assignment mental health disorders A 38-year-old woman presents to the office with complaints of weight loss, fatigue, and insomnia of 3-month duration. She reports that she has been feeling gradually more tired and staying up late at night because she can’t sleep. She does not feel that she is doing as well in her […]

It was three o’clock on Sunday afternoon,and Bob Parker’s stomach began to hurt. By dinner he wasn’t hungry, and at bedtime he couldn’t sleep.In the morning,the persistent buzzing of the alarm took forever to pierce his troubled dreams. As he drove to the office, with each mile he felt the spring inside him coil tighter.It […]

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    The Case of Amber   Background Amber is a 35-year-old woman who immigrated to this country several years ago from Nigeria. She recently graduated from a prestigious law school and legally changed her name to Amber from her more ethic birth name. She was hired by an affluent law practice. Although Amber is […]

When treating pediatric patients in clinical settings, you also treat patients’ families. With younger patients, this tends to be a seamless process. However, as patients age and grow into the adolescent years, the provider-patient-family relationship becomes more complex. The change in this dynamic often creates questions in provider-patient confidentiality. As the advanced practice nurse providing […]

Your good friends have just adopted a four-year-old child.  At this point, the only socialization decision they have made is that the child is going to preschool.  You are the expert, and they have come to you for advice and to devise a plan to raise their child.  They ask you to be frank with […]

Ms. G., a 23-year-old diabetic, is admitted to the hospital with a cellulitis of her left lower leg. She has been applying heating pads to the leg for the last 48 hours, but the leg has become more painful and she has developed chilling.   Subjective Data ·         Complains of pain and heaviness in her […]

  When a client is dealing with several problems at one time, it can be difficult to determine which type of treatment group would be most beneficial. Some types of treatment groups may overlap in addressing certain problems or issues. The literature is helpful in Helping the clinical social worker in determining the type, purpose, […]

A 58-year-old man needs to have his blood tested on a regular basis so his physician can monitor the effects of the anticoagulant (blood thinner) medication he is currently taking. He usually has his blood drawn at his local lab in San Francisco, California. While traveling on business in Portland, Oregon, he is able to […]

Regardless of a child’s unique qualities, one thing remains the same; to improve learning and behavior, children must develop strong self-regulation skills. Read the article from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), “.” The marshmallow experiment is a famous test conducted by Walter Mischel at Stanford University and discussed by Daniel […]