Neuropsychologist
A neuropsychologist is a professional in the field of psychology
that focuses on the interrelationships between neurological
processes and behavior. They work as a team with neurologists,
neurosurgeons, and primary care physicians. Neuropsychologists
extensively study the anatomy, pathology, and physiology of the
nervous system (http://www.tbidoc.com/Appel2.html). Clinical
neuropsychologists then apply this knowledge to the assessment,
diagnosis, treatment, and/or rehabilitation of patients across
the lifespan with medical, neurodevelopmental, neurological and
psychiatric conditions, as well as other cognitive and learning
disorders
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A clinical neuropsychologist uses behavioral, cognitive,
neurological, physiological, and psychological principles to
test and evaluate the patient’s behavioral, neurocognitive, and
emotional strengths and weaknesses
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The neuropsychologist also compares the patient’s relationship
to normal and abnormal central nervous system functioning. Then
the clinical neuropsychologist uses this information along with
information provided from other healthcare and/or medical
providers to identify and diagnose neurobehavioral disorders.
After identifying and diagnosing the patient, the clinical
neuropsychologist will plan and implement intervention
strategies.
Patient Himself or Herself
Just ventral to the thalamus, near the base of the brain is
where the hypothalamus is located. The hypothalamus is
relatively small (peanut-sized) but extremely complex structure.
It is intimately involved in the control of...
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As we now know, "Girl, Interrupted" revolves around Susanna Kaysen and her personal experience of being put in a hospital and being diagnosed. The memoir also included several other individuals that she grew to know and socialized with over her extended stay at the facility. Though all of these women slept under the same roof, their disorders and conditions where all for the most part very different. The main characters worth noting were Susanna Kaysen, Lisa, Georgina Tuskin, and Daisy Randone. Let us first begin with Susanna. We were capable of seeing signs that she may have a case of borderline personality disorder. First of all, we knew that she attempted to take her life by consuming a bottle of aspirin. BPD is characterized as having frequent uncontrollable actions. Attempted suicide is common amongst BPD patients. She has had several partners in the past but was incapable of maintaining a long term relationship. BPD patients have a hard time maintaining relationships and usually can’t work relationships out. She was quick to get married at the end, showing her desire to find pr...
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Trying juveniles in adult courts has negative effects on the defendants as previously proven. Another reason juveniles should be tried in juvenile centers is that trying an adolescent offender in adult court is a terrible double standard. Author Peter Katel(2008) would agree with this. He stated that brain scans have shown that adolescents do not think like adults(2008). If a teenager doesn 't think like an adult they should not be handled the same way(Katel, 2008). This is evidence of the double standard. There are age restrictions on many things do to the thought processes of different aged people, however when it comes to justice some find it acceptable to try all evenly. In the mind of Hannah McCrea(2008), “…”justice” means proportional
After witnessing a hotly contested election and the massive amounts of campaigning done by both parties in effort to inform the public and reach as many voters as possible, one question still remains poignant: Where do we get our information? The myriad landscape that is the media today, can be accessed from almost anywhere, and has, in many ways, entrenched itself in American culture, replacing what used to be standard outlets of information. Television and print news have long dominated the average American household in terms of being used to access information, but new outlets, like the internet and film have grown into major ways in which people learn about what is happening in the world. The emergence of so many varied sources of information, however, and the ever-growing accessibility of unchecked information raises a different question; not so much the source of our information but rather, what is the quality of the information we are getting? Mass media has long had an influence on society and an in depth look at its most popular forms today would most definitely reveal several glaring inequities in the way TV networks, print media, and internet websites communicate information. Many media sources are slanted, one way or another, in their views and coverage of people and events. Everette Dennis once stated that objectivity is what sets apart American mass media from the rest of the world and is one of the most important precepts of American journalism (103). In present times, however, media that provides completely impartial analysis of the facts is either hard to find, or deemed incredible. The fact of the matter is that in a large portion of mass media outlets what is best described as obj...
Being charged with adult sentences is a very harsh punishment considering their age. Andrew Medina was fifteen when he got sentenced to life without parole because of a murder that he possibly did not commit. Officers also alleged that he was part of a gang and sent him to spend the rest of his life in a very strict prison. Trevor Jones also got sentenced to life without parole at the age of seventeen because of reckless manslaughter. Even though it was an accident, the victim’s death occurred while Trevor intended armed robbery and was accused of felony murder and will spend the rest of his life in prison. Jacob Ind was sentenced to life without parole. At the age of fifteen, he killed his mother and stepfather in order to put an end to the all kinds of abuse they were putting him through. The jury did not recognize the fact that it was primarily self-defense and accused him of first degree murder, which carries a mandatory life sentence. These are the cases of only three kids who got life without parole but there are so many more. These kids miss out on so many things in life because they will spend most of it locked in a cell. One accident or mistake can ruin their lives forever. That is why I think juveniles should be tried in juvenile
... prejudice, bias, and in a general manner that imposes their views onto an audience. Yet, it is an entirely different story when stories are written in a specific manner for other reasons than to impose individual politics. The reasons mentioned throughout this paper are just some of the many ways in why a journalist might account for the story’s bias, and why news organizations thrive and depend upon such methods. Also, one of the most important key concepts to keep in mind when discussing bias in the media is that much has changed with new technologies. Just for example, budgets have been more restricting, consumer expectations have changed, and the audience expects stories to be shorter and more visual. With this being said, there are not always internal pressures, but there are physical and external restrictions and limitations that encourage bias as well.
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For many of us, our days begin and end with checking our phones. We check them again when we get out of the shower, at meals, during meetings, at red lights, and while watching television. We even check them while having conversations with those sitting right in front of us. On average, we check our phones 85 times per day (Andrews, Sally, et al.), so frequently that many of us rarely have quiet moments to sit in silence, to contemplate, or to observe what is happening around us. Although communication technology benefits us in many ways, I believe its overuse can have detrimental effects and I find value in taking regular breaks from the digital world.
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