Week 5 Discussion Learning about a disorder that you not familiar with can help you to understand the range of disorders that are present in modern day society. It can also give you an idea of the various ways in which psychological disorders affect others. Note: If you are already familiar with these disorders, you […]
How did Liu (2014) demonstrate the importance of work, social relationships and religion for his participants with schizophrenia?
Biological Influences on Human Behavior Review the journal article by Liu (2014) that investigated how people living in Hong Kong coped with major mental disorders, chiefly schizophrenia. How did Liu (2014) demonstrate the importance of work, social relationships and religion for his participants with schizophrenia?
What is Newton’s conception of the traditional nurse? How would you contrast the traditional nurse with the notion of the professional nurse?
Reflection Paper 6 Listen to lectures, review articles and write a reaction paper in response to the content. In Defense of the Traditional Nurse Lisa H. Newton Newton’s thesis: “The image and the ideal of the traditional nurse contain virtues that are found nowhere else in the health care professions;” these virtues and the […]
Write a short evaluation of the scientific article in your own words. Explore and cite the lay literature if the scientific paper is difficult to understand.
Discussion Post: In the Scientific Literature (PubMed) In our Week 2 “IN THE NEWS” Discussion topic you were asked to explore news outlets to find a lay description of a recent discovery in the field of genetics. Explore the scientific literature to find a primary source. Go to the PubMed website (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ site.) and insert […]
What are known characteristics of schizophrenia and relate those to this patient?
Advance pathophysiology A 22-year-old female student was brought to her college student health department by her boyfriend. He was concerned about the changes in her behavior. The boyfriend noted that she has been hearing voices, and seeing things that are not there. She also thinks that there are people that want to harm her. She […]
Explain factors that have made our understanding of the genetic and environmental components to autism so challenging.
Module 15 GENETIC / Behavioral Disorders Review these websites: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6774046/ http://www.cdc.gov/genomics/gtesting/EGAPP/recommend/CYP450.htm https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2743615/ https://www.nature.com/articles/gim2007123 PART A 1. Explain factors that have made our understanding of the genetic and environmental components to autism so challenging. PART B 2. Case Study: Bob and Will are monozygotic (identical) twins. They are 18 years old and in their first year […]
If removing the stigma of mental illness increases the odds of the mentally ill seeking professional help and receiving treatment, what social factors are preventing de-stigmatization?
Critical Thinking Questions If removing the stigma of mental illness increases the odds of the mentally ill seeking professional help and receiving treatment, what social factors are preventing de-stigmatization? Consider the case of the Texas mother, Andrea Yates, who was convicted of killing her five children in 2002. She was clearly psychotic, suffering from schizophrenia […]
Provide evidence from professional sources to support your information. Include examples of your prior experience with a client who was having a problem with delusions and/or hallucinations.
ASSIGNMENT- Schizophrenia Think about a client with schizophrenia that you know about from personal, work or clinical experience, or from news media or other sources. Describe the individual. What are the positive and/or negative symptoms? What are the person’s struggles? What treatments have been tried and failed? What works? If you were that person, what […]
Are we wrong in identifying the mind exclusively with what the brain does? Is “self” more than the brain?
Discussion Topic: As hard as it is to define the boundaries between what we call physical and what we call mental, assigning disorders to either domain is even harder. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders avoids the problem by classifying disorders according to their symptoms and not their causes. This is analogous to […]
Explain the brain theories about this disorder, the physiological/neurological basis of this disorder, and the effects or impact of this disorder on the brain and body.
Black Swan and Schizophrenia After applying the recommendations and feedback from your first draft (week 3), continue working on the following sections: Introduction- Apply feedback and recommendations. (none) Summary of the Movie- Apply feedback and recommendations. (none) DSM-5 Diagnosis Identified in the Movie- Apply recommendations and elaborate using scholarly articles. Symptoms- Apply recommendations and elaborate […]