Essays on Illness

The client, Ben Wilson is a 22-year-old Caucasian male. He is 5’’9 tall and weighs 176 lbs. the client has a full orientation as he knows his name location and the date. He presents himself well and is well groomed. He is a Computer science expert by training but currently...

Social deprivation, a psychological term, is the reduction or prevention of socially normal interactions between an individual(s) and the society at large. Social deprivation, a common phenomenon, especially in first world countries has an innumerable number of effects. Based on data published by the UNICEF, more than 8 million children...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a nervousness disorder that makes a person suffer from continuous and undesirable thoughts, sensations or ideas which tend to make them have a constant urge to do something. As such, some repetitive behaviors like checking on items, cleaning, and hand washing may interfere with an individual’s...

Psychological problems affect both children and adults and make it difficult for them to have social interactions. There are different mental disorders and each one manifests itself in different ways. Asperger syndrome is one of the mental disorders that affect both children and adults. The DSM diagnostic criteria for Asperger...

Individuals diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) display significant impairment in communication development, social interaction, and the existence of repetitive, restricted, and stereotyped behavioral patterns. Considering up to 50% of children with autism will either develop limited speech and language capacity, or none, they may have to rely on pre-linguistic...

Numerous psychological disorders are uncommon but even so, psychologist are often required to deal with the cases by treating them or forming part of the team that deal with the cases such as pyromania disorder. “Pyromania is characterized by the deliberate and purposeful fire-setting on more than one occasion” (Schereiber,...

The various organs in an individual’s body play a critical role in in a proper management of a person' health conditions or performance of activities. The organs and tissues comprise specific structure which enables them to properly coordinate their activities. Such the specific structural and mechanical traits assists in person's...

In this article: In this article, Peter, Arntz, Klimstra, and Vingerhoets (2018) report that previous studies in emotional intelligence (EI) in borderline personality disorder (BPD) have failed to incorporate various models of EI in exploring BPD. Background of the Study: Besides, they noted that studies involving BPD patients applied the ability model of...

Everyone possesses essential psychological needs which if not meet we suffer severely. Just in a similar manner, we need food, shelter, and clothing; we require fulfillment of our psychological desires to remain stable and mentally healthy. According to psychological studies, psychological needs can be narrowed down into four categories which...

Chi-square test is utilized when testing for independence and this is done through determining the level of association between two categorical variables (Shih " Fay, 2017). In my area of research, the test will be employed in finding the relationship between children with autism and parental stress. In this case,...

Child abuse has become a severe social and public health problem and many studies have revealed the alarming number of child abuse cases all over the world. The diverging parenting norms and standards of different cultures has made it difficult to arrive at an agreement on the definition of child...

People react differently to the losing their loved ones, but one thing is evident across the different segments of populations, others appear upset, others do not. Grief and loss are dependent on individual personality, age, how they react to stress, gender, stage of development, nature of the relationship and previous...