PSY 2010 Week 2 Assignment 2 – Case Summary
PSY 2010 Week 2 Assignment 2 – Case Summary
ADHD
How do you change when you take the medication?
How did you mother react when you had problems in math class?
Has it become easier to control yourself as you have gotten older?
Treatments
Tourette’s Syndrome
Are there alternatives to drug therapy?
Do you know if anyone else in your family tics?
Do you have any other disorders that go along with the Tourette’s syndrome?
Paranoid Schizophrenia
Looking back, can you identify any factors in your life that might have contributed to developing schizophrenia?
Can you describe an example of how your delusions combined with your real religious beliefs?
Did you ever hear voices?
PSY 2010 Week 4 Assignment 2 Interview Analysis
Describe the diagnostic criteria for each disorder
List the interview questions that you used. Explain why you chose those questions. Summarize the responses given to your questions.
Describe the treatments for each disorder.
Properly cited sources using APA format. Presented a structured document free of spelling and grammatical errors.
PSY 2010 Week 5 Assignment 2 Eating Disorders
Biological causal factors of anorexia nervosa include genetic predisposition, serotonin regulation, and physiologic weight set points. Given the prevalence of this disorder, it seems unlikely that biological causes alone could account for it.
Research eating disorders using your textbook and the Argosy University online library resources. Based on your research, respond to the following:
Comment on the relative strengths of biological causes compared to sociological or individual causes. Consider the types of anorexia nervosa in your argument.
Explain any treatment strategies that would support your argument.
Does obesity share anything in common with anorexia nervosa? Consider obesity causal factors and whether obesity is truly a mental disorder.
Write your initial response in 3–4 paragraphs. If you refer to research information, cite sources applying standards.
