Steven V. Is A Young Man That Started Out Suffering From Severe Depression

Amy Johnson just started first grade. She enjoys going to school because she gets to hang out with her little friends. She loves Ms. Kim, her teacher because she is very nice and lovely. One day Ms. Kim asked the children to get into groups so that can play a spelling game. When Amy was selected to spell “happy”, she completely forgot how to spell it. She was embarrassed. Ms. Kim believed she was just shy to talk in front of her classmates. The next day, Amy was told to read a three-word sentence, but she was not able to carry it out. Amy sometimes turned in her homework incomplete or late. Ms. Kim started to become concerned about Amy because she was showing learning developmental delays. Ms. Kim decided to contact the elementary school social

Mr. Saunders is a 60 year old male who presented to the ED via LEO under petition by his niece, Rachelle, for allegedly putting a gun into his mouth, him putting a gun in another individuals mouth called "legs", and increasing alcohol consumption. At the time of the assessment Mr. Saunders is calm and cooperative. He denies suicidal ideation, homicidal ideation, and symptoms of psychosis. Mr. Saunders reports he has been depressed for several months and has been binge drinking alcohol. He reports relational issues with his wife has been the primary stressor contributing to his distress. He express feelings of hopelessness, worthlessness, irritability, and isolation. He does admit to informing a friend, William, he see no reason to leave if he can not be with his wife. Patient does not appear to be exhibiting signs of agitation,

Written in third person point of view the article becomes a portrayal of empathy towards Gorski and his children making the reader relate towards them and their struggle. “Without medication, (Gavin) couldn’t exist,” (Buchanan-Whitlock, E., 2013). Gorski statement of existence leaves a heavy mark. Whitlock succeeds in showing empathy through Gorski personal experience and also shows that psychotropic are beneficial in helping kids. “As much as you hate that you have to medicate your child, you have to do it.” Buchanan-Whitlock, E., 2013). Whitlock effectively shows the big challenge Gorski is facing regarding his decision. Autism has many diagnose symptoms which leads to the usage of different psychotropic drugs. In many cases side effects outweighs the successfulness of the symptoms repression. Concluding that parents should be careful when buying medication due to certain side effects like change in metabolism, mood swings or increase of abnormal behavior. Common antipsychotics being used are risperidone, olanzapine, amisulpride, and quetiapine. All medication should be given in small dosage, and monitors in case of severe side effects. Gorski took a chance and successfully helped his kid regardless of the huge

Furthermore, stays at a friends house while his mother works from 1:00am to 5:00am. Per documentation the patient presents with mannerism of throwing his head back, laughing at inappropriate times, and throws his hands over eyes to talk. The patient presented with these behaviors during the time of assessment. According to collateral the patient reports to "Ms. Mitchell, principal at Tabernacle Elementary School, that he was going to kill himself and others." Collateral reports that patient cut himself with a broken razor from a pencil sharpener. Further, the patient reports that he is useless and that no one likes him nor does he have anyone to play video games with. The patient expresses these thoughts during the assessment. According to collateral the patient has multiple incidents with his behavior since 2013. As noted, "Some of these behaviors including pulling string out around neck from sweatshirt, smashing milk in cafeteria, kicking others students, swinging a waffle bat at another student, inappropriate language and hitting a student on the bus." The mother expresses that the patient does not see a need to go to school and wishes to stay home.

Sarah Burke was a 16 year old who was brought into the clinic by her distressed mother. Sarah’s attitude and behavior had been getting out of control and worsening. Fights with her mother, sister, and friends and outbursts/tantrums for her own reasons or no reason at all were a commonality. Mother was worried about her academic future and preexisting social relations. From her past, we learn that she has had a traumatic first few years with parental fighting involved and maltreatment. She lived with her mother because her father abused alcohol, drugs, and them verbally. Sarah’s fearful, nervous habit to be reticent around her father caused a hindering in her speech development during important developmental years.

