psychological evaluation as a prerequisite for surgery. TEST ADMINISTERED: Personal History Check List, Overeating Questionnaire, Symptom Checklist 90- Revised (SCL-90-R), Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI), Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence (WASI), Verbal I.Q, Forer Sentence Completion, Beck Depression Inventory and Clinical Interview. BEHAVIOR OBSERVATION: Mr. Douglas Hamilton was a well-dressed, 65-year-old, married Caucasian male who presented for…
Along with Steinert, Batten and Gibb were the first to report on what is now known as DM1. Batten and Gribb describe two cases of what they termed myotonia atrophica. Patient 1 was a 37-year-old male while patient 2 is a 56-year-old male. In both cases, the authors note wasting of the sterno mastoids, vastus internus and forearm muscles. Both showed a weakness of the orbicularis paperbarum and stiffness in the jaws and tongues as well as initiation of walking. There was lack of or sluggish…
My experience with My Virtual Life was enjoyable as it gave me a taste of how being a parent would be. After doing the questionnaire, My Virtual Life assigned me a baby boy who I ended up naming him after me, Usman Jr. I tried to provide a soothing environment, and added the latest baby toys such as rattles, and toys so that he would be more active and curious about his environment. While raising Usman Jr. I tried not to be overly attached nor try to ignore his cries. For instance, when he would…
children. Therefore, the psychologist believes that she wants to end her life, not to ease her own suffering, but to ease her children’s financial burden. The client has completed the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory and the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale. Her scores did not indicate a cognitive impairment or provide evidence of a mental…