Psychopathology addresses the specific phenomenon of mental disorders, intending to discern their etiology, their change and development, he symptomatic forms which they take, as well as intentions of treatment. (Rudd, 2013, p. 2) Whereas the study of psychopathology emerges from the field of medicine (Rudd, 2013, p. 2), there is...

A key concept explored in the lecture on The Broader Social Context of Health and Behavior is the idea that the physical environment can have an impact on human health. As an element of the social ecological model, the physical environment, and the extent to which it is “built” rather...

According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV, 2015), every minute almost 20 people are being physically abused by their intimate partners in the United States. Over the course of a single year, more than 10 million men and women experience this type of domestic violence. In fact, 1...

The purpose of this paper is to provide a client recovery-focused treatment plan for a client with a cluster C personality disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder. Assessment The role of the psychiatrist and health professional includes assessing whether OCD is of disability severity, in which case it may be necessary to...

Parkinson’s disease is a common neurological disorder that typically affects older adults, although an early-onset type exists (Preston & Edmans, 2016). Parkinson’s disease is associated with the death of cells in the substantia nigra, an area of the brain that is associated with movement (Preston & Edmans, 2016). This causes...