Discipline: Psychology

In what ways can we describe “health” as not only the absence of disease, but as a positive condition? Discuss the different types of research methods used in Health Psychology? When examining research questions, what are some of the advantages and disadvantages to each method that a researcher might choose?

  Richard is a 62-year-old single man who says that his substance dependence and his bipolar disorder both emerged in his late teens.  He says that he started to drink to “feel better” when his episodes of depression made it hard for him to interact with his peers.  He also states that alcohol and cocaine […]

  Mary is 27 years old and has had a history of alcohol dependence for several years. Mary has a daughter Kylie, aged 3 years, who displays signs of fetal alcohol syndrome. Social work services have been involved with Mary and Kylie since her birth, culminating in Kylie being looked after by the local authority […]

  Harriet is a 51-year-old married woman with a past history of alcohol and cocaine abuse. She has been attending AA and NA meetings regularly and does not report urges to drink or use drugs during the 4 years you have been her psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner. She needs carpal tunnel surgery and the […]

  Tom is a 16-year-old who comes to you to evaluate his lack of attention because his grades are progressively getting worse. When you ask about stress in his life, he notes that his parents are always fighting, and this upsets him.  He believes that they fight more when they have been drinking, and he […]

 Excellent discussion. You bring up an excellent point about self-pacing. I find personally it is much harder to go back to something after too long a break and it feels like starting over! Now, looking toward dissertation what would you say is the best way someone can stay in that pace- assuming everything else in […]

  As a mental health worker, it is important for you to know how to examine the various cultural dynamics within greater culture and be able to explain specific cultural implications when working with various populations. This assignment will assist you in learning these concepts. First, select a family system from the list below: Same-sex […]

For this assignment, you will write a literature review. Now that you have found resources related to different specializations in behavior-analytic practice, the next step is to look further into how they relate to each other and shed light on your research topic. Not only will you be writing literature reviews in some of your […]

For this assignment, you will write a literature review. Now that you have found resources related to different specializations in behavior-analytic practice, the next step is to look further into how they relate to each other and shed light on your research topic. Not only will you be writing literature reviews in some of your […]

  edapt concepts Minimum of 2 scholarly sources (in addition to the edapt and ebook resources listed above) Instructions A review of the scholarly literature will uncover a prevalence of risky sexual behaviors and a high rate of sexually transmitted infections in individuals over 60 years of age. For this assignment, it is your responsibility […]