Department of PsychologyMICHAEL A.Department of PsychologyPCSP: Pragmatic Case Studies in PsychotherapyWesterman, M.A. (2014). The case of "Kate" and her pseudohallucinations from the perspective of interpersona
The project (based at Durham University and funded by the Wellcome Trust) explores the phenomenon of hearing voices without external stimuli (auditory verbal hallucinations), and it has drawn attention to the relevance of premodern narratives for voice-hearers in the present, and to the ...
According to Coon and Mitterer‚ (2010) paranoid schizophrenia is schizophrenia marked by a preoccupation with delusions or by frequent auditory hallucinations related to a single theme‚ especially grandeur or prosecution. In simple terms‚ the patients with this disease have false beliefs (...
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) first got its name because researchers thought it was in the middle of psychotic illnesses and neurotic disorders (“Treating borderline personality disorders,” 2010). Scientists think there is a direct correlation with the receptors in the brain responsible for ...
Which of the following is not a symptom of burnout? (a) withdrawal into hallucinations and delusions (b) feeling exhausted and "used up" (c) feelings of reduced personal accomplishment (d) detachment from others. Which of the following...
K.A: He is a man in his 30s and was one of the main informants. He suffered from hallucinations and sleeping disorders. Furthermore, he had a series of dreams. These dreams were like a consecutive story. He is considered to have saka as he inherited the gift of traditional dance ...
The client’s perception is normal; there are no hallucinations. She is well-oriented and memorizes things quite easily. In terms of risks, the patient denies a family history of suicide or self-harm. Moreover, she does not have a propensity for autoaggressive behavior. However, there are ...
euphoria, megalomania, high levels of activation, rapid confused speech, distractibility, hypersexuality, hyper religiousness, extravagance, hallucinations and delirium are characteristic of classical bipolar disorder; such a typical clinical pattern occurs, as a rule, in late adolescence and in adults....
Conflicts that are not resolved towards their natural conclusions, stresses and abnormal communication patterns lead the children into becoming negative social beings exhibiting withdrawal from society, hallucinations and delusions (p.115). Intellectual and social functions decline following the loss of will...
recurring memories of the traumatic event, which may be accompanied by sharp changes in mood, nightmares, a lack of interest in life, and in the most severe cases—hallucinations (Foa, Gillihan, & Bryant, 2013). Many people also suffer from prolonged depression or feelings of panic and ...