A mentally ill teenage named Jessica Roger was born to Joan and Kevin Roger. As a young girl Roger’s mother was verbally abusive to her and her sister, she even went as far as trying to kill her husband. When little Roger was about eleven years old her mother left them with their alcoholic father. Roger ended up in prison for biting her sister and other acts because of her disorder, eventually she committed suicide while serving her time in a place where she just didn't belong. Although her mother showed remorse after her death and said, “she accepts blame, maybe too much, for what happened to her Jet”. On the other hand her father was unapologetic for his drinking “I still drink. It’s legal”. Roger sent her parents countless letter of how she was feeling but they didn’t do anything until after her death. Are you wonder how a mentally ill sixteen year old girl ends up on prison?

For our first session, to say that Richard appeared crestfallen would have been an understatement. It was in this session that Richard disclosed to me his position on the disposition spectrum and why. It was then that I came to the realization that Richard had a textbook case of major depressive disorder, which is characterized by prolonged dejection and seldom occasions of mania and/or normal mood. In addition, Richard told me of his perpetual hunger, which he attributed to the recent behavior of his father, Nathan Wright. According to Richard, Nathan left him and the rest of the family high and dry in order to live with a mistress, an action Richard deemed “unacceptable.” Without Nathan’s income, the family

Vignette 1: Poisoned Relationships In the scenario, the psychologist has been working with a 12-year-old boy, named Jay Walker. Jay’s parents are divorced. Jay household consist of him and this mother. Jay began receiving for his recent misconduct.

There are many psychological aspects to this story. Some questions that I am going to discuss

Susan is an 11 year old Latina/ Caucasian female who currently has been referred due many issues inside and outside the home. Susan is a victim of sexual abuse by her father. Susan is being put in adult situations of caring extensively for younger siblings, caring for the mother, and being a partner for the alcoholic father. Susan witnesses a great deal of violent behavior between her parents. The violence leads to the father becoming sexual with Susan. He looks to her for consoling and support. As a result, Susan is experiencing feelings of depression to the extent where she has attempted suicide and she reports that she cuts herself with safety pins when she witnesses her parents fighting. Susan has not learned appropriate interaction cues and due to the violent nature in the household,

In the early 1900’s autism was a completely misunderstood concept and any child who was living with it was assumed to be living with “childhood schizophrenia” and developed much slower than children without autism. A four year study of Donald Triplett gave Dr. Kannar a better understanding of what autism was and what it caused certain people to do. The main question was, does it affect the child’s development? Living with autism can affect a child’s development due to the fact that they don’t have a long attention span, can cause them to have a repetitive behavior, along with trouble in social situations whether it be verbal or non verbal.

Susan’s whole family has been impacted by drug and alcohol abuse. Her father and two siblings are dead. Her mother no longer speaks to her. Additionally, Susan had two daughters, but one of her daughters dies at the age of twenty-one from a drug overdose, and her other daughter will not speak to her. This family has been

The historical context of healthcare as a social institution is important when considering the treatment options and resources available to Grandin and the decisions she made. As far as options go, she had quite a few healthcare resources at her disposal. She had access to medication and psychiatrists. However, because autism wasn’t as well understood in the mid- 1900s, when she was in high school, the psychiatry wasn’t effective. At the time it was thought that autism was caused by some sort of trauma or lack of maternal affection as a child (Rain, 2011). Grandin talks about her psychiatrist in high school and how they tried to find her “psychic injury” and tried to pull her away from her fixations instead of developing them into strengths

You are concerned about the behaviour of one of the children with whom you are involved. You believe that this is due to learning development problems, and suspect this may be due to underlying medical issues.

The two diagnosis I considered after my first session with Caleb were Autism Spectrum Disorder and Schizophreniform Disorder. Caleb clearly displayed deficits in both social communication and social interaction during our session. Caleb was so socially withdrawn, that his mother, Nina, was the person I communicated with throughout the entirety of our session. Caleb occasionally mumbled responses to some of the questions; his answers ranged from “yes”, “no” to “I don’t know”, although he mumbled thank you to one of my compliments, Caleb definitely displayed deficits in social-emotional reciprocity. Caleb also exhibited deficits in nonverbal communication, avoiding eye contact throughout our entire session, he even avoided eye contact with his