You are conducting an initial family counseling session with the Robertsons. The family includes Dan Robertson (the father), Marie Robertson (the mother), and Peter Robinson (the 10-year-old son). The family has been referred to you for counseling. Dan is an alcoholic as well as a drug addict. His substance abuse has contributed to many family problems. […]

Three 17-year-old high school students are planning on going to an 8 pm movie together on a Friday night. Sally has no curfew, so she didnât think going to the movies would be a problem. Sally asked her mother on Tuesday if she could go and her mother said “yes.” When Friday arrived, her mother […]

1. Pearl Richards, 69 years of age, is a female patient who is in the operating room for a repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm. The patient has a history of hypertension controlled with medications, osteoporosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and has smoked two packs of cigarettes per day for 40 years. .      […]

The probability that a randomly selected 40-year-old male will live to 41 years old is 0.99718 and the probability that a randomly selected 40-year-old female will live to 41 years old is 0.99856 (National Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 48, No. 18) Question 1. A life insurance company has sold insurance policies to 100 40-year-old males. What […]

A mother calls you to report that her 15-year-old daughter has run away from home. She has access to her daughter’s e-mail account and says her daughter has a number of emails in her inbox suggesting she has run away to be with a 35-year-old woman. Write a 3 to 4 page paper/report (not including […]

Mrs. J. is a 63-year-old married woman who has a history of hypertension, chronic heart failure, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Despite requiring 2L of oxygen/nasal cannula at home during activity, she continues to smoke two packs of cigarettes a day and has done so for 40 years. Three days ago, she had sudden […]

We have learned that attachment occurs due to safety needs, but what if these needs were not met? In this discussion, you will consider attachment styles and potential outcomes when conditions are not ideal for attachment, as well as the interaction between attachment styles and temperament. Kandi is an 11-year-old girl who has lived in […]

Use the following example to discuss information flow through the lower and middle brain structures. Andrew, a 25–year-old graduate student, is lying quietly outside on his porch sunning himself, and he has fallen into a light sleep. Large black bumblebee bumps into his lower left leg, waking him. Describe the brain structures involved in: ·     waking […]

2. Conrad Jackson is a 28-year-old man who presents to the emergency department with severe fatigue and dehydration secondary to a 4-day history of vomiting. During the interview, he describes attending a family reunion and states that perhaps he “ate something bad.” Upon admission his vital signs are a temperature of 102.7°F, heart rate of […